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1. To Kill a Mockingbird 2. The Yearling 3. The Valley of Decision 4. Roman Holiday 5. I Walk the Line 6. Designing Woman 7. Beloved Infidel 8. The Paradine Case 9. Duel in the Sun 10. Yellow Sky

His performance in drag got a special "Supporting Actress" designation. It's not on the up and up, but it probably relieved the other nominees in that particular category (Julia Ormond, Nicolette Sheridan, Carmen Electra, and Jessica Biel)

She was the first to win two Razzies for the same film; Adam Sandler repeated the same trick in 2011. Eddie Murphy did them one better; he won THREE Razzies for the same film in 2007 (for playing his main character, an elderly Asian character, and an obese woman). Madonna also won two Razzies in the same year, but for different films. Young wasn't the greatest, but better in A Kiss Before Dying than the double whammy would indicate. Especially when you had such low water marks for Sally Field (Not Without My Daughter) and Julia Roberts (Hook) present in the leading and supporting lineups respectively.

I watched the remake of A Kiss Before Dying last night on HBO on Demand. The original film definitely is the better film [a 7.5 compared to a 6 for the remake], even if the original was not a masterpiece. (I have not read the book) That said there were some intriguing elements to it for me. I was more impressed with Dillon's performance than you were, and Young grew on me the longer the film went on, though her voice was off-putting at first. Some of the visual design of the remake was quite impressive. Was upset that Max Von Sydow and Diane Ladd had so little to do. But yes, the gore was too much. I wrote an entire review of the film on another website, which I am enclosing here, and could not help but mention that first death scene, and how it was not just much more graphic, but also placed almost immediately after the newer film opens, instead of the slow burn of the original. I was stunned by how bloody it was, just like I was stunned when the remake also served up on camera strangulation and dismemberment later on. Regarding the ending of the 1991 film, Dillon gets run over by a freight train that is owned by his father-in-law while trying to pursue and kill the other Sean Young. This was the ending that was used in theatres. It was not the first filmed. the original ending filmed did follow the end of Levin's book with Dillon getting killed after falling into a vat of molten steel. Unfortunately, test audieces did not like the ending so the other one was filmed. Only still images and brief footage in the trailer exist of the original ending; it was not included on the bare bones DVD release, largely because the film didn't go over well with critics or audiences. Here's my review of the remake:

Regarding Peggy Sue Got Married, I first saw it when I was 13, and I remember crying my eyes out when she met her grandparents again. Just a simply moving moment, and John Barry's score really enhansed the moment. Saw about half of it again earlier this year when it was on Showtime, and it holds up beautifully. It's funny, but its also so deeply emotional and touching and very poignant and bittersweet.

Agreed. After all she talked with Robert Osbourne on the telephone every week.

The film did have some of its blessedly lower-key scenes whenever he was around.

The Money Pit (1986) -- 6/10 The house referred to in the title of this film certainly lives up to its name as it is one rickety catastrophe after another; the film itself isn't quite the mess the house is, but its still in desperate need of being fixed up. Even at 91 minutes, it feels a bit padded, with basically the entire premise of the film taking a backseat to some dreary recriminations in the final third. Tom Hanks and Shelley Long try hard in the leads, Long proving more adept at milking those laughs. They are almost on their own though because the rest of the cast have smaller roles which are not very fleshed out. There are laughs to be had, though maybe not as many as one might wish. The earlier disaster house films George Washington Slept Here and Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House had more intrinsic wit overall, while this goes for sight gags. it is rather shocking that Gordon Willis photographed this. On the whole, pleasant enough but forgettable, fine for a lazy afternoon on the sofa.

She was good as the soon to be ex-wife in The Accidental Tourist as well, especially in her final scene where she underplays to great effect.

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Kino Lorber announced on September 26th that they are going to be releasing What's So Bad About Feeling So Good? on DVD and Blu-Ray in 2021 according to their Facebook page. Here was where it was addressed:

She was actually good in her brief part there, and more is the pity they killed her off so quickly. She only appeared in three episodes in the 5-episode miniseries that began everything (now referred to as Season 1) and 2 episodes in the first whole season (aka Season 2). She didn't even make it to the season finale; 7 more episodes appeared in that season after her death.

The First National Logo was still used on certain films through early 1936.

It can be. I just tested this with a certain Natalie Wood film, and while most of the related were her films, two of the others are Dodge City and In This Our Life, very different from the movie in question in every single way.

Bit late to the party, but this is one of the biggest gems in the Women make Film marathon. Sure the original premise (which only goes over the first 30 minutes) is creepy, but once this gets going, its a real gem. The language is very rough, which might put off a few TCM fans (the phrase "Swear like a sailor" is justified here), but its such a haunting, bittersweet film, with two sublime leads in Lili Taylor as the prototype hippie awash in sensitivity and insight and River Phoenix as the marine who employed a tough, hard-swearing exterior to mask the fact that he's still young, scared, and sensitive. Just a wonderful film.

Ricky Schoeder. Sorry, couldn't resist.

Sort of a good news/ bad news situation for Murder She Wrote fans.... The bad news is that it is going to be disrupted on Hallmark beginning next week until January. The good news is that the streaming service Peacock (free with commercials; $10 a month without them and with more access) has the show streaming in full.

If Joan Crawford had been alive, she would have had one about her eyebrows.....

It premieres on HBO on Saturday. Expect more furballs to arrive shortly after it airs.....

Ishtar, like Mommie Dearest really doesn't belong there. I'd prbably give At Long Last Love a chance if i ever came in contact with it. Place for Lovers and The Swarm are bad though. And Cats got on there very quickly,.....

A Place for Lovers (1968) -- 3/10 I knew that when this film was first released that it was generally regarded as an unmitigated disaster. However, the whole idea of a tragic romance with Faye Dunaway and Marcello Mastroianni directed by Vittoria De Sica sounded like it couldn't be that bad. Wrong, wrong, wrong. The two stars are at their most photogenic, especially Dunaway, and the European scenery is glorious, but this is an incredibly vapid and lifeless film that never feels credible for a single moment. You never really get the feeling that these are two actual human beings at the center of this tale; their dialogue feels like it was made up by a computer with no idea of how human interaction actually worked. Ella Fitzgerald sings the title song; at least that isn't a disappointment. But the rest, with its listlessness and its utter waste of two great stars (to say nothing of a brief moment of barbaric animal cruelty) make this a film so disappointing that it almost feels like it can single-handedly kill off the auteur theory.

After the TV binge this summer, I'm giving this another go..... 1950s 1 I Love Lucy [CBS] 2 Perry Mason [CBS] 3 Leave it to Beaver [CBS (1st season only)/ABC] 4 The Donna Reed Show [ABC] 5 Gunsmoke [CBS] 6 What's my Line? [CBS] 7 I've Got a Secret [CBS] 8 Alfred Hitchcock Presents [CBS/NBC] 9 Father Knows Best [NBC/CBS] 10 Bonanza [NBC] 1960s 1 That Girl [ABC] 2 Mission Impossible [CBS] 3 The Carol Burnett Show [CBS] 4 The Dick Van Dyke Show [CBS] 5 Green Acres [CBS] 6 Hawaii Five-O [CBS] 7 Rowan and Martin's Laugh In [NBC] 8 Gidget [ABC] 9 The Flying Nun [ABC] 10 The Doris Day Show [CBS] 1970s 1 The Mary Tyler Moore Show [CBS] 2 The Waltons [CBS] 3 Columbo [NBC/ABC] 4 McMillian and Wife [NBC] 5 Little House on the Prairie {NBC] 6 Ellery Queen Mysteries [NBC] 7 Lou Grant [CBS] 8 Taxi [ABC/NBC] 9 knots Landing [CBS] 10 The muppet Show [ITV] 1980s (my favorite period for TV shows) 1 St Elsewhere [NBC] 2 Moonlighting [ABC] 3 Dynasty [ABC] 4 Murder She Wrote [CBS] 5 Remington Steele [NBC] 6 thirtysomething [ABC] 7 L.A. Law [NBC] 8 Newhart [CBS] 9 Murphy Brown [CBS] 10 The Golden Girls [NBC] Runners-up: Falcon Crest [CBS], Poirot [ITV/PBS], Beauty and the Beast [CBS], A Year in the Life [NBC], Spencer for Hire [ABC], Miami Vice [NBC], Kate and Allie [CBS], Fame [NBC/Syndication], Cheers [NBC], The Wonder Years [ABC], Scarecrow and Mrs King [CBS] 1990s 1 Brooklyn Bridge [CBS] 2 Sisters [NBC] 3 Beverly Hills 90210 [FOX} 4 Twin Peaks [ABC] 5 Ally McBeal [FOX] 6 The Practice [ABC] 7 Homefront [ABC] 8 Frasier [NBC] 9 Cybill [CBS] 10 Once and Again [ABC] Very close runners up: Northern Exposure [CBS], Relativity [ABC], and Gabriel's Fire [ABC] 2000s 1 Pushing Daisies [ABC] 2 Gilmore Girls [WB/CW] 3 Boston Legal [ABC] 4 The Good Wife [CBS] 5 Desperate Housewives [ABC] 6 Alias [ABC] 7 Law and Order: Criminal Intent [NBC/USA] 8 Grey's Anatomy [ABC] 9 Dirty Sexy Money [ABC] 10 The Middle [ABC] 2010s 1 Downton Abbey [ITV/PBS] 2 Call the Midwife [BBC/PBS] 3 Feud [FX] 4 a million little things [ABC] 5 Fresh Off the boat [ABC] 6 Revenge [ABC] 7 Body of Proof [ABC] 8 Code Black [CBS] 9 This is Us [NBC] 10 The Good Doctor [ABC]

Yes, 1986. One of Disney's first R rated films. I'll never forget sections of it like her k-mart line, or dunderhead Bill Pullman thinking that a liaison between a judge and a prostitute was actually a murder.

I kind of feel though, that even without the normal type of Oscar season, we'll still probably see a lot of winners that are fully expected. it already looks as though two of the acting races are nailed down: Frances McDormand in lead (her third!) in Nomadland and a posthumous win for Chadwick Boseman in supporting for August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

I think that Midler's best hour on screen actingwise was probably For the Boys. True she was saddled with lizardy old-age makeup, but it gave her a chance to play to all her strengths: risque comedy, singing, and wrenching emotional passages.