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Long Weekend (1978)

“Their Crime was Against Nature … And Nature Found Them Guilty!” In one of the better variations of the “nature runs amok” theme, an endlessly bickering Australian couple—“Peter” and “Marcia”…

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Lord of the Flies (1963)

“Evil is inherent in the human mind, whatever innocence may cloak it …” Let’s see, a black-and-white film featuring a cast of unknown child actors and based on Nobel Prize-winning…

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Losin’ It (1983)

“We’re going to be as crude as we want, as filthy as we want and as gross as we want!” Set in Los Angeles in 1965, Losin’ It depicts three…

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Lost in America (1985)

“I’ve seen the future! And it’s a bald-headed man from New York!” If you’ve ever fantasized about dropping out of society just like “Captain America” and “Billy” in Easy Rider,…

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Love Liza (2002)

“I own a plane and it runs on gas and I wanna fly the thing right fuckin’ now!” Philip Seymour Hoffman gives an amazing performance as “Wilson Joel,” a website…

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Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)

“Nothing is more important than friendship. Not fame, not money, not death.” Critic Roger Ebert once called Bang the Drum Slowly “the ultimate baseball movie.” Since I’m not much of…

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Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)

“That’s mom and dad’s store” … “That’s what I said. A ‘mom and pop’ operation.” A dark crime thriller directed by the great Sidney Lumet, Before the Devil Knows You’re…

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Being There (1979)

“Life is a state of mind.” In arguably his greatest performance, Peter Sellers portrays a simple-minded gardener named “Chance,” who lives a sheltered life watching a lot of television at…

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Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)

“Man is evil! Capable of nothing but destruction!” A lot of diehards hate the first sequel to Planet of the Apes (1968) but I discovered the film to have enough…

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Best in Show (2000)

“Some pets deserve a little more respect than others.” Another great, frequently hilarious mockumentary from Christopher Guest, Best in Show follows the outrageous antics of several dog lovers as they…

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