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WolfmanOz at the Movies #89
Boney. With the recent release of Ridley Scott’s Napoleon I thought it might be worth paying a visit to see how cinema has treated the French emperor, who was one of the greatest military commanders in history whilst also initiating numerous political and cultural reforms many of which have had a lasting impact on France, Europe and…
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WolfmanOz at the Movies #61
They call me Mr. Tibbs ! Was the defiant response by Sidney Poitier’s character policeman Virgil Tibbs to the aggressive and racist police chief of Sparta, Mississippi, Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger in his Oscar winning Best Actor role) in the timeless mystery drama classic In The Heat Of The Night released in 1967 and directed…