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www.nypl.org
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| | | | | Nora Ephron was an award-winning journalist, writer, filmmaker, and master of the romantic comedy. | |
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www.outofthepastblog.com
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| | | | | Lots of new classic film books to enjoy! Publication dates January to July 2021. | |
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whatever.scalzi.com
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| | | | | I adore Tootsie, which I think is one of the greatest movie comedies of all time. It has the sort of snap and crackle to its dialogue that generations of comedy writers would give an important body part to be able to produce, and a cast that absolutely knows how to deliver it. It could... | |
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www.containsmoderateperil.com
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| | | As a rule, it is always a challenge to end a trilogy of films successfully. Writing a satisfying denouement to a standalone movie is hard enough. To be able to conclude all pertinent story arcs and themes that have been sustained over three feature films, to everyone's liking is far harder to achieve. In the case of The Final Conflict (1981), the last instalment of The Omen trilogy, writer Andrew Birkin does manage to resolve all of the external, internal and philosophical stakes, which are the fundamental components of a cinematic screenplay. Unfortunately, it is done in an incredibly underwhelming manner, which left audiences feeling cheated. The last time good defeated evil evil in such an unspectacular fashion was in Hammer's To the Devil a Daughter (197... | ||