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I prefer THE BIG BANG THEORY.

Back in the day (especially in the UK) Helen Mirren was known for showing some skin in her movies. The British version of the TV series COUPLES that used to air on PBS had a number of references to "Helen Mirren movies." She's a classically trained actor who has performed many Shakespearean roles and also a very beautiful woman. Here's the infamous Parkinson interview: And here is the reprise many years later:

I haven't seen THE DEEP END in awhile so I don't know remember if Tilda Swinton's reaction in that movie is as powerful as Joan Bennett's in THE RECKLESS MOMENT. I like both movies very much though.

And in addition to special effects being "so good they're bad" there are also those movies (old and new) that try so hard to be "deep" that they are quite awful.

I think there were some movies that actually had a promo tag along those lines. Charlton Heston IS Moses.

You probably already know this, Arturo, but Robert Aldrich originally approached Maria Felix about the playing the lead in THE LEGEND OF LYLAH CLARE. The two couldn't come to an agreement so the part eventually went to Kim Novak.

I like the pig theory.

I love Lucille Ball in BEST FOOT FORWARD, where she essentially plays herself: a movie star looking for publicity. The movie was adapted from a play but in the play the character was not named "Lucille Ball" as she was in the movie. I love the way Lucy plays the diva aspects of the role.

There's something about those "bad" sci-fi movies that are so appealing --- along the so bad they're good lines. I mentioned THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE in another thread. The assistant's death scene is classic.

Thanks, Arturo. I'll look for FXM and FXM Retro and see if I have those channels. There are so many channels that I never watch. I do get several Encore channels.

I've never the seen THE BIRDS in its entirety but definitely will look for that element when I watch it. Hitchcock excelled in slipping in things that went right over the heads of the guys at the Hays Office.

Was Janet Leigh's character supposedly raped in TOUCH OF EVIL? I wasn't sure when I watched the movie but I thought I remember Jamie Lee Curtis saying that she (the character) was raped in the tribute to her mother that aired on TCM in her comments about her mother's performance in TOUCH OF EVIL

Yeah, the things that are bleeped can be quite amusing.

I did see Sellers in MURDER BY DEATH. I think he said he didn't like that movie. He didn't think it was funny.

Ahhhhh I see.

Don't forget "Cool Rider" from GREASE 2. I couldn't resist.

The way the James Mason character in THE RECKLESS MOMENT comes to genuinely care for the Joan Benett character is very touching. When she's on the phone to her husband at the end, she puts up a good front, but you get the inpression that she will remember James Mason and his sacrifice for the rest of her life.

Helen Mirren

That scene where Gene Tierney (wearing sunglasses) lets Darryl Hickman drown is really powerful.

My mother was a big fan of Paul Newman, but I've never really been able to get him very much. I'm not sure exactly what it is.

If it's an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Faye Dunaway would not be a part of it even if he asked her.

Dargo is a a nice guy, TomJH, but sometimes one has to be cruel to be kind.

What about BLOW DRY?

Yes, Jean Simmons is especially beautiful in GREAT EXPECTATIONS. She aged very well too. I wish TCM would air SAY HELLO TO YESTERDAY with Jean Simmons and Leonard Whiting.