Show: Movie of the Year
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Movie of the Year: 1973 Enter the Dragon This week we discuss Enter the Dragon! Can this movie fight its way to our 1973 Movie of the Year? Enter the Dragon follows Lee, played by Bruce Lee, a shaolin monk who must leave the monastery and make his way to an island with no pistols…
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Movie of the Year: 1973 Action Figure Draft, Pt 2 The Taste Buds finish up their draft of the action figures of 1973! And then it’s time to fight! It’s that time again. That time of the year where we forget all of the depth and subtlety that is used to tell the stories of…
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Movie of the Year: 1973 Action Figure Draft, Pt 1 Get the toy boxes out, because we’re having an all-out action figure war on Movie of the Year! It’s that time again. That time of the year where we forget all of the depth and subtlety that is used to tell the stories of our…
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Movie of the Year: 1973 The Harder They Come This week we discuss The Harder They Come! Can this movie play its way to our 1973 Movie of the Year? Set in Jamaica, The Harder They Come is a drama about an aspiring singer, Ivan, desperate for fame who, disillusioned by corruption in every part…
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Movie of the Year: 1973 The Exorcist This week we discuss The Exorcist! Is this movie diabolical enough to be our 1973 Movie of the Year? The Exorcist is our biggest 1973 movie. It was the most popular then; it’s the most popular now; it made the most money; it got hella noms; and it…
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Movie of the Year: 1973 The Last Detail This week we discuss The Last Detail! Can we swear this is our 1973 Movie of the Year? The Last Detail is a movie about three sailors, who are on their way to deliver one of the trio to jail. But thanks to some clever thinking ahead,…
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Movie of the Year: 1973 Last Tango in Paris This week we discuss The Last Tango in Paris! Can a movie this uncomfortable to talk about be our Movie of the Year? Last Tango in Paris is the story of Paul, an extremely recently widowed man whose relationship with his wife was complicated, and Jeanne,…
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Movie of the Year: 1973 The Long Goodbye This week we discuss The Long Goodbye! Can this film solve the case of what should be our Movie of the Year? Director Robert Altman said he wanted Phillip Marlowe to wake up in the 1970’s, a man out of time, and just wander through the twists…
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Movie of the Year: 1973 Mean Streets This week we discuss Mean Streets! Are these mean streets tough enough to become our Movie of the Year? Mean Streets is principally about three characters. We have Michael-the wanna-be gangster who is trying to will himself to fit into a world of crime that he doesn’t seem…
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Movie of the Year: 1973 Paper Moon This week we discuss Paper Moon! Can it rise high enough to become our Movie of the Year? Paper Moon is a fun little romp about a shady guy and his daughter, seamlessly played by a shady guy and enemy of the show, Ryan O’Neal, and his real-life…
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