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Bean
THE ULTIMATE DISASTER MOVIE. As “Whistler’s Mother” is headed for California, the National Gallery of Art in London sends Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) as its expert to supervise the event. This movie was...
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The Longest Yard
IF YOU CAN’T GET OUT, GET EVEN. Washed-up NFL pro Paul Crewe (Adam Sandler) ends up in prison where he’s talked into coaching a team of other cons that will go up against a team of guards. This remake...
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The Dukes of Hazzard
Meet the Dukes. One family having so much fun there oughta be a law. What do you get if you take one guy who made a career out of falling on his ass, another guy who is chiefly remembered as an...
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Deliverance: Southern Hospitality
DELIVERANCE FROM EVIL. One of the most memorable scenes from the film that most people would say is director John Boorman’s finest is the one where Drew (Ronny Cox) engages a local banjo player...
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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
WITH BURT AND DOLLY THIS MUCH FUN JUST COULDN’T BE LEGAL! Mona Stangley’s (Dolly Parton) popular and venerable Texas whorehouse is targeted by a flamboyant, moralistic TV personality (Dom DeLuise)… who...
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Boogie Nights: Sex, Drugs and Disco
THE LIFE OF A DREAMER, THE DAYS OF A BUSINESS AND THE NIGHTS IN BETWEEN. The movie that looked like it might reenergize Burt Reynolds’s career (it didn’t really) is a fascinating look at the American...
View ArticleHow Klugman and Durning Changed History
In the past week, we lost both “Quincy” (Jack Klugman) and Charles Durning. First of all, I have to express some admiration for Klugman who was not only a TV legend but also helped pass the Orphan...
View ArticleA Farewell to Hal Needham, Antonia Bird and Marcia Wallace
We’ve lost three major talents this week. Hal Needham died last Friday at the age of 82. He started out as a stuntman in the 1960s, sometimes doubling for Burt Reynolds. Needham eventually moved on to...
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The Longest Yard
IT’S SURVIVAL OF THE FIERCEST AND FUNNIEST! Former football pro Paul Crewe (Burt Reynolds) ends up in prison in Georgia after stealing his girlfriend’s car and resisting arrest; the warden (Eddie...
View ArticleA Death in the James Bond Family
Actor Richard Kiel has passed away at the age of 74 – and it feels like a part of my childhood is gone. At 7 ft 1.5 inches, Kiel was an imposing figure and perfectly cast in two James Bond films, The...
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Citizen Ruth
LIFE, LIBERTY, MONEY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT. Ruth Stoops (Laura Dern), a glue sniffer, finds herself pregnant; suddenly, both pro-life and pro-choice groups make her the...
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)
YOU HAVEN’T SEEN ANYTHING UNTIL YOU’VE SEEN EVERYTHING. Woody Allen’s parody of David Reuben’s popular 1960s sex manual is divided into seven vignettes with wildly different themes, featuring among...
View ArticleThe Man Who Loved Women
DECIDING WHICH WOMEN IN THE WORLD HE LOVES MOST IS DRIVING HIM OUT OF HIS MIND. Sculptor David Fowler (Burt Reynolds) is seeing a psychotherapist (Julie Andrews) to figure out why women have such a...
View ArticleSmokey and the Bandit
TIME TO TAKE TO THE ROAD, FOR A QUIET LITTLE DRIVE IN THE COUNTRY… OR NOT. Two wealthy Texans hire the legendary trucker Bo ”Bandit” Darville (Burt Reynolds) to bootleg 400 cases of beer to Georgia,...
View ArticleBurt Reynolds, a Georgia Hero
Yesterday we lost the most popular movie star of the 1970s, at the age of 82. In the clip above, a pleasant talk with Johnny Carson, Burt Reynolds flashes the charisma that made him so beloved among...
View ArticleRent-a-Cop
THERE’S A KILLER ON THE LOOSE AND THE LADY IS THE TARGET. Ex-cop Tony Church (Burt Reynolds) reluctantly agrees to protect a hooker (Liza Minnelli) who saw a man kill several people in a hotel; now,...
View ArticleCity Heat
WHEN A HOTSHOT COP AND A WISE-GUY DETECTIVE GET TOGETHER… THE HEAT IS ON! Some time in the 1930s, private eye Mike Murphy’s (Burt Reynolds) partner is murdered and he is forced to team up with Speer...
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