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June 12, 2013 by BurrelloSubmarine
Where do we begin? There is actually quite a bit that can be said about the North Korean film Pulgasari (1985). First …
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Category: Foreign, Monsters, Oddities
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Tags: b movie, communism, godzilla, kaiju, kidnapped director, kim jong il, korea, north korea, pulgasari, ripoff, shin sang-ok, stupid, suitmation
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May 27, 2013 by BurrelloSubmarine
On the surface The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950-1958) appears like your typical early sitcom in the pioneering days of …
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Category: Features
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Tags: 1950's, analysis, burns and allen, carnation evaporated milk, classic sitcom, conspiracy, failed messiah, funny, george burns, gracie allen, oh god, stupid, surreal
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May 2, 2013 by BurrelloSubmarine
Spain. The 1920s. Her father was the best toreador alive. His name was Antonio Villalta (Daniel Giménez Cacho) and he …
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Category: Foreign, Newer Movies
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Tags: 1920s, 2012, blancanieves, bull, bullfighters, fairy tale, matador, seven dwarfs, silent movie, snow white, spain, spanish
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April 25, 2013 by BurrelloSubmarine
Most of my older posts, which were reposted from The Alternative Chronicle, have been the victim of a tragedy. With …
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Category: extra stuff
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March 7, 2013 by BurrelloSubmarine
Imagine if Stanley Kubrik had been able to make his Napoleon movie! If one were to compile an abridged list …
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Category: The Movies You Didn't See
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Tags: andrzej zulawski, Art, frank capra, henri-georges clouzot, incomplete, inferno, ivan the terrible, lost horizon, man who killed don quixote, masterpieces, movies, on the silver globe, sergei eisenstein, Terry Gilliam, thief and the cobbler, unfinished, war eagles, willis o'brien
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February 17, 2013 by BurrelloSubmarine
Once more. The last few movies I’ve seen by order what I thought of them. Had I seen a few …
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Category: Last Few Movies...
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Tags: a face in the crowd, a glimpse into the mind of charles swan III, advise and consent, albert brooks, american politics, andy griffith, boris karloff, christopher walken, cloud atlas, defending your life, documentary, elia kazan, expendables 2, gods and monsters, help, homosexual, hypothesis of the stolen painting, ian mckellan, james whale, koko a talking gorilla, liam neesan, mad love, malpertuis, mishima a life in four chapters, movies, peter lorre, reviews, seven psychopaths, sign language monkey, the beatles, the frisco kid, the grey, the guard, the legend of doom house, the madness of king george, the mask of fu manchu, there's something about mary, tom hanks, went the day well, wreck-it ralph
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January 30, 2013 by BurrelloSubmarine
Charlie Chaplin. Woody Allen. Albert Brooks. Jacques Tati. Sydney Pollack. Warren Beatty. Clint Eastwood. Mel Gibson. Recognize the pattern yet? …
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Category: comedy
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Tags: 1996, 1998, actor-director, big night, campbell scott, character actor, Charlie Chaplin, classic comedy, Film, food, hope and crosby, isabella rossellini, italian american culture, laurel and hardy, louis prima, new york city, Oliver Platt, playwright, restaurant, richard jenkins, Stanley Tucci, steve buschemi, the impostors, timpano, tony shalhoub