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Posted by on Aug 14, 2014 in Blog, Movie Reviews | 0 comments

Film Critic Richard Roeper to Appear on “Poker Night in America”

 

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This is the latest press release from “Poker Night in America,” now appearing weekly on CBS Sports Network.  I’ve also included some personal thoughts about the exciting activities taking place this coming weekend at Turning Stone Casino in Upstate New York.

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Posted by on Aug 6, 2014 in Blog, Movie Reviews, Talking Points | 6 comments

A Profanity-Filled Video Rant About Awful Summer Movies

 

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I suspect that my intense interest in, and passion for, things like American politics, world history, international affairs, and my deep sense of civic responsibility stems largely from the important lessons I learned while still young. 

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Posted by on Aug 4, 2014 in Blog, Movie Reviews | 0 comments

Why Spies Do What They Do (Movie Review: A Most Wanted Man)

 

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Philip Seymour Hoffman in one of his final on-screen appearances, A Most Wanted Man, based on the book by John le Carre

 

In the real world of clandestine intelligence-gathering operations, otherwise known as “spying,” no bullet ever gets fired.  The good guys don’t swing on trapeze wires between skyscrapers over breathtaking city skylines.  The villains aren’t giggly chrome-domed psychopaths holding hissing white Persian cats.  The real spy game is subtle, and at times — messy.

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Posted by on Jun 25, 2014 in Blog, Movie Reviews | 1 comment

R.I.P. Actor Eli Wallach

 

Eli Wallach in The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

 

One wouldn’t think that a New Yorker born to Jewish immigrants from Poland would end up playing the role of a Mexican bandit, a lovable villain cast in one of the greatest movie westerns ever made.

But Eli Wallach always defied expectations.  That’s why he was so special and bears remembering on this occasion of reflection.

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