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I previously wrote to a pal o'mine on here about knowing the nationwide release date of *"The Woodman's"-(a phrase I picked up once from Bill Murray on SNL when predicting the 1977 *Oscars) Who will turn 82 in Dec.
Latest release "Wonder Wheel?" It marks his 47th as director. Last year he had the ok (**1/2) "Café, Society" By the way 2016 had a handful of flix that were tributes to Tinsel-Town>"La La Land" ($155m.) "Hail, Caesar!" ($30m.) (**1/2) & *Beatty's biggest $flop$ of his career, only raking in $4m. I thought it was pretty good though, but far from accurate i.e. "The Aviator" & a 1980's tv movie starring *Tommy Lee Jones, "The Amazing Howard Hughes" (***)
I like 'em better when he's in them myself
Please contact me on it's release-(says Dec. 1st but limited, meaning LA, NY & Chicago) His flix "Scoop" "Celebrity" & a couple others never got a wide release, so I'm wondering?)
He already holds record for most writing nods with (18 to date)
*Kate Winslet stars in this one.
"Essential *Woody"
*"Annie Hall" "Manhattan" "Hannah and Her Sisters" & "Crimes and Misdemeanors"-(equal & it's his choice as his finest), "Broadway Danny Rose" & "The Purple Rose of Cairo" But his funniest & he once challenged Ebert & Siskel to watch his 1971 "Bananas" again & see if they didn't bust a gut laughing, they did & he won & his 1972 performance in "Play It Again, Sam?" deserved a Best Actor shot)
His Worst: "Anything Else" (2005) ($5m.) (*)
& his biggest $hit$ "Midnight in Paris" ($71m.) (***)
(P.S. A kinda' funny & true story according not only to Mia, but others. Back when he had that sex scandal-(1994) Mia's ex *FRANCIS (Albert) SINATRA virtually nagged Farrow if he could have *Allen's legs broken, she declined)
THANX AGAIN
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To Marcer, the site said you just replied to this topic, but I don't see yours?
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I previously wrote to a pal o'mine on here about knowing the nationwide release date of *"The Woodman's"-(a phrase I picked up once from Bill Murray on SNL when predicting the 1977 *Oscars) Who will turn 82 in Dec.
Latest release "Wonder Wheel?" It marks his 47th as director. Last year he had the ok (**1/2) "Café, Society" By the way 2016 had a handful of flix that were tributes to Tinsel-Town>"La La Land" ($155m.) "Hail, Caesar!" ($30m.) (**1/2) & *Beatty's biggest $flop$ of his career, only raking in $4m. I thought it was pretty good though, but far from accurate i.e. "The Aviator" & a 1980's tv movie starring *Tommy Lee Jones, "The Amazing Howard Hughes" (***)
I like 'em better when he's in them myself
Please contact me on it's release-(says Dec. 1st but limited, meaning LA, NY & Chicago) His flix "Scoop" "Celebrity" & a couple others never got a wide release, so I'm wondering?)
He already holds record for most writing nods with (18 to date)
*Kate Winslet stars in this one.
"Essential *Woody"
*"Annie Hall" "Manhattan" "Hannah and Her Sisters" & "Crimes and Misdemeanors"-(equal & it's his choice as his finest), "Broadway Danny Rose" & "The Purple Rose of Cairo" But his funniest & he once challenged Ebert & Siskel to watch his 1971 "Bananas" again & see if they didn't bust a gut laughing, they did & he won & his 1972 performance in "Play It Again, Sam?" deserved a Best Actor shot)
His Worst: "Anything Else" (2005) ($5m.) (*)
& his biggest $hit$ "Midnight in Paris" ($71m.) (***)
(P.S. A kinda' funny & true story according not only to Mia, but others. Back when he had that sex scandal-(1994) Mia's ex *FRANCIS (Albert) SINATRA virtually nagged Farrow if he could have *Allen's legs broken, she declined)
THANX AGAIN
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Don't know how many have yet to see this utterly marvelous foreign-film from Italy 1989's "Cinema Paradiso"-(won Best Foreign Film)
It's my own all-time favourite foreign language film & I;m not really a fan of them myself
"Ran" "Das Boot" "La Strada" But never yet got to see 1937's "Grande Illusion"
& yet another wondrous score by *Ennio Morricone-(l928-) (TRIVIA: He's now officially the overall oldest *AMPAS winner at 87 for 2015's "Hateful-Eight" ($55m.) (***) & composed my top scores ever both "0nce Upon a Time in the West" & "0nce Upon a Time in America"
THANKS AGAIN A rare film I would possibly buy as well
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& on that same topic, my personal favs. that last decade were & are>"Gangs of New York" *"Million Dollar Baby" "Cinderella Man" "King Kong"-(of course the '33 classic is in another league!), "KB2" "United 93" "Letters Home from Iwo Jima" "Almost Famous" & "Finding Nemo" "Mulholland Dr." doesn't quite make my own top ten after all, but a runner-up-(of course it's all subjective)
& as far as this weak decade goes to date>*"The Artist"-(& a tribute to Hollywood, plus, the reworking of *B. Herrmann's "Vertigo' score is simply tremendous. But, Kim Novak said it made her sick & violated! "Gravity" "La La Land"-(probably the biggest BP upset in history when *"Moonlight" upset this 6 time winner), "Life Itself" "Inside/0ut" & ???
THANK YOU
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I just re located this & it's old news, just the same the LAFCA-(Los Angeles Film Critics Association)-(est: 1975-)
voted David Lynch's 2001 "Mulholland Dr." ($8m.) (strong ***1/2) as the finest film of the last decade & many agree as well. It's easily in my top ten (2000-2010) & of course Lynch is an absolute acquired taste. His "Twin Peaks-the series" & the bad film are companion pieces to his ultimate masterpiece "Blue Velvet" (l986) I;'m not always a Lynch fan though, hated 1984's "Dune" ($30m.) (*)"-(I personally chose *Scorsese's epic & somewhat accurate "Gangs of New York" (2002) ($80m.) & speaking of that picture, among my all-time sins of omission & a huge upset that yr was *Adrien Brody in "The Pianist" winning Best Actor over *Daniel Day-Lewis as true to life-(*somewhat) William Poole-(l821-l855) AKA: William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting, in yet another extraordinary per. The real "Bill the Butcher" though was shot in the back twice & died in 1855, where is in *Scorsese's epic he was killed during the real life NYC draft riots
I think imdb.com also chose "Mulholland Dr." have to look it up
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It was only yesterday when I happened to catch one of the in between bits the network airs, this one was all "THE QUIET MAN!" Always among my top ten all-timers!
Who else saw it?
THANX
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On 11/16/2017 at 6:28 PM, CinemaInternational said:
Yes, those films (The Post, Three Billboards, Dunkirk, Darkest Hour, The Shape of Water) are all looking to be major players, with the remaining titles looking to get a Best Picture nomination (though not all will make it since there are only 10 spots at the most) are the horror/social commentary Get Out, the gay romance Call Me By Your Name, the dark comedy biopic I, Tonya, the coming-of-age comedy-drama Lady Bird, the racial drama Mudbound, and the 50s set period piece Phantom Thread.
I certainly hope the popular $175m. "Get 0ut" (*1/2-out of 4 stars) doesn't make the cut though myself. It went from barely ok to bad in my opinion. If there are 10-(though last yr there was 9 & the previous yr I think there was 8 BP contenders? It may sneak in. I rank the *Oscar record holder for an actor-(all 3 leading wins) *D. Day as our finest living actor & is certain to nab his 6th nomination for "The Phantom Thread" But early word is kinda' mixed on the film as a whole & most find it very bizarre, it & director PT Anderson may still be in the race. At any rate nobody this time has a chance vs. Gary 0ldman!
(P.S. Who else saw "Dunkirk?" It stunningly grossed almost $200m. in the U.S. & has no big stars either I think it's good (strong ***) but no "Pvt. Ryan" or "Thin Red Line")
Good post by the way
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For those fellow *Oscar pundits & tracking the now too-many pre-*Academy Award Film Critics Awards
NYFCC-(est: 1935-) scheduled to announce it's winners on the 30th.
NBR-(National Board of Review)-(oldest next to *Oscars) the 28th of this month
Haven't as yet located LA Film Critics though? Just found out Dec. 3rd
Golden Globe noms. Dec. 11th & awards Jan. 7th, 2018
SAG noms. Dec. 13th & it's awards January 21st
PGA-(Producers Guild of America) probably the best indicator of what *Oscar will vote for for Best Picture January 5th, 2018 it's noms & awards on Jan. 20th
DGA-(Directors Guild of America) (est: 1948/49 & only about 8 times did it disagree with BD *Oscar It's nominees January 11th & winner
Please add any comments
(P.S. The 90th Annual Academy award noms to be announced Jan. 23rd, 2018 & they pushed them back until March 4th this year & there are almost 3,000 more members now & only within 3 years)
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On 11/16/2017 at 5:00 PM, LawrenceA said:
If you're going to be disagreeable, at least try to get your facts straight. The movie has a limited release, making it eligible for the Oscars, on December 13th.
...Next?
Thanks LawrenceA, I knew that when I wrote it. Many don't know to qualify a film must play in LA for awhile first & foremost (P.S. I wonder if *Woody Allen's "Wonder Wheel" will get a wide release though?
Sometimes they don't open his flix nationwide
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As I've written to a few others I know from these great forums, I've had a heck of a time just logging back-in for some reason
MY PASSWORD IS THE EXACT SAME EACH & EVERYTIME TOO
Please help in some way THANK YOU
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As most are already aware the 90th Annual Academy Awards-(they pushed them back into March again this year though)
are around the corner & the major releases that you'll likely hear the most about are>
"Dunkirk" "The Darkest Hour"-(a Best Actor Blow-out for Gary 0ldman) "The Shape of Water" & "Three Billboards 0utside Ebbing Missouri" *Steven Spielberg's "The Post" is still somewhat of an *Oscar mystery. Though it's likely, again that *Streep will garner her staggering 21st nomination for it!
THANX
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It obviously looks like tcm's message boards had quite an overhaul. Pretty different altogether
Still want to try & get an avatar though, if I can?
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This is just a test, having a myriad of trouble just checking back in on these boards
To Jakeem, LawrenceA &TopBilled check the time if you want, I just rewrote you guys withthis seemingly ongoing dilemma
& I thank you for your assistance & replying back to me to begin with!
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Many may still e aware of me my handle was always (spencer) but a few months ago some...you know what gave my pc a virus!!! & this was the one & only place I-(for some reason) couldn't get back into?
I know (jakeem, topbilled, lawrenceA) & a few others pretty well & could still not contact them about this ridiculous matter, because of still being blocked out of the A #1 message boards on the net
& I was headed to approx (2,500 posts) too!? But, unfortunately could never handle the trick of putting an Avatar on my profile? & very much wanted to do so
(NOTE: Could somebody please reply & let me know this came out a-ok?
(*-always denotes an *Oscar winner)
At this time of the movie year & as most are already aware, all things current cinema-(something in decline with each passing year, sadly) still turn to *"Uncle Oscar" & I was still receiving e mail notifications from thread (2017) jakeem,etc but couldn't of course reply The most asinine thing is I've been on the boards since about 2001 & some glitch screwed it up for me
Just saw-=(only hours ago) the very lavish & $expensive$ remake of "Murder on the 0rient Express" (**1/2-out of four stars at best) But I didn't really expect much, mainly went to it due to "Marvelous Michelle Pfeiffer" & she really has a throw away role here. & I don't care what most say I rate Finney's Hercule Poirot over *Ustinov's from the very strong & nearly perfecto 1974 version (***1/2) & I'm no who done it fan myself. & it's score by the never won an *Oscar Alex North has really gained a following over these past 40yrs This version will almost certainly snag noms for it's costumes & production design though
& as for Michelle, 2017 marks her return to "The Silver-Screen" after 4yrs, but let me tell you fellow moviefans out there, her other film, still out there somewhere "mother!" was by far among the worst new releases I ever attended!!!
I've never left a movie, but it was getting so stunningly awful as it went along, I was on the verge of it this time at the movies
As for her-(again sole reason I even went to this pic.) she was good, but really has a small role in the apocalyptic thriller
MY ADVICE STAY AWAY FROM "mother!" (* star for her only) & it barely hit $18 million domestically, a new low for *Oscar winner & $B.O.$ champion *Jennifer Lawrence.
Next on the menu Either *"The Woodman's"-=(a nickname I picked up from Bill Murray back on the great days of SNL, when predicting the 1977 *Oscars.) *Woody Allen's #47th behind the camera "Wonder Wheel" or of course "Star Wars: VIII"-(though not particularly among it's legions of fans myself)
THANK YOU & WELCOME YOUR INPUT
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I already write about this & of course still very early, it kinda' give a very early outlook, not only on potential *Oscar flix, but $B.O.$ as well-(ON THE NOTE, WE ALL KNOW "SW 8" WILL POSSIBLY EVEN SURPASS IT'S RECORD BREAKING ($936m.)& on a very personal note, Michelle Pfeiffer-(l958-) has been one of my top ladies fore decades & according to most other sites she may already be the leader fopr s. actress in "Mother" w/*J. Lawrence
It would just be her 4th shot if so
What really put the hook in my w/Michelle was her superb & sexy role in 1989's "Fabulous Baker Boys" ($18m.) (strong ***1/2) That year she took home almost every pre-*Oscar award, but as predicted 80yr old *Tandy in *"Miss Daisy" won instead
(P.S. A pal o';mine used to have a crush on Meg Ryan, but the thing is MICHELLE can sing!)
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HANNAH AND HER SISTERS is my favorite Woody Allen movie and the scene with Woody Allen dancing down the street is my favorite scene in that movie. Plus I love all the scenes with Dianne Wiest.
I also love the scene in SLEEPER where Diane Keaton does her Stanley Kowalski with Woody Allen as Blanche DuBois.
And, of course, the courtroom scene in BANANAS where the witnesses include J. Edgar Hoover (in disguise) and Miss America.
I crack up every time the gagged Fieding Melish (Woody Allen), acting as his own attorney, forces the woman on the stand to admit she lied. "Don't put words in my mouth!"
HE STILL CALLS THIS HIS FUNNIEST TO DATE! ("Bananas")
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Yes, there are so many to choose from! My favorite is probably from The Purple Rose Of Cairo:
YET ANOTHER ABSOLUITELY PERFECTO MASTERPIECE & ONLY GARNERED (1) *OSACAR SHOT FOR It'S WRITING
Pal 0'mine is not especially a huge fan, but adores this one
Wasn''t it lifted from B. Keaton's silent?
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The scene from Annie Hall where the movie shifts from live action to animation and an interaction between Alvy and the Evil Queen from Snow White takes place.
cool beans
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Funniest scene (Mia, Danny Aiello, and Gina DeAngeles in Radio Days:
"Four o'clock in the morning you're gonna dump her in Jersey? DUMP HER IN RED HOOK!"):
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/280595/Radio-Days-Movie-Clip-You-Were-A-Witness-.html
Best opening scene (Manhattan):
Best music scenes:
So many from Radio Days, particularly Diane Keaton ("You'd Be so Nice to Come Home To"); Mia Farrow ("I Don't Want to Walk Without You Baby')" Kitty Carlisle ("They're Either too Young or Too Old.").
UTTERLY ALL-TIME MUSIC!!!
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Jeff Goldblum in ANNIE HALL: "I forgot my mantra.'
Woth all his flix I still barely over "Manhattan"-(man, that Gershwin music!) But *"Annie Hall" has the edge
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While there are so many.....I'll start out with:
In HANNAH & HER SISTERS, when hypochondriac Mickey (played by Allen) finds out he's not dying of a brain tumor, joyously jumps & cavorts running down the street.
Then when he's talking to his secretary (played by Julie Kavner) he says, "But then it occurred to me, I'm still going to die. Someday." and she deadpans, "You're just realizing this?"
I know it's coming, but laugh every time.
What's yours?
To TkiSoo, how about that superb finale in "Hannah..." between him & *Wiest?
(TRIVIA: He's done 13 w/Mia & 8 to date w/*Keaton)
For many yrs he always listed 1980's "Stardust Memories" as his best, his rational I made the least$$$
& *"The Woodman" lives in such a NYC bubble, he had no idea who Madonna was when he cast her in a flat (**) 1992 "Shadows & Fog"
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Ever sooo-many as well! That sequence already mentioned at the end of "Hannah..." may be it
Plus, the brilliant ending to his own fav "Crimes & Misdemeanors"
The sole time that he & *Landau meet
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Of course by no means my final nomination predix ofg course & only premature speculation
(SOURCES: EW. Awards daily & goldderby.com) WHO & WHATTHEY ALREADY THINK MAY BE IN *"THE GOLDEN RACE?)
To date they see the frontrunners already as>
BEST PICTURE?:-(they listed many more, I only compiled the top 5 for now though):
1st place "The Papers"
2. "Dunkirk"
3 "Call Me By Your Name"
4. "Downsizing"
& 5th place by them for now "The Darkest Hour"BEST ACTOR?:
1st Gary 0ldman in "Our Finest Hour"
Daniel Day-Lewis in ? He said he quit though?
Tom Hanks, "The Paper"
Denzel Washington, "Roman Israel, esg"
& Hugh Grant, "The Greatest Showman"
(OOPS, WHERE ARE THE LIKES OF: Brian Cox in "Churchill"
Benedict Cumbermatch "The Current War"-(as Edison)Matt Damon, "Downsizing"
or for that matter Steve Carell, "Battle of the Sexes?"-(though some report him in support?)
BEST ACTRESS?:
1st again Streep in "The Paper"
2. Annette Bening-(forget it's title? )
3. Kate Winslet in "Wonder Wheel
4. Jennifer Lawnce, "Mother"-(co-starring my fav. actress today Pfeiffer!)& 5th by editors to date is Judi Dench, "Victoria & Abdul"-(rated too far low?_
S. ACTOR?:
Willem Dafoe in "FL project"
Michael Stuhlberg, "Cal Me By Your Name"
Armie Hammer, "Call Me By Your Name"
Michael Shannon, "The Current War"
& Mark Rylance, "Dunkirk"
S. ACTRESS?:
1st Michelle Pfeiffer in "Mother"
2. Holly Hunter, "The Big Sick"
3. Lee-(forget title right now?)
4. Mary J. Blige, "Mudbound"
& Michelle Williams in "The Greatest Showman"
WELP, SEND ANY COMMENTSD PLEASE
I already write about this & of course still very early, it kinda' give a very early outlook, not only on potential *Oscar flix, but $B.O.$ as well-(ON THE NOTE, WE ALL KNOW "SW 8" WILL POSSIBLY EVEN SURPASS IT'S RECORD BREAKING ($936m.)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
in General Discussions
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& once again of that deservedly legendary motion picture year of 1939-(NOTE: The next year was the first time "The Envelope" was born) & from 1931-32 until 1944 they had ten BP contenders-(a dozen consecutive years) as they do now, unfortunately-(I prefer the 5) Back during Hollywoods Golden Age & Studio-System-(circa 1925-1960) The studios AKA: "Dream Factories put out more product & greater then today of course. Bob Hope-(l903-2003) all-time champ as host (15 to 18 times) said it best about it being a benefit for *David 0.Selznick-(l902-65)
(EXAMPLE: The BP nominees were>*"GWTW"-(swept 8 & 2 special statuettes), "Dark Victory" "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" "Love Affair" "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" "Ninotchka" "0f Mice and Men" "Stagecoach" "Wizard of 0z" & "Wuthering Heights"-(NY Film Critics voted this as Best Film)
& just another sample>9Forementioned) "Destry Rides Again" "Stanley & Livingstone" "Only Angels Have Wings" "Gunga Din"-(outrageously not 1 single nom.), "Gulliver's Travels" "Jesse James" "Young, Mr. Lincoln" "Babes in Arms" "Hunchback of Notre Dame" "Idiot's Delight" "Drums Along the Mohawk" "In Name 0nly" "Made for Each Other" "The Rains Came" "The Roaring 20's" "Beau Geste" "Pvt. Lives of Elizabeth & Essex" "Intermezzo" "Juarez" "Golden Boy" "The Light that Failed" "Bachelor Mother" "At the Circus" "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man" & more!
(TRIVIA: & in a rare public/stage appearance for him *"The Great: Spencer Tracy"-(l900-67) handed out Best Actress, of course to as he said "Ms. Vivien Leigh in *"GWTW" unquote
& the annual $B.O.$ champ for 1939 was Mickey Rooney-(l920-2015)
THANK YOU & at the time of "Destry..." *Jimmy Stewart-(l908-97) was 6'3 & 1/2 & just 139lbs. To enlist in WW2 he had to gain at least 10 more lbs.