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I like her in all things but I love her very much in: Jewel Robbery (1932). One of my favorite of all time exchanges in any movie is when she is so perfectly offended: Robber: The last place anybody would think of looking for me is in your bedroom. Baroness Teri von Horhenfels: Oh, so you expect to stay here until morning? Robber: I'm forced to. Tomorrow the chase starts all over again. I must have a peaceful night. Baroness Teri von Horhenfels: A peaceful night ... in my bedroom?

Juggernaut (1974) A transatlantic cruise which promises to be somewhat boring because bad weather is limiting passengers' activities is enlivened by the discovery of bombs capable of blowing a series of lovely large holes below the waterline. Star-studded movies are often not considered great viewing because the storyline is fragmented so that each star has a semi-significant role. That is certainly true here because: Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, David Hemmings, Anthony Hopkins, Shirley Knight and Ian Holm each have 'important' scenes with supporting actors. I found nothing wrong with this movie. I found little right with it. I checked several different ways but I am still not totally convinced that this was not a made-for-television movie. I support many forms of diversity but the choppy jumps from scene-to-scene of: fear, ennui, lust and erraticism is more random than I can handle. I love most of the actors but this director did not bring out more than a mediocre performance from any of them. The fact that the producer and original writer petitioned to have his name removed from the final product tells all that you need to know. I believe that this movie would be perfect for people who like thrillers to plod along with many extraneous distractions so that their blood pressure is not raised by any excitement. 4/11.8

There are eight bedrooms. Only a savage shares a bathroom with a person with whom they are not intimate. A kitchen properly needs a half-bath attached so that the cook does not need to traipse through the house while covered with flour, blood or etc.. A house needs a half-bath on each floor so that guests do not need to barge through bedrooms. It may be that that house should have more. It has been many years since I have read the figures but it sticks in my mind that houses should be designed so that facilities are never more than twenty steps away.

I found him to be quite perfect in: Just Shoot Me! (1997–2003) as the slightly-over-the-hill player who married one of his daughter's classmates.

The Cheap Detective (1978) A private detective's affair with his partner's wife prejudices the police investigating the partner's murder even before they learn the partner had caught them wearing gorilla suits. I have long felt that this movie, Young Frankenstein (1974) and: Blazing Saddles (1974) were the triad of great 1970s parodies of classic movies. There were many others but these were the epitome of the art. I love Peter Falk in all his roles and he proves here that he was the master of comedic timing. The momentous supporting cast of: Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar, Stockard Channing, James Coco, Dom DeLuise, Louise Fletcher, John Houseman, Madeline Kahn, Fernando Lamas, Marsha Mason, Abe Vigoda, Paul Williams, Nicol Williamson, Carmine Caridi, James Cromwell, Scatman Crothers, David Ogden Stiers and Vic Tayback are all quite wonderful. 8.1/10 I watched this tonight because it is in the: "Leaving Soon" list on: TubiTV.

They are! I am sorry to have to admit that that is an image on a website and is not ones which I made. Mine tend to look more like stained-glass windows assembled by drunks on a Monday morning using instructions provided by Ikea. It is quite fortunate that appearance does not reflect taste.

I do not mean to belittle any person's opinions, beliefs, emotions or the legitimacy of their parentage but y'all are a bunch of amateurs! The vitality, impact and intelligence of a television program relies on the quality of the stories. A truly great program can rotate in an entirely new cast every few seasons with no loss of purpose or value. The only important questions in this vein are: Who was the best Doctor? and Who was the best Companion?

Boiled. Shells cracked. Simmered in mixture of tea and soy sauce and other spices or seasonings. Hugely popular in many parts of the world. Delicate flavor. Beloved by refrigerator gremlins.

If you wish to go literary: "I said what I meant and I meant what I said." 😄 Imagine a scene in which a clearly enraged woman is throwing things and screaming what are probably invectives ill-suited to a family movie and the subtitle reads: "I have a teddy bear." It would be a strain to imagine those words spoken in that tone in any language which I know. I know only a few words here and there in Italian and could never hope to glean any meaning if there were no subtitles. The disconnect between the tone of spoken words and subtitles were not quite to that level in that movie but I definitely felt that I was missing very important nuances.

They are quite easy. The only part which is at all fussy is cracking the shells but the knack is quickly learned with the first three or four. The seasoning is never exact and can be adjusted to taste after simmering has begun.

I am reminded of the bride who felt she was a failure because she could not make soft-boiled eggs which her new husband liked so much with breakfast. She was quite distraught because they would not become soft even when she boiled them for hours! This reminds me that it is near the time to make a batch of Tea Eggs. You place a dozen eggs in boiling water for ten minutes. Drain and plunge into cold water. You then gently crack the shells all over with the back of a spoon - Do Not Remove Shells! You then place the eggs in a pot, cover with cold water and add salt, light and black soy sauce, ginger, star anise and tea. Bring the water to a small simmer and simmer for three or fours hours. The seasoning penetrates the cracks in the shells. There are many recipes for these on-line because they are quite popular food. Some recipes call for cloves, cinnamon and/or other things. I do not use a recipe but simply add as the mood strikes me. I usually make a batch of two or three dozen. The danger of these is that refrigerator gremlins make them disappear quite quickly and seeing the bowl of them being emptied causes nearly as much distress as eating a dozen pickled eggs at one sitting.

It may be that the best explanation which I can give is that we have a movie on DVD that is in German with English subtitles and Closed Captioning in English. There is a point when a character says the same-in-any-language F-word with exceptional vigor. The subtitle shows it as 'damn' and the CC states 'drat'. I find that quite humorous but it demonstrates how passion can be lost in translation. There were an increasing number of moments in the parts of this movie where I felt I was not fully understanding the scene because the words in the subtitle could not convey the portrayed passion in any language which I know.

My House Is Full of Mirrors (2010) Sophia Loren portraying her mother in her sister's autobiography. This is a beautiful three-and-a-half hour television movie production which traces the mother's relationship with the father of Sophia and her sister Maria, how she raised the girls and how they grew into their own. This movie is broken into two parts. I am very sorry to say that I bailed approx. one-quarter into the first half and again approx. half into the second half. The movie was quite obviously well-written and the portrayals were all that a viewer could wish and the production values were quite high for a television movie. I must admit that the fault is solely mine. I do not have a great problem with movies which are pure sentimentality and I do not have a problem with reading subtitles in foreign-language movies but the combination proved overpowering. I know only a little ristorante Italiano and that is so poor that there have been times when I was not quite sure what I was eating so there was no hope for me to follow the dialogue at all. There were many places where the simple subtitles did not carry any of the passion of the spoken dialogue and so I felt deeply that I was not truly experiencing the movie as it was meant to be watched. 8/10 for the portions I watched. The only streaming service which I know is presently carrying it is: MHz.

Billy Bryan is credited as the character. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0116901/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t54 I admit that I have not watched the movie in many years but I believe that the area on the lefthand side of the picture represents: Central Park in NYC.

If you feel that you must go with a Western: Blazing Saddles (1974). Hatari (1962) might be in keeping with the action-adventure motiff. The Hidden Fortress (1958) is often a favorite. Have you thought of introducing them to English movies? The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) The Ladykillers (1955) or How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957).

I believe that I watched it a very long time ago. I am sorry to say that I remember little of it.

I find it disappointing that they will not tackle the modern variant: "How much wind would a windbreaker break if a windbreaker could break wind." I suspect a commercial based on that would quickly go viral.

I have heard that the best reason for believing in an afterlife is so that you can say: "I told you so" to non-believers if you are right but they can not say it to you if they are right.

A Shriek in the Night (1933) A Scream in the Night (1935) A Cry in the Night (1956) Footsteps in the Night (1931) Footsteps in the Dark (1941) They are all decent movies in their own right but bear no great resemblance to each other and to remember which is which is often not easy.

Those were the movies which I meant in the mention of others being in the same genre. I felt that the 1941 movie had so few distinguishing characteristics from a stock murder mystery that it did not bear listing separately. I feel that any mention of the 1964 movie in conjunction with decent movies is quite inappropriate.

The movie is available also on: The Roku Channel. That channel should be available on all common streaming devices. It is available also directly through a browser if you turn off your adblocker. I believe that some movies and television programs require also that you subscribe to the channel but subscriptions are ostensibly free. There are commercials also on: The Roku Channel but they are different from the ones on: PlutoTV and they may be placed differently. I frequently use: https://www.justwatch.com/us to find which common streaming services carry a particular movie or television program. An example of this is: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/mulholland-falls Clicking on: Roku's icon in the: 'Stream' results takes you to that movie on: Roku.

The Bat (1959) A man embezzles a million dollars from a bank, hides it in his home and enlists a doctor to participate in faking his death so that he will not be pursued. A few unseen complications arise. I found this to be a very strange movie. I could not tell if Agnes Moorehead was supposed to be a bossy old lady set in her ways or a creative writing genius or a caring friend and protector of the young women she induces to stay in her home while a notorious murderer is stalking the halls. Vincent Price is somewhat of an enigma also as we know that he is a bit odd and quite capable of murder but we accept that those traits might simply have developed in him because of his long years treating patients such as Agnes Moorehead. It does honor to the mystery genre quite well because there are many good suspects and they are all treated evenly. There is no undisclosed information revealed at the last moment nor any characters introduced out of thin air. Any one of the characters might be the culprit and the answer to the mystery is not reached by ridiculous leaps of logic. 7.9/10 It is available for viewing for free with commercials on: TubiTV.

A Scream in the Night (1935) Authorities tracking a notorious jewel thief must rough it by hanging out in a nightclub in a tropical paradise. Lon Chaney, Jr. does a very nice turn as an officer of the law and a local degenerate accomplice of the thief as well as the officer impersonating the accomplice. I found this passable. It is very talky and the cinematography is not special in any way. 5/11.2 It is available for viewing free with commercials on: TubiTV.

Bait (2000) The inequities of the criminal justice system is brought into focus when a white boy steals over forty million dollars' worth of gold and wanders freely while a black man is sent to a harsh prison for taking a bag of large shrimp. I first watched this movie approx. five years ago and loved it. I found on this re-watching that the comedy does not all hold up well. I liked it very much but it did not seem as tight nor as funny nor as original as my first impression. Jamie Foxx is an acquired taste and I like him in most movies which I have seen. He is in his element here as a thief with a good heart. David Morse very believably plays an investigator with OCD and a stunningly complete lack of morals. I feel that it is sufficiently good to recommend it but I do admit that I much prefer my comedy action crime movies to date from the 1930s and 1940s. 6/10.2 It is available for viewing free with commercials on: TubiTV. I will piggyback on this post because my other notable viewing is only a television program: L'art du crime (2017- ) It pairs a young and brash police officer with authority issues with an young and lovely art expert with phobias and chronic hallucinations. She is at times delusional but she knows that it is all in her head. They trace the clues to a crime using both physical evidence and interpretations of important works of art. I find their working relationship to be refreshing. He is slowly realizing the true value of art and she is very slowly learning to behave as if normal. One aspect which I find wonderful is that their conflicts clearly come from their very different perspectives and have not been inserted merely as filler by the screenwriters. 8.1/10 I am sorry to say that it is currently streaming only on a subscription service. I am yet debating whether the later seasons are worth the cost of subscribing.