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One Night in Miami (2020) – Review
On February 25, 1964, Muhammad Ali, when he was still being called Cassius Clay, defeated Sonny Liston in Miami, Florida to win the heavyweight championship of the world. Malcolm X, one of the most prominent voices at the time in the U.S. Nation of Islam, was there that night for support, and had talked to…
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Reel 71: Accidental Spies
Don’t you hate it when you’re just out there minding your own business, doing your job and the next thing you know you’re involved with a South American crime cartel, or you’re behind the Iron Curtain? That’s what happens in this episode of the show. We find some fairly ordinary people thrown into extraordinary circumstances.…
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Reel 70: Love During Wartime
Roughly two-thirds of this show’s life ago, we did an episode titled “Life During Wartime“, in which the war wasn’t always neatly spelled out. In today’s episode, it’s Love During Wartime, and again the war isn’t quite so obvious, except that it’s referring specifically to the Cold War. We’re looking at a pair of films…
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Insignificance (1985) – Review
Like many directors who made their mark in the 1960’s and 70’s, Nicolas Roeg hit a bad streak in the 80’s. While I was a fan of BAD TIMING, it wasn’t well received by critics or the box office, and Roeg’s follow-up film, EUREKA, starring Gene Hackman as a prospector, ended up being barely released,…
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Reel 69: When Icons Meet
In a way, this episode is an unofficial third in our recent series of fairy tales, in the sense that it depicts a couple of “What if?” scenarios, except this time around we’re using people who really existed. First up is Insignificance, from 1985, and then it’s One Night In Miami… from 2020. Interestingly, both…
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