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Post by Prime etc. on Nov 22, 2019 8:41:37 GMT
ONCE YOU KISS A STRANGER 1969 (released this month 50 years ago). A gender swapped remake of Strangers on a Train where a demented woman (Carol Lynley) blackmails a pro-golfer to kill her psychiatrist (Whit Bissell). It also showcases one of the earliest consumer video tape recorders (reels instead of cassette tapes). Nice change seeing Lynley playing a victimizing mental case instead of the vulnerable victim type herself.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Nov 23, 2019 21:38:32 GMT
Frozen (2013).
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 24, 2019 4:47:59 GMT
Surprisingly good fantasy film that I had never heard of … scary creatures, fast paced story .. kids one can tolerate. A couple of familiar old time actors and voices. Recommended even if you are not a big fan of the genre...I'm not, and I liked it ! .
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Post by Prime etc. on Nov 25, 2019 6:47:01 GMT
THE TATTOOED STRANGER 1950 - another one of those obscure RKO films--this one is notable for an early Jack Lord appearance (watched Hawaii Five-O the night before) and the pairing of a woman scientist with a cop to solve the crime which made me think of the X-Files. There's nothing really new under the sun.
THE BIGGEST BATTLE 1978-I had heard this was remade by director Umberto Lenzi the following year (as From Hell To Victory) so I decided to watch his original first. An all-star cast (Henry Fonda, Stacy Keach, Samantha Eggar) in a cheap macaroni war movie (lots of stock footage from other Lenzi war films) which cuts back and forth between the different characters from 1936 to 1943. John Huston sleep walks through these roles but never comes across as bored or unprofessional. I saw him the other day in JAGUAR LIVES.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 26, 2019 1:42:21 GMT
1943 - First Technicolor picture from Columbia Studio - Glenn Ford, Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor, Evelyn Keyes .. Not bad, but don't hock your car so you can buy a copy !
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Nov 26, 2019 11:47:29 GMT
Licence to Kill (1989) The Living Daylights (1987) A View to a Kill (1985) Octopussy (1983) For Your Eyes Only (1981) Moonraker (1979) The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
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Post by Prime etc. on Nov 27, 2019 8:38:43 GMT
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL 1973 - rewatch.
PLANETS AGAINST US 1962 - alien cyborgs invade Earth-has some ideas that predict the Terminator.
TARZAN AND THE VALLEY OF GOLD 1966 - The opening looked like it was meant to give a James Bond-type action scene on the cheap (with a little help from a giant Coca-Cola bottle). Mike Henry plays a straightforward uncomplicated hero in a film aimed mainly at kids. Amusing that the message at the end is that sometimes violence is necessary to solve problems! Yet another example of a film that could not in any possible way be made today in such a climate where male failure is a prerequisite. The big henchman is frequently cut to so as to build anticipation for when you just know Tarzan and him are going to fight it out.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Nov 27, 2019 14:46:50 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Nov 27, 2019 19:00:53 GMT
Hugo 2011 A plot that involves Georges Méliès is offcourse interesting, but seing it flat as opposed to 3-D made some of it a bit flat. Still an entertaining movie though.
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Post by louise on Nov 28, 2019 17:26:03 GMT
Good Girls Go To Paris (1939). Joan Blondell is a waitress at a university who decides to try and blackmail one of the rich students so she can go to Paris. Melvyn Douglas is the visiting professor from England who tries to dissuade her. Joan Blondell’s efforts at blackmail are unsuccessful because she is too good to go through with it. But then she gets another opportunity to have a go at getting a rich man. It is all very silly but very funny.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Nov 29, 2019 1:42:08 GMT
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Post by Prime etc. on Nov 29, 2019 9:08:48 GMT
DEATH KNOCKS TWICE 1969 - Giallo with Dean Reed, Anita Ekberg, Adolfo Celi, and a dog named Fritz who seems to be the real star as the movie progresses, helping the detective (Reed) when he is down for the count. In a sense the dog is a mob dog who changes side since he was companion for a hotel owner with several dog photos on his wall. There's a nude scene featuring Ekberg yet there's no nudity. The title song is sung in English and Italian. Both versions sound good. Here's the Italian:
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Post by teleadm on Nov 29, 2019 18:54:37 GMT
The Wilby Conspiracy 1975 Michael Caine is visiting South Africa, and get's in unwillingly involved with Apartheit leader Sidney Poitier. Action thriller that might have lost some of it's actuallity by now, but still an interesting chase thriller.
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Post by Prime etc. on Nov 30, 2019 8:18:19 GMT
THINK FAST, MR MOTO 1937 - Heard of these films but never seen one--was curious how it compared to the Charlie Chan ones. I made myself a bet that the male romantic lead would be kind of useless and need Mr Moto to save him. Sure enough. I wonder if Mr Moto's judo action is the earliest with an asian doing such stunts? I don't recall Charlie Chan using kung fu.
THE MARCUS-NELSON MURDERS- 1973 Who loves ya baby? Not the police department as Theo Kojak in his first appearance discovers serious improper procedure involving a suspect and even a low-level criminal he had too much faith in. Never trust Marjoe Gortner. Someone told me that in 1970s movies the cop often threw their badge away--well Telly Savalas imagines he is turning his badge in.
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Post by telegonus on Nov 30, 2019 8:27:44 GMT
The Wilby Conspiracy 1975 Michael Caine is visiting South Africa, and get's in unwillingly involved with Apartheit leader Sidney Poitier. Action thriller that might have lost some of it's actuallity by now, but still an interesting chase thriller.
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Post by telegonus on Nov 30, 2019 8:30:11 GMT
Good movie. It has suspense, thrills and some real chills. Nicol Williamson's the bad guy, right? Or one of them. He was such a bravura actor when at the top of his game it truly surprised me that he didn't crash through as a star, assuming that he wanted to.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Nov 30, 2019 10:16:50 GMT
Between Two Worlds (1944) good REHASH of Outward Bound (1930) based on the 1923 play of the SAME name.
7/10.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Nov 30, 2019 13:57:49 GMT
Tangled (2010).
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Post by teleadm on Nov 30, 2019 15:55:36 GMT
Good movie. It has suspense, thrills and some real chills. Nicol Williamson's the bad guy, right? Or one of them. He was such a bravura actor when at the top of his game it truly surprised me that he didn't crash through as a star, assuming that he wanted to. Yes!, Nicol Williamson was the bad guy! There was a good verbal fight with Malawi-born actor Patrick Allen (as district commissioner), where the later questions what kind of dreamland South Africa Nicol's character is fighting for. Nicol Williamson was an interesting actor that for some reasons when discussing 1980s movies with friends got mixed up in their memories with Max von Sydow. Especially Black Widow 1986 and Venom 1981.
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Post by telegonus on Nov 30, 2019 19:32:40 GMT
Between Two Worlds is a nice remake of the original Outward Bound, I agree. Primo cast. Much as I likr Sydney Greenstreet I think George Coulouris sold it as a cold, unfeeling industrialist. He was so credible as to be near pitiable for simply being who he was.
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