Det Jim McLeod
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Still Crazy After All These Years Paul Simon -Oct 1975
Another good solo album by Simon. The title track sets the mood, it tells of getting in touch with an old lover and leading to regret and apathy. "My Little Town" reunites him with Garfunkel and it is good song about nostalgia for small town life though the narrator says it contains "nothing but the dead and dying." My favorite is the #1 hit "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" with some catchy and witty lyrics about a break up. "Gone At Last" is a gospel flavored number which is a duet with Phoebe Snow. She had a hit earlier that year with "Poetry Man". "You're Kind" is a interesting song which seems to be a standard love song but has an ironic twist at the end.
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Carnival Of Souls (1962)
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Breakaway Art Garfunkel Oct 1975
Garfunkel's second solo album, it is lushly produced, beautifully sung but mostly forgettable. Side 1 has the title track which is helped by some backing vocals by Graham Nash, David Crosby, Beach Boy Bruce Johnston and Toni Tennille (Captain and Tennille), the weakest track is "Waters Of March" with Garfunkel changing his sweet tenor to a monotonous nasal talk-singing. Side 2 starts with the best song, the Simon and Garfunkel reunion "My Little Town" which was a top ten hit and showed the magic of their harmonies. Another good one is Garfunkel's nice rendition of the standard "I Only Have Eyes For You".
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The Fourth Protocol (1987) Pierce Brosnan is a Russian assassin planning to detonate an atomic bomb in England
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There Goes Rhymin' Simon Paul Simon -May 1973
Simon's second solo work and a very good one. It has some of his best and most popular songs. My favorite is the first "Kodachrome" a rollicking and jaunty hit single about how life looks better in photographs. "Take Me To The Mardi Gras" is a good tribute to New Orleans with horns by jazz group Onward Brass Band. Simon's voice is especially soothing on the ballad "Something So Right". " One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor" is about apartment dwelling with some good piano playing (by Barry Beckett). "American Tune" is about getting through life even when it gets rough, it sounds like it could have been a good Simon & Garfunkel song, Garfunkel later sang it with Simon on their live reunion years later. The last song is another catchy hit single, the gospel flavored "Loves Me Like A Rock".
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Angel Clare -Art Garfunkel Sep 1973
Garfunkel's first solo album, it is pretty good, with some lush arrangements and great singing. Many of the tracks are nice to listen to but not very memorable. "Down In The Willow Garden" is interesting mostly for Paul Simon playing guitar and singing on one verse. "I Shall Sing" is a catchy upbeat number written by Van Morrison. Garfunkel sings a beautiful version of Randy Newman's "Old Man". My favorite one is "All I Know" a Jimmy Webb composition that became a top ten single. It has a pretty melody and good lyrics, very nicely sung by Garfunkel. Another nice Webb song is the last "Another Lullaby."
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10 minutes ago, Mr. Gorman said:
Before I forget Detective Jim → If you fancy watching more '60s amnesia there's THE THIRD DAY, MIRAGE and JIGSAW (which is a remake of "Mirage" with more 'mod' elements).
I have seen Mirage (1965) , which I think is the best of the amnesia films. I haven't seen the other two.
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Mister Buddwing (1966) TCM on Demand 6/10
An amnesiac (James Garner) wanders around New York City trying to piece his life back together.
I usually find these movies about amnesia to have an interesting beginning but weak ending. This one is pretty good but mostly for the cast and the great on location shooting (one of my favorite scenes is on Broadway where we see an ad for a "new Neil Simon comedy The Odd Couple.) It has good direction by Delbert Mann (Marty, one of my favorite films). Garner has encounters with different people which make the film entertaining. Katherine Ross has an early role as college student, Angela Lansbury is a tough talking but sympathetic married woman, Suzanne Pleshette is aspiring actress and Jean Simmons is nearly unrecognizable at first with blonde hair and a New York accent. There are some flashback scenes which started to lose me but on the whole worth seeing at least once, for anyone who is fan of any member of the cast.
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The Lost Weekend (1945)
Next-X The Man With The X Ray Eyes (1963) 2 more with Ray Milland
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Of Mice And Men (1939)
Next- Your favorite Jane Fonda movie
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2 hours ago, Princess of Tap said:
But it seems like he said Kirk Douglas had also been offered the part and turned it down. Do you remember the reasoning behind that one?
As a joke he said Douglas would do it only if he could play both parts.
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I picked ones that I liked in the movie and can listen to outside of the movie.
1. Over The Rainbow 1939
2. Secret Love 1953
3. Colors Of The Wind 1995
4. Under The Sea 1989
5. The Time Of My Life 1987
6. Love Is A Many Splendor ed Thing 1955
7, Moon River 1961
8. The Way We Were 1973
9. For All We Know 1970
10. White Christmas 1942
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I like this one as well, Gloria Holden is mysterious and sexy in the title role. I heard that she hated the film, though if not for this one, she would be totally forgotten today.
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Paul Simon Jan 1972
Simon's first solo effort after the breakup with Garfunkel. And it's a very good one, many of the songs can stand up to the best of S&G. My favorite is the first "Mother And Child Reunion" a hit single and very catchy reggae beat. "Duncan" is tale of a youth losing innocence with some beautiful Peruvian backing by Los Incas. Simon may not have Garfunkel's angelic voice but his singing throughout is beautifully smooth. "Run That Body Down" has a rare autobiographical feel as he uses his own name and his then wife Peg's as he talks of overwork in his life. Side 2 opens with the terrific salsa flavored "Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard" as the narrator talks of getting in trouble with his school friend. "Papa Hobo" is about a guy working odd jobs in Detroit. "Paranoia Blues" is about the quality of life in 1970s New York.
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The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
The Good Earth (1937) Luise Rainer's 2 Oscar wins
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4 minutes ago, LawrenceA said:
Many cite Sellers and his bizarre performance as the film's weakest link, but for me he's the highlight, particularly his impersonation of director Kubrick's voice.
I love this one as well 8/10. I also think Sellers is one of the best things about it, his scene where he babbles on at the hotel to Mason is one of the funniest things he ever did.
Also the first scene, where Mason holds a gun on him and Sellers goes into a Texas cowboy accent, saying "That's a durlin' little gun ya got there"
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West Side Story
Next-favorite hit song of the 1980s
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Best-On The Town (1949)
Worst-Mulholland Drive (2001)
Next-Ernest Borgnine
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Gift Of Gab (1934) Youtube 4/10
A fast talking con man (Edmund Lowe) becomes a radio announcer.
I saw this because it was the only film with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi together that I had not viewed before. Though they don't appear in the same scene together and for barely a minute each. Their scene is a quick spoof of mystery programs. Lugosi is hiding in a closet holding a gun and has one line "What time is it?". Karloff appears in top hat and cape as a mysterious Phantom, he says a few things and laughs wickedly while making a quick exit. The whole movie is basically just an excuse to allow some radio acts to do their thing. There is comedy routines but no one I was familiar with and they were not funny. Besides Karloff and Lugosi, there are a few more people who became more well known later. Ethel Waters sings a song, Andy Devine has a bit as a waiter and Sterling (Winnie The Pooh) Holloway is a sound effects man. It is also interesting to see the real Ruth Etting, who I only knew from Doris Day's portrayal in Love Me Or Leave Me. So it's an interesting curiosity, but not a good film.
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20 minutes ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
Bet this is interesting. I watched his and ROY WARD BAKER'S full length commentary of SCARS OF DRACULA and it was amusing to listen to LEE (he is, I dare say, a leetle full of himself- but then again, aren't all actors?)
It's pretty good, Lee spends a lot of time bad mouthing Hammer Films company though.
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15 hours ago, EricJ said:
Bruce Davison, of course, would grow up to become more famous as nasty Senator Kelly of the X-Men films.
There's a BTS making-of scene for the first X-Men, where Davison and Rebecca Roumjin-Stamos in makeup are waiting around the set in cold water at night on the set, joking about the poor conditions, and Davison jokes "I've already had rats, I'm used to this..."
He was a very underrated actor. He also played the child molester in the movie version of the Miguel Pinero play Short Eyes. He finally got an Oscar nomination in 1990 for Longtime Companion.
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15 hours ago, Fedya said:
Yeah, I was laughing hysterically when he started singing the lyrics Rex Harrison Sprechgesang style.
Yes, he did the "talk singing" at first but then suddenly switched to an annoying high pitched falsetto.
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Thanks for the info. I am not familiar with jazz artists that much and I did not know who Jobim was. I thought this was an unusual choice for Garfunkel, it seems out of place for him. Maybe if I hear the jazz original I might like it more.