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Drive (2011) – Watch-Along (SPOILERS)
Drive celebrated its 10th anniversary this past week. One of the most influential films of the last decade, and certainly Nicolas Winding Refn’s best and most accessible work, Drive is still relatively divisive for such an important and cult hit. When first released, it was either loved or reviled by most viewers, and to this…
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) – Watch-Along (SPOILERS)
30 years ago, Terminator 2: Judgment Day was released to rabid hype – and lived up to it. The Terminator came out in 1984 and was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s coming out party as a major commercial action star, and was an original and enthralling action movie in its own right. In the same way that Alien…
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The Rock (1996) – Watch-Along (SPOILERS)
RIP to the great Sean Connery, who passed away yesterday. The iconic movie star first started acting in the 1950s and his career spanned half a century, most notably as the first cinematic James Bond. To commemorate the Scottish legend, I rewatched The Rock, the Michael Bay directed action movie from 1996, which was one…
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Gladiator (2000) – Watch-Along (SPOILERS)
Ridley Scott’s sword-and-sandal masterpiece Gladiator came out 20 years ago. It is a stone-cold classic that I loved as a kid, so I wanted to rewatch it now and see how it’s aged – here are my “watch-along” reactions: 1:50 – First shot of the film – a wandering hand touching the wheat fields. I…