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I remember I had a severe dislike for a while of Lawrence Harvey after seeing 1961's Two Loves, but that kind of dimmed after I saw The Manchurian Candidate, The Running Man (the 1963 film with Lee Remick), and Room from the Top.
And for a while, i was rather harsh toward Jack Weston.
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1 hour ago, MikaelaArsenault said:
So both leads from the 1981Best Picture winner are gone now.
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Time Bandits (1981) --- 5.5/10 --- source: HBO
This rubbed me the wrong way. I loved The Fisher King, and liked The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Brazil, and 12 Monkeys, but Terry Gilliam lost me here. It's a curiously nihilistic and sadistic fantasy ostensibly for kids that has very little narrative momentum and relies solely on visual bravado to help get it through. Admittedly it is an imaginative film, and there are brief little moments of amusement, but the whole thing seems very wrong-headed and misguided. Fun closing song from George Harrison, though.
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7 hours ago, TikiSoo said:
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Thanks Holden for your recommendations. I can't stand Julie Christie after seeing her in Dr Zhivago & Heaven Can Wait, where I find her bland & blank. I like HCW a lot despite her presence but hated DrZ and will never watch it again- thought I was the only one.
I've just requested McCabe, Demon Seed & Petulia from my library hoping to change my opinion of Julie Christie-THANKS!
I think that Julie Christie's finest hour was probably Far from the Madding Crowd in 1967, an elegant, well-mounted version of a literary classic.... with no balalaikas in sight. She also had some snap in a smaller role in Billy Liar (1963). Her two late career nominations, for 1997's Afterglow as a former horror film actress with an unfaithful husband (Nick Nolte) and 2006/2007's Away from Her as a woman in the fog of Alzheimer's were both simple, unadorned, touching performances.
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10 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
Coyotes are EVERYWHERE now! Even cities!
I urge Hollywood to remake Coyote Ugly, only with a cast of Coyotes this time. They can find enough of them in LA.
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Sad news. She did such a great job in Days of Heaven.
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On 8/10/2020 at 11:52 AM, chaya bat woof woof said:
I've seen First Wives Club so many times that I feel I can quote the dialogue.
Same here. Actually this might really sound weird, but I was born in the 90s, and I grew up watching First Wives Club on a rather regular basis beginning at the age of 4. I think in part because of it and some other films I saw a lot when i was young, it left me with a lifelong respect for actresses.
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On 8/12/2020 at 9:02 PM, speedracer5 said:
The Wonder Years is excellent. I haven't seen that show in forever, but I've seen the entire series multiple times. It used to be on syndication in the afternoons and later, it joined Nick at Nite.
I used to watch Murphy Brown when it was new. Even though I was a pre-teen at the end of its run (I was 14 when it ended), I watched it.
I love Beverly Hills, 90210. It, along with Melrose Place, was one of my night-time soaps. I used to watch it with my parents. I started watching it in the 3rd season-- aka "the summer of deception." I was only 8, but I knew who wasn't supposed to be hooked up with who. This show was on forever. It ended when I was in high school!
I used to watch Newhart in the 90s on Nick at Nite. I remember liking it more than The Bob Newhart Show.
I also love Gidget. It only has 1 season, but Sally Field is adorable and is my second favorite Gidget after Sandra Dee. I really wish that there'd been more seasons of Gidget and less seasons of The Flying Nun.
The Andy Griffith Show is amazing, the first half of the series is better than the second half, imo.
Taxi was also on Nick at Nite in the 90s. I hated that show. I remember one year it was part of Nick at Nite's Block Party Summer and I was so bummed, because that was one evening where I had to find something else to do because I didn't want to watch 6 episodes of Taxi in a row.
I watched Gilmore Girls during its original run. It's a good show. After that show ended, we'd watch Veronica Mars which aired afterwards.
I remember when Twin Peaks, Sisters, NYPD Blue, and The Practice were on, but I never watched them. The Practice and Ally McBeal used to have crossover episodes when both shows were on.
Thank you for all your thoughts. And actually it was in large part your love of 90210 (coupled with some others mutual love for it here) that made me start it (beginning with the pilot). been enjoying it very much so far and got introduced to a marvelous song to boot.
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Just finished up You and Me. Such an oddball little film, but Sylvia Sidney carries it, and the opening sequences are fascinating.
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It is indeed a great, fun little watch. And the whole cast seems to be having a ball
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1. St. Elsewhere (1982-1988)
2. Murder, She Wrote (1984-1996)
3. The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977)
4. That Girl (1966-1971)
5. Dynasty (1981-1989)
6. Remington Steele (1982-1987)
7. The Waltons (1972-1981)
8. I Love Lucy (1951-1957)
9. The Golden Girls (1985-1992)
10. Falcon Crest (1981-1990)
11. Murphy Brown (1988-1998)
12. Poirot (1989-2013)
13. The Muppet Show (1976-1981)
14. Columbo (1968-2003)
15. The Carol Burnett Show (1967-1978)
next in line: Scarecrow and Mrs King (1983-1987), The Wonder Years (1988-1993), The Rockford Files (1974-1980), Lou Grant (1977-1981), Ellery Queen Mysteries (1975-1976), Designing Women (1986-1993)
I'm working hard to expand my horizons with this, and Dynasty and That Girl shot up the ranks quickly.
There are some others I recently started that have great future potential: The Andy Griffith Show, Gidget, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, The Odd Couple, The Streets of San Francisco, Taxi, Cheers, Newhart, Family Ties, Miami Vice, thirtysomething, Twin Peaks, Beverly Hills 90210, Sisters, NYPD Blue, and The Practice.
I let 2000 be the cut-off point, because even with the recent TV experiment, my knowledge of TV shows that started since 2000 is close to nil.... although I have to say that Downton Abbey was wonderful, Call the Midwife is nicely handled, and I loved two series I started testing recently: Gilmore Girls and Boston Legal.
Another side note: Most of these weren't even on the air when I was born.....the curse of being a 90s kid.....
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And it is still one of the best films ever made
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On 8/5/2020 at 7:40 AM, TikiSoo said:
One of my oldest dearest friends works on that show. She has great things to say about the cast & crew.
Last night I watched HOPSCOTCH '80 catching up with TCM's recent broadcast. It was yet ANOTHER Ronald Neame movie-man that guy has a great filmography including every genre.
It's the story of a CIA spy played by Walter Matthau, who gets coldly replaced & fired after years of successful work. Dangerous situation, as he has so many government secrets. The movie is his attempt at writing a tell-all book, then escaping undetected so he can retire with his long term gf played by the wonderful Glenda Jackson.
In fact, ALL the acting is superb and the story is well told with twists & turns you never quite follow until it all wraps up in the end. Gorgeous European locations add to the enjoyment, as well as very amusing comedic touches. For example, while typing his book, he speaks to a photo of his slime ball boss wonderfully played by Ned Beatty. With every sentence, the camera interchanges with a shot of the photo and the boss's expression changes from smiling to concern to horror!
I don't want to reveal anything about the story. But if -like me-you don't get enough Matthau in a movie, this one is a true gem. A real WOW of an ending too. (available as a Criterion release)
Incidentally, Neame directed another film with Walter Matthau the following year called First Monday in October. It's not as good as Hopscotch and unfortunately has a egregiously overgraphic and unnecessary scene involving a pornographic movie screened as part of an obscenity case, but most of the rest of the film was old-fashioned and charming. It was a battle of the sexes comedy ala Tracy and Hepburn with Walter Matthau as a liberal (and recently divorced from Jan Sterling) Supreme Court justice and Jill Clayburgh as a new conservative addition to the court, the first woman to be voted onto the court. They clash, but they ultimately come to mutual understanding, and to some degree of love. The film came out only a month after Sandra Day O'Connor was appointed to the court so it was certainly timely. It's worth a look.
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Still making my way around the wide world of TV series. I am up to having tested 32 series for the first time in the last month. I'm wrapping up the pilot episode of Laugh-In right now.
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I had seen most of the films that were on for her day before, and they were very good films. I see where some of the films I have not seen, You and Me,An American Tragedy, and The Wagons Roll at night are on demand on Watch TCM so I'll try checking those out soon. But Sylvia is always great.
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In one regard, its no surprise that it skews more modern. There were very few female directors working on high-profile films until the 1980s. And since the showcase only shows one film per director, it makes sense then that it goes modern. That said, we still have one by Dorothy Arzner, and one by Ida Lupino, and Elaine May is indeed showcased, via Mikey and Nicky.
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Of the original big three networks: ABC, CBS, and NBC, which one had the shows you watched the most?
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Glad to see you back and glad to hear that you are on the mend.
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4 hours ago, chaya bat woof woof said:
TCM just showed him in Enter Laughing (watched it).
as did I, and it was such a warm, enjoyable film.
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I kind of feel awkward at the moment, these last few weeks, because I have really been plunging myself into the world of TV shows in a way that I've not been prone to before, with heedless abandon. And I don't know, I've usually a big movie person, and yet I've been giving movies short shrift these last few weeks. And since early July, I have seen episodes of the following shows for the first time: Dynasty, Family Ties, That Girl, Perry Mason (the Raymond Burr one), Alice, thirtysomething, Taxi, Three's Company, Barney Miller, The Practice, The Streets of San Francisco, and Sisters.
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Congratulations, Lydecker!
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On 7/17/2020 at 10:00 PM, Peebs said:
I loved St. Elsewhere!
And its streaming in full on Hulu if you want to revisit it.
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On 7/29/2020 at 3:46 AM, LornaHansonForbes said:
He was a very bad actor.
So I take it that if you had been a writer for the show, you would have killed him up in either the Moldavian Massacre or the El Mirage fire.
Actors you do not like
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Regarding Warren Beatty, who started off this thread, I like him, but I do find it a bit odd that somebody described as larger than life offscreen often ends up seeming low-key and quiet on the big screen. I think his best performances were in Bonnie and Clyde, Heaven Can Wait, and especially Lilith.