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4 hours ago, TopBilled said:
Cheat Sheet:
191. THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX (1939) with Bette Davis.
192. LURED (1947) with George Sanders, Lucille Ball & Cedric Hardwicke.
193. LET'S LIVE A LITTLE (1948) with Robert Cummings & Hedy Lamarr.
194. CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN (1950) with Clifton Webb & Myrna Loy.
195. CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (1958) with Burl Ives, Elizabeth Taylor & Paul Newman.
196. POSSE FROM HELL (1961) with Audie Murphy.
197. STAR! (1968) with Julie Andrews.
198. METEOR (1979) with Natalie Wood.
199. STIR CRAZY (1980) with Richard Pryor & Gene Wilder.
200. AS GOOD AS IT GETS (1997) with Helen Hunt & Jack Nicholson.
Even though Glenda Jackson in the 1971 MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, is my favorite onscreen Queen Elizabeth, Bette Davis does a darn fine job as the Queen in herself in THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND EXXEX.
Have not seen LURED, LET'S LIVE A LITTLE and POSSE FROM HELL as of yet.
CHEAPER OF THE DOZEN is a real charmer.
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF benefits from powerhouse performances from Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor and an equally strong supporting cast (Jack Carson, Judith Anderson.....and I know Burl Ives won the Best Supporting Actor that year for THE BIG COUNTRY, but I can't help feeling it was also for his turn as Big Daddy in CAT as well).
STAR!....well, Julie Andrews did her best, but she wasn't going to win her second Oscar for THAT film, nor would the movie itself would even be a serious contender for Best Picture.
METEOR was a big piece of you-know-what for me.
STIR CRAZY...…. loved it as a kid, but now as an adult I find it's lost its appeal to me.
AS GOOD AS IT GETS.....as much as I love Jack Nicholson, I find this one a mediocre film at best.....neither he nor Helen Hunt deserved their Oscars for that one.
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On 12/7/2019 at 1:10 AM, NickAndNora34 said:
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956) **REWATCH/ Score: 3.5/5This was due for a rewatch; I've always thoroughly enjoyed this one, although it can be a bit hokey at times.
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) *Score: 3.5/5*
I think I gave this a bit of a lower score, only because I read the novel beforehand, so I knew the plot and everything already.
Politics aside, it's very unsettling to think that we humans can be transformed into something cold, unfeeling, inhuman in a blink's eye by something that fell out of the sky. That's why INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS always chilled me to the bone. (The 1978 remake however does end with an even more downbeat and chilling twist).
Never read the book. but the film version of DOUBLE INDEMNITY, I always enjoyed. We see poor Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) getting bamboozled by the seductive, yet manipulative Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanywyck). And of course see Edward G. Robinson as Barton Keyes, turns in an Oscar worthy performance (of course the Academy, knowing them and their 'wisdom' of picking out nominations never so much as nominated Robinson for this or any other brilliant part he played in his long career), the man who is a lot more cleverer than either Neff or Phyllis could have guessed.
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Love THE SEARCHERS (which I consider the role of Ethan Edwards THE performance of John Wayne's career).
I enjoy VERTIGO much more than I used to (probably with repeat viewings, and it was nice to see James Stewart veering a bit away from playing his usual decent American self).
DUEL IN THE SUN is a great one (a treat to watch Gregory Peck in a very rare villainous role).
THE HEIRESS, I say Olivia more than earned her 2nd Oscar for that one, changing from the intimidated, vulnerable girl at the beginning of the film, into an embittered, hardened woman she transforms into by the end.
THE RED SHOES another fine film.
KANE and 8 &/12 I haven't seen.
GIANT....eh, while the film does have fine performances from Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean.....the movie just didn't grab me.
THE LEOPARD....I haven't caught that one either.
ON THE WATERFRONT has Marlon Brando in it, enough said. Classic film all the way.
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO GO TO MARS.....didn't care for it.
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4 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
Saturday December 7, 2019
Provocative relationships on TCM
SEVEN YEAR ITCH with Tom Ewell & Marilyn Monroe
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT with Fredric March & Kim Novak
Interesting selection. Been awhile since I saw MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, must catch it again.
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SHADOW OF A DOUBT
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MONKEY BUSINESS
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Joe E. Brown
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THE APARTMENT
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Dick Van Dyke
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Maureen Stapleton
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Tom Cruise
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William H. Macy
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1 hour ago, TopBilled said:
Friday December 6, 2019
Richard Burton in the 50s on TCM
LOOK BACK IN ANGER with Claire Bloom
BITTER VICTORY with Ruth Roman
Nice. Burton was always a great actor. Always enjoy Claire Bloom in anything she did as well.
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181, 183, 185 and 186 are the best in this bunch IMO. 188 I never cared for. 189 is a teen comedy but it's cute and funny. I like 190 too.
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THE BIG LEBOWSKI
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Ellen Barkin
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Dennis Quaid
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Scott Glenn
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Brian Dennehy
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There was only one Fred Rogers, and Hanks, great actor that he is, simply could not make me forget that I was merely watching an actor pretending to be Mr. Rogers.
I kind of wish that Tom would try and pull off more dark roles. The closest he came was in ROAD TO PERDITION (great movie), where he played a hitman, even though even in that part it was hard NOT to root for him after what he goes through during the movie. But I just loved him in the part just the same.
I would like to catch that documentary WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR myself.
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Lee Marvin
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Dorothy Lamour
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