Movie of the Year: 1984 – Once Upon a Time in America (with Keith Phipps)

Movie of the Year: 1984 Once Upon a Time in America (with Keith Phipps) Can Once Upon in America take the title of our 1984 Movie of the Year? Once Upon a Time in America is a movie of epic scope even though it is the tale of small-time crooks trying to screw each other…

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Movie of the Year: 1991 – JFK (Bonus Episode)

Movie of the Year: 1991 JFK Will JFK shame the 1991 Movie of the Year? In many ways 1991 gave us our most normal, run-of-the-mill, norm core movies. Well, I am here to say thank gosh for the bonus shows because here we are with JFK—half weird YouTube video essay, half historian’s fever dream, and every…

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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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