Peter Avellino

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Dead Bang 1989

★★★★ Rewatched 14 Dec 2024

Frankenheimer Christmas.

Such a good first hour with a driving momentum to all the scuzz and nastiness plus Don Johnson getting pissed off at everyone he sees and the greatest ending to a foot chase ever. Frankenheimer really knew how to direct action. Hell, he knew how to direct conversations. So I always feel a little let down when around 70 minutes in it feels like the film is restarting as it moves on to the big action climax and…
One, Two, Three 1961

★★★★½ Rewatched 13 Dec 2024

Looks like a 1937 Nash.
A half-star deducted for the Red Buttons scene. Everything else is glorious.

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The Spoilers 1930

★★★★ Watched 02 Dec 2024 1

Something to be said for the thrill of being in a packed New Beverly filled with people all discovering this 1930 film for the very first time. And even if this isn't a newly uncovered masterpiece it was still fascinating to see this piece of history.
The direction by Edwin Carewe is much richer than you sometimes get from films during this early point in sound which gives life to the muddy Nome setting and there's an energy to the…
Sorcerer 1977

★★★★½ Rewatched 08 Aug 2024

Several days after seeing it at the Vista and it's still rattling through my brain. This was nowhere near my first time seeing the film. I even have a few issues with some things here and there. But getting close to 50 years after it was made this still feels so audacious in how shot leads to shot, building to the almost unbearable tension of the most famous moments. The 35mm print isn’t perfect in how the age is apparent…

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