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From the Shelf: The Producers (2005)
By Christian DiMartino Mel Brooks’ The Producers is a wonderful classic. Made in 1967, Brooks won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, and with good reason. It’s a great premise, brought to life by Brooks and his two stars, Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel. As time went on, The Producers went on to be a…
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First Time Watch: Frankie and Johnny (1991)
By Christian DiMartino Garry Marshall, who died in 2016, made a handful of movies that were enjoyable, and what came in-between was usually awful. For every Pretty Woman or Overboard, there were at least two of The Other Sister. A fraction of The Other Sister, one of the most accidentally offensively awful movies in existence, is too much. Marshall’s Frankie…
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Great Movies: The Birdcage
By Christian DiMartino Growing up, I watched some… let’s just say, questionable movies. Sure, I had my fair share of movies that one would expect a child to watch. Spider-Man, Batman, Shrek, The Mask, Disney movies, things of nature. Yet for every obvious choice, there were plenty that probably raised eyebrows. Wedding Crashers, A Nightmare on Elm Street, There’s Something About Mary, Scream, yada…
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