RIP Gene Hackman

Legendary actor Gene Hackman has passed away at the age of 95, he was found dead with his wife at home and thoughts go to all of his family and friends at this time. He was a double Oscar winner with his performances in The French Connection and Unforgiven winning, he was also nominated for three other performances in Mississippi Burning, I Never Sang for My Father and Bonnie & Clyde. A truly outstanding career, rest in peace Gene.

Top 10 – Films I Caught Up With in 2021!

I actually really enjoy putting this “caught up with” list together each year (ok most years) mainly because I know people will wonder how I got to that year without seeing some truly classic and quite frankly outstanding films! While I call it a top 10, its not put in any particular order and has been filtered down from 40 that I thought were worthy to be included in the long list!

Prepare to be utterly amazed with some of my first time viewings in 2021 …

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The French Connection (1971) Review

Two NYC cops Jimmy Doyle and Buddy Russo are with the Narcotics Bureau and stumble upon a drug smuggling job with a French connection. Plenty of chasing will go on as they attempt to find the man in charge Alain Charnier.

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Runaway Jury (2003) Review

A trial about to begin which is against a major gun manufacturer after an innocent man was shot and killed at work. This leads to Nicholas Easter getting on the jury along with Marlee on the outside as they try and manipulate the trial.

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The Conversation (1974) Review

Harry Caul is a secretive surveillance expert and is super paranoid about well everything. He becomes convinced that the young couple he is spying on are going to be murdered, this leads to him doubting his own conscience.

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The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) Review

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The Tenenbaums are a rather dysfunctional family with the three gifted siblings having the potential to go on to achieve great success as they did in youth but not being able to transfer that into adulthood. The return of Royal their father after many years is about to cause chaos for the family, each dealing with their own problems and failure.

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Enemy of the State (1998) Review

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Robert Clayton Dean is a lawyer who becomes the target by a corrupt politician and his N.S.A workers when he accidentally ended up with key evidence relating to a crime.

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Young Frankenstein (1974) Review

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Fredrick Frankenstein is the grandson of the infamous scientist struggling to prove that he is not as insane but when he is invited to Transylvania to settle his Grandfathers affairs things will change when he discovers the process that brings a dead body back to life.

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The Replacements (2000) Review

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When a team of professional American Footballers go on strike the owners hire in replacements to play the final few games of the season.

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The Firm (1993) Review

Mitch McDeere is a young man with a very promising future. About to sit the Bar exam to become a lawyer he is approached by “The Firm”. Everything seems to good to be true with the gifts and money they are giving him, probably because it is . . .

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