Author: tederick
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PENNY MARSHALL (1943-2018)
The first female director to break the $100M-grossing club, Penny Marshall got her start in TV before transitioning into a weirdly brief, highly beloved career as a feature film director. For today’s episode we look at her debut feature, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, before moving on to the one she’ll be remembered for, A League Of…
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GEORGE H.W. BUSH (1924-2018)
The 41st president of the United States, George H.W. Bush presided over one of the greatest health emergencies in American history and was directly or indirectly responsible for well north of a million people. Here at Deathwatch, that’s worth a show.
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Blu-ray Review: Euzhan Palcy’s A DRY WHITE SEASON Is Stunningly Timely
One of Criterion’s final 2018 releases is also one of the label’s best.
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THE LAST JEDI Was A Star Wars Fan’s Star Wars Film… Until It Wasn’t
“[The Last Jedi] was the first time I’d seen a Star Wars film that had clearly been made by someone who loved the series as much as, and had thought about it as obsessively as, me.”
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The Best Films Of 2018: My Ballot
The OFCS is collecting its nominations today. Here’s how I voted:
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Blu-ray Review: Peer Into Cinema’s Great Missing Link With Criterion’s THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
It’s a season of Welles with THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND on Netflix and THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS joining the Criterion Collection.
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RAYMOND CHOW (1927-2018)
With his Golden Harvest production company, Raymond Chow turned the kung fu movie into an international phenomenon and gave us such megastars as Tsui Hark, Jackie Chan, and (of course) Bruce Lee. Today the Deathwatch team looks at ENTER THE DRAGON and FIST OF FURY… or is it THE BIG BOSS?
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Blu-ray Review: Criterion’s THE PRINCESS BRIDE Whiffs On New Features, But You’re Going To Buy It Anyway
If you’ve ever owned this film on disc before, you probably have some of this material. But you love this film, so shush.
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RIP and Excelsior, Stan Lee
You will spend the rest of your life bumping into things that are in the world because of Stan Lee.
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BURT REYNOLDS (1936-2018)
What about Burt? Arguably the biggest moviestar of the 1970s, Burt Reynolds’ career had its ups and downs in the ’80s, ’90s and beyond, but we’re going straight to the good stuff for this episode with a look at Deliverance and Hooper.