Raiders of the Lost Ark begins just as the Third Reich is forming.  The forces of the fuhrer are searching for a long lost artifact of infinite, immense power called the Ark of the Covenant.  History tells us that the Nazis were global, in Europe very much so, though this Film elaborates and imagines the Axis powers establishing archeological digs in places as remote as Mongolia and Egypt.

     Raiders of the Lost Ark is a bew... Read More

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     *Note:  I, Patrick the critic, am in a quasi-annual (semi-annual) manic phase that has been going on for 24 days.  Over the past seven years, since April 2003, I have had a psychiatric condition that requires medicine.  This medicine is good for the soul.  Adhering to a strict and sometimes intense medical regimen places one in a category of formal adherence to societal requirements. 

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     "Are you trying to develop a sense of humor or am I deaf?"  -- Indiana Jones

     "Antidote...  to the poison you just drank...  the poison works fast...  you kill the girl, I'll find another...  -- unsavory character Laoche

     "Game's not over, antidote!"  -- Indy

      "Too much to drink, Dr. Jones? (laughing)"  -- unsavory character

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     The ever stealthy and versatile actor Joe Pantoliano is at his very best in the Wachowski Brothers picture Bound.  The plot elements fall exquisitely into place like dominoes toppling over each other.  Reviewing The Matrix, my hero -- Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times -- said that the plot of that blockbuster is nowhere near as airtight as Andy and Larry Wachowski's first film.  The scene where Violet (Jennifer Tilly) makes a phone call in... Read More

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     My favorite Annette Bening Film would have to be either The Grifters or American Beauty.  American Beauty teaches one so much about life.  Take for instance the scene where Kevin Spacey's character is wailing on his pecs with a very heavy weight and smoking the pot.  Bening says -- in a classic line -- "I think that using illegal psychotropic substances is a good example to set for our daughter."  She means that sarcastically an... Read More

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