Category: Film buff
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Laura: Out of a Misty Dream
Watching Laura on TCM tonight… I’ll try to avoid spoilers, but… in the middle of the film, just before the big twist in the plot, Lieutenant McPherson (Dana Andrews) is in Laura’s apartment late at night, going through her personal …
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Obi-Wan Kenobi’s “little friend”
Did the Jedi master recognize R2-D2 when the droid showed up on Tatooine with the Death Star plans? Absolutely. He just didn’t let Luke in on that tidbit of information, because it would have blown the top of the kid’s head off.
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Get to know the real Artoo Detoo
Astromech droid. Action hero. Potty-mouthed wiseacre.
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To the Onion A.V. Club: You’re welcome
The Onion A.V. Club visited their hometown of Chicago for their latest Pop Pilgrims episodes. But first, they did their homework by visiting my website. I thought that was cool in and of itself. But what takes the cake is, they’re cool enough to admit it and to give me credit.
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The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy by Robin Moore
The excellent 1971 film of The French Connection, starring Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider, has been running quite frequently on the Fox Movie Channel of late. Maybe it’s the fact that it’s usually on late at night, so my …