Reviews of the 2007 AFI Top 100 List
After exploring the original story of Heart of Darkness, we review with extreme prejudice what is perhaps its greatest successor, Apocalypse Now.
[Aggregate score: 10]
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When toys come alive via CGI, we scrutinize their motivations as well as the legacy of digitally animated films, in the original Toy Story. [Aggregate score: 7]
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Returning to their childhood before all the world-weary cynicism set in, TLS experiences the original wonder of this classic Spielberg flick which sits at #24 on the AFI list.
[Aggregate score: 8.5]
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TLS investigates a complex web of murders, real estate deals, incest and cover-ups in 1930s Los Angeles. Forget all those other noir films, it’s Chinatown. [Aggregate score: 10]
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Operatic hijinks ensue as TLS covers the second (and better) Marx Brothers movie on the AFI list, A Night at the Opera.
[Aggregate score: 7.6]
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TLS travels back to 1962 to discuss number 62 on the AFI, George Lucas’ “American Graffiti.” The Wolfman says, have a popsicle! [Aggregate score 6.75]
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TLS gets themselves committed in order to review this AFI film about life in a psyche ward. [Aggregate score: 9.75]
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The Signals start to experience some unsteady, and some may say even nauseous, feelings over highly acclaimed Hitchcock classic, Vertigo.
[Aggregate score: 7.6]
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TLS endures the Marx Brothers’ satirical political shtick-storm that is “Duck Soup.” We never forget a movie, but in this case we’ll make an exception, with a hey-nani-nani and a *honk honk.* [Aggregate score: 2.25]
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TLS plunders the depths of the AFI list to decide if everyone’s favorite worst-archeologist-ever hero is deserving of a place on it.
[Aggregate score: 7]
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