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Review: Miller's Crossing (1990) somehow holds up despite being made by directors with a great track record

February 16, 2018 by Banned Library in Reviews

I don't have a lot to say when they're this good.

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February 16, 2018 /Banned Library
Miller's Crossing, Coen Brothers, Crime, Thriller, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Drama, Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, John Turturro
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Review: Even This I Get to Experience by Norman Lear is a memoir of an old white guy who did some shit

February 15, 2018 by Banned Library in Reviews

A terrific memoir that tells the story of the last ninety years through one man's eye.

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February 15, 2018 /Banned Library
Even This I Get to Experience, Norman Lear, Memoir
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Review: The Godfather by Mario Puzo is classic family fun

February 15, 2018 by Banned Library in Reviews

The American Dream as interpretted by the guy with the gun.

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February 15, 2018 /Banned Library
Godfather, Mario Puzo, Crime, Epic
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Review: 'Lord Snow' Game of Thrones 1x03

February 13, 2018 by Banned Library in Reviews

The world is rotten but at least Ned's off that damn horse, right? 

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February 13, 2018 /Banned Library
Game of Thrones
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Review: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) felt like watching a dying wish of the 70s

February 12, 2018 by Banned Library in Reviews

When life gives you lemons, refinance your Malibu house.

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February 12, 2018 /Banned Library
Birdman, 2014, Comedy, Drama, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton
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Review: 'Kingsroad,' Game of Thrones 1x02

February 11, 2018 by Banned Library in Reviews

It's all about truth as people head north, head south, head to bed, and are not supposed to be there.

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February 11, 2018 /Banned Library
Game of Thrones
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Review: Lolita (1962) made me feel creepy AF

February 09, 2018 by Banned Library in Reviews

Just, man, I don't know. It's the wrong kind of sex comedy.

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February 09, 2018 /Banned Library
Lolita, 1962, Stanley Kubrick, Vladimir Nabokov, James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon
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Review: End of the Tour (2015) made me sigh

February 09, 2018 by Banned Library in Reviews

It could have been pretentious but then it got human.

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February 09, 2018 /Banned Library
End of the Tour, 2015, Biography, Drama, James Ponsoldt, Donald Margulies, David Lipsky, Jason Segel, Jesse Eisenberg, Anna Chlumsky
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Review: Crazy Heart (2009) makes me wanna hug a bottle of Jack Daniels

February 09, 2018 by Banned Library in Reviews

Make you want to have a drink and then not have that drink again

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February 09, 2018 /Banned Library
Crazy Heart, 2009, Drama, Music, Romance, Scott Cooper, Thomas Cobb, Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell
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Review: Hail, Caesar! (2016) proves not every story has to be a hit

February 09, 2018 by Banned Library in Reviews

The movie business had a lot of shit going on

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February 09, 2018 /Banned Library
Hail Caesar, 2016, Comedy, Mystery, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Coen Brothers, Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich
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Review: My Secret Valentine (2018) proves that you can have a romance movie without a story

February 07, 2018 by Banned Library in Reviews

Chalkboard magic gets two people together as well as the sale of a winery and... yeah, it's Hallmark

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February 07, 2018 /Banned Library
My Secret Valentine, Hallmark, 2018, Romance, Carrie Freedle, Lacey Chabert, Peter MacNeill, Andrew W. Walker
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Review: Den of Thieves (2018) is the best movie with super loud gunfire so far this year. So far.

February 07, 2018 by Banned Library in Reviews

When you need to show some action, do it with lots of running around guns and stuff.

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February 07, 2018 /Banned Library
Den of Thieves, 2018, Action, Crime, Drama, Christian Gudegast, Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber, O'Shea Jackson Jr.
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Review: Tootsie (1982) was ahead of its time a long time ago

February 07, 2018 by Banned Library in Reviews

Dustin Hoffman stars as Dustin Hoffman and Hoffy Dustman in this comedy? 

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February 07, 2018 /Banned Library
Tootsie, 1982, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sydney Pollack, Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal, Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr
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Rashomon (1950) Movie Review: Yeah, there's a reason we name things after other things

February 04, 2018 by Banned Library in Reviews

It's a crazy good movie. Stupid good. Why the hell do we watch crap kinda good.

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February 04, 2018 /Banned Library
Rashomon, 1950, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Akira Kurosawa, Ryûnosuke Akutagawa, Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori
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The Sweet Hereafter (1997) Movie Review: It's a sad, sad, sad, sad world

February 04, 2018 by Banned Library in Reviews

How do you go on from this?

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February 04, 2018 /Banned Library
Sweet Hereafter, Drama, Atom Egoyan, Russell Banks, Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Caerthan Banks, Life is Beautiful, Requiem for a Dream, Dear Zachary, Dogville
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Atomic Blonde (2017) Movie Review: This ain't your daddy's… Wait, yeah, this is your daddy's spy movie

February 03, 2018 by Banned Library in Reviews

It's a bang bang beat'em up kinda movie that's nothing like the trailer.

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February 03, 2018 /Banned Library
Atomic Blonde, 2017, David Leitch, Kurt Johnstad, Antony Johnston, Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman, Action, Mystery, Thriller
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Book Review: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr might be this year's 'Book I'm glad I read that I'll never read or think about again'

February 03, 2018 by Banned Library in Reviews

Will a blind girl and a Nazi radio boy find love in the horrors of WW2?

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February 03, 2018 /Banned Library
All the Light We Cannot See, Historical Fiction, Fiction, World War II, War, History, Anthony Doerr
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Book Review: Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong is the book that speculates on what kind of assholes we all will be

February 03, 2018 by Banned Library in Reviews

When you need a book that has both murder, thoughtful ideas, and a guy with a sword chopping off hands.

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February 03, 2018 /Banned Library
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits, David Wong, Sci-Fi, Fiction, Humor, Fantasy
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Book Review: The X-Files: Cold Cases lets old voices come out in a kinda boring story

February 03, 2018 by Banned Library in Reviews

Mulder and Scully are back to solve the mystery of the missing X-Files and the old lighthouse.

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February 03, 2018 /Banned Library
X-Files Cold Cases, Audible, Joe Harris, Audiobook, Sci-Fi, Fiction, Mystery, Chris Carter, Chris Maggs
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Winchester (2018) Movie Review: Too competent for its own good

February 03, 2018 by Banned Library in Reviews

If they had just sucked a little more at their jobs. 

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February 03, 2018 /Banned Library
Winchester, Biography, Fantasy, Horror, Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig, Helen Mirren, Sarah Snook, Jason Clarke
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