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Updated through December, so there's the full year of TCM Imports. I won't be continuing this next year, so anyone so inclined to take over, feel free to undertake it.

Here is the nation-of-origin breakdown for 2019: France - 16 films Japan - 15 films Italy - 7 films Germany - 5 films Sweden - 5 films Australia - 4 films China/Hong Kong - 4 films United Kingdom - 4 films Czechoslovakia - 3 films Denmark - 2 films Senegal - 2 films Spain - 2 films Iran - 1 film Philippines - 1 film Portugal - 1 film Thailand - 1 film

Updated through December. That's the full year, and I enjoyed compiling them for everyone's ease of reference. I won't be doing this next year, so anyone so inclined, please feel free to do so.

Updated through December. That's a full year of TCM Underground madness, and I enjoyed compiling them all for future reference. I won't be doing this for next year's offerings, so anyone else interested in doing so please feel free to undertake it.

Everyone be sure to place their orders for the long-awaited Blu-ray release of 1979's classic Skatetown, U.S.A., available September 24th at all fine retailers. Featuring Scott Baio, Flip Wilson, Patrick Swayze, and "Horshack" from Welcome Back, Kotter. Written by the guy who played the killer in the first Halloween and later directed The Last Starfighter.

That argument has been made many times over the years in my town. Some years you don't hear it much, but in others there are editorials submitted to the local paper, or people pleading during city council/county commissioners/school board meetings calling for a ban on treat-or-treating and any "unholy" Halloween displays. It's during those years that I get motivated enough to decorate my house with hanging skeletons, skulls in the windows, and other "unholy" Halloween displays. One thing that's taken off in popularity here is "trunk-or-treating", where kids are taken to the parking lot of a school, business, or church, and people hand out candy kept in the trunk of their vehicle. It's supposed to be safer and more reassuring to the parents, and the ones held in church parking lots are usually followed by a special Halloween church service to ward off evil spirits. The year is 2019.

It's still too early to say, but I've also heard good things about Antonio Banderas in Pain & Glory. There's been praise as well for Adam Driver in Marriage Story, and both Jonathan Pryce and Anthony Hopkins for The Two Popes.

You originally posted this in the Announcements section, which doesn't allow responses. The film discussions happen in the other message board sections, such as General Discussions, which is where this has been moved to. Welcome to the boards.

Yeah, like in Robocop. Or Top Gun. Or Rambo: First Blood Part II. Or Red Dawn. Or Predator. They all touched me in the feels.

Kirstie Alley wasn't in 3rd Rock from the Sun. Jane Curtin was in 3rd Rock from the Sun. Jane Curtin was also in Kate & Allie, which may remind one of Kirstie Alley, I guess. Kristen Johnston was in 3rd Rock from the Sun. Kristen and Kirstie are similar names, I guess.

Yeah, that would have been just terrible if both of those songs hadn't won.

Of all of the major entertainment awards (Emmys, Oscars, Tonys, Grammys), the Emmys have the worst reputation, and partially for the fact that they seem to get stuck into a rut, awarding the same actor over and over again, while consistently failing to recognize the more innovative performances and programs. They don't always get it wrong, but they play it too safe too often. Personally, the Grammys mean even less to me (not that any of them are actually important parts of my life), but I don't care for nor follow pop music, while the Tonys mean absolutely nothing to me, as I'll never see anything that they mention.

I wasn't expecting much from that, and was very pleasantly surprised. Excellent direction by Muschietti, and great performances by the kids (especially Sophie Lillis as the troubled Beverly, and Finn Wolfhard as the wisecracking Richie). I liked the differences in the depiction of Pennywise, well played here by Bill Skarsgard. I'm a big fan of Tim Curry in general, and thought his Pennywise was the best thing about the 1990 TV mini-series version, so I was very dubious about anyone else playing the part. But Muschietti and the screenwriters made a smart move by playing up Pennywise's otherworldly nature, with the twitches and subtle physical oddities, establishing the clown as just an ill-fitting mask for something unknowable and utterly alien. Very much looking forward to part two this week.

I really have no idea, spence, as I haven't seen the film, nor has anyone else, as far as I know. However, based on the synopsis, the film appears to focus on a journalist played by Matthew Rhys, and how his life is changed while writing a profile on Fred Rogers (Tom Hanks).

How about Rowan Atkinson?

They already made those.

Not really.

It's the horrifying tale of a hideous monster going on a rampage. There's also a caveman in it.

It's on October 8th.

Yeah, it's different. It came out a short while before TCM Backlot. Basically TCM Insider ended up being people signing up to do market research for free. There were no perks. If you search back far enough there were a few threads about it. Several of us signed up when it was introduced, including me, but most of us dropped it when we realized that it was just market research surveys. Eventually TCM Backlot came around, and I didn't hear about TCM Insider again. I wasn't aware that it was still around.

Apparently not in TheCid's neck of the woods.

I just watched Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1976). Cop #1: "I think we're dealing with a haint." Cop #2: "What in the hell is a haint?" Cop #1: "It's like a cross between the abominable snowman and Willy the werewolf." The ball's in your court, TCM. You're missing out on a gem here.

Yeah, what's with these people feeling compelled to comment on a message board? Buncha freaks.

I live in the perfect neighborhood for trick or treaters - residential, slow to no traffic, well-lit, friendly people, several law enforcement live here, etc. Last year I had 1 trick or treater, the year before none. The most in the 16 years I've lived at this address was maybe 7 or 8.

Are there any shorter ones?