LiamCasey Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) - TCM On Demand I have never seen this movie before which is surprising since I long ago read and enjoyed the novel by Alexandre Dumas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 I just finished watching Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. I really enjoy this film. I like the 1960s fashion and the approach to depicting the new attitudes toward sex during the sexual revolution of the 1960s. Natalie Wood looked beautiful and I think this was one of her best performances. I also like the ending with Jackie DeShannon singing Burt Bacharach's "What the World Needs Now Is Love." It's the perfect ending for this film and the song still resonates today. If the world had more love and people didn't look for things and people to hate, the world would be a much better place. I will definitely have to procure my own copy of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. I'm a big fan of Natalie Wood and this is one of my favorites of her films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 I found THE INFORMERS (1963) on YouTube. I've never seen it before and it's quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) - TCM On Demand If Sherlock Holmes is in a movie, then I will watch that movie. Good or bad. Thankfully, this one falls into the former category. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Working on a review for this film: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickAndNora34 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 More "Poirot," on Netflix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 On Amazon Prime: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 I'm watching Peter Gunn on Amazon Prime. The dialogue is always a lot of fun on this show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 I'm watching Peter Gunn on Amazon Prime. The dialogue is always a lot of fun on this show. I really liked Peter Gunn even with a somewhat bland leading man. The music for the show is my favorite for any T.V. show since it is early 60s jazz and very root based (verses pop based). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 I really liked Peter Gunn even with a somewhat bland leading man. The music for the show is my favorite for any T.V. show since it is early 60s jazz and very root based (verses pop based). I'd heard about this series for years but never took the time to watch it...until recently. I think Craig Stevens exudes a lot of class and cannot imagine any other well-tailored actor playing it so smoothly (except maybe Cary Grant, but television was beneath CG). You're right, the music is one of Peter Gunn's strongest assets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shutoo Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 I'm sort of watching The Young Swingers..a 1963 b/w film full of people even I never heard of..about some very clean-cut teens who want to save their 'swinging hangout' from a mean businesswoman (it seems any woman with power during this time had to be heartless, ruthless, and wear their hair in some sort of a bun). The star is Molly Bee..I had to look her up..evidently she was a known singer at the time. Gene McDaniels' singing is pretty good. Maybe this will be one of those 'so bad it's good' movies...maybe not... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) - Blu-ray Although I last saw this one just this past October on TCM, Christmas increased my collection of Hammer movies on Blu-ray and this one was on the top of that pile. So here I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 I've been watching episodes of the 1953-55 television series Mr. & Mrs. North, on Amazon Prime. Richard Denning and Barbara Britton play the title characters. I have to be honest-- the three episodes I've sampled have not been very good. User reviews on the IMDb seem to suggest the stories are hit-or-miss. I will try one or two more and see if they "improve." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Okay, to follow up on my earlier comments-- I did watch a few more episodes. And it did "improve." Some of the plots are not bad. I think a lot of the guest actors are pretty lousy, though-- someone on the IMDb said they were pulled out of the worst community theaters across the country! One thing I do like is the way the stories are paced-- the writers are not compelled to feature the main characters in every scene, like some programs do. We might go three minutes or even five minutes without Mr. North or Mrs. North being directly involved. The writers have faith that the other characters can carry the story along. Another point worth mentioning is the nice use of humor-- it is not over the top, but the comedy bits are amusing, especially at the end so the episodes end on a warm and genuinely funny note. Richard Denning is kind of an underrated performer who should be better known. And Barbara Britton is glamorous yet kind of screwball, which works wonderfully for her role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) - Blu-ray Which is on the same disc as The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) so my choice as to the next Hammer movie to watch was pretty much made for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) - Blu-ray Next on the pile of Hammer movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) - Blu-ray Next on the pile of Hammer movies. What's the quality of those blu-rays, if I may ask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 What's the quality of those blu-rays, if I may ask? In my opinion, the audio and the visuals for the double-feature combination of The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) and The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) both qualify as average. The visuals for The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960), on the other hand, appears a bit too bright in parts which makes the characters look a bit plastic. I won't make a judgement call on the audio for that one because Paul Massie's voices for Jekyll and Hyde always struck me as being off and echoey but that is a distraction that predates this Blu-ray. If you already had these on DVD (which I didn't), then I doubt that I would recommend purchasing them on Blu-ray. But at less than $9 for a pair of Hammer movies, the quality is probably par for the price. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 The Gorgon (1964) - Blu-ray Another Hammer movie which I watched last October on TCM. And which is on the same disc as The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960). And which will be completed in plenty of time before the Green Bay Packers/Dallas Cowboys game begins. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesStewartFan95 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 The tail end of Mr. Blandings Builds his Dream House followed by my first time watching All About Eve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Okay, to follow up on my earlier comments-- I did watch a few more episodes. And it did "improve." Some of the plots are not bad. I think a lot of the guest actors are pretty lousy, though-- someone on the IMDb said they were pulled out of the worst community theaters across the country! One thing I do like is the way the stories are paced-- the writers are not compelled to feature the main characters in every scene, like some programs do. We might go three minutes or even five minutes without Mr. North or Mrs. North being directly involved. The writers have faith that the other characters can carry the story along. Another point worth mentioning is the nice use of humor-- it is not over the top, but the comedy bits are amusing, especially at the end so the episodes end on a warm and genuinely funny note. Richard Denning is kind of an underrated performer who should be better known. And Barbara Britton is glamorous yet kind of screwball, which works wonderfully for her role. I've never seen any episodes of the Mr. and Mrs. North television show. But I have caught a number of episodes of the corresponding radio show also with Richard Denning on XM Radio and have, for the most part, enjoyed them. As with many similar pieces of entertainment, Mr. and Mrs. North owes a lot to Nick and Nora Charles. From an old time radio point-of-view, though, I am more partial to Mr. Denning when he was paired up with Lucille Ball on My Favorite Husband. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 I've never seen any episodes of the Mr. and Mrs. North television show. But I have caught a number of episodes of the corresponding radio show also with Richard Denning on XM Radio and have, for the most part, enjoyed them. As with many similar pieces of entertainment, Mr. and Mrs. North owes a lot to Nick and Nora Charles. From an old time radio point-of-view, though, I am more partial to Mr. Denning when he was paired up with Lucille Ball on My Favorite Husband. Yes. I have listened to many of the My Favorite Husband episodes-- they're fairly entertaining. I figured I might try some of the Mr. and Mrs. North radio broadcasts after I go through the TV episodes. Richard Denning has a very nice chemistry with Barbara Britton. There were 57 episodes total, and 50 of them are on Amazon Prime. MGM (the same studio that made THE THIN MAN series) produced a film version of MR. AND MRS. NORTH in the early 40s with Grace Allen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 I just watched the first episode of the Inspector Morse prequel series Endeavour. I enjoyed it. Now I'm starting the second episode. Shaun Evans does a nice job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Three Days of the Condor (1975) - Starz Encore On Demand w/ Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson and Max von Sydow Because sometimes one needs a little 1970s paranoia. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Scorpio (1973) - Starz Encore On Demand w/ Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon and Paul Scofield Obviously my mood hasn't changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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