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Like speedy mentioned above, a lot of people now know Estelle Parsons (who turned 92 this year) as Roseanne's mother on the Roseanne sitcom and its follow-up The Connors, the latter of which she appeared in this year. Just think of that family tree - Roseanne's mother is Estelle Parsons, and Estelle's mother was played by Shelley Winters. Yikes! I thought Michael J. Pollard had died but he's still around, having turned 80 back in May. I've seen him in a lot of low-budget genre stuff, but nothing high profile.

And just think, Estelle Parsons won an Oscar for her performance.

My problem with it was the depiction of Bonnie & Clyde, especially Bonnie. There's actually no real evidence that she ever killed anyone herself, yet the film shows her as a sadistic cop-killer who enjoys tormenting her targets. I'm not saying that either of them were angels, or even good people at all, but they weren't the super-sinister, highly-competent figures of malevolent dread that this latest film depicted them as, either. It's the same problem as the '67 film, but only in the opposite direction. For anyone interested in the real story, I suggest reading the comprehensive Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI by Bryan Burrough. It covers all of the major crime figures of the period, including Bonnie & Clyde, John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, Baby Face Nelson, Ma Barker's family, among others. It illustrates how the exploits of these criminals, as well as the cops chasing them, were greatly exaggerated by the media of the day, both to sell papers, and in an orchestrated effort by J. Edgar Hoover to prove how necessary the FBI was, and how they needed to be granted greater policing powers. I'd also recommend reading up on the real Frank Hamer and his wife. Their true-life story would make a good movie, too.

Herzog was also recently quoted as saying that he likes to watch Wrestlemania and the Kardashians to keep up with American culture.

I believe Gershwin Fan reviewed it on here somewhere, perhaps the "Films of 2019" thread. He liked it a lot, as I recall.

If you're on a Bonnie & Clyde kick, you might want to watch The Highwaymen on Netflix. It stars Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson as the men who eventually ended Bonnie & Clyde's crime career. The criminal duo are shown throughout, but only fleetingly. The movie's not bad, but it's full of inaccuracies, which wouldn't be much of a problem for me, only that the filmmakers talked up how much research they did and how realistic they were making the details.

Do you know if the recordings are SD (standard definition) or HD (high definition)? That makes a big difference on my DVR. A two-hour SD movie will take up about 1% of space, while a two-hour HD movie will take up 5% or more.

I haven't seen The October Man, or Never Wave at a WAC.

You've noticed it lately on a show that was canceled 22 years ago?

I've seen Stepin Fetchit in David Harum, Judge Priest, Marie Galante, Charlie Chan in Egypt, Steamboat Round the Bend, On the Avenue, Love Is News, and Bend of the River. He was a favorite of Will Rogers, thus his multiple appearances in his movies. I've seen Willie Best (aka "Sleep 'n' Eat"), Fred Toones (aka "Snowflake"), and Mantan Moreland more often, I think.

Let me push my glasses up and adjust my pocket protector for a moment, and state that 1) as you surmised, the "baby Yoda" isn't supposed to be Yoda as an infant, but rather another of the same species, and people are just calling it "baby Yoda" because George Lucas never wanted to identify what Yoda's race was called, as it would lessen the "mystery" (perhaps this show will finally give the race a name), and 2) the title Mandalorian is neither Boba nor Jango Fett, but another member of the Mandalorian race, a group that figures prominently in ancient Star Wars lore. And the setting of the show is supposed to be 5 years after the events of Return of the Jedi. And I know all of this despite neither having Disney+ nor having seen one minute of any episode of The Mandalorian. I'm just burdened with a memory loaded with a lot of useless BS.

I think they meant Bogie56. He's such a stinker!

"Degrees"? Do you mean "decree"? https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/paramount-decrees-end-makan-delrahim-1203408484/ I keep reading that Sony is looking to sell off Columbia/TriStar/Screen Gems, possibly to Netflix.

Yeah, that availability is why I'm surprised TCM doesn't show them. Note that my previous post wasn't a plea for TCM to show these movies, only to point out that they aren't shown, and to reference past accusations of "PC programming". I've seen them all, and once was enough.

Wasn't it generally assumed that the reason TCM never shows any of the Charlie Chan or Mr. Moto movies is due to "PC" considerations, as in fear of controversy and/or complaints from the audience? As far as I know no one has posted any inter-office memos on the subject that would act as clear evidence of such considerations, but I know the notion has been floated on here a few times. I'm with you on this topic usually, as I think we both believe that only financial considerations come into play when it comes to what is and what is not shown, but TCM management may feel the risk of social-media outrage isn't worth the effort of showing these particular movies.

Then I've seen them all.

I don't know what #3 or #7 are, but yes on the rest.

That "YA Twitter" article gave me a headache. It further demonstrates why I'll never use Twitter.

You probably won't be seeing the above reviewed Beowulf in the theater, as it was released 12 years ago. I'm not sure why Jake felt the need to post about it now. Is it being shown on TCM? Did he just watch it? Is today some sort of Beowulf anniversary? Everything's a mystery to me these days.

Zulu has been shown on TCM at least 4 times, but the last was in 2009. Zulu Dawn has only been shown once, in 2014.

It's from Snow Trail (1947), Mifune's debut. He co-stars with Takashi Shimura, who he would appear with in many of his Akira Kurosawa films. Kurosawa got screenplay credit on Snow Trail.

I would think his most well-known parts were in The Great Escape, You Only Live Twice, and of course the Halloween movies. I thought he was good in the two films you mention, as well as Dr. Crippen, Fantastic Voyage, and Soldier Blue. His breakthrough role was in the original 1954 BBC version of 1984, and he appeared in the 1956 film version as well. He ended up with around 160 film and TV-movie credits.

There seems to be a few threads about him, including an obit thread. Oh, and some joker started this old thread: http://forums.tcm.com/topic/31963-eli-walllach-to-get-oscar/?tab=comments#comment-587094 It does seem odd that he's never had a SUTS day or been SOTM.

I used to mention him a lot in reviews, as he was an actor whose work I was trying to see all of. Then someone else chimed in about how awful and ugly they thought he was, and wondered why he ever had a career. Beyond that I don't recall much discussion of him.

He played the guy Samuel L. Jackson invites to get into his car trunk at the beginning.