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Midnight Run

A collection of 3 posts
On Movies & Media

25 Years Ago Today, Walsh Got the Duke

It's a comedy. A buddy movie. An action movie. A cops and robbers movie. Not the kind of thing I usually enjoy. But from the first time I saw it — on opening day, 25 years ago today, July 20, 1988, at the Lloyd Center Cinemas in Portland, Oregon
19 Jul 2013 2 min read
The Trip

Before Sunrise, Certified Copy, My Dinner with Andre: Who Would You Cast in a Two-Person Movie?

If you could cast a two-person movie and just watch them meander through conversations for 90 minutes, which two actors would you cast?
05 Sep 2012 1 min read
On Movies & Media

The Funniest Movies Ever Made?

This Observer article finds several comedy experts reminiscing about their laugh-out-loud favorites. And the collection gets four cheers from me for giving credit to four both of my all-time favorite comedies: Midnight Run and Raising Arizona (both in my all-time Top Ten movies, period) and Fletch and This is Spinal
18 Jun 2007
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