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This week features a pair from the 1980s: a gritty British TV movie about a nuclear attack ending civilization, and an action-packed crime drama by William Friedkin set in the neon streets of Los Angeles. So yeah, no real theme here. #YabtM #1980s #Friedkin #ICBMs #Sheffield #losangeles

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They say 80% of the job is just showing up. #YabtM

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She's right.

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Murphy: "That's just fancy talk to say, 'we're gonna give money to people who pledge loyalty to Trump, and we're not gonna give money to people who don't pledge loyalty.' Today it may be government contracts, but tomorrow it may be your tax refund."

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GERMANY YEAR ZERO (1948) is an Italian Neo-Realist film that follows a young German boy surviving in the blasted remains of Berlin after the end of WWII. Like all films of this genre it is unsentimental and unsparing in it's portrayal of life on the very edge. #YabtM www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6yz...

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Kon Ichikawa's film follows the actions of a few starving, ragged soldiers in the final days of WWII, trapped on a Philippine island with no plan to surrender or escape. The grim scenario is contrasted by scenes, filmed in widescreen and Eastman black and white, of stunning beauty. #YabtM #WWII

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This is so metaphorically perfect it almost looks like a political cartoon

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The older fellers recollect what going to movies USED to be like, with curtains and intermissions. Showmanship. Notice Tadd says nothing at all, as the stuff we're waxing poetic about was over before he was born. #YabtM #Movies #theatre www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHru...

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This week Two more movies about World War Two, both of which come pretty close to pegging the Grim Meter all the way to 10. New episodes drop on Friday! #YabtM #WWII www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNvD...

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2016's PERSONAL SHOPPER features Kristin Stewart as a young American woman in Paris holding down two of the most unlikely jobs ever. a personal shopper for a celebrity AND a well-recognized spirit medium. This film holds multitudes, and we try to plow through all of 'em. #YabtM

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An unlikely remake of an obscure 1978 Harvey Keitel film, THE BEAT MY HEART SKIPPED concerns a conflicted young man. Does he follow his family avocation and work as a savage mob enforcer? Or does he follow his dreams and try to become a concert pianist? We discuss. #YabtM #france

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This week on Yelling About Movies we talk about Jeff Goldblum. No, Jeff Goldblum is not in either film we review. He doesn't need to be. #YabtM #films www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr8p...

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This week's picks: films about people in France with wildly different abilities. A mob enforcer / aspiring concert pianist. A personal shopper for a celebrity / psychic medium who can see ghosts. New episodes drop on Friday, and we'll sort all this out then! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez93...

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Damn. It. Heartbroken. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

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