The 8 movies
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This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:19:30), we talk about the 1957 Allan Dwan desert noir The River's Edge, in addition to "The Marriage of Figaro" - the third episode of Mad Men. In part two (1:19:31-2:16:56) we chat in shorter form about 8 additional features: Fernando Trueba's 1989 weird erotic thriller The Mad Monkey (aka Twisted Obsession), the Ultimate Cut of Zack Snyder's 2009 comic adaptation Watchmen, Joseph-Gordon Levitt's 2013 sole directorial feature Don Jon, the 2017 Steven C. Miller DTV Nic Cage sequel Arsenal, Rob Cohen's 2002 Vin Diesel extreme sports spy film xXx, the 1996 John Woo action blockbuster Broken Arrow, the 1981 Oliver Stone psychological horror film The Hand, and Martin Scorsese's 1973 breakthrough picture Mean Streets. In part three, we talk briefly about everything else we've watched since last time, and make our picks for next week. The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/
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