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Top 100 American Movie Quotes of the 21st Century: #38

The actor: Wyatt Russell The character: Willoughby The film: Everybody Wants Some!! The line: “Well, boys: here for a good time, not a long time, right?” I guess Willoughby listened to Trooper, right? It used to be that many of our great film directors in this country were real macho sportsman types, and not just… Read More Top 100 American Movie Quotes of the 21st Century: #38

June 10, 2023 Tim1 Comment

Top Movies of the Decade (2010-2019) — 2016, Part 2

To see the entire list of my 100 top movies of last decade, or to find the landing page for the other years in this series, click here. To read the first half of this post, click here.   51) The Lost City of Z, directed by James Gray I like to use the example of… Read More Top Movies of the Decade (2010-2019) — 2016, Part 2

June 28, 2020 Tim2 Comments

Anglophone Director Championship Belt, 1918-2018

One of the Grantland legacies I’m fond of, although I’m sure the idea didn’t start there, is the championship belt (RIP Grantland, long live Barnwell and Hyden). The purpose is to go year by year and create a list of who’s at the top of some field, which is a deceptively simple task, and one… Read More Anglophone Director Championship Belt, 1918-2018

January 23, 2019June 11, 2019 Tim3 Comments

Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)

Dir. Richard Linklater. Starring Blake Jenner, Glen Powell, Temple Baker In my experience, there is no species of jock as endlessly arrogant as baseball players. I can’t adequately explain why that is despite having played some kind of baseball for nearly fifteen years. Part of it absolutely is in the highly individualized nature of the… Read More Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)

November 6, 2017 Tim1 Comment

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