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Murder She Wrote is finally back.....
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On 1/4/2020 at 5:26 PM, TopBilled said:
Cheat Sheet:
371. SPARROWS (1926) with Mary Pickford.
372. THE PRINCESS COMES ACROSS (1936) with Alison Skipworth & Carole Lombard.
373. KNUTE ROCKNE ALL AMERICAN (1940) with Ronald Reagan.
374. SO PROUDLY WE HAIL! (1943) with Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard & Veronica Lake.
375. THE RACKET (1951) with Lizabeth Scott & Robert Mitchum.
376. SUNRISE AT CAMPOBELLO (1960) with Ralph Bellamy & Greer Garson.
377. ZANDY'S BRIDE (1974) with Liv Ullmann & Gene Hackman.
378. DANGEROUS LIAISONS (1988) with Glenn Close, John Malkovich & Michelle Pfeiffer.
379. THE PIANO (1993) with Holly Hunter & Anna Paquin.
380. SIGNS (2002) with Mel Gibson.
8 hours ago, TopBilled said:Have you seen these classic films:
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I Found Stella Parrish? If so, it's one of kay Francis' best.
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A letter to Three Wives, a brilliant film.
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The Ballad of Josie. Not prime Doris, but she still makes it enjoyable.
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Family Plot. Hitchcock's last and one of his most underappreciated. It's a lot of fun.
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The little Mermaid, Disney's comback, and quite good... even if the ball of momentum had actually been building for a few years prior to its release.
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Husbands and Wives. One of Woody's best, also one of the most disconcerting. Judy Davis is brilliant in it.
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16 minutes ago, slaytonf said:
I tried it on a MacBook Pro with El Capitan operating system and Firefox as a browser. I submitted a request for They Might Be Giants (1971). I got a response thanking me for my feedback. I will start holding my breath---now.
That film made its Blu-Ray debut last year. Interesting film for sure.
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On 12/31/2019 at 10:41 AM, Dargo said:
Forget it Jake...err I mean Tom. It's Tarantino.
(...and when the violence in Quentin's movies begins, they usually go way over the top)
Yes, Tarantino's films are legendary for the violence being almost operatically over the top. Jackie Brown is (relatively) the least violent of his films.... but it still had that infamous scene in the mall parking lot......
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2019 studio standings in revenue.... in other words, Disney's constant parade of sequels and remakes won out big time....
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Just now, LawrenceA said:
Someone else on here also left their review for the new Little Women in another thread, and they weren't nearly as pleased with it as you were. They said that they felt this was the worst version, and that Florence Pugh was abysmal/atrocious/some other very disparaging term. So the movie may be more divisive than one would expect.
True. Pugh did take a little while to get used to as Amy. They had her play Amy both as a child and as an adult, and while she was quite effortless as the older Amy (especially in later scenes, in which she was wonderful), the younger Amy was a bit of a stretch.
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On 12/31/2019 at 9:50 AM, LornaHansonForbes said:
i have to admit, i have gone from HARDCORE OSCAR AFFICIANADO to rather apathetic bystander, yet- every so often, someone decides it's THEIR TIME and proceeds to hijack some innocent bystander's lifestory to make it FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION and I openly root for them to be SNUBBED, then gleefully imagine them smashing all the mirrors and tossing powder about DANGEROUS LIAISONS-in-the-last-act style on the morning of the announcement.
I feel this way STRONGLY about Squinty McGee and her desperate plea this year.
she's probably gonna get it, but if she doesn't, you'll hear me CACKLING LIKE MARGARET HAMILTON.
This whole year has been strange acting-wise in Actress. Zellweger's the front-runner (I admit I like her a lot but I have yet to see the film), but unless it gets up for makeup, she will likely be its only nomination. Her two main rivals are Charlize Theron (for a film with mixed reviews and low business) and Scarlett Johannson (for a much praised film, but one that's on a streaming service, and has not seemingly been as beloved in the industry [no SAG nomination for its A-list ensemble cast] as it has by critics). As such, its kind of weirdly blase, and a bit of a throwback to 2003, when they were all hot young actresses (and the first two won the Female acting prizes that year). i still don't know why the new Little Women hasn't picked up more momentum in this category, it is the third first-rate version of the tale (saw it last week, and its one of the best films of the year) and has exceptional reviews.... but its fighting for its life award-wise.
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the first movie I saw in the new year and decade was 1987's Stakeout on HBO. Might seem like a strange choice, but it was there, it was late, and I was curious about it. It's a likable film, and Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez make a good comedy team, while Madeleine Stowe is just plain luminous. The camera loves her too. Maybe not a major film, but fun and entertaining. Plus i love that use of the one Pointer Sisters song almost in its entirety in the one scene.
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9 hours ago, jakeem said:
It's no surprise to me that its not doing well. A large part of it is due to the political gulf in this country ( I should be the last to talk because I refuse to be associated with either political party, and I don't vote because of my utter distaste for politics) This is a type of film that some Democrats refuse to see because it takes a positive look at some anchors at Fox News, and many Republicans refuse to see because they feel it denigrates their views. It's a no win situation. It's just an example of who exactly was this film made for in this divided day and age syndrome.
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7 hours ago, Det Jim McLeod said:
Well said. One of my favorite scenes was where Sharon goes to a movie theater to watch herself in The Wrecking Crew. It is great that we see the actual Sharon Tate on screen. Margot Robbie as Sharon in the audience gets to hear the others in the theater laugh at her comedy bits and applaud her martial arts fight with Nancy Kwan. I was dreading what I thought was going to happen on screen on August 9 1969.
In real life, after Sharon's murder, husband Roman Polanski had a press conference and talked about how everyone knew how beautiful she was but few know how good she was. And the film definitely shows that, she was a very kind and good hearted person.
That was my favorite scene in the film, but I liked so many little touches throughout it as well, all the old signs and movie posters and marquees, Pitt's performance (his best), all the references to movies and TV of the era, the sweet sun-baked rhythm of the early scenes. I really wanted to see many of the characters live on for hours just going about their ways, living their lives. Of course, August 9th was coming though, and that would naturally be the end of it all. Tarantino in a way made a very canny music choice when the film skips forward to that fateful August day. The song was The Rolling Stones' "Out of Time". At first I was pleasantly enjoying the song, reminding me as it did of the 1978 film Coming Home, and then it hit me that it was standing for a lot more: Tate, Old Hollywood, Peace in LA, almost anything. It became a very tragic song all of a sudden.
Regarding Polanski, I nodded with recognition in the bookstore scene with Margot Robbie and Clu Gallagher where she is hoping to get her husband a copy of Tess of the D'ubervilles. That was one of the last books she read, and she insisted to her husband that it would make a great film. 10 years on from the tragedy, he made it as Tess and dedicated it to her.
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Secondly., I apologize if I offended anyone with what i said about the book in this thread. I have nothing against some of the films that Ava has picked this year (I loved Claudine and Dsaughters of the Dust was strong and atmospheric), but I can't help but say that La Pointe-Courte was very dry in my opinion. And as for the book, maybe I just bristled seeing films that many people loved over the years replaced by titles like Touki-Bouki, which only had about a 197 word review. I didn't mean to sound racist or anything because i'm not, but I was just a bit stunned that so much was replaced. (Not to mention, some of the newest films put in seemed thin, like The Florida Project)
If you want to judge the contents of this new edition to see how "essential" they are, go to Amazon to look at the look inside option (click over the book's cover and it will come up) ... https://www.amazon.com/New-York-Times-Book-Movies/dp/078933657X
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I have this gut feeling that quite a few people who went to see Hollywood(knowing of the ahistorical twist ending), wanted to see the Masons get it in a savage way, the same way that they butchered Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, and the others in August of 1969. And yes, I do think that the fact that the DiCaprio and Pitt characters were drunk and stoned probably had some effect on the violence in the scene. But for me, that Sharon Tate survived (albeit only in the film) is what made the ending for me. the film has set up already what many in Hollywood in the 60s said was true; that Sharon Tate was a lovely woman, fully undeserving of what came her way. And as depicted in the film, she's kind of like the spirit of LA, shes like an angel, and we in the audience melt while watching her and are very protective toward her. That's the part of the ending that got me, just the few words she says through the PA at the end. Such ordinary words, but they made me weep. It's a very graceful moment, and while watching it I found myself saying Thank you to Tarantino for it.
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Closed out 2019 with Planet of the Apes, a first time view.....
Few little notes:
Kim Hunter really gives a remarkably affecting and warm performance despite the very unflattering ape makeup. I think it has to do with the quality of her voice. Anyway, film's best performance, though Roddy McDowell was fun too.
The film holds up as a very strong sci-fi.
I knew about the ending beforehand, but its still effective, and the film carefully sprinkles in some hints along the way.
For a G rated film in 1968, this is an extremely ...fleshy.... display. You see the behinds of the three astronauts, Charlton Heston's "blanket" covering keeps getting smaller as the film goes on, Linda Harrison is in the bare minimum of clothing, Heston exposes his backside again, and I could swear that there was a split second shot of his naked front (definitely his p-ubic hair was seen) once or twice. Makes you wonder how this ever got a G.....
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The Cabinet of Dr Caligeri
All Quiet on the Western Front
His girl Friday
Sunset Boulevard
Wild River
The Ballad of Cable hogue
The Last Metro
Cyrano De Bergerac
In the Mood for Love
True Grit
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Since the Universal experiment went over well, here is the "as badly reviewed or worse than Cats" club from Paramount....
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As if this year couldn't get anymore offbeat, Sacheen Littlefeather might be returning to the Oscars, per Deadline......
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Radio Days closes on New Year's Eve/Day with a lovely, bittersweet ending.
Old Acquaintance (and its remake Rich and Famous) ends with a reconciliation as the clock hits midnight.
In When harry Met Sally, the reunion happens at a New Year's party.
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#331 - A Free Soul (1931)
#332 - Dive Bomber (1941)
#333 - Criss Cross (1949)
#334 - Kind Lady (1951)
#335 - The Pajama Game (1957)
#336 - Our Man Flint (1966)
#337 - Klute (1971)
#338 - Harry & Tonto (1974)
#339 - When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
#340 - A River Runs Through It (1992)
(Thanks, lawrence for these....)
On 12/27/2019 at 9:35 PM, TopBilled said:Cheat Sheet:
(I think you all guessed these)
341. OF MICE AND MEN (1939) with Lon Chaney Jr. & Burgess Meredith.
342. THE MORE THE MERRIER (1943) with Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn & Jean Arthur.
343. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) with Thomas Mitchell, Donna Reed & James Stewart.
344. RAWHIDE (1951) with Tyrone Power & Susan Hayward.
345. TEA AND SYMPATHY (1956) with Deborah Kerr & John Kerr.
346. THE THRILL OF IT ALL (1963) with Doris Day.
347. THE ODD COUPLE (1968) with Walter Matthau & Jack Lemmon.
348. ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (1974) with Ellen Burstyn.
349. UNCLE BUCK (1989) with John Candy.
350. BUGSY (1991) with Annette Bening & Warren Beatty.
On 12/28/2019 at 11:06 AM, TopBilled said:Cheat Sheet:
351. THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (1928) with Renee Falconetti.
352. STAGECOACH (1939) with Claire Trevor & John Wayne.
353. SWEET ROSIE O'GRADY (1943) with Betty Grable & Robert Young.
354. PORTRAIT OF JENNIE (1948) with Cecil Kellaway & Joseph Cotten.
355. LUST FOR LIFE (1956) with Kirk Douglas.
356. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967) with Sidney Poitier.
357. LOVE STORY (1970) with Ryan O'Neal & Ali MacGraw.
358. NASHVILLE (1975) with Karen Black.
359. THE LAST EMPEROR (1987)
360. SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY (1991) with Julia Roberts.
10 hours ago, TopBilled said:Have you seen these classic films:
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Call of the Wild, yes, good adventure yarn.
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Jezebel, yes, huge Bette fan, and she's great here (as usual)
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Not sure on this yet....
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Red Badge of Courage. Only part yet.
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Desighning Woman? Fun film.
366.
Manchurian Candidate, yes. Lasbury very chiilling.
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Saturday Night Fever, yes. Donna Pescow, Julie Bovasso, young Fran Drescher, and the music and dancing are the only good things about it.
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Out of Africa, yes. Love it.
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Ace Ventura Pet Detective, no.
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The blind Side, yes. A bit ho-hum, outside of Bullock and a scene or two.
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7 hours ago, Det Jim McLeod said:
It happened 17 times and not since 1991, which one do you think was best? This is just for either 2 males or 2 females in the same film.
1. Clark Gable, Charles Laughton and Franchot Tone in Mutiny On The Bounty (1935) the only time 3 leading performances were nominated.
2. Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald in Going My Way (1944) Fitzgerald was also nominated and won for Best Supporting Actor, Academy rules were changed to prevent this from happening again.
3. Anne Baxter and Bette Davis in All About Eve (1950)
4. Montgomery Clift and Burt Lancaster in From Here To Eternity (1953)
5, James Dean and Rock Hudson in Giant (1956)
6, Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier in The Defiant Ones (1958)
7. Katherine Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor in Suddenly Last Summer (1959)
8. Maximilian Schell and Spencer Tracy in Judgment At Nuremberg (1961)
9. Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole in Becket (1964)
10, Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy (1969)
11. Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier in Sleuth (1972)
12, Peter Finch and William Holden in Network (1976)
13. Anne Bancroft and Shirley MacLaine in The Turning Point (1977)
14. Tom Courtenay and Albert Finney in The Dresser (1983)
15. Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger in Terms Of Endearment (1983)
16. F Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce in Amadeus (1984)
17. Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon in Thelma And Louise (1991)
My Choices
1. Franchot Tone, underplaying nicely.
2. Barry Fitzgerald.
3. Bette Davis.
4. Montgomery Clift.
5. Rock Hudson.
6. Tony Curtis.
7. Elizabeth Taylor.
8. Maximillian Schell, tough choice though.
9. Richard Burton.
10. Jon Voight
11. Laurence Olivier.
12, William Holden.
13. Anne Bancroft.
14. Albert Finney.
15, Debra Winger.
16. F Murray Abraham.
17. Susan Sarandon.
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it's hard to pick just one....
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Back to the movie theatre I went....
The new Little Women is a glorious film. Saoirse Ronan is a perfect Jo, and the film itself is a wonderful blur of warmth and love. The His Girl Friday/Altman style delivery of some lines early on takes a little getting used to, but once you get past that, this is vibrant and alive, completely wonderful, and expertly performed, written, directed, and conceived.
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Performances of the Decade (Top 10)
Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis/Phantom Thread
Bruce Dern/Nebraska
Michael Fassbender/Steve Jobs
Ralph Fiennes/The Grand Budapest Hotel
Domhnall Gleeson/About Time
Hugh Grant/Florence Foster Jenkins
Ewan McGregor/Beginners
Charlie Plummer/Lean on Pete
John C. Reilly/Stan and Ollie
Denzel Washington/Roman J. Israel Esq.Actress
Gemma Arterton/Their Finest
Annette Bening/20th Century Women
Glenn Close/The Wife
Kiki Laine/If Beale Street Could Talk
Carey Mulligan/Never Let Me Go
Natalie Portman/Jackie
Charlotte Rampling/45 Years
Saoirse Ronan/Brooklyn
Hailee Steinfeld/True Grit
Alicia Vikander/Testament of YouthSupporting Actor
Alan Arkin/Argo
Jeff Bridges/Bad Times at the El Royale
Tom Courtenay/45 Years
Lawrence Fishburne/Last Flag Flying
Richard E Grant/Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Ethan Hawke/Boyhood
Michael Keaton/Spotlight
Bill Nighy/About Time
Patton Oswalt/Young Adult
Brad Pitt/Once upon a Time in HollywoodSupporting Actress
Ana De Armas/Blade Runner 2049
Cynthia Erivo/Bad Times at the El Royale
Greta Gerwig/20th Century Women
Laurie Metcalf/Lady Bird
Lupita Nyongo/12 Years a Slave
Miranda Richardson/Made in Dagenham
Margot Robbie/Once upon a time in Hollywood
Octavia Spencer/The Help
Julie Walters/Brooklyn
Shuzhen Zhao/The FarewellSteinfeld wins Juvenile Performance for True Grit.
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BTW, Anna Karina was added to the tribute.
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1917 upsets the Irishman in the globes!!!
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I think Once upon a Time is winning the whole deal.