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1980s / Adventure / Science Fiction

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

Star Trek V marks Shatner’s debut as a feature film director, with his prior directorial experience, like Leonard Nimoy, coming from stage productions and TV episodes. Due to the “favored-nations” contract that stipulated that...

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1970s / Thriller

Duel (1971)

Originally airing on ABC (yes, on television), later beefed up to 90 minutes to show in European theaters, Duel is a wholly visceral thrill-ride that shows the potential of the great Steven Spielberg’s eye for letting...

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2000s / Action / Adventure

Sahara (2005)

I’ve read exactly one of Clive Cussler’s seventeen novels in the Dirk Pitt series, and chances are, I’ll never read any of the other sixteen.  If I were a book critic, I’d elaborate more,...

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1970s / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance

Heaven Can Wait (1978)

Harry Segall’s play became the basis for a popular film way back in 1941 with Here Comes Mr. Jordan, and while Heaven Can Wait may not quite live up to the classic status of that film, it...

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2000s / Comedy / Thriller

Be Cool (2005)

Following ten years after Get Shorty, Be Cool is the second installment in the Chili Palmer saga, adapted from the novel by Elmore Leonard.  Alas, the magic of the original is just not there, as it mostly...

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1970s / Comedy / Western

Goin’ South (1978)

Jack Nicholson stars as a horse thief, Henry Moon, who’s rounded up by the local posse of a small Texas town and sentenced to hang.  Due to the lack of men coming back from...

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2000s / Comedy / Romance

Guess Who (2005)

A remake (of sorts) of the 1967 classic comedy, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, except with the races reversed.  While the original film had the breaking of racial stereotypes in mind, this updated version has...

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2000s / Comedy / Thriller

Miss Congeniality (2000)

Call it a guilty pleasure if you must, but I do find Miss Congeniality to be one of Sandra Bullock’s most entertaining comedies, despite all of the things going against it.  It is a ridiculous idea...