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18 July 2009 1:02 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

The other night I went to the top of Hotel deLuxe in downtown Portland for an open-air screening of Duck Soup, which kicked off the Northwest Film Center's summer series of rooftop movies. I was under the impression that I'd seen every Marx Brothers movie when I was in high school, but it turns out that apart from clips (such as the legendary mirror scene), Duck Soup was new to me. It's an easy mistake to make, as those early Marx films have titles -- Horse Feathers, Animal Crackers, etc. -- that don't give you any clue what they're about.

Duck Soup is the one with Groucho playing Rufus T. Firefly, the newly appointed leader of the country of Freedonia. Released in 1933, it was the fifth and last feature that the Marxes made for Paramount before going to MGM, and it was also the last film that Groucho, Chico, and »

- Eric D. Snider

1 February 2009 2:35 PM, PST | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

Football’s history with the movies has never been very good.

Sports movies are already tired and cliched to begin with, to the point where it could be lampooned with minimal effort. Football movies tend to be the genre’s most boring entries, though. Even the acclaimed ones like Rudy or Remember the Titans fall victim to the same predictability and misplaced sentimentality. Somehow, they’re always about an underdog who has to chase the impossible dream, being an inspiration for everyone else. Even more mind boggling that they can keep finding real life stories to turn into drecks. There were 3 of them in 2006 alone (Invincible, We Are Marshall, Gridiron Gang). Really, how many inspirational true stories can one sport have?

So for those of you who hate football and football movies, here’s a top five list of films that defy the usual tired approach to the genre. On this day of Superbowl, »

- Arya Ponto

2 articles from 2009