Tag Archives: Bob Balaban

End of the Line (1987)

Wilford Brimley steals a train. There are some movies where all you really need to know is the premise, and you know whether or not you want to watch it. Seldom films for all audiences, examples range from Transformers (giant … Continue reading

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

According to Hollywood legend, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg made a wager, at Lucas’s instigation, around 1976. Both of them were working on science-fiction blockbuster movies involving aliens that were due to debut the following year. Lucas, facing interference and … Continue reading

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