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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jul 5, 2020 10:22:45 GMT
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Post by kijii on Jul 6, 2020 4:45:46 GMT
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jul 6, 2020 21:13:26 GMT
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Post by kijii on Jul 7, 2020 17:13:45 GMT
Where Love Has Gone (1964) Edward Dmytryk This mother-daughter movie was suggested in a recent Garth Game about Bette Davis. The poster below says it all:
Mrs. Gerald Hayden (Bette Davis) : You have made it publicly obvious that you have only one concept of love... a vile and sinful one.
Valerie Hayden Miller (Susan Hayworth) : When you're dying of thirst, you drink from a mudhole.
Mrs. Gerald Hayden : You have devoted your life to mud and filth.
Valerie Hayden Miller : Only to get even with you.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jul 8, 2020 1:34:59 GMT
Superman Returns (2006).  
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Post by Prime etc. on Jul 8, 2020 5:46:58 GMT
THE NIGHT OF THE GRIZZLY 1966 -- Finally got around to this (had planned to watch it the day Clint Walker died but somehow it got sidetracked--I may have watched KILLDOZER instead). I can see why it was mentioned as the Clint Walker movie since he has much to do and sure fills up the frame. As Vincent Price said of him: "you are a big sonofabitch."
So when it came time to have him run into an old rival, there weren't too many who could be a convincing threat for him--luckily Leo Gordon was available.
I was surprised that Keenan Wynn exited as he did--one assumes this type of story will have the scheming evil land baron character but that wasn't the case.
Nancy Kulp (Carol Burnett's cleaning lady before Carol Burnett) deserves the Una O'Connor award for most irritating performance. You have to assume her would-be boyfriend was glad the bear did him in.
Jack Elam could have been warming up for his role in Support Your Local Sheriff.
The bear attacks were rather convincing, especially in the last bit where I couldn't tell if they used a costume for some shots.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jul 9, 2020 11:38:39 GMT
Watchmen (2009).  
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Post by persistenceofvision on Jul 10, 2020 2:39:00 GMT
True Grit (2010) Entertaining remake with some great dialogue (though I sometimes used subtitles for Jeff Bridges).   
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Post by Prime etc. on Jul 10, 2020 7:22:45 GMT
PROJECT X 1968 - Christopher George, Monte Markham, Keye Luke, Phillip Pine, Ray Collins-- how prophetic can a movie be? In the year 2118, the West is at war with the empire of China, and they send an agent inside to spy on it. But he comes back with his mind erased (a last resort defense maneuver) so they plan to job his memories by doing a play-acting therapy thing where he thinks he is a gangster living in 1968. The scientists pretend to be part of his "Matrix," the new personality and memories they implanted into him. Have to wonder which came first--Phillip K Dick's story or the novel on which this movie was based. The Artificial Man (1965) and Psychogeist (1966) by LP Davies.
Most mind-blowing of all is that the actual agent Chinese secret is that they plan to infect George with viruses to unleash on the West, causing panic, quarantines, loss of freedom. Seriously! Hanna-Barbera provides animations for the scenes where we look into the memories of the agent.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jul 10, 2020 9:39:19 GMT
Absolutely love this mini series, Feologild, starting with the original 1985 two-parter! Megan Follows as Anne is an absolute wonder, more than holding her own at a young age with the likes of Colleen Dewhurst and Wendy Hiller. By far the best adaptation(s) of the Lucy Maud Montgomery novel. I also really liked the final two episodes, Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000). I don't think they're as good as the earlier ones, because they're based upon the characters from the novel instead of the novel itself, set in World War I. But they're still worth a look, if for no other reason than the amazing Megan Follows.
spiderwort, I just got finished watching the first season of the 'new' TV series version of that^ story. It's titled Anne with an E. Have you heard of it? I'd highly recommend checking it out if you get the chance. If the trailer doesn't quite grab you, I wrote a rather lengthy review (albeit a spoilery one) of the first season if you're interested. IMDB2.freeforums.net/thread/82711/show-last-watch-season-dvd?page=26This^ is the only version of the story I've seen. |
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jul 10, 2020 9:41:33 GMT
Beautiful Kate (2009).  
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Post by spiderwort on Jul 10, 2020 13:43:13 GMT
spiderwort, I just got finished watching the first season of the 'new' TV series version of that^ story. It's titled Anne with an E. Have you heard of it? I'd highly recommend checking it out if you get the chance. If the trailer doesn't quite grab you, I wrote a rather lengthy review (albeit a spoilery one) of the first season if you're interested. IMDB2.freeforums.net/thread/82711/show-last-watch-season-dvd?page=26This^ is the only version of the story I've seen.
Thanks, Chalice. And, yes, I have it available on Netflix, but I haven't watched it yet. It looks really good, and I do plan on watching it (though I'm very behind in seasons  ). But I think part of me is unconsciously resistant because of my love for the Megan Follows portrayals. Maybe you've given me the nudge I've needed though. But if there's any way I can nudge you to the Follows version, I think you will be very impressed with her, too. Here's a trailer for you. Apparently the show streams on something called Gazebo. Maybe you can find it that way. And thanks again for the recommendation. I confess that "Anne with and E" looks like a winner.
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Post by kijii on Jul 10, 2020 14:41:56 GMT
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Post by kijii on Jul 10, 2020 15:09:24 GMT
The Man Who Never Was (1956) / Ronald Neame This is another movie covered on this board that influenced my viewing: IMDB2.freeforums.net/thread/233223/man-who-never-1956 Lieutenant George Acres : Monty, that parachute that didn't open... Suppose we were to drop a fellow out of a plane over enemy territory, with papers on him saying we were going to invade Greece, and his parachute didn't open. The Germans would find him dead, and the papers, and "Aha," they'd say, "Look at this. Officer with secret papers, parachute didn't open... they're going to invade Greece."
Lieutenant Commander Ewen Montagu : Do we tell the man who jumps that the parachute doesn't work, or is it a sort of practical joke that he finds out on the way down?
Lieutenant George Acres : Well, of course it would have to be somebody you didn't mind much about.
Lieutenant Commander Ewen Montagu : Are you volunteering? No, George, it wouldn't work.
Lieutenant George Acres : What about using a man already dead?
Lieutenant Commander Ewen Montagu : The autopsy would show he was dead before he hit the ground. Let's get back to the office and think again.
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Post by kijii on Jul 10, 2020 16:30:34 GMT
The Green Years (1946) / Victor Saville
This is probably my 3rd viewing of this film and it never gets old.
Once again, A.J. Cronin writes a novel that challenges a man's faith in God.
Once again, the man in brought through his personal tragedies to come out at the other end.
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Post by phantomparticle on Jul 10, 2020 23:23:43 GMT
Run for the Sun (1956) Richard Widmark and Jane Greer crash their plane in the Mexican jungle and are rescued by Trevor Howard, a British traitor who worked for the Germans in WWII. The climax evolves into an adaptation of The Most Dangerous Game. Lush cinematography helps. Engrossing movie. Greer makes it through the jungle with torn clothing but her makeup and lipstick remain intact.  |
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Post by Prime etc. on Jul 11, 2020 8:05:34 GMT
GONE WITH THE WIND 1939 Maybe some of you have heard of it?  I had seen it before but didn't really pay much attention. I watched the Scarlett O'Hara War many years ago-and recall the 1989 documentary on it-I figured I should check it out given Olivia de Havilland turned 104 the other day. Ironic isn't it that she lasts so long and the character of Melanie acts as a foundation for everyone else in the movie (one might argue Mammy provides that function but she only gets weaved into the story at certain points while Melanie is central to the conflicts between Scarlett and co.). Watching it on a big tv screen, in a restored look, well it certainly shows where the money went. Made me chuckle a few times what marianne48 said in another thread about Leigh being miscast and Gable being more suited for a horror movie. Scarlett is rather irritating. I got used to Gable after a while but it's interesting that neither he nor Leslie Howard are matinee idol types despite it being much like a soap opera, especially in the second half. I didn't expect the movie to be a history lesson of course (except where we see the gate from King Kong being burned--I waited for that). The movie is really about strong women, weak men, prostitutes with a heart of gold, and the way people's positions and lives can change on the same immutable piece of land. Considering this came out right when debates over the US and WW 2 were topical, they do not glamorize the ravages of war--especially the famous shot of her walking through that field of wounded soldiers. That is most memorable, and I also like the shot of her holding the horse under the bridge in the rain while the Union army is riding across. Shooting the soldier in the face was an unexpected bit of gore. I watched Virginia City a while back and was surprised to discover Miriam Hopkins was not English (since I had only seen her in Jekyll and Hyde--and there was only one scene where her accent slipped). So here she is playing a Southerner, and I read that Margaret Mitchell considered her the right one for Scarlett O'Hara. So I can check that one off the list.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jul 11, 2020 13:30:53 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Jul 11, 2020 18:39:54 GMT
Louisa 1950, directed by Alexander Hall. What to do with interfering grandparents after they become widows or widowers, hope to find some interests like knitting, but not falling in love again and behave like teenagers. This amusing American movie shows that age is no matter when elders fall in love, they behave like silly teens again, just a little bit slower. Even worse, your grandmother attracts two men, who begins to fight for her attention.  Spring Byington is just wonderful as the once bored dotty grandma, who feels suddenly young again, attracting Edmund Gwenn and Charles Coburn to fight for her, actually physically fight for her. Without those three old pro's, it could easy have been a very 1950's forgotten TV movie. Ronald Reagan (husband), Ruth Hussey (wife), Piper Laurie (film debut) (teen daughter) and Jimmy Hunt (young son, and he is still with us)
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Post by jeffersoncody on Jul 12, 2020 4:31:58 GMT
Re-watched two of the great films of the seventies. CISCO PIKE (1971): RATING: 10 out of 10. On Blu Ray. PAT GARRET AND BILLY THE KID (1973): 9 OUT OF 10.   |
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). But I think part of me is unconsciously resistant because of my love for the Megan Follows portrayals. Maybe you've given me the nudge I've needed though. But if there's any way I can nudge you to the Follows version, I think you will be very impressed with her, too. Here's a trailer for you. Apparently the show streams on something called Gazebo. Maybe you can find it that way. And thanks again for the recommendation. I confess that "Anne with and E" looks like a winner. 
