Det Jim McLeod

I think the nastiest JD in movie history was Dennis Hopper in Key Witness (1960). He stabs one other teen to death and menaces an entire family. Jeffrey Hunter is the dad who witnessed Hopper's crime and Pat Crowley (below) is Hunter's terrorized wife.

The Little Mermaid (1989) Next-favorite movie directed by Robert Altman

The Monster in Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)- "I love dead, hate living"

I Remember Mama (1948) TCM On Demand 7/10 A young woman reminisces about life growing up with her family especially the Norwegian immigrant matriarch (Irene Dunne). This is an episodic but often very touching film, a first time viewing for me. Dunne gives one of her very best performances. Barbara Bel Geddes is also excellent as the oldest daughter who is an aspiring writer. Oscar Homolka provides comic relief as the obnoxious uncle. It seems a bit long (134 minutes) but once it is over and the story comes full circle, you realize how good it was. I would like to see it again in the near future.

Lefty Art Garfunkel -Mar 1988 Another OK solo effort by Garfunkel, his voice is still great, the songs not so much. There is a nice version of "I Have A Love" from West Side Story, with additional vocals from Leah Kunkel. The best song by far is "So Much In Love" a beautiful remake of the 1963 hit by The Tymes, with some great doo w o p backing vocals. "I Wonder Why" is a sweet sounding song with Kenny Rankin. Garfunkel hits some impressive high notes on "If Love Takes You Away", but that's about it for this collection.

7) He turned down the role of Quint in Jaws, he had been Steven Spielberg's first choice.

4) He served in the Marine Corps during WWII.

2) He starred in the TV series M Squad.

Trog (1970)

10) She did many of her own stunts in The Creature From The Black Lagoon. Next-Lee Marvin

Golden Eye (1995) Next -Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) 2 Pierce Brosnan 007 films

Swallow - New release On Demand 8/10 A troubled rich housewife has a strange compulsion to swallow inedible and dangerous objects. I was fascinated by this strange film. It looks beautiful with great sets, color and photography making it more disturbing with it's bizarre subject matter. Haley Bennett plays the lead and she is excellent, I had seen her years ago in the horror film The Haunting Of Molly Hartley (2008) , which got bad reviews but I thought was OK. In this film, her character Hunter is taken by her rich husband to a psychiatrist and have a nurse watch her at home. It never becomes a preachy or psycho babble Lifetime movie, since we see everything through the disturbed mind of Hunter. It reminded me of 1970s films especially Diary Of A Mad Housewife (1970).

Italian sausage Next-favorite member of SCTV show

One of my top ten films of all time. I own this on the Criterion Collection. The extras have some archival interviews with Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish. The best thing is a full length version of the film where we see and hear Laughton directing the cast and crew on every scene, an absolute gold mine for film buffs.

I don't know. Was Alfred Hitchcock the movie director the same guy that did the TV show Alfred Hitchcock Presents?

Rhythm Of The Saints Paul Simon-Oct 1990 Simon's first album in 4 years, and again influenced by world music. This time he goes for a Brazilian sound. The first song is my favorite "The Obvious Child" with some great drumming and percussion with good lyrics about dealing with a full grown son. "Born At The Right Time" and the title song have some nice melodies. "Spirit Voices" with it's jungle imagery is one of the few songs that match the musical arrangements. Most of the other songs are overwhelmed by the Rio De Janiero Carnival type backing, so I don't count this among my favorite Simon works.

Young Bess (1953) TCM On Demand 7/10 A look at Elizabeth I's youthful years before she became Queen. An entertaining historical drama in Technicolor. I was curious to see this since Charles Laughton plays Henry VIII for the first time since his Oscar winning The Private Life Of Henry VIII 20 years ago. I was a little disappointed that he was in it for only a short time (not even a half an hour) but makes the most of his scenes. Jean Simmons is excellent in the title role, one of her best. Deborah Kerr plays Henry's widow Katherine Parr and this is interesting since this is the same year Kerr was in much different From Here To Eternity.

I enjoyed this, the first time I saw the whole scene. She performs the song quite well, in "Bette Davis" style. The scene where the young man dances and swings her around is my favorite part. I had heard that she really injured her knee in that one.

Methinks you doth protest too much.

I was just looking over a list of my favorite films and these happened to be the stars that appeared in them. I was curious to see if anyone would pick the same ones I did. I will mull it over and see if my next set of ten favorites have different stars.

Charles Butterworth was in Hollywood Party (1934) with Eddie Quillan

The Munsters Next-favorite character in The Wizard Of Oz

Between scenes of Odds Against Tomorrow (1959). On screen enemies Robert Ryan and Harry Belafonte, but friends in real life.

I agree this one is the best, one of the actors, Henry Brandon (he played Barnaby) said that the set was very bright and colorful but the B&W film was drab looking. He said he wanted it to be colorized, I don't know if he ever saw it. The worst was The Big Sleep (1946) I couldn't finish watching it.

It was an interesting documentary. I was surprised with the way is was constructed. In three parts, the first was the personal and family life, Part 2 was Natalie's career and the last was a detailed account of her last night on earth. The first part has great home movies with her family and friends. There is also a rare interview with second husband Richard Gregson, also father of her first daughter Natasha. My favorite was the second part, it has clips of her best movies like Miracle On 34th Street, Rebel Without A Cause, Splendor In The Grass and West Side Story. There is new interviews with co stars like Robert Redford, George Hamilton, Dyan Cannon, Elliott Gould and George Segal. I liked seeing an archived interview with Orson Welles (her co star in Tomorrow Is Forever) saying he blew his lines but Natalie never did. I liked that there were clips from the TV movie The Cracker Factory, that is one I would really like to see. I could have done without the final part, since that night has been gone over and over again in many other shows. Robert Wagner still sticks to his story and I find him believable. I was disappointed at the way the daughters talked about Natalie's sister Lana though.