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The Great Santini

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Films About Families, 1980

October 7, 2019March 29, 2021 firstmagnitude 1644 Views 0 Comments 1980, A Woman Under the Influence, An American Family, Breaking Away, Interiors, Kramer vs. Kramer, One Trick Pony, Ordinary People, Scenes from a Marriage, The Great Santini

Breaking Away, Kramer vs. Kramer, One-Trick Pony, Scenes from a Marriage, An American Family, A Woman Under the Influence, The

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The Great Santini, Willie & Phil, Middle Age Crazy, Ordinary People, Divine Madness, 1980

September 27, 2019September 27, 2019 firstmagnitude 3144 Views 14 Comments 1980, Divine Madness, Middle Age Crazy, Ordinary People, Satan's Playthings, The Great Santini, The Mountain Men, Willie & Phil

Dogs of the Week – Satan’s Playthings, The Mountain Men

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If We Picked the Oscars, 1981

August 26, 2019April 1, 2021 firstmagnitude 2569 Views 1 Comment 1981, Coal Miner's Daughter, Gloria, If We Picked the Oscars, Inside Moves, Melvin and Howard, Ordinary People, Private Benjamin, Raging Bull, Resurrection, Tess, The Elephant Man, The Great Santini, The Stunt Man, Tribute

Sometimes, while reviewing these shows for upload, I can’t help but to be captivated by Gene’s and Roger’s admiration for what

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The Best Movies of 1980

July 31, 2019June 20, 2021 firstmagnitude 3338 Views 0 Comments 1981, American Gigolo, Being There, Best Boy, Coal Miner's Daughter, Kagemusha, Ordinary People, Raging Bull, The Black Stallion, The Blues Brothers, The Empire Strikes Back, The Great Santini, The Stunt Man, The Tree of Wooden Clogs

Gene’s List – Raging Bull, Ordinary People, Coal Miner’s Daughter, The Tree of Wooden Clogs, Kagemusha, Being There, The Black

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  • The Associate, High School High, Normal Life, Twelfth Night, Trees Lounge – 1996 January 15, 2023
  • The Golden Compass, The Amateurs, Atonement, Juno, Walk Hard, Grace Is Gone – 2007 January 8, 2023
  • Tom Snyder and Roger Ebert – 1997 January 1, 2023
  • Roger Ebert Interviews Michael Apted – 2006 December 18, 2022
  • Ebert Presents – Movies That Made Us Critics – 2011 December 11, 2022
  • City Slickers, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, Jungle Fever, An Angel At My Table – 1991 December 4, 2022
  • Dekalog Film Series Discussed by Roger Ebert – 2001 November 27, 2022
  • Snow Falling On Cedars, Play It To The Bone, Angela’s Ashes, Girl Interrupted, The Terrorist, 2000 November 23, 2022
  • Iron Man 2, Babies, Mother and Child, Solitary Man, No One Knows About Persian Cats, Casino Jack and the United States of Money – 2010 November 20, 2022

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