Living for the Cinema
Short movie reviews from the last 50+ years by Geoff Gershon. https://livingforthecinema.com/
Episodes
355 episodes
KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979)
DIVORCE WEEK continues (and concludes) with this game-changing domestic drama directed by Robert Benton (Places in the Heart, Nobody's Fool) which not only nominated for nine Oscars but would also win five Oscars including Best Picture for 1979...
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Season 4
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Episode 41
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17:22
The War of the Roses (1989)
What happens when you take one of Hollywood's most popular on-screen couples at the time and pin them against each other in a movie about divorce? Thirty-five years ago, newly minted director (and co-star) Danny DeVito was apparently the ...
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Season 4
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Episode 40
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15:47
The Guest (2014)
If a very handsome and friendly young veteran named David visited your home one afternoon with a warm smile and some very kind words about your son whom he served with overseas....wouldn't YOU invite him over to stay? That's the main ques...
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Season 4
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Episode 39
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20:59
The Bone Collector (1999)
There's a serial killer around New York city going around murdering people in increasingly bizarre ways while also leaving increasingly minute details behind as clues. Denzel Washington plays the brilliant criminologist Lincoln Rhymes who...
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Season 4
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Episode 39
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20:20
Saturday Night (2024)
LIVE FROM NEW YORK....For any one born after 1975 (or before), "Saturday Night Live" has been an American entertainment institution...an irreverent weekly platform for up-to-the-minute comedy featuring promising performe...
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Season 4
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Episode 38
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18:55
A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
ONE TWO, Freddy's coming for you...THREE FOUR, Better lock your door...Forty years ago this November saw the release of one of the most influential horror films of all time directed by the late, great Wes Craven who ...
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Season 4
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Episode 37
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17:42
Black Rain (1989)
Michael Douglas, Mullets, and Motorcycles....what else do you need? 🤔Well you also have the legendary Japanese movie star Ken Takakura, vibrant young Andy Garcia, gorgeous visuals from cinematographer Jan de Bont, sadly the last performa...
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Season 4
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Episode 37
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22:26
The Terminator (1984)
Forty years ago this Fall, we saw the release of one of the most influential genre films of the Modern Era, this low-budget sci-fi horror thriller directed by a young upstart named James Cameron....this being his first full-on feature film.&nbs...
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Season 4
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Episode 36
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16:53
Megalopolis (2024)
Oscar-winning director Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Bram Stoker's Dracula) has finally done it....he has completed his long-in-the-works passion project, an original story which he began developing as far back as the lat...
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Season 4
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Episode 35
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18:20
Fight Club (1999)
The FIRST Rule About Fight Club is....Do NOT TALK About Fight ClubOf course when this action satire directed by David Fincher (Seven, The Social Network) first opened twenty-five years ago to mixed reviews and medioc...
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Season 4
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Episode 34
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22:25
The River Wild (1994)
Thirty years ago, director Curtis Hanson (LA Confidential, 8 Mile) helped introduce us to what was seemed like a very novel concept on-screen for the first time: "MERYL STREEP, ACTION HERO." Up until this point, Streep had already been no...
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Season 4
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Episode 33
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15:08
The Substance (2024)
"Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself?"That's not only the tagline for this movie but for the fictional experimental drug which is offer to our main protagonist. Demi Moore (Ghost, Indecent Proposal) plays...
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Season 4
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Episode 32
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15:31
Sea of Love (1989)
When this erotic mystery was first released in the Fall of '89, it was looked upon as a comeback vehicle for legendary actor Al Pacino who stars as beleaguered NYPD detective Frank Keller who is struggling with both alcoholism and the fallout f...
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Season 4
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Episode 31
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16:44
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Thirty years ago, this inspiring prison drama based upon a short story by Stephen King was released to thunderous acclaim and weak box office. Over time via strong video/DVD sales and steady play on cable, it built up a very devoted follo...
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Season 4
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Episode 30
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18:31
The Mask (1994)
SOMEBODY....STOP HIM!!! Of course we're referring to Stanley Ipkiss played by Jim Carrey once he puts on that mask, the titular mask for this Summer '94 blockbuster smash which was based on a graphic novel of the same name. Directed...
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Season 4
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Episode 29
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17:36
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
The Ghost With The Most is BACK! More than thirty-six years after the original cult smash Beetlejuice was released into theaters, director Tim Burton returns along with Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, and Michael Keaton in the titular rol...
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Season 4
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Episode 28
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17:09
The Shadow (1994)
WHO KNOWS WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEARTS OF MEN?Thirty years ago this past summer, director Russell Mulcahy (Highlander, Ricochet) presented the answer to that question with a heavily hyped, lavish adaption of the popular radio show and ...
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Season 4
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Episode 27
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17:33
Rear Window (1954)
Seventy years ago, Alfred Hitchcock....the Master of Suspense....gave us the ultimate low-key, low-stakes paranoia thriller focusing on laid-up photographer L.B. played by the late great James Stewart. L.B. has a broken leg and is stuck i...
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Season 4
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Episode 26
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15:48
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Thirty years ago, this in-your-face violent satire of murder and media consumption was released to a mixture of acclaim and controversy. Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone (Platoon, Wall Street) presented us with the story of Mickey (Woo...
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Season 4
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Episode 25
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18:24
Inglorious Basterds (2009)
Once Upon a Time in Nazi-Occupied France....A beloved filmmaker (Quentin Tarantino) directed his first epic period piece just LOOSELY (very loosely) based upon true events....meaning World War II. We follow several different chara...
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Season 4
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Episode 24
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19:25
Alien: Romulus (2024)
It has been more than seven years since the last entry in the long-running franchise was released....and lord knows how long has it been since we actually saw a GOOD Alien film? (Just one person's opinion) Well the xenomorph is BACK and the tit...
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Season 4
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Episode 23
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17:57
Top Ten Villain Performances of the 1990's!
For much of August, we will be taking a break to get our proverbial batteries recharged - we'll be back to releasing new episodes before the end of the month. In the meantime, enjoy this special episode going back through our cat...
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Season 4
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Episode 22
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22:06
Alien (1979) Re-Release
For much of August, we will be taking a break to get our proverbial batteries recharged - we'll be back to releasing new episodes before the end of the month. Forty-five years ago, one of The Greatest and Most Influential Science...
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Season 4
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Episode 22
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20:29
Top Ten Villain Performances of the 1980's!
For the next couple of weeks, we will be taking a break to get our proverbial batteries recharged - we'll be back to releasing new episodes before the end of the month. In the meantime, enjoy this special episode going back...
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Season 4
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Episode 21
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20:10