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DO THE RIGHT THING
In 1989, Spike Lee came out with Do The Right Thing ($8) starring Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, John Turturro and Spike Lee as Mookie. It’s a perfect example of what happens when you take the hottest day in the year in Brooklyn, in the Bedford Stuyvesant section, and mix it into…
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DOG DAY AFTERNOON
What would you do for the person that you love? How far would you go to make them happy? Dog Day Afternoon ($8) is a movie that portrays the extent of one man’s love for the love of his life. Directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Al Pacino, John Cazale, and Penelope Allen, this is…
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DRUGSTORE COWBOY
Too many movies sugar coat things and make it look unrealistic. Drugstore Cowboy ($8) is not one of those movies. Directed by Gus Von Sant and starring Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, and James LeGros, this movie is a realistic road film about a drug addict’s life, his ‘family’, and the…
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EXCALIBUR
There are a number of movies based on the life of King Arthur, but the 1981 version, Excalibur ($10) is the one by which all others are judged. The movie was directed by John Boorman and stars such greats as Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Paul Geoffrey, Nicol Williamson, Gabriel Byrne…
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FARGO
Joel and Ethan Coen joined their directorial talents together in 1996 to bring us Fargo ($9). Starring William H Macy, Frances McDormand, and Steve Buscemi, this movie pits a very pregnant Marge Gunderson, a policewoman, against Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) and his…
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FERRIS BUELLERS DAY OFF
Every kid needs a day off once in a while, and that’s the premise of this classic 1986 movie by John Hughes. Mia Sara and Alan Ruck join Star Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off ($5). Ferris wakes up one day and realizes the days to beautiful to go to school, so he…
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FIGHT CLUB
Imagine you’re someone who has trouble sleeping and you’re looking a way to change your life around. What are you going to do to make things different? Well, if you were in David Fincher’s Fight Club ($13) you would have the perfect solution to your problem. Find a soap maker and…
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FULL METAL JACKET
Unless you’ve actually been to war, it’s hard to understand what the people who’ve fought and war go through. However, Full Metal Jacket ($5) by Stanley Kubrick does a good job of portraying a day in the life of a soldier. Starring Matthew Modine, R. Lee Erney, and Vincent D’Onofrio, full…
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BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
The word bromance might be a relatively new term but it can certainly be applied to this blockbuster 1969 western is concerned. This movie is the last few months of the notorious Hole in the Wall Gang based on the true story of Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid ($10), two train/bank..
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GLADIATOR
How far would you go to wreak revenge on those who have killed your family? Gladiator ($7) is the story of such a man who is also a Roman General who is betrayed and sees his family slaughtered at the hands of an emperor’s corrupt son. Russell Crowe is Maximus Decimus Meridian, the…
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