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Living for the Cinema
Short movie reviews from the last 50+ years by Geoff Gershon. https://livingforthecinema.com/
Episodes
410 episodes
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (2005)
Twenty years ago, this tragic romantic drama took the world by storm by becoming a suprise international box office hit along with garnering massive acclaim. It even eventually won a few Academy awards, including Best Adapted Screenplay, ...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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20:35

Mission:Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)
Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and the rest of the IMF crew are back for ONE last mission....to save the world from The Entity, a massive artificial intelligence collective which has spread so far it is now on the verge of taking over every major nucl...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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17:27

Mission:Impossible II (2000)
Twenty-five years ago, director John Woo (Hard Boiled, Face/Off) joined this franchise to helm this long-awaited sequel to the first cinematic adaptation from '96. And whereas the first film was a paranoid espionage thriller, he and star/...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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19:49

Dick Tracy (1990)
Based upon the comic strip created in 1931 by Chester Gould, this eye-popping live-action adaptation was long planned by Oscar-winning director Warren Beatty (Reds, Heaven Can Wait) who also elected to star as the titular square-jawwed crime fi...
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Season 4
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Episode 93
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23:27

Kelly's Heroes (1970)
During the waning days of World War II, a group of American soldiers find themselves without a leader nor a mission so they decide to sneak behind enemy lines to attempt to steal a hidden cache of gold which even most Nazi's are aware of. ...
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Season 4
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Episode 92
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19:35
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Steve Jobs (2015) - "Living For The Boyle" Series
Welcome to the LIVING FOR THE BOYLE review series! Daniel Francis Boyle originally hailed from Manchester, England and his filmmaking career took off thirty years ago in 1995 with the release of acclaimed cult thriller...
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Season 4
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Episode 91
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23:29

Jaws (1975)
The beach town of Amity Island has been experiencing some mysterious attacks from a mysterious entity within the nearby ocean, resulting in some brutal deaths. And the local police chief Brody (Roy Scheider) is concerned that it MIGHT be ...
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Season 4
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Episode 90
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20:45

LifeForce (1985)
From the director (Tobe Hooper) of The Texas Chainsaw Massacare and the writer (Dan O'Bannon) of Alien comes this crazy sci-fi horror thriller about a potential alien invasion which occurs around London after a race of space vampires (yes you r...
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Season 4
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Episode 89
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19:41
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The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
How do you follow up a genuine once-in-a-lifetime pop culture phenomenon like the initial release of Star Wars in 1977? Well if you're writer/director/producer George Lucas, you use your ownership of the franchise to continue the story bu...
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Season 4
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Episode 88
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20:13
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Perfect (1985)
Adam (John Travolta) is an intrepid reporter for Rolling Stone magazine currently chasing the biggest story of his career while in LA....when he suddenly comes up with an intriguing back-up story: how healthclubs are becoming the singles bars o...
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Season 4
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Episode 87
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19:02
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Urban Cowboy (1980)
Bud (John Travolta) is a young man from the country who moves to Houston to work at the local oil refinery and starts to spend a lot of time at the local country and western bar named Gilley's where he meets Sissy (Debra Winger). Over muc...
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Season 4
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Episode 86
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18:29

Sinners (2025) - 400th Episode!!!!
HAPPY 400TH EPISODE - Thanks to all listeners and subscribers for your continued support!!! :)Smoke and Stack (both played by Michael B. Jordan) are twin brothers who also are both recent World War I veterans and...
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Season 4
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Episode 85
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22:00

Total Recall (1990)
For the Memories of a Lifetime.....In the Year 2084, Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a mild-mannered construction worker just living the simple life with his loving wife Lori (Sharon Stone). All seems well ...
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Season 4
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Episode 84
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20:38

Get Shorty (1995)
Exactly one year after his historic comeback in the seminal Pulp Fiction (which he received an Oscar nomination for), John Travolta followed it up with this slick and crime caper/satire adapted from the Elmore Leonard novel of the same name.&nb...
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Season 4
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Episode 83
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22:53
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Millions (2005) - "Living For The Boyle" Series
Welcome to the LIVING FOR THE BOYLE review series! Daniel Francis Boyle originally hailed from Manchester, England and his filmmaking career took off thirty years ago in 1995 with the release of acclaimed cult thriller...
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Season 4
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Episode 82
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22:24

I Love You To Death (1990)
Master '80's auteur Lawrence Kasdan (The Big Chill, Silverado, Body Heat) kicked off the '90's with this dark comedy based upon the bizarre true story of a philandering husband whose wife conspired to murder him....and yet he wouldn't die. :o T...
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Season 4
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Episode 81
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18:31
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The Blues Brothers (1980)
It's 106 miles to Chicago, they've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and they're wearing sunglasses....The brothers are Joliet Jake Blue (John Belushi) and Elmwood Blues (Dan Ackroyd)....and the...
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Season 4
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Episode 80
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24:14
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Kingdom of Heaven: Director's Cut (2005)
Twenty years ago, Sir Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Napoleon, 1492, Black Hawk Down) directed yet another large-scale historical drama.....this time taking place during the Crusades as we watch war escalate between the Saracins and Christian armies ...
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Season 4
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Episode 79
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21:42
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Die Hard With A Vengeance (1995)
John McClane is Back! After successfully defeating terrorists at Nakatomi Plaza in the first movie and Dulles Airport in the second movie, McClane (Bruce Willis) is once again working as a NYPD cop. Hung over and once again on the o...
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Season 4
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Episode 78
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22:59
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Blue Steel (1990)
Out on her first night on the beat, rookie NYPD cop Megan Turner (Jamie Lee Curtis) comes upon a robbery in a grocery store and takes down the perpetrator. However as soon as she takes him down, things take a strange turn as one witness f...
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Season 4
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Episode 77
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16:51
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Trainspotting (1996) - "Living For The Boyle" Series
Welcome to the LIVING FOR THE BOYLE review series! Daniel Francis Boyle originally hailed from Manchester, England and his filmmaking career took off thirty years ago in 1995 with the release of acclaimed cult thriller...
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Season 4
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Episode 76
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22:29

Black Bag (2025)
What's this? Yet ANOTHER movie/series about a married couple who are also spies?!? :o Yes this thriller is about a couple of British spies who both work for the same intelligence agency and apparently there's a dangerous leak which has oc...
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Season 4
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Episode 75
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18:10
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House Party (1990)
Who doesn't love a movie focused on a party?? :) Well when they're done right at least....Animal House, Bachelor Party....and thirty-five years ago, director Reginald Hudlin (Boomerang) made his debut with one of the better ones. It also ...
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Season 4
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Episode 74
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19:46
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