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Tagged: The Godfather

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Dec 30, 2020

They pulled me back in: The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone

A while back, one of my colleagues on this site wrote a nice retrospective about the three movies that comprise the Godfather series. The Godfather, released in 1972, is rightfully regarded as a classic that made stars out of…

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Jun 14, 2016

Summer blockbusters, and why they’re harmless

“This is probably a key reason why summer blockbusters continue to thrive: Plot and even coherency can be rendered secondary if the film itself has enough kinetic energy to keep the audience awake for a couple of hours.”

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