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The Crushed Film Festival presents: Backdraft
December 29, 2010 – 12:41 AM | 16 Comments
The Crushed Film Festival presents: <I>Backdraft</I>

The Movie: Backdraft
The Crush Object: Kurt Russell
The Story: The Netflix plot summary pretty much covers it: “[Firefighter] brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey (William Baldwin and Kurt Russell) are battling each other over past slights while …

Silkwood
May 6, 2010 – 2:29 PM | 9 Comments
<I>Silkwood</I>

Silkwood has so many unexpected charms: that Karen Silkwood is not a saint, but a basically decent and courageous woman, and a feckless and sometimes bratty woman; Drew leaving, then coming back to tell her, …