Det Jim McLeod
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28) Time Out Of Mind-just when I thought Dylan was done, he comes back with this brilliant disc, one of his best after 3 weak albums in a row. His voice is still raspy but I could understand every word. I guess those incoherent mumbling vocals on the last two records were a problem with the production. As soon as you hear the ominous opening track "Love Sick" you know this is going to be great. It has some bitter lyrics and beautifully spare instrumentation, it may be my favorite on the album but many others are excellent as well. Similar songs are "Standing In The Doorway" and "Million Miles". There are also songs that hint at mortality but have a gentle, peaceful resigning to it, if you listen to "Tryin To Get To Heaven" and "Not Dark Yet". He even slips in a tender love song on piano-"Make You Feel My Love". The last track "Highlands" is a long narrative about longing and wanting to "turn back the clock". It is his longest song ever (16 minutes) but still very engrossing. Much of the time is taken up by an amusing scene of the narrator (who is an artist) and a waitress in a restaurant with no customers, she wants him to do a drawing of her, it sounds slight but I was fascinated.
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Love Me Tender (1956) even though every teenager in the country knew who he was by now.
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1 hour ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
And while I really do like TOM JONES a lot, and all three actresses in question, I think the three nominations in the supporting actress category was a mistake...although, offhand I can't say as I can think of any overlooked great performances in supporting parts by actresses in 1963...
The winner that year was the scene stealing Margaret Rutherford in The VIPs. The other nominee was Lilia Skala as the German nun in Lilies Of The Field and I checked through 1963 films and I agree, I could not find any more outstanding supporting actress possibilities. Two Best Actress nominees-Patricia Neal in Hud (the winner) and Rachel Roberts in This Sporting Life seem more like supporting roles.
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13 minutes ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
I LOVED GOSFORD PARK. I will always remember ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY's critic gave it an "F" and I quit reading ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY then and there.
An "F" rating for this is extremely harsh. As I said, I have not seen it since it was first released and much of it has faded from my memory, but I do recall liking it. I checked my IMDB rating and I gave it 7/10
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Part 6- 2000-2009
1. 2000 Kate Hudson and Frances McDormand Almost Famous
2. 2001 Helen Mirren and Maggie Smith Gosford Park
3. 2002 Queen Latifah and Catherine Zeta Jones Chicago
4. 2006 Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi Babel
5. 2008 Amy Adams and Viola Davis Doubt
6. 2009 Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick Up In The Air
My Choices
1. Hudson as the groupie was more memorable for me.
2. It's 19 years since I have seen it, but do recall Maggie Smith having some funny moments
3. Queen Latifah, mostly because the "When You're Good To Mama" song was one of the best scenes.
4. Both were excellent, but I give it to Kikuchi for a difficult role of the troubled schoolgirl who acts out in outrageous ways.
5. Adams as the novice nun was excellent, more memorable for me
6. Definitely Kendrick, her ambitious protege was my favorite character in the film, very likable and funny.
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Only one Dylan review today since his next album is very long and intense.
27) World Gone Wrong-like his last album, this is another solo acoustic record of old folk and blues songs but even worse than the last one. Dylan's has some good guitar playing on it but his voice still sounds shot. I strained to listen but still could not make out most of what he is singing. "Stack A Lee" is probably the best song, it's about a murder. I could figure that out because there was a popular version on a 1950s hit song by Lloyd Price called "Stagger Lee". "Blood In My Eyes" is the only one where I can understand all the words. Dylan included some rambling comments about all the songs included in a booklet but it doesn't help much. His weakest since Saved.
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Uncle and niece in Shadow Of A Doubt, see the movie to see what happens
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Emily Watson in Breaking The Waves (1996)
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And Soon The Darkness (1970)
next-The Legend Of Hell House (1973) 2 with Pamela Franklin
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Paul McCartney
Next-favorite Cole Porter song
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I am going through Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series. They were a very long running series of 55 books spanning nearly 50 years. They are crime novels involving cases of a squad of detectives in police precinct in a fictional American city.
I am in the middle of #17 published in 1963 called Ten Plus One, about a sniper.
Some of the characters:
Det Carella is married to a hearing impaired woman Theodora or "Teddy", he is usually the main character, he often has the most bad luck,so far in the series he has been shot twice, and taken numerous beatings.
Det Meyer- a balding Jewish cop often paired with Carella.
Det Cotton Hawes- a muscular redhead with a white streak in his hair, due to being knifed there once.
Det Kling-the youngest member of the squad, a blond All American type whose fiancee was murdered in an earlier book.
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Part 5-1982-1994
1. 1982 Teri Garr and Jessica Lange Tootsie
2. 1983-John Lithgow and Jack Nicholson Terms Of Endearment
3. 1985-Margaret Avery and Oprah Winfrey The Color Purple
4. 1986 Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe Platoon
5. 1988 Joan Cusack and Sigourney Weaver Working Girl
6. 1991 Harvey Keitel and Ben Kingsley Bugsy
7. 1994 Jennifer Tilly and Dianne Wiest Bullets Over Broadway
My Choices
1. Haven't seen this one
2. Nicholson is hilarious and steals nearly every scene he is in, so I give it to him.
3. I guess Avery as the singer with problems, sorry but Oprah Winfrey can NOT act.
4. Berenger was chilling as the murderous Army sergeant, I give it to him
5. Haven't seen this one
6. I seem to recall Keitel a bit more as gangster Mickey Cohen, though I haven't seen this since first released.
7. I say Wiest, she was more quietly funny in her role, Tilly was a bit shrill.
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I am only reviewing 2 Dylan albums today since the first was very short and the second was very long and neither was very good.
25) Under The Red Sky-once again Dylan follows one of his best with one of his worst. Most of the songs are forgettable and Dylan's voice is very ragged. My favorite song is the title one, it has some nursery rhyme type lyrics with good slide guitar by George Harrison. Elton John provides some good piano playing on "2 X 2", David Crosby sings backup but you can hardly hear him. The lyrics were included with the album (this is last Dylan album I bought on vinyl), but not a lot of great words.
26) Good As I Been To You-Dylan's first totally acoustic solo album in 28 years. However this is another disappointing record. I am assuming these are all folk/blues songs handed down over the decades, since the CD does not give any writing credits. Dylan's voice shows more wear and tear on here, and it's hard to understand what he is singing on most of them, no lyrics sheet is included either. My favorite track is the first "Frankie And Albert" a song about a woman who shoots her man cause he was doing her wrong, I recognized this because of it's more well known title "Frankie And Johnny". Another OK song is the love ballad "Tomorrow Night", Dylan's voice sounds best on this. The nursery rhyme "Froggie Goes A-Courtin" is kind of fun but should have been shorter, it rambles on for over 6 minutes. "Step It Up And Go" is a livelier number but the rest all sound alike so it's hard to distinguish one from the other.
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Montgomery Clift, he is one of my favorite actors and since he only made 17 films and most are easily available, I have all of them. Most are on VHS and some taped off TV.
His final film The Defector is the most obscure, I have it on a horrible sounding VHS tape, I may have to find a better copy.
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Vincent Price
Next-favorite movie of 1948
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6 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
Interesting comments. I think I have to disagree, however, with your choice for #7. I would say Hirsch was equally effective, perhaps more so, as the therapist. Sometimes a subtle understated performance can be just as powerful. I think Hutton had the showier role but he lacked some of the technique and finesse that Hirsch demonstrates.
Yes, Hirsch beautifully underplays, but when I think of this film, Hutton is the one I immediately recall. My favorite scene is the mother/son photo with mom Mary Tyler Moore. Both are uncomfortable being in the picture together, right up to the point where Hutton finally explodes in anger.
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7) He directed one film The Buccaneer (1958)
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Part 4-1973-1980
1. 1973-Madeline Khan and Tatum O'Neal Paper Moon
2. 1974-Robert DeNiro, Michael V Gazzo and Lee Strasberg The Godfather Part II
3. 1975- Ronee Blakley and Lily Tomlin Nashville
4. 1976-Burgess Meredith and Burt Young Rocky
5. 1977- Jason Robards and Maximilian Schell Julia
6. 1979- Jane Alexander and Meryl Streep Kramer Vs Kramer
7. 1980 Judd Hirsch and Timothy Hutton Ordinary People
My Choices
1. I have to go with Tatum O'Neal, I know many will say that director Peter Bogdanovich had to coax the performance out of her, but I have to go with what I saw on screen, and she came off best.
2. DeNiro, especially since he had to do the part in Italian and in a role made famous by Marlon Brando.
3. Blakley in the part of the mentally fragile singer, plus her singing was great too.
4. A close call, but Meredith impressed me a bit more as the crusty trainer.
5. Haven't seen this one.
6. Streep because the character had to be a bit selfish but still a loving mother.
7. No contest, Hutton was brilliant as the suicidal son, by far the most compelling character in the film.
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5. He had an Irish father and a Mexican mother
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22) Knocked Out Loaded-lesser Dylan album of covers and collaborations, but one burst of brilliance. "Brownsville Girl" is a terrific 11 minute epic co authored with actor/playwright Sam Shepard, worth getting the album just for that. It begins with Dylan talking about a Gregory Peck movie he can't get out of his head. Film buffs will automatically realize the movie is The Gunfighter (1950). It is entertaining enough for the movie references but also an engrossing narrative with some sly wit missing from Dylan's work in recent times. There is a great moment when he says "They can talk about me plenty when I'm gone" and the back up singers respond with a sarcastic "Oh yeah?". As for the rest there is fairly nice cover of a Kris Kristofferson song "They Killed Him" and an OK collaboration with Tom Petty "Got My Mind Made Up" but not much else.
23) Down In The Groove-more mostly forgettable covers and a few originals some co written with Robert Hunter of The Grateful Dead. Of these originals one has some wickedly funny lyrics "The Ugliest Girl In The World'. My favorite is "Silvio" a catchy folk/country song. "When Did You Leave Heaven" is the best of the covers but merely OK.
24) Oh Mercy-Dylan bounces back with one of his best of all time. His voice has more of a rasp now but you can still understand everything he sings. The first song "Political World" sets the tone with great lyrics and a chugging beat, Daniel Lanois plays Dobro guitar on many songs giving them a unique feel. "Ring Them Bells" is another highlight, a beautiful piano tune with some of his finest religious lyrics. My favorite song on the album also became one of my favorite Dylan songs ever, "Man In The Long Black Coat". It's an eerie, haunting tale of the title character who runs off with a small town girl without a trace. "What Was It You Wanted" is another ominous sounding song with a swampy Southern vibe. There are also nice sad ballads like "What Good Am I" and the nice closer "Shooting Star".
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Notes On A Scandal (2006)
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Beyond The Sea (2004)
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Stagecoach (1939)
Next-your favorite Robert Redford performance
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Supporting Oscar Nominated Performances For The Same Film
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That is true, though the winners were Laurence Olivier for Sleuth (Best Actor) and Robert Duvall for Godfather (Supporting).