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Tag Archives: Star Wars

My 25 Favorite Montages & Cross-cutting Sequences

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What’s the opposite of a long take? The first four top 25 lists I put together for this blog were matching pairs: scariest scenes and funniest scenes, endings and beginnings. […]

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Film, Lists

Mister Rogers’ America

July 5, 2018by Paul Boyne 2 Comments

The height of my political idealism (or naïveté, as you please) was around the year 2015. Amid all the usual rancor, I felt optimistic that things could improve. One of […]

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Faith, Film

Oscar 2018

January 23, 2018by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

It’s Oscar nominations morning once again, and the big story, from a personal standpoint, is that I’ve actually seen the movies this year! No more Well, I’ve seen two Best […]

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Both Versions: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

March 10, 2017by Paul Boyne 1 Comment

Steven Spielberg’s pivotal status in film history can be pretty well summed up by the example of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, his second major blockbuster. A lifelong passion project, […]

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Film

My Most Anticipated 2017 Movies

December 23, 2016by Paul Boyne 1 Comment

I’ll get the hang of this eventually, trust me. As I prepared another top ten list of upcoming movies, it occurred to me that I had absolutely no idea how […]

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Film, Lists

Both Versions: Star Wars

December 16, 2016by Paul Boyne 2 Comments

For the twentieth anniversary of his greatest accomplishment, George Lucas brought Star Wars (now known, for clarity’s sake, as Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) back into theaters with new digital […]

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Film

Both Versions: The Exorcist

October 8, 2016by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

On the all-time box office top 100 list (adjusted for inflation), The Exorcist, ranked at number nine, is the only straight horror film (with Jaws and The Sixth Sense being arguably borderline, and […]

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Film

Oscar 2016

January 14, 2016by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

Can it be that I’m getting less cynical about the Academy Awards? Looking over last year’s post, I find that I was a little grumpy for some reason. Maybe it […]

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My Favorite Movies: The Empire Strikes Back

May 29, 2015by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

When I was young, I assumed the striking back of the title referred to the climax — Han Solo’s capture and Luke Skywalker’s defeat in a duel with Darth Vader. […]

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Both Versions: The Gold Rush

May 8, 2015by Paul Boyne 1 Comment

(This is the first post in a new bimonthly series.) Around the time that the home video era got started, the process of adding color to old black-and-white movies became […]

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