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FLIX PIX (1286): “I Am SPARTACUS!”
SPARTICUS (directed by Stanley Kubrick, 1960) ***** (out of 5) . > This is one of those films I would have told you that I had seen several times through the years, on various old cathode ray tubes. I would have … Continue reading
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KPK on the CINEMA (135) “The Films of May 2023”
. > With the impacts of the righteous writer’s strike hitting me first and hardest with the pause in my habitual late night yuks (Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Daily Show, John Oliver, Bill Maher, SNL), I have had a good deal … Continue reading
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FLIX PIX (564): “Michael Mann Tackles Historical Epic in THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE”
(directed by Michael Mann, 1964) ****+ (out of 5) . > This big budget historical spectacle attempts to encapsulate the long downfall of this once domineering empire through the fictionalized account of the rise and fall of Emperor Commodus. . It’s … Continue reading
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