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Best of the best Casablanca It’s known as one of the great romances, but it’s also very funny. During World War II in Casablanca everyone comes to Rick’s Cafe — including his former lover, Ilsa. Humphrey Bogart plays Rick and Ingrid Bergman plays Ilsa. Runner ups Citizen Kane A great movie and an astounding behind-the-scenes […]
Best of the best The Wizard of Oz One of the greatest musicals ever — I haven’t seen the movie in decades but I still remember the songs. Dorothy gets caught in a tornado and is whisked off to the magical land of Oz. Judy Garland plays Dorothy. Runner ups Gone With the Wind Adjusted […]
Best of the best Metropolis Hugely influential in science fiction, but that’s not why you should watch it. Even though it’s a silent movie, even though the acting is a very different style than we’re used to, even though it’s a message movie — it’s still amazing. In the the future the rich and poor […]
{4.5/5} “Kill off all my demons, Roy, and my angels might die too.” Roy and Jessie have been in China helping kids through their church. As part of their trip back to the US, they decide to take the Transsiberian railway from China to Moscow. Roy likes trains a lot and he thinks Jessie will […]
{3.5/5} “What if love was stronger than gravity?” Adam lives on Down Below and Eve lives on the world just next door, Up Top. They found an ingenious way to be together, at least temporarily. But then they’re separated, and Adam believes that Eve is dead. Ten years later he discovers that she’s alive. So […]
{4.5/5} “Somebody is out there — maybe they’ve been trying to get discovered but they’re starting to doubt themselves. And then they hit our stage and suddenly life changes. Isn’t that a great thing to see happen? This is the amazing part of the show that I never get tired of.” — Howard Stern America’s […]
{5/5} “When you open your mind to the impossible, sometimes you find the truth.” Olivia is back from the alternate universe but she was in a car accident and doesn’t remember what William Bell told her. Eventually she remembers that he had a warning for her: hybrids have been created to open the door between […]
{4/5} “Ever since we came out, I keep expecting to walk through things like a ghost — because I was somewhere so much more real and solid than physical reality that I could see through my hands, couldn’t touch or move anything… The — country — I don’t know where it was. It burned my […]
{3.5/5} “He was like an ancient legend, something from a book of fairy tales or an old song. Everyone talked about the Tall Man all the time, because everyone was afraid of him. People were always afraid he’d strike again. And when he did, they’d thank their lucky stars he took somebody else’s kid.” Cold […]
{4/5} “I’m no different than any of you. I just don’t hide in my house.” Nick has a problem with alcohol. After being sober for 6 months while on a business trip he accepts a champagne after a successful negotiation. Then things go downhill, culminating in losing his wife and his job — on the […]