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[amazon_link asins=’B0774NRYZT’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’6f5d6d0a-f489-11e7-b9c0-fd53800d61c8′]I didn’t hate The Mountain Between Us the way some viewers and critics appeared to. Instead, it registered with me as one of those predictable survival films that so often waste good acting talent. Nothing…
[amazon_link asins=’B0779934JW’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’6fde3618-e4fa-11e7-9e14-37e9fbd710f0′]Adapted from a short story by Jack Ritchie, writer/actress Elaine May made her directorial debut with A New Leaf, a dark romantic comedy co-starring Walter Matthau (The Odd Couple, The Taking of Pelham One Two…
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[amazon_link asins=’B0716KBJM6′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’86e323bb-d3ba-11e7-ae38-c562490738a6′]Hot on the heels of the success of Back to the Future, Michael J. Fox was one of the biggest box office stars in the world. As a result, everyone was waiting to see what…
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[amazon_link asins=’B074WXC4BW’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’a53eefc1-c8aa-11e7-baa2-a9ce2c56b624′]A tale of very early movies lost and found, Dawson City: Frozen Time is far more fascinating than the title would suggest. Equal parts American history and movie mythology, Bill Morrison documentary is a stunning…
[amazon_link asins=’B074R3ZMNK’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’846dd175-c26e-11e7-a848-3f966bd7cba4′]Following the template set by Airplane! just a couple of years before, and hoping to cash in on the topical success of General Hospital, 1982 saw the release of Young Doctors in Love, the first…
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