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FURMAN ON FILM
Dec 4, 20202 min read
Rocky V - 1990
If only... If only...this film utilized the talents of its director (the director of the original, fresh off the solid though...
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Dec 4, 20204 min read
Da 5 Bloods - 2020
To my memory, there has never been a less fitting film poster for a work of art. This film is nothing like the hazy, psychedelic fever...
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Dec 2, 20202 min read
Whiplash - 2014
I pretty much adore most anything in which Darren Aronofsky’s involved. This really has nothing to do with Whiplash at all, except this:...
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Dec 1, 20202 min read
Boyhood - 2014
Let me just be clear at the outset here: I wanted to dislike this film. I really did. I generally don’t like extraordinarily long...
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Dec 1, 20202 min read
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - 2014
My goodness, the hype around this film was massive! “Keaton’s career defining performance!” “Inarritu goes rogue and uses eternal steady...
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Nov 28, 20204 min read
Rocky Balboa - 2006
"There's still some stuff in the basement." In a film chock FULL of quote board material, that's the line which hung with me after the...
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Nov 27, 20203 min read
Rocky IV - 1985
One would imagine it'd be pretty easy to make a bad film. You just fill it with awful things. What's harder, by leaps and bounds,...
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Nov 26, 20204 min read
Rocky III - 1982
A thought occurred to me as I was re-watching Rocky III for the first time in many moons with a group of young male students last...
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Nov 14, 20204 min read
Rocky II - 1979
There is a very strong case that Rocky II is not the BEST of the entire franchise (see my review on the first film for more on this), but...
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Nov 13, 20204 min read
Rocky - 1976
Rocky is the most predictable film of all time. Rocky is a one of a kind, truly remarkable sports tale the likes of which you'll rarely...
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Aug 9, 20203 min read
Broadcast News - 1987
Never before have Sorkin's Newsroom and Sports Night made such sense to me. I'm tempted to deny their status as "homages" to this...
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Jun 23, 20202 min read
Magnolia - 1999
This is likely the best entirely too long, flagrantly overstuffed (and at times overacted), never still cacophony of connected...
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May 4, 20202 min read
Jerry Maguire - 1996
Look, I get it. Cameron Crowe doesn't make perfect films. EXCEPT!...when Cameron Crowe makes perfect films. Except for this one time when...
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Apr 11, 20202 min read
Moulin Rouge! - 2001
This film shouldn't work. For me anyway, most things Baz Luhrmann touches don’t amount to great art. The quite decent Strictly Ballroom...
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Mar 13, 20202 min read
Garden State - 2004
At the time of my initial viewing, Garden State completely changed the way I look at movies. This sounds like a major overstatement for...
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Feb 10, 20201 min read
Transit - 2018
Transit is really a remarkable picture. It takes the Nazi occupation of France, throws it in a time portal to the future, and abuts a...
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Feb 10, 20202 min read
The Mustang - 2019
The Mustang was my dark horse picture of the year (no pun intended), much like last year's majestic The Rider. Both were gripping,...
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Feb 10, 20202 min read
Ad Astra - 2019
Let's make no bones about it. I WANTED to make this film my number 1. I really waaanted to so bad. Many years I would have. But, top to...
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