The 469th Ellises' Analysis and our first episode in December has us asking you to appreciate the irony of an atheist and an agnostic discussing a Christmas movie about a religious man and an angel. Cary Grant plays that divine being in The Bishop's Wife and he's given the job of trying to fix Loretta Young and David Niven's struggling marriage. It's a tricky story to tell because Young has to have romantic chemistry with Grant, but not too much. Bev doesn't think they walked that tightrope very well, nor was Grant given a role where he could truly excel. We both acknowledge Henry Koster's movie is fun though, even if the laughs didn't tickle us the way they probably made audiences guffaw 75 years ago. Actually, The Bishop's Wife has a layer of sadness to it, as many Christmas classics do.

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There was a time when Michael Douglas and sex thrillers went together like ice and picks, but Paul Verhoeven's steamy whodunnit belongs to Sharon Stone. She's an ultra-wealthy, often-naked, mystery novelist in Basic Instinct, a dangerous combination of beauty and brains. She also just might have a thirst for committing bloody murder. Still, we had sympathy for what might be the devil because when a character is this much better than all the dupes around her, sometimes you just have to put all your chips on evil. So don't be a detective who doesn't think to take DNA samples or fingerprints...or even see what's right in front of him. Just insert the 467th Ellises' Analysis into the appropriate holes in your body (that's your ears, weirdo) as we try to piece together Basic Instinct.

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Whether you call it the Scottish play or whether you just call it Macbeth (because you don't worry about silliness like believing saying words is bad luck), this notorious Shakespeare work has been turned into a movie many different times. Outside of the Joel Coen version last year, nobody ever did it as well and certainly not any better than Japanese master Akira Kurosawa did in Throne Of Blood. Big, bold Toshiro Mifune is the samurai warrior who doesn't handle it very well when he gets to be big man on campus while his Lady (Isuzu Yamada) schemes, manipulates and then just can't get that spot out. From the incredible set design to the contrasting acting styles to the inevitable tragedy of the foretold ending, Throne Of Blood is the kind of production that sucks you in while also never letting you relax. So speak in ghostly metaphors while prophesizing someone's future as the Ellises' Analysis chats at you for the 466th time.

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Bonus episode! On this Veteran's Day (or Remembrance Day, if you're a fellow Canadian), Ryan offers up another unexpected vocal essay, this time about a marine who's killed during a hazing that goes terribly wrong. Everybody in Rob Reiner's cast---led by an enthusiastic and charismatic Tom Cruise---is good or at least solid in this film, but A Few Good Men belongs to Jack Nicholson. His uber-famous "you can't handle the truth" monologue has a lot more going for it than just being a classic movie rant. The point of this episode is to dig deeper into that speech and to look past his reputation as a great villain to see the shades of grey in not only him, but in the two young men he ordered to "train" a substandard marine. So don't let a jarhead give you a Code Red. Just be crystal clear about my orders and download this one-man show about A Few Good Men.

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This is the rare time we've ever posted an episode on Halloween, so to put an appropriately freaky bow on Scary Movie Month, we've chosen to discuss a film that's always frightened at least one of us. David Lynch has been the master of unsettling horror (BOB!) amidst everyday settings since his career kicked off 45 years ago. That talent might be epitomized in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. This eerie prequel to the ground-breaking TV series certainly can make a person's skin crawl. Sheryl Lee is almost operatic, but she's also extraordinary playing one of Lynch's many tragic blondes. The psychotic break Laura Palmer suffers became a running theme in so much of Lynch's work and Lee nails it just as effectively as Watts or Dern or Pullman did. Okay, maybe not quite as good as Watts. The original Twin Peaks series and the 2017 follow-up miniseries came up a lot during this episode, so be prepared to hear about TV almost as much as film. Indisputably, this brand has staying power with its diehard fans and you'll learn so many tidbits from one of them in this 464th Ellises' Analysis.

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Step up, step up to hear our chat about a movie that focuses on the, let's say, more unusual circus performers...although Freaks isn't actually about the show the public gets to see. In fact, Tod Browning's revenge story focuses almost entirely on the humdrum lives (and sometimes maniacal actions) of the sideshow characters in this traveling caravan. Just don't cross one of these so-called freaks because if you mess with one, you mess with all of them. The title characters have layers though and there's not a lot of black and white in this film, even though it's literally a black-and-white film. So learn to accept that you're one of us (one of us!) as the 463rd Ellises' Analysis yammers in your ear about the 90-year-old Freaks. Just don't let anyone spike your cup of coffee with anything that'll harm you... and make that unspiked beverage Sparkplug Coffee. Do you like 20% discounts? You'll get one if you use our promo code ("top100project") at checkout. Also, tweet us (@moviefiend51 and @bevellisellis), email us ([email protected]) and maybe gander at the 100+ podcasts on Ryan's sports movie podcast known as "Scoring At The Movies".