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Elizabeth Lane, a
precursor
to Martha Stewart, is a magazine columnist and the ne plus ultra of homemakers--the perfect wife, mother, and domestic goddess.
Instead, this film is a
precursor
to many 80s era cult-classic college/frat films like REVENGE OF THE NERDS and PORKY'S and a post-cursor to the world-renown ANIMAL HOUSE.
A
precursor
to "Citizen Kane" in its analysis of the life of a just deceased tycoon, here reviewed by his faithful secretary in a series of interlocking flashbacks.
In some scenes in the Rain People, Francis Ford Coppola's
precursor
to his hey-day of the seventies, there is the mark of a similar situation to 1969's Easy Rider, but not exactly in the same reference frame.
This is kind of a
precursor
to "The Time Tunnel" where time travelers on a weekly basis were given the same task, overcoming what had already happened.
Kyer, orchestra leader and radio-star (and eternal college fraternity goof-off), was sort of the
precursor
to Spike Jones, hamming it up for his guests and backed up willingly by his merry troupe of musicians.
Well, I'd heard from somewhere that Ossessione is a
precursor
to the Italian film genre, and particular favourite of mine, the 'Giallo'...but actually, aside from the fact that this is a thriller that was made in Italy; the two have pretty much no relation.
In this theme, 'Concho' is a phenomenal
precursor
of one my other all-time favorites, 'The Magnificent Seven.'
It is truly a classic in the sense that it was a
precursor
to what is now depicted as the extended family.
The use of ambient street music is a
precursor
to the incredible long opening shot in Touch of Evil, and the mysterious Chinese characters and the sequences in Chinatown can only be considered as the inspiration, in many ways, to Roman Polanski's Chinatown.
I like its ability to make me simply chuckle at obvious jokes and silliness, and its ability to make me want to watch its precursor, "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989).
That was the
precursor
to all our troubles in the 70s and 80s, which I know for a fact as I stayed in until 2004.
A
precursor
to Saturday NIGHT LIVE, it's a hodgepodge of spoofs and takeoffs of popular movies of the time.
There is next to nothing good I can say about this movie, considering its
precursor.
This is actually the
precursor
to Family Guy.
More would have been made of the "Alone" interview, which could have been a
precursor
to a much more masochistic violent ending.
You could say this movie was a
precursor
to The Matrix, but its better than that.
This seldom seen, nearly forgotten gem stands out as a
precursor
to many movie motifs now taken for granted.
Watching his manic performance as the cocky, ambitious thug Tom Powers, I could see the
precursor
of decades of movie antiheroes, from Richard Widmark to Malcolm McDowell to Al Pacino.
A definite
precursor
to screwball comedy!
Grand Hotel remains surprisingly effective even today, and as some reviewers have suggested, is a
precursor
to Robert Altman's style of film-making, in which many characters interact and bounce off one another in unexpected ways.
The film does hold up after 80 years now, and it's still an entertaining
precursor
of a genre that's largely gone today.
This vivacious babe, a
precursor
to your modern TV sitcom star, was the epitome of a movie comedienne.
This show is definitely a
precursor
to shows like Medium, the Closer, House and many other specialized mystery shows.
Imagine yourself in the late Art Deco era of engineering feats (the tunnel), sexy vehicles (the "Heritage Softtail
" precursor
motorcycle and '37 Buick Century straight 8 convertible, among others), and beautiful people (the impeccably coiffed and dressed "Blanche;" the trio of heroes in their flawlessly ironed suits, shirts, and ties; the elegant Granville; and even the villain 39013 as played so convincingly by Charles Middleton in first-class clothing that we seldom see today outside of a corporate boardroom), and enjoy.
The understated menace of the small-town violence is brilliant, a
precursor
of modern Australian horror films like 'Wolf Creek'.
Thousands of military personnel, suddenly deprived of income and status, found new hope in the incipient Salafist Sunni insurgency, led by Al Qaeda in Iraq, the
precursor
to the Islamic State (ISIS).
The Obama administration’s refusal to back Allawi was a
precursor
to its premature withdrawal from Iraq at the end of 2011.
It was under Prime Minister John Major’s Conservative government that 1992’s “Black Wednesday” struck, with the pound being forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, the
precursor
to the euro.
The 2015 AHDR shared similar themes with its 2002 precursor, but this time we engaged more directly with influential Arab youth to compile the best data possible, and to put a spotlight on the effects of the wars engulfing the region.
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