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Scrooged 1988
I know a lot of people who prefer the classic holiday film A Christmas Carol over the 1988 modernization of the Charles Dickens’ story, but I have to say that I rather enjoy Scrooged. Bill Murray is perfectly cast as a cynical, selfish TV executive named Frank Cross (aka Ebenezer Scrooge.) He’s cut himself off from everybody; he delights in making his co-workers feel humiliated and small and he’s a lonely man in a foul mood as the Christmas season…
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Friday the 13th 1980
Over the weekend, I came across the original film in the Friday the 13th movie series, and I’ve got to say, it still holds up quite well. The first film in the series isn’t the bloody gore fest that its sequels became. It’s simpler in its scare tactics and depiction of murder largely due to the budgetary limitations of the time, but that’s not detrimental to the film which makes up for it with creepy, atmospheric tension rather than gore.…
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Extremities 1986
I remember thinking about Farrah Fawcett in Extremities when a year ago, I came home to discover that my house had been broken into, ransacked and robbed. I was frightened and upset. Someone had busted through the front door, stolen items dear to me, and left out the back. I felt shaken to the core because my personal space had been invaded and my personal belongings rifled through and strewn about.
Although the kind of home invasion and attack Fawcett…
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Saigon Electric 2011
Before screening Saigon Electric, CS told me that the film is a cross between Save the Last Dance and Honey, and I’d have to agree. It also reminded me a lot of the Step Up movie series. Saigon Electric is an effective mash up of these popular North American dance films. It’s got dancers from opposite worlds, bonds forged through dance, conflict and tension from threatening foes, characters with dreams and a verve to succeed, a major dance competition, obstacles…
