TomJH Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 4 minutes ago, Dargo said: Yep, those Frenchy revolution movies are a lot alike sometimes, huh. (...however, I'll try to remember that it wasn't Fred who says that whole "Far far better thing" line in the one he's NOT in from now on TOO!) Dargo, you spoiled my joke! You typed that while I was posting my little pix joke! As Jack Benny would say, "NOW CUT THAT OUT!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, TomJH said: Dargo, you spoiled my joke! You typed that while I was posting my little pix joke! As Jack Benny would say, "NOW CUT THAT OUT!" Ah-HA! So it appears YOU have now found that I can be "too quick" around here TOO, huh! (...btw, as you may have noticed, I still thought your joke was pretty darn funny...in FACT and with the added graphic there, I have to admit it was probably funnier than mine was) Edited January 2, 2018 by Dargo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 "I'm Sydney Carton." "No, I'm Sydney Carton!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 LOL Oh geez! What have I started here???!!! (...another great image find there, Tom...not to mention the caption) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Say, and speakin' of which... Anybody know if March and Colman were ever in a movie together??? (...right offhand I can't think of one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 3 minutes ago, Dargo said: Say, and speakin' of which... Anybody know if March and Colman were ever in a movie together??? (...right offhand I can't think of one) No, they never did. Well, almost once maybe . . . "Oh, my darling Carole, let me kiss you on those rosy lips. Yup, this scene is playing much better now that you've replaced that Colman guy." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Is that a still from Nothing Sacred ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosebette Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 8 hours ago, Fedya said: Intolerance (1916). Four stories from various eras that all purport to show the disastrous consequences of intolerance. Didactic slog that only gets praised because it's not Birth of a Nation. With the exception of the oversized Babylon sets, everything Intolerance did technically, Birth of a Nation did better a year earlier. But Birth has the wrong views, so critics have become loathe to praise it while because Intolerance was the response, it gets praised to high heaven. Three Ages and even Noah's Ark did the multiple eras thing better in terms of story-telling. 5/10. I don't think the small screen serves Intolerance. I saw it at a college theater two years ago, with live accompaniment, and during the last 1/2 hour the audience was at the edge of its seats with the quick cutting between the various stories. This local college screens 3-4 silent films a year with a musician who accompanies on an electronic keyboard with sound effects (it mimics the organ, as well as other instruments), and he composes as the films runs. It's a modern take of how these films were meant to be experienced with an audience. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 15 minutes ago, Dargo said: Is that a still from Nothing Sacred ? I don't think so. It looks like a younger Lombard (with all that makeup less natural in appearance, too), so I'd say it's from The Eagle and the Hawk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 4 minutes ago, rosebette said: I don't think the small screen serves Intolerance. I saw it at a college theater two years ago, with live accompaniment, and during the last 1/2 hour the audience was at the edge of its seats with the quick cutting between the various stories. This local college screens 3-4 silent films a year with a musician who accompanies on an electronic keyboard with sound effects (it mimics the organ, as well as other instruments), and he composes as the films runs. It's a modern take of how these films were meant to be experienced with an audience. I find Intolerance uneven but, having said that, the Babylonian sequence is great spectacle, and that set! WOW! And you're right, rosebette, about the excitement of the editing interrcuting between those four stories at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarklk Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 ..."After the Thin Man". I enjoyed TCM's New Year's Eve showings of all the Thin Man pictures! They sure are fun movies to watch. William Powell and Myrna Loy worked very well together. I found it a bit hard to follow, however. It's not the kind of film you can step out of the room for few minutes now and again, and expect to keep up with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 7 hours ago, TomJH said: The Black Cat (1941) Other heirs include Gladys Cooper as his wife, Anne Gwynne, Claire Dodd and Alan Ladd, the year before he became a star at Paramount with This Gun For Hire. Speaking of The Black Cat, I just saw Wonder Woman (2017), the connection being that Chris Pine, the male lead in Wonder Woman, is the grandson of Anne Gwynne. I liked Wonder Woman a lot -- great fun, lively, well-drawn characters, excellent leading performance by Gal Gadot, and a nice combination of mythology and World War I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Just now, Swithin said: Speaking of The Black Cat, I just saw Wonder Woman, the connection being that the male lead in Wonder Woman (Chris Pine) is the grandson of Anne Gwynne. I liked Wonder Woman a lot -- great fun, lively, well-drawn characters, excellent leading performance by Gal Gadot, and a nice combination of mythology and World War I. That was another one I was disappointed in, after all of the effusive praise it garnered. I thought it just barely above average as far as superhero films go. The first section on the Amazon island was good, and some of the culture-clash jokes were good. I enjoyed the poison-making lady in the mask, as well. But much of the rest was routine, and the big finale with the fight between WW and Ares was a lot of CGI overkill. Like Get Out, I didn't think it was bad, just not terrific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickAndNora34 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 NORA PRENTISS (1947) starring Ann Sheridan, Kent Smith, Bruce Bennett, Robert Alda, Rosemary De Camp, & Wanda Hendrix. Kent Smith plays a successful doctor named Richard Talbot, who is married to Rosemary De Camp (Lucy Talbot), and they have 2 teenaged children (a boy and a girl). Talbot is working late one night, and rushes out of the office to find a small crowd gathering around a young woman (Nora Prentiss AKA Ann Sheridan) who has just gotten hit by a delivery truck. Talbot takes her back to his office and puts her onto the operating table, where she proceeds to show him almost her entire leg, and then continues to make advances on him (not judging, just stating a fact). They then meet each other again, and he learns that she is a nightclub singer at her friend's club (this friend also happens to be in love with her). I'm not going to spoil the movie for anyone who hasn't seen it, but eventually his possessive love for Nora ends up destroying his entire life and career. He deserved it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickAndNora34 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 5 minutes ago, Swithin said: Speaking of The Black Cat, I just saw Wonder Woman (2017), the connection being that Chris Pine, the male lead in Wonder Woman, is the grandson of Anne Gwynne. I liked Wonder Woman a lot -- great fun, lively, well-drawn characters, excellent leading performance by Gal Gadot, and a nice combination of mythology and World War I. I enjoyed Wonder Woman as well. I thought it was pretty well done. I have been a little turned off to superhero films lately, but I liked this one. I mean, I personally thought it was a lot better than Batman v. Superman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Just now, NickAndNora34 said: I enjoyed Wonder Woman as well. I thought it was pretty well done. I have been a little turned off to superhero films lately, but I liked this one. I mean, I personally thought it was a lot better than Batman v. Superman. That's not saying much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 1 minute ago, NickAndNora34 said: I enjoyed Wonder Woman as well. I thought it was pretty well done. I have been a little turned off to superhero films lately, but I liked this one. I mean, I personally thought it was a lot better than Batman v. Superman. And, having just seen The Last Jedi, I thought Wonder Woman had a lot more depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 4 hours ago, calvinnme said: What on earth has "The American President" got to do with American government class??? But then we had to watch the 1935 version of "Les Miserables" in first year high school French class (1972-1973) so I am one to talk. I can't remember what the reason was that the French teacher gave for that one. I have no idea. Though I didn’t like that class so whatever connection there was, I probably paid enough attention to get at least a B on the assignment so I could be done with it. Lol. Maybe we had a sub that day, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Confidence Girl (1952) Surprisingly effective little crime drama about LA cops on the trail of a clever bunco artist, smoothly swindling various people, not realizing that her partner is working within the confines of their own investigation and is, in fact, the mastermind behind the schemes. This little "B," which makes effective use of city locations to add authenticity to the tale, starts off in semi-documentary style. Towards the end, an elaborate mind reading act in a nightclub, involving the use of hidden cameras and microphones on the patrons, along with countless support from many fellow schemers, any one of whom could have given the pair away, becomes a little too far fetched. But the film still remains intriguing and involving right to the end. The beautiful Hillary Brooke, as the title character who begins to develop a conscience about the pair's victims and wants to get out of the racket, is believable and delivers one of her most effective performances. Her partner, a slick, self confident con man who enjoys the game, is played by a well cast Tom Conway (the actor looking pretty rough around the edges, as you may be able to tell even from the poster below). This is a good little "B'" despite the implausibilities towards the end, and definitely worth a viewing. 2.5 out of 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 8 hours ago, NickAndNora34 said: NORA PRENTISS (1947) starring Ann Sheridan, Kent Smith, Bruce Bennett, Robert Alda, Rosemary De Camp, & Wanda Hendrix. Kent Smith plays a successful doctor named Richard Talbot, who is married to Rosemary De Camp (Lucy Talbot), and they have 2 teenaged children (a boy and a girl). Talbot is working late one night, and rushes out of the office to find a small crowd gathering around a young woman (Nora Prentiss AKA Ann Sheridan) who has just gotten hit by a delivery truck. Talbot takes her back to his office and puts her onto the operating table, where she proceeds to show him almost her entire leg, and then continues to make advances on him (not judging, just stating a fact). They then meet each other again, and he learns that she is a nightclub singer at her friend's club (this friend also happens to be in love with her). I'm not going to spoil the movie for anyone who hasn't seen it, but eventually his possessive love for Nora ends up destroying his entire life and career. He deserved it. Oops, I think you may have slipped up in your last sentence and started judging, NickandNora. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickAndNora34 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 16 hours ago, LawrenceA said: That's not saying much. haha, exactly what I thought after I wrote that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Battle of the Sexes (2017) - Amusing true-life sports tale from Fox Searchlight and directors Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton. The story concerns the highly-publicized tennis match between female tennis ace Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and humorously obnoxious male former champ Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell). The film follows parallel storylines showing the paths of both competitors. Billie Jean is struggling to get women tennis players equal pay and respect while also battling issues of her own sexuality, while Bobby is struggling with his gambling addiction and floundering family life. Also featuring Andrea Riseborough, Elisabeth Shue, Bill Pullman, Sarah Silverman, Austin Stowell, Jessica McNamee, Alan Cumming, Natalie Morales, Eric Christian Olsen, Fred Armisen, Jamey Sheridan, Tom Kenny, Wallace Langham, Lewis Pullman, Matt Malloy, Dan Bakkedahl, Chris Parnell, and Mike Vogel. Emma Stone and Steve Carell are both excellent in their roles. Carell plays Riggs as a ridiculous clown but with the cracks starting to show the sadness and desperation beneath. Stone works best in the intimate scenes, and her interplay with Riseborough as a hairdresser that King falls for is very well done. The feminism is even-handed and period appropriate without being too strident, although the character played by Bill Pullman, a fiercely sexist tennis honcho, borders on the cartoonish, but that may not be too far removed from the reality. My only faults with the film would be my over familiarity with the material, and the final section showing the actual match was't handled in the best way, sapping some cinematic momentum. (7/10) Source: Fox Blu Ray. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bethluvsfilms Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Watched YOURS, MINE AND OURS, a 1968 movie starring Henry Fonda as a widower Navy officer with 10 kids who marries a widowed nurse (Lucille Ball) with eight kids....and you can just imagine the chaos that causes (not to mention the bills!). Really enjoyed this film. Always a fan of Fonda and even though I never cared for I LOVE LUCY, Ball was really funny and charming in here. You also have a young Tim Matheson as Fonda's oldest child and a pre-HAPPY DAYS Tom Bosley appearing in here as the family doctor. Van Johnson is a hoot as Fonda's Navy buddy. The little boy Phillip (Eric Shea) stole the show whenever he was on screen I thought. No way this family of 20 would survive in today's economy without appearing in a TV reality show though! 9/10 from me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 American Made (2017) - Energetic "based on a true story" crime comedy from Universal Pictures and director Doug Liman. Tom Cruise stars as Barry Seal, a former airline pilot who gets recruited by weaselly CIA agent Schafer (Domhnall Gleeson) to run guns to anti-communist forces in Central America circa 1982. This activity snowballs into Barry working for the Colombian Medellin drug cartel in a convoluted web of deceit and shady backroom deals, until things start to fall apart. Also featuring Sarah Wright, Jesse Plemons, Caleb Landry Jones, Jayma Mays, Alejandro Edda, Benito Martinez, and Connor Trinneer. I'd already seen an HBO movie from 1991 covering the same story, Double-Crossed, featuring Dennis Hopper as Seal. This is flashier, more expensive, and less accurate. In fact, the director said of this movie that it's "a fun lie based on a sad truth." It is lively, and splashy in its depiction of 1980's greed and rampant consumerism gone to seed, and the last, often ridiculous gasps of the Cold War creating one laughable scenario after another. I wasn't always on board with Liman's cinematic stylings. His use of handheld cameras and over-constrasted colors detrating from the action more than adding. Cruise is amiable enough in the lead, but neither he nor the script lend much depth to Seal, and we never quite see what makes him tick, or perhaps nothing did except the obvious surface rewards. This wasn't a bad movie, although predictable, and perhaps about 15 minutes too long. (7/10) Source: Universal Blu Ray. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 2 hours ago, Bethluvsfilms said: Watched YOURS, MINE AND OURS, a 1968 movie starring Henry Fonda as a widower Navy officer with 10 kids who marries a widowed nurse (Lucille Ball) with eight kids....and you can just imagine the chaos that causes (not to mention the bills!). Really enjoyed this film. Always a fan of Fonda and even though I never cared for I LOVE LUCY, Ball was really funny and charming in here. You also have a young Tim Matheson as Fonda's oldest child and a pre-HAPPY DAYS Tom Bosley appearing in here as the family doctor. Van Johnson is a hoot as Fonda's Navy buddy. The little boy Phillip (Eric Shea) stole the show whenever he was on screen I thought. No way this family of 20 would survive in today's economy without appearing in a TV reality show though! 9/10 from me. I like this movie. Sometimes movies with kids annoy me, but the kids in this movie were funny. Of course poor Philip was hilarious, but I also liked the one girl (I think Veronica) who kept saying, “she’s got mean eyes” about Lucy. Lucy’s drunk scene is funny. I like when she dumps potatoes in poor Veronica’s lap and then laughs about it. The scene with Lucy and her short dress and her fake eyelashes is funny too. I like how Lucy pretends she couldn’t wear fake eyelashes, but she’d already been wearing them up to that point in the film. It’s amazing to me that Lucy & Henry Fonda could buy 4 cartfulls of groceries and only spend $126. My favorite part is the room assignments. “I’m 11, Red, A.” I jokingly tried that in my house calling myself “1 Red A” and my husband was “2 Red A.” But with only 1 bathroom and 2 bedrooms, the room assignments are limited. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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