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I know there is a movie thread, but I really doubt everyone wants to hear what movies I've seen and enjoyed / hated recently. Not quite blockbusters, not quite b-movies, they are mostly foreign and documentaries, sprinkled with my impressions of the acting, directing, and story.

You have been warned.

Key to ratings:

means I liked it.
means it was okay.
means I didn't like it.

  1. Taking of Pelham One Two Three

    This 1974 film, directed by Joseph Sargent, is about 4 heavily armed guys who hijack a subway train in NYC. It stars Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, and Hector Elizondo. Matthau plays the head of the NYC transit police, and Shaw the head of the gang. Dick O'Neill and Jerry Stiller also co-star. Even Doris Roberts has a small part in this film.

    The gang quickly and precisely makes their demands known. They have hostages, and seem serious to carry out their threats. ...
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