Movie of the Year: 1973 – Mean Streets

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: 1991 – Thelma and Louise

Movie of the Year: 1991 Thelma and Louise Will Thelma and Louise shoot and drive its way to our 1991 Movie of the Year? Ridley Scott’s Thelma and Louise has a tough act to follow in last week’s A Brighter Summer Day. And, stylistically, the two movies couldn’t be more different, but in many ways Thelma…

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Movie of the Year: 2019 – The Irishman

Movie of the Year: 2019 The Irishman The Irishman is this week’s 2019 movie. Yes, it’s long. Yes, the actors move like old men yet have computer-smooth faces rendered uncannily young–and some have of the colorless eyes of a wight. And, yes, the women characters share a handful of lines at most. But does the…

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