Det Jim McLeod
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Bedazzled
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2. He had one of his first important film roles as a murderous convict in the Howard Hawks film "The Criminal Code" (1930)
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Bella Darvi was in Hell And High Water with Richard Widmark
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All My Sons (1948) 8/10
This was a rewatch of this film version of Arthur Miller's play, his first big hit. I saw it in a NYC revival theater. Just last month I saw the new Broadway version with Annette Bening, Tracy Letts and Benjamin Walker. It's a still powerful study of a wealthy man who ships defective airplane parts during WWII, caring more about money than men's lives.
The film version has it's own great power, Edward G. Robinson gives one of best performances and Burt Lancaster is just as great as the conflicted son. I don't know if it's shown on TCM but deserves to be seen again.
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On 7/25/2019 at 5:31 PM, CinemaInternational said:
he Well was a noir that took on the weighty topic of racial injustice, and was rewarded with a Screenplay nomination at the Academy Awards
This is definitely one to seek out. It shows racial hatred in all of it's brutality. Harry Morgan (later on the 1960s "Dragnet" and TV version of M*A*S*H) plays a man accused of kidnapping a little black girl. She is later found trapped at the bottom of a well. The town comes together to help her.
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15 hours ago, CinemaInternational said:
A coming attractions preview of:
CC and Company (1970)
That was an awful biker film with NY Jet Joe Namath and gorgeous Ann Margret. Joe was one of the best quarterbacks to play the game but one of the worst actors ever in movies and TV.
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On 7/25/2019 at 4:29 PM, CinemaInternational said:
Caesar Romero continued the noir trend in Once a Thief
This was an interesting one, June Havoc is a shoplifter who wants to go straight, but she gets involved with sleazy crook Cesar Romero. Lon Chaney Jr has one of his better 1950s roles and it is directed by Billy Wilder's brother.
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On 7/24/2019 at 7:46 PM, CinemaInternational said:
Kirk Douglas became a full fledged star after his Oscar nominated turn as a boxer in Champion.
This is not only a star making film for Kirk Douglas but new type of "hero" in which this guy is not likable at all, but very compelling to watch.
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12 hours ago, Dargo said:16 hours ago, Ray Faiola said:
I know. And someone else said it was listed in IMDB as Ramon Franco. I couldn't find the character listed in IMDB.
Here ya go. Ray. Yep, this is definitely the actor who played the theater manager, alright. I watched this film this past Friday, myself.
I really enjoyed that scene, Sharon Tate goes to a theater to see herself in "The Wrecking Crew" and tells the cashier she in the movie. One of my favorite parts were when the cashier tries explaining to the manager that this was the girl from "Valley Of The Dolls" and his first reaction is "Patty Duke?"
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12 hours ago, TopBilled said:
They're turning out a lot of remakes this year: DUMBO, ALADDIN and now THE LION KING.
It's definitely a great business move, it's certainly paying off. Artistic? Well, that's up for debate...
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Another thing I loved about this movie was the "double lead" characters in it. Both Dicaprio and Pitt have large amounts of screen time, separate and together. I was thinking, if nominated for Oscars would both be for the Best Actor or maybe one would be lead and the other supporting?
It made me think of other times this happened:
Burt Lancaster and Montgomery Clift in "From Here To Eternity"
Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole in "Becket"
Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman in "Midnight Cowboy"
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8 hours ago, kingrat said:
So how violent is Once Upon a Time in Hollywood? Is all the violence concentrated in one place so that you could see the rest of the movie and then walk out? If so, what would be the cue to leave? For those of us who would not re-watch The Wild Bunch for its violence and who avoid all horror movies, how much more violent is it? (I appreciate that many viewers are so used to extreme violence that it is difficult for them to imagine that not everyone feels that way.) I have always enjoyed missing Tarantino films, but the re-creation of 1969 is something that interests me. Thanks.
There is some brutal violence in the last half hour or so, but none of the over the top, cartoonish violence that was in "Kill Bill" or "Django Unchained".
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Just now, cigarjoe said:
he did it way way better than Ethan and Joel Coen did with Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Totally agree with you on that, I thought "Hail Caesar" was a bore.
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20 hours ago, cigarjoe said:
Once Upon A Time In... Hollywood (2019)
Directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Margaret Qualley, Dakota Fanning, Timothy Olyphant, Al Pacino, Kurt Russell, and Bruce Dern. Epic Hollywood fairy tale, if only 9/10.
I just saw this and am still stunned. I will try not to create more hype about this but I got to be honest:
I think this is the best movie of the year and the best one I have seen in over a decade. 10/10
4 stars highest rating!!
This is MUST for all film buffs and any who like Hollywood "behind the scenes" stories. Leonardo DiCaprio is excellent as the former TV cowboy actor who has hit the skids. Brad Pitt matches him as Leo's stunt double/driver and all around best bud. Margot Robbie is incandescent as Sharon Tate. Tarantino did something here which I will not reveal but I would have thought would be impossible to pull off, but he does. There is also a pit bull in the movie that has some of the best scenes involving a dog I have ever seen.
I will say no more, except:
MOVIE BUFFS GO SEE IT!
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Dorothy McGuire was in A Summer Place with Sandra Dee
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No Name On The Bullet
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23 hours ago, misswonderly3 said:
TCM is airing Laura tonight (July 24th) at 9:30. I'm assuming most of you are already familiar with it, but it's always worth seeing again.
Love that film.
Here is an original publicity photo and then a 1983 reunion of Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney and Vincent Price. Clifton Webb had passed away in 1966.
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Gunsight Ridge
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Rod Taylor was in Young Cassidy with Maggie Smith
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I have seen them all. If I had to pick a favorite, it would be "Jaws", I still think it's the best movie Spielberg ever made.
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He was the first actor to play CIA agent Felix Leiter twice in the James Bond films. First in "Live And Let Die" and later in "Licence To Kill", he had one of his best roles in the second one where he is fed to a shark and loses an arm.
I met him at a autograph show years later and he signed a "Licence To Kill" photo for me. When I asked him about how they had Leiter mutilated by the shark, he said "I wasn't sure it they would put in the Bond films again, unless they brought me back with iron claws or something!"
Fine actor, good guy, glad I got to meet him.
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14 hours ago, cigarjoe said:
Ida Lupino looks really hot in this flick.
I thought Rhonda Fleming was the hottest one in this, even in B&W she is stunning.
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Bikini Beach
The Ghost In The Invisible Bikini (2 more with Boris Karloff in small or cameo roles)
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David Crosby Remember My Name 8/10
A just released documentary on the musical legend of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills And Nash (and later Young).
I loved this warts and all look at man who has overcome so many addiction and health problems that many can't believe he is still alive (including himself) in his late 70s. It goes through his life and his successes and failures in his private and professional life. 1960s music fans will be fascinated by his stories about Joni Mitchell, Cass Elliott and Jim Morrison. He had a particular disdain for Morrison, when he looked at photo of the Doors, he sneered "Morrison, what a dork!" It is interesting that Crosby always had a reputation for being difficult to work with, yet he seems to only recently had a break with former bandmates Graham Nash and Neil Young. Nash has angrily spewed venom about Crosby and Young refuses to speak or work with him again, and this only happened within the last few years! It is not revealed what Crosby has done to them, but Crosby hinted that he may have made remark about Young's girl friend.
Anyway if you are a fan of Crosby or any of his musical groups or just 1960s and 1970s music this film is worth seeing.
I also forgot to mention, Crosby's father Floyd was a cinematographer in some classic films including "High Noon","Shack Out On 101" and "The Pit And The Pendulum"
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Harold Gould was in The Sting with Robert Redford