A Guy Ritchie Retrospective: Snatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7QBS0O7gT0 Snatch. 2000. Directed & Written by Guy Ritchie. Starring Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, Vinnie Jones, Rade Serbedzija, Alan Ford, Mike Reid, Robbie Gee, Lennie James, Ewen Bremner, Jason Flemyng, Ade, William Beck, & Andy Beckwith. Columbia Pictures Corporation/SKA Films. Rated 18A. 104 minutes. Comedy/Crime ★★★★★  It's been at least …

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The Wonderful Foolishness and Biting Satire of Dr. Strangelove

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98NaJ8ss4sY Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. 1964. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Screenplay by Kubrick, Peter George, & Terry Southern. Starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Tracy Reed, Peter Bull, James Earl Jones, & Jack Creley. Columbia Pictures/Hawk Films. Not Rated. 95 …

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Barton Fink: Head in the Clouds, Feet in the Sand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK0WjWlVO9w Barton Fink. 1991. Directed by Joel Coen. Screenplay by Joel & Ethan Coen. Starring John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, John Mahoney, Jon Polito, Tony Shalhoub, Steve Buscemi, Richard Portnow, & Christopher Murney. 20th Century Fox/Circle Films/Working Title Films. Rated R. 116 minutes. Comedy/Drama ★★★★★The Coen Brothers are impressive for many reasons. …

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Violent Segregation and Cartoon Heart in Who Framed Roger Rabbit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYNqYC_jNAg Who Framed Roger Rabbit. 1988. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Screenplay by Jeffrey Price & Peter Seaman; based on the novel Who Censored Robert Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf. Starring Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer, Stubby Kaye, Alan Tilvern, Richard LeParmentier, Lou Hirsch, Betsy Brantley, Joel Silver, Paul Springer, Richard Ridings, Edwin …

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Fear of the Outside World in Tremors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V65b70nPU7k Tremors. 1990. Directed by Ron Underwood. Screenplay by Brent Maddock & S.S. Wilson. Starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross, Reba McEntire, Robert Jayne, Charlotte Stewart, Tony Genaro, Ariana Richards, Richard Marcus, Victor Wong, Sunshine Parker, Michael Dan Wagner, Conrad Bachmann, Bibi Besch, John Goodwin, & John Pappas. Universal Pictures/No Frills Film …

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Holidays – They’ll Never Be Safe Again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0YnwMFswMY Holidays. 2016. Directed by Anthony Scott Burns, Kevin Kölsch, Nicholas McCarthy, Adam Egypt Mortimer, Gary Shore, Kevin Smith, Sarah Adina Smith, Scott Stewart, & Dennis Widmyer. Screenplay by Burns, Kölsch, McCarthy, Shore, Kevin Smith, Sarah Adina Smith, Stewart, Widmyer, & Matt Johnson. Starring Kevin Smith, Lorenza Izzo, Seth Green, Clare Grant, Michael Gross, Andrew …

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Chopper: A Storytelling Liar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDz-7aTo0f4 Chopper. 2000. Directed & Written by Andrew Dominik; based on the books of Mark Brandon Read. Starring Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, David Field, Dan Wyllie, Bill Young, Vince Colosimo, Kenny Graham, Kate Beahan, Serge Liistro, Pam Western, Gary Waddell, Brian Mannix, Skye Wansey, Annalise Emtsis, & Johnnie Targhan. Australian Film Finance Corporation/Mushroom Pictures/Pariah Entertainment …

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Hap and Leonard – Season 1, Episode 6: “Eskimos”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXlla6Hof4 SundanceTV's Hap and Leonard Season 1, Episode 6: "Eskimos" Directed by Jim Mickle Written by Jim Mickle * For a recap & review of the previous episode, "War" - click here * For a recap & review of the Season 2 premiere, "Mucho Mojo" - click here The finale has arrived, and after Trudy …

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