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Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) starring Jim Carrey, What happens when you take a 30 minute children’s Christmas classic and expand it to over two hours? You get Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
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December 22, 2020 user
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Bombshell (1933) starring Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Frank Morgan In Bombshell, a popular movie star (Jean Harlow) is fed up. Fed up with sponging relatives, and her work-til-you-drop film studio. Not to mention the nonsensical publicity stunts dreamed up by her press agent. So, she attempts to escape...
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December 20, 2020 user
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We’re No Angels (1955) starring Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, Peter Ustinov, Leo G. Carroll, Joan Bennet, Basil Rathbone Movie review of We’re No Angels starring Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, and Peter Ustinov. Set in 1955, around Christmas, three prisoners escape from Devil’s Island to a small French coastal town....
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October 18, 2020 user
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Ghostbusters (2016) starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth The good news is, Ghostbusters 2016 begins with a very strong opening scene. The bad news is it quickly goes downhill. The biggest problem with it is: as a comedy, it’s simply not funny. Why...
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October 1, 2020 user
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Flying High (1931) starrring Bert Lahr, Charlotte Greenwood Flying High is Bert Lahr’s film debut – and a screwball comedy. He’s creating an early prototype of the helicopter … but needs money. Charlotte Greenwood has money, but needs a husband …
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September 10, 2020 user
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Unfaithfully Yours (1948) starring Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell Unfaithfully Yours is a black comedy about a musical conductor (Rex Harrison). He suspects his younger wife (Linda Darnell) of infidelity. He literally lets his imagination run wild. Directed by Preston Sturges.
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September 6, 2020 user
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Cold Turkey (1971) starring Dick Van Dyke, Pippa Scott, Bob Newhart, Tom Poston In Cold Turkey, Norman Lear makes his directorial debut with this farce about an entire town that tries to give up smoking in order to win $25 million.
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August 23, 2020 user
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Boeing Boeing (1965) starring Tony Curtis, Jerry Lewis, Thelma Ritter Boeing Boeing follows the lives of American journalist Bernard (Tony Curtis) and his competitor Robert (Jerry Lewis) in Paris. To clarify, Bernard is juggling romances with three different women who are stewardesses. And have opposite schedules; Bernard’s “engaged”...
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June 11, 2020 user
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Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946) starring Mickey Rooney, Bonita Granville, Dorothy Ford, Lewis Stone In a bittersweet entry in the series, Love Laughs at Andy Hardy takes the title seriously. Andy returns home from World War II, and hopes to return to college. And, to reignite his...
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June 6, 2020 user
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Smokey and The Bandit (1977) starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Fields, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed One of the all-time big box-office hits, Smokey and the Bandit stars Burt Reynolds and Jackie Gleason in an outrageous comedy that boosts full-throttle laughs and high-velocity thrills. Reynolds is the Bandit, a king-of-the-road...
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May 21, 2020 user
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