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To Jakeem, did you or someone edit down these releases I posted on here yesterday? Because there was a lot more I submitted? Looking ahead in the distant future, *Dench is the a-typical type they would want to vote a 2nd *Academy award & for a typical period pc costume drama. I'll never forget the late Gene Siskel was adamant about her winning for '97's "Mrs. Brown" Stating she should win by "proclamation" Unless of course they finally want to honor Bening? & though incredibally early, 0ldman seems the frontrunner already. Jakeem, ever see him in ":Sid & Nancy" "State of Grace" =(my pick as his finest work to date!)"Dracula"-(many pick on that thriller, but I agree w/Maltin in rating it a 3 & 1/2. It had everything going for it, music, performances, costumes, art-direction, sound, visuals. It's score was not in the race though> & did take home Best Make-Up, Sound Effects & Costume Design & made $83m. Not so much scary-(I rarely if ever get scared at a movie) but amazing to look at! & as you & others may be aware I'm very prejudiced when it comes to little WINONA! Others he did I wonder if you've seen yet>"True Romance"(AMAZING SUPPORTING WORK!), "The Professional" "The Contender"-(but Jeff Bridges got the nod.), But I've yet to see his sole *Oscar bid td "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy?" I know I got the same EW info & typically the magazine didn't even bother to include it???

Among sole releases I kind of regret not going to, just fed-up w/comics, sequels, remakes. Did go to the almost lousy at times & massively $expensive$ "Batman vs. Superman" ($330m.) (**) last year though. & speaking of it, it was well-known in Tinsel-Town & elsewhere that *Ben Affleck really juiced up w/steroids for that role. It was obvious, there were shots of him already twice his normal size leaving places. & you don't get that big that fast from just lifting weights either! It's main debit was Jesse Eisemnberg as Lex Luther. Usually a pretty talented actor, but waaay over the top here. *Hackman was easily the finest in that role.

It's also got very premature *Oscar buzz?

Also go by (metacriutic.com) & of course (imdb.com)

& said to be yet another "asinine" concept in this era.

Arguably the worlds greatest "living" actor & achieved what even *Tracy didn't-(though should have for "0ld Man & the Sea" or even same yrs "Last Hurrah" (l958)-(critics actually preferred the later) In taking home a staggering all (3) Leading actor *Academy Awards, & I must admit, another fellow Irish *Daniel Day-Lewis-(l957-) may now be awarded AFI's-(American Film Institute) & not only because he claimed recently he was quitting, but those 3 *Oscars help I personally thought Jerry Lewis-(maybe too low-brow for them or something?) But *Mel Brooks was awarded it. *Hopkins & *Duvall deserved to be next, before it's too-late if you know what I mean?

OOPS, BUT WHERE IS ALL-TIME *OSCAR NOMINEE (20 td) *"MARVELOUS MERYL STREEP?"-(Jakeem, whats her next project?) & I know many hate her, "I LOVE 'ER!" A limited actress, but for those that just know of her from her videos all these (34yrs) any detractors must check her out in concert!!! 3 to 3 & 1/2 hour epics & plays almost every instrument too! & know of her personal problems, behavior,etc But, MADONNA (Louise) CICCONE was helming an adapted work on "Greta Wells?" (TRIVIA: Don't know how she achieved this, but I'm pretty certain Back in 2007 she had her massive lit up image at night on the side of "THE HOLLYWOOD ROOSEVELT HOTEL" But strangely she doesn't want a "Walk-of-Fame" "Star?")

Last thing I want to do is step on my buddy (Jakeem's) toes, by not posting these in his own & superb post-(don't like the word thread) & I'm positive knowing him he already knows of a lot of these coming soon 2017 major movies (In no special order) & to him, please immediately not only let me know what you think of these, but add them to your own post if you like> Some seem like certain *Academy (AMPAS) Award bait & of course others don'-(P.S. They already released Brian Cox' version of "Churchill" in very limited release though. Think it grossed $1m. to date) (FALL & EVEN SOME END OF THE YEAR NEW MOTION PICTURES) & don't yet have nation wide release dates. I'm certain (jakeem) may have them 1st though "Wonder Wheel" (think it's *"The Woodman'S' 47th or 48th behind the camera? Last yrs "Café, Society" was 47 I think. Personally I love 'em better when he's also in his flix myself. *Kate Winslet & jakeem would know who else stars?) "Blade Runner: 2049" (October)-(proud of myself after seeing this as a kid & just had a gut feeling the 1982 version was something special & only sold $33m. in tickets back then) "Call Me By Your Name' (Sundance) "Beatrice at Dinner" (Salma Hayek) "Breathe" (Andrew Garfield & the amazingly talented Andy Serkis makes his directorial debut here) "Detroit" (*Kathryn Bigalow helms & is sole female to win the BD Gold yet) "Lady Bird" (Saoirse ("Brooklyn") Ronan) "Mudbound" (Carey Mulligan in another Sundance fav.) "Downsizing" (*M. Damon stars in writer & *Oscar winner *A. Payne's pic.) "The Papers" (*Spielberg is BACK!) "Film Stars Don't Die" (4 time *Oscar loser A. Bening stars here) "The Wife" (6 time *Oscar loser Glenn Close is back on "The Silver-Screen!") "Battle of the Sexes" (very strong early buzz about the tennis rivalry between Billie Jean King & Bobby Riggs, stars recent *Oscar winner *Emma Stone & Steve Carell) "Mother" (Jennifer ("America's Current Sweetheart") Lawrence again!) "Stronger" (Jake Gylklenhaal stars as a Bostoin Bombing Survivor/victim) "The Current War" (*Oscar nominee Benedict Cumbermatch stars in a huge & pivotal role as Thomas (Alva) Edison. Of course comparisons will be there between him & *"The Great: Tracy" in his very strong (***1/2) (1940-MGM) "Edison, the Man" (P.S. Though very early but just imagine of this yrs Best Actor race has the 2 Churchill bio's & this historical bio too) "Hostiles" *Christian Bale) "Last Flag Flying" (Bryan ("Breaking Bad") Cranston) "John Gotti (no clips yet on this highly anticipated bio of Mafioso Gottti, played by John Travolta this time out. Armand Assante already took on the role in a tv movie) "Our Finest Hour" (it already looks as though the only 1 time contender Gary 0ldman just may go all the way & "Walk Down-the-Aisle' as Winston Churchill) "Victoria & Abdul" (this would mark *Dame Judi Dench's #8th nomination! Only winning so far for '98's sweeping *"Shakespear in Love" (s. actress & holds record for shortest per to ever win) BFI-(British Film Institute) once voted her #1 all-time U.K. actress!) "Murder on the 0rient Express"-(Nov. 10th I think our own jakeem said) & I hope K. Branagh has a better role here then in "Dunkirk" Also co-stars one of my favs alive "Marvelous Michelle Pfeiffer!") The fellow "Irishmen's" *AMPAS contender even rivals *0livier's "Henry V" (l946) WHO SAW IT?) "Logan Lucky" (*Steven Soderbergh again & Tinsel-Town loves him) "Mudbound" "United: Kingdom" "Mary Poppins"-(live-action version of what was my very first movie being taken to, by my mother in a re-issue) & I still say it's better then that yrs big 8 time sweeping musical *"My Fair Lady" "Star Wars 8"-(what else needs to be said about this one? (TREIVIA: The last installment is currently the highest grossing film ever produced at over $936m. domestically.) & though no masterpiece, who knows what ever happened to Tim Burton, WINONA RYDER & Michael Keaton's long in the talks "BEETLEJUICE II" (l988) ($71 million)??? & just a tiny sample of 2018 at the movies> *Tarentino's probably, no certain, gory version of the Tate/Manson saga Sharon's sister said there is no way she''' go to this movie! "Indiana Jones 5" (Ford is amazing & at almost age 76!) "The Irishman" (*Scorsese & *Joe Pesci reunite! & *Pesci said he was retiring back on 07.) & of course more & of course tons more sequels, comic books, rehashes the works THANK YOU

AGREED UPON & IT'S PATHETIC!!! I absolutely hate when younger so called moviebuffs,etc Just say "O, that was before my time" That's called "HISTORY" you idiots When I first fell "IN LOVE" with cionema, I immediately wanted to see what the likes of TV's Mike Douglas, Griffin, Snyder,etc were talking about, first & foremost & did. Then I started going to & studying the new jazz also

AGREED! Although most historians in books & elsewhere, cite *Emil Jannings

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& to add to the above 2017 upcoming releases I already posted on here, I thought it only polite to post these on (Jakeem's running post & not a new one) EW-(Entertainment Weekly) just released a lot of upcoming & they say *Oscar contenders for the fall of 2017 & most are> Best Picture: "Call Me By Your Name" (Sundance biggie) "Breathe" (Andrew ("Hacksaw Ridge") Garfield stars & the amazingly talented Andy Serkis makes his directorial debut) "Lady Bird" (Saoirse Ronan already a contender for "Brooklyn") "Mudbound" (Sundance) & stars Carey Mulligan. This one already has huge buzz "Downsizing" (D-Alexander Payne who has already taken home 2 *Oscars for his writing) "The Papers" (Spielberg is back!) Best Actor according to EW: Steve Carell in "Battle of the Sexes" as Bobby Riggs Jake Gyllenhaal in "Stronger" as a Boston Bombing victim Benedict Cumbermatch in & as Albert Einstein in "The Current War"-(NOTE: Imagine if he's up for leading actor vs. 0ldman & Brian Cox for the 2 Churchill bio's) Christian Bale in "Hostiles" Bryan Cranston in "Last Flag Flying" Matt Damon in "Downsizing" & Actress: Annette Bening in "Film Stars Don't Die"-(would mark her 5th try) Emma Stone in "Battle of the Sexes" as Billie Jean King Glenn Close in "The Wife"-(she already has 6 nods. to date) Judi Dench in "Victoria & Abdul"-(you know how they love costume/period pieces) Jennifer Lawrence in "Mother" Quite a number are left out of course, but that's that for now JAKEEM, please send your thoughts

Although the movie is still well-made I've scanned through the book & it's better

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"LONGEST DAY": IS A TREMENDOUS EPIC ON EVERY LEVEL! But up against *"Lawrence..." & "To Kill a Mockingbird" it only won for it's special effects that year

posted this due to the network airing silent flix of Lon Chaney, Sr.-(l883-l930) right now & there are a few on FB-(one is a make-up artist & his father was also one) who literally idolizes "The Man of a Thousand Faces" & I'm certain most would be inclined to agree that he (*Cagney) was "robbed" of another Best Actor shot for that bio. Only it's script was remembered? I mean what more does 1 have to do? & wanted the most intelligent online fans viewpoint on this, who would rate him as A No. 1 finest thespian? His sole debit was he didn't really conquer comedy though As all are aware they really did not have the *Academy (AMPAS) Awards yet, not when he made his masterpieces "Hunchback of Notre Dame" (l923-MGM) & "Phantom of the 0pera" (l925-M-G-M) Perhaps they should have given him an honorary statue But come to think of it, we all know how the *AMPAS is somewhat not fond of horror Most literature says that prior to *Spencer Tracy, *Emil Jannings (l884=-l950) the very first Best Actor winner, was widely regarded as the worlds greatest One thing is certain *Cagney was outrageously snubbed for his magnificent work as Chaney in '57's "Man of a Thousand Faces" (U-I) As they say, adding to his mystique Chaney was interred-(cremated) in an unmarked niche inside "The Great Maus." Glendale's, "Forest Lawn" THANK YOU

Many here may not yet be familiar with mostly character actor & *Oscar nominee ("The Revenant") Tom Hardy This guy is an amazinly talented & versatile actor! He transforms such as *De Niro used to * Penn still does Other roles to date are> "Dark Knight: Rises" Most recent "Mad Max" adventure/science-fiction, "Warrior" "Dunkirk"-(though you'd never know it was him, until towards the finale), "Legend" (a nasty, ultra-violent gangster film about The Krays in the '60's underworld, where he portrays both brothers & was snubbed by the *Academy of at least a nomination for it) & a few others Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not as much into James Bond as I once was. Last one I went to was "GoldenEye" (l995) Pierce Brosnan & Dalton were as dull as dishwater. Hasn't Daniel Craig done (5) to date? Just saw where he committed to one more. There was even talk of Idris Elba in the role, but did Fleming ever write about a black actor portraying James Bond? I'm not alone in Hardy though & please reply & I thank you

I know several on here rate it higher then myself, but in retrospect I'd give it (***-out of four) instead of 3 & 1/2 Just my opinion of course A few critics are even more dissapointed & give it a (**1/2) Tom Hardy's role looks like t was definately edited down

What do you think of McQueen's performance itself in "PAPILLON?"

A PHENOMENAL PICTURE!!! Sadly you should see Candy Clark-(only 1 to be remembered come *Oscar nominee day) on one of the "Law & Order" shows & Le Mat sure didn't hit the highnote, huh & who would have ever think it that Harrison Ford would become a legend Matter of fact in 1994 (NATO)-National association of theatre 0wners voted Ford as the #1 all-time Box-0ffice Champion

Apparently it's your favorite *Mel flick right? Ebert & Siskel couldn't rave enough about "The Produycers" (l968) That later version was a wash-out starring: Nathan Lane & M. Broderick Looks like I was about only person the go & see it, it barely hit $20m. Wasn't bad though & Uma looked gorgeous! (TRIVIA: This is not idle gossip, but well known in Hollywood history The legendary Marilyn Monroe had a massive crush on both Zero Mostel and Albert Einstein)

SEPIATONE, I agree 100% on prices & where is it going? I get 1/2 off at local theaters myself though, reckon' because I;m such a regular. It's the concession stand that does it. Up until '96-(from 1982) I only got some ice water Ever see 2000's "Fantasia: 2000?" & I'll never forget, technically I shgouldn't have been admitted though. But seeing *"The Godfather" & had to go to the bathroom & someguy was heaving BIG-TIME at horse's head sequence