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No, I haven't. I just saw it topped Sight and Sound's list, but it had barely been on my radar. Oh yes, I also want to see the documentary about Pauline Kael that comes out on Christmas day.

What films do you have yet to see, of the big ones? Me, I'm looking forward to Once upon a time in Hollywood, The Irishman, Marriage Story, Little Women, Richard Jewell, Judy, Blinded by the Light, Ford Vs Ferrari, Knives Out, Frozen II, The Two Popes, The Report, A Hidden Life, 1917, The Good Liar, Motherless Brooklyn, Just Mercy, Clemency, and Jojo Rabbit

One thing she wouln't want to see happen would to see the wrap be used for boxes of wire hangers.

Still have only seen 9.... Ranked.... 1 The Farewell 2 Toy Story 4 3 Yesterday 4 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 5 Downton Abbey 6 After the Wedding 7 Dumbo 8 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 9 Late Night I'm very pleased by the first 6. 7 is better than expected. 8 doesn't stick in the memory too much, but it was good and has emotional parts. 9 has a wonderful Emma Thompson performance to buoy it.

On a tangent note, I just saw this on Facebook and had to share: Joan Crawford head Christmas wrap.....

I don't have much, but I'll give what I have. And aside from a handful of episodes (which I loved), I haven't seen much of I Love Lucy. Need to rectify that.... And St. Elsewhere, I want to see more of, early episodes were stunning. 1960s The Carol Burnett Show 1970s The Mary Tyler Moore Show The Muppet Show Columbo Ellery Queen Mysteries Lou Grant The Waltons The Rockford Files Dallas Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman 1980s Murder She Wrote The Golden Girls Poirot Remington Steele Murphy Brown Scarecrow and Mrs King Falcon Crest Road to Avonlea The Wonder Years Designing Women Spencer: For Hire Matlock 1990s Frasier 2010s Feud Downton Abbey Call the midwife

In that regard (of films being groundbreaking and preserving cultural heritages), I'm still surprised that we have had two big Asian-themed films two years in a row at the box office (Crazy Rich Asians and The Farewell) and yet the Joy Luck Club is AWOL. I keep expecting to see it listed one of these days.

A New Leaf is far from being mediocre......

Billy Wilder Ernst Lubitsch Francois Truffaut

There are two big ones for me: John Barry Elmer Bernstein After that, there are a raft of other notables: Alexandre Desplat Jerry Goldsmith Maurice Jarre Michel Legrand Henry Mancini Thomas Newman Rachel Portman Miklos Rozsa Max Steiner Herbert Strothart Franz Waxman John Williams

Gut feeling. The Irishman seems like the traditional decoy of the last few years, early winner that seems to have it in the bag until the big night. I think Once upon a Time at hollywood is going to win. It's been hitting a lot of the little guilds so far, and its already a big hit.

Saw three films today. One glorious silent classic, Orphans of the Storm, one cozy version of a Christmas Carol (1938), told at a nice, fast clip with very little excess fat on it, and one modern film for the oddity pile, Across the Universe, a flamboyant Beatles homage which has its moments, and then some really weird ones too.

It definitely could have been better, but I did think that Thompson gave a textbook example of being better than the film surrounding it. If only the script didn't keep repeating itself every few minutes.....

I saw the Globe nominations on TV, and boy did they get through the big ones in a flash. 4 minutes. I really can't comment on most of the nominees yet, but I want to commend them on Emma Thompson's nomination. Her film had a lumpy script, but her performance was excellent (the one reason for watching it), so I am glad she was nominated.

Yes, she was the editor. Mrs. Rogers was played by Maryann Plunkett, an actress who won a Tony Award in the 80s for Me and My Girl.

That's true. i was remembering him in the 1974 version, and then I remembered he was in the 1949 version as well.

Missed the last week, so I bolded all the ones I saw here. Some favorites are here....

RIP. Another talented one gone. Was impressed recently by his supporting work in the 1972 film Images with Susannah York.

The win I was happiest about was Mary Kay Place. Nice to see her get some love again.

Oh, yes, its a glorious achingly lovely film. It's perfectly wonderful.

LA Film Critics winners: Picture: Parasite Director: Bong Joon-Ho/Parasite Actor: Antonio Banderas/Pain and Glory Actress: Mary Kay Place/Diane Supporting Actor: Song Kang-Ho/Parasite Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lopez/Hustlers Screenplay: Marriage Story Cinematography: Atlantics/Portrait of a Lady on Fire Editing: Apollo 11 Production Design: Once upon a Time in Hollywood Score; I Lost My Body Animated Film: I Lost My Body Documentary: American Factory Career Achievement: Elaine May Experimental Film/Video Award: The Givernay Document I'm super happy over Mary Kay Place. She's been wonderful for decades.

William Bendix: The Blue Dahlia Elisha Cook Jr: The Maltese Falcon Howard da Silva: 1776 Ruth Gordon : Harold and Maude Beulah Bondi: Make Way for Tomorrow Gladys George: Lullaby of Broadway

I did see the movie and quite liked it. It's definitely a bit different than most might expect hearing about it for the first time. Hanks was good, actually all the performances were good... and for me at least, it was nice to see Christine Lahti again however briefly.

Yeah, I agree, he was wonderful in Norma Rae, in a turn worth of an Oscar nomination.