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The June issue of Sight & Sound has selected 75 "mainstream marvels of the last 30 years" - commercial films that deserve more critical appreciation or notice.  I was glad to see a few of my favourites among the list, such as Excalibur, Deep Cover, Unlawful Entry, The Runaways, The Bounty, Breakdown, Femme Fatale, Footloose, Jennifer's Body, and Tombstone.  I have to question the inclusion of The Devil Wears Prada, which seems to me to be an obvious classic already. Several key mainstream marvels could also be added to this list of 75 (for the full list get a copy of the magazine), such as Killing ZoeLooker, Nacho LibreCongo, Don't Say A Word, The Rainmaker, and JFK.

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Poetry Pleases! said…
Dear Todd

I really don't watch many films apart from French ones. Rusty has got hold of a copy of Midnight Cowboy which she insists that we are going to watch on bank holiday Monday. We'll see.

Best wishes from Simon
EYEWEAR said…
Hi Simon, that's a great film, though rather downbeat.

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