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Somebody here once wrote that Johnny Depp would have been ideal for the lead, and I kind of agree. It would have dovetailed neatly, and made for near perfect casting.,

Joan Crawford was then a dynamo... still getting leading parts past 50. I wonder what Kim's mother would have made of that.

I predict it will be so down and dirty that it will make the shocking original look like Sesame Street!

I saw Pippi when I was very young. I liked the opening credit theme song....but I have no desire to see the film again. Did not see Caddyshack II, and from all accounts probably fortunate about that. Working Girl is kind of an inverse of All About Eve, the only difference being that the Margo Channing character steals the Eve character's idea and bungles her chances of a better life, or so as it was supposed to go. That said, I always liked Working Girl, and Joan Cusack's supporting turn is a great joy. It's also the first R rated movie I ever saw. It's kind of embarassing how young I was when I saw it: 4 years old. But 1988 is, despite cruelity in films, rather a fascinating year looking back. I really miss years like it (While dealing with some recent films, the ones I'm not big on at least, I find myself longing for the 80s and 90s, both of which I love.). They had a lot of good films that year, and there was a true variety to what was being put out that year.

I saw Warm December on Spectrum On Demand last night, and the information still appears in the Watch TCM cut starting at 1:51:15. http://www.tcm.com/watchtcm/titles/95108

The Essentials is coming back this next year, just giving you a word of notice. And its back to being just TCM Staples 101. No more Ava though. She is being replaced by Brad Bird, director of the acclaimed animated films The iron Giant, The Incredibles (and its sequel as well. He voices the Edith Head inspired character Edna Mode in both), and Ratatouille. The notice was made in the outro after the encore showing of A Warm December on January 25th, which can still be found on Watch TCM.

Hmm, you also had Die Hard out there and The Accused, the dingo getting the baby in A Cry in the Dark, the starvation factor in Grave of the Fireflies, the mind games of Dangerous liaisons and Zelly and Me, the wildlife slaughter in Gorillas in the Mist, pretty much all of Heathers, the high racist activity in Mississippi Burning, and the human hunt scene in Betrayed, but I'd say thaTt at the time most didn't notice, since all the controversy was directed at The Last Temptation of Christ.

Also, regarding Letterboxd, they include tons of TV movies and shorts. I don't usually log those (though I kept ratings on The Red Balloon, the 1985 TV version of Anne of Green Gables, and one HBO film), but its always there in case you want to.

I just use it I guess to note the movies I like, and I guess it is redundant if you're alread giving a movie 4, 4.5, or 5 stars. There are some I barely passed at 4 without a like, and I know that I've seen people use like on a so bad its good basis, like giving a 2 or below to a film, but still putting a like on it. No, its doesn't notify anyone on what you have rated, so you don't have to worry about anybody getting an email every time you rate a film. Speaking of Criterion, one of my lists was one with all I had seen from them so far with numbered spines, but I need to update that. Thanks for giving me a reminder!

it was the scene with Kevin Kline and the raw fish that did him in.

I think I was left offended by the death of the dogs and their owner. It kind of put a pall over the whole film for me. I am reminded that it is the film where somebody died laughing at it in the theatre. Laughed so hard he couldn't breathe. What a way to go.

Erivo's song was indeed impressive (and she was wonderful as Harriet Tubman to boot, to say nothing of her exceptional work in Bad Times at the El Royale). I saw the other day that they are making a new version of Porgy and Bess for the big screen, and people are indicating that she is a top pick for playing Bess. Second acting nomination incoming?

Four more from Kino Lorber in April (they really crank them out, and more power to them) (also with Edward G Robinson and Robert Morley for the record)

And Criterion again announces that they will handle some more titles: Sunday's Best Picture winner Pasasite, and another film from the same director, Memories of Murder. Along with the aforementioned Jaramush films and the Netflix titles (Irishman, Atlantics, American Factory, Marriage Story, and most likely The Other Side of the Wind, given how Criterion has handled a lot of Welles titles), it is definitely skewing toward recent independent films.

I just about lost it during the sheer Freudian silliness of Patricia neal watching Gary Cooper use the drill on the block of marble

The Fountainhead had me hooting and laughing at the screen, something I am rarely known to do with any drama (even ones that were much panned)

Almost identical. Only Rose hobart in the earlier film definitely wasn't as well known as Barbara Stanwyck in the Two Mrs. Carrolls. But I wonder how many 1947 audiences felt deja vu that day they saw it.

Conflict was the other one with Bogie.

I really can't remember most badly behaved children in movies, but I can definitely recall one in a 60s film. Ruthie in Two for the Road, the girl who insults Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney by telling them that her parents really can't stand them despite giving them a lift.

Did two dives through Amazon Prime. The Earthling (1980) was the next to last film for William Holden (a bit of a shock though that it was done at Filmways Pictures, formerly American International Pictures). He plays a dying man who helps young Ricky Schroeder through the dense jungles of Australia after Schroeder's parents die in a freak accident off the side of a cliff. It's a bit of an unusual film, since it is seemingly meant for kids, but its rather grim for that standard (Schroeder goes through more adversity here then he had in the remake of The Champ a year earlier), but it benefits from striking Australian photography and utmost sincerity. And then of course there is Holden. There are certain scenes, especially toward the end where he gets close-ups that register a mix of regret and pain, and the way he says the words brings great gravitas to them. There is great poignancy in these scenes, and they truly show a legend at work. He is the glue that holds the film together. Sinful Davey (1969) was a romp of a crime comedy that was ultimately dismissed by some of its makers, but seen today, it's an enjoyable lark, with a tongue-in-cheek leading performance from a young John Hurt and a fetching performance from the undervalued Pamela Franklin. The wonderful Robert Morley also turns up in an entertaining role late in the film. I actually think its a bit better than Tom Jones, the film that it is somewhat patterned after. Nice irish scenery too (standing in for Scotland). Supposedly, Anjelica huston and Brenda Fricker are extras in this but I couldn't find them. Also starting in before bed last night on a film I will finish up tomorrow, the mammoth 1992 saga, Malcolm X, which is very strong so far.

No, different films, but it was still an eye-opening experience.... but there were two people who actually were up for an Oscar and a Razzie for the same performance in the same film, and both times the Razzies overreacted. They were both good performances (both were in the early 80s)

I haven't seen it. That said, I was just going to order it because it sounded fun and it doesn't air on TCM. Movies Unlimited is running a DVD sale (not Blu-ray) on Olive Films titles currently in their catalog (don't know about online)

I said earlier that I approach things haphazardly, and that's still mostly true, but since December, I've been trying to do a bit of a movie balancing act.....After I hit a certain moviegoing milestone, with half before 1970 and half in that year or later, I decidedly to try to maintain a close 50/50 level with both time periods, more or less. Like Polly, I have a letterboxd account, although I'll give you a few warnings. I tend to do more writeups on modern films not because I like some of them more, but because they usually get more notice, and I often tend to be positive because 4/5 is my passing grade (anything lower is not)... and well, I usually go after things I think sound interesting, so I ended up passing 80% of what I've seen! And expectations sometimes matter. I gave some wildly appreciated films 3.5s, and yet i gave one film on a worst list here a 4, maybe because I was in a giddy mood one day. But classic films remain one of the strongest driving forces for me. here goes: https://letterboxd.com/BCarr95/

unfortunately, that was a bit common in 1988. (other films did it too that year) As for the films that year in the picture, Big would be behind (in some degree of order): Running on Empty, My neighbor Totoro, Married to the mob,Madame Sousatzka, A Cry in the Dark, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Zelly and Me, The Accidental Tourist, Stormy Monday, Stand and Deliver, Tucker; The Man and His Dream, Cinema Paradiso, Grave of the Fireflies, Another Woman, Camille Claudel, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The naked Gun, Crossing Delancey, Die Hard, Working Girl, Rain Man, Coming to America, Moon Over Parador, and two or three others too. i do admit I liked it better than Bull Durham or A Fish Called Wanda, which never felt lively enough in the former's case, or left a bitter aftertaste in the latter's case.

i still remember when Sandra bullock went to go get her Razzie the one night with self-depeciating humor, and then she won the Oscar the next day.