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First Time Watch: La Cage Aux Folles (1979)
Édouard Molinaro‘s La Cage aux Folles comes at an unfortunate disadvantage: I have seen Mike Nichols’ The Birdcage so many times (so, so, SO many times) that I had a hard time not picturing it as I was watching La Cage aux Folles, which was of course the source material for The Birdcage (which was…
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First Time Watch: Patch Adams (1998)
By Christian DiMartino Robin Williams was an enormous talent with a handful of cinematic bangers to his name. When we lost him in 2014, there was definitely a bit of heartbreak felt around the world. With this in mind though, it is also hard to deny that for all of his greatness and all of…
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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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Film Confessions: Death to Smoochy
By Christian DiMartino Danny Devito’s Death to Smoochy kind of lives in infamy. It was blasted by critics upon its initial release, hence why I put off seeing it until around the time of Robin Williams’ unfortunate passing. My verdict: They’re right, it is kind of terrible. But it’s also funny as hell, if you’re into…
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Review: Absolutely Anything
1/2 By Christian DiMartino The Monty Python gang (with the exception of the late Graham Chapman) is back at it yet again in Absolutely Anything, and this time they have brought funny men Simon Pegg, Rob Riggle, and the late Robin Williams (as the voice of a dog) into the mix. All of the elements are…
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Film Confessions: Dead Poets Society
*Spoiler alert* By Christian DiMartino This is my “Film Confessions” Segment, in which I shall discuss things that, well, I know I will get judged for. So, for starters, I am going to rip the band-aid clean off and say… I do not like Dead Poets Society… and here comes the angry mob. I have an…
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