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Post by millar70 on Mar 10, 2020 2:43:01 GMT
Red River (1948)
John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan directed by Howard Hawkes
Classic Western that truthfully was brought down by a sappy, too Hollywood ending, in my opinion anyways. Things got wrapped up a little too neatly for me.
The acting was great, though, especially the two leads. Maybe my favorite John Wayne performance, and Montgomery Clift never gave a bad performance, so there's that.
Overall, a very fine Western.
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Post by Prime etc. on Mar 10, 2020 5:52:06 GMT
THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR 1975 Despite having seen this a couple of times I tend to forget most of it. How could I forget Max Von Sydow is painting his lead soldiers with Testors paints? Anyway, I think it is interesting how the CIA is presented here. Cliff Robertson suggests that the CIA would be doing all these cloak and dagger things in order to secure resources for the public. Is it a BS cover story? Or is it what the movie is implying--since I think many people now would think the CIA is not concerned about public interest AT ALL. Also funny that the NYT is presented as the fortress of public interest--but even then we are left with the doubt that they would take up the story. Maybe Redford should have taken the advice to go to Europe. I am sure Joubert is happy with using Humbrol paints when he is across the pond.
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Post by Prime etc. on Mar 11, 2020 5:15:22 GMT
THE REWARD 1965 - I assume Max von Sydow made this at the same time he was doing The Greatest Story Ever Told. A strange existential modern western about a crop duster who crashes in a Mexican town and then seeks to collect a reward for a wanted murderer. But then everyone gets thoughtful and lost in the desert, chasing Henry Silva's favorite horse and wondering if anything is worth the trouble.
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Post by Autumn on Mar 11, 2020 22:14:03 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 11, 2020 23:52:06 GMT
MUCH improved with a second viewing ! Usually not big on filmed versions of Broadway hits BUT this one works ! The three leads are all terrific and Queen Latifa and John C Riley are particularly outstanding in their solo numbers!
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Post by louise on Mar 12, 2020 15:40:06 GMT
Don't Panic Chaps (1959). During WW21, a pair of observation teams, German and British, are left on a remote Adriatic island, then forgotten. They call a truce and pool their resources, everything is going well until a beautiful woman is washed ashore. Mildly amusing comedy.
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Post by persistenceofvision on Mar 12, 2020 21:30:40 GMT
Once Upon a Time in America. Slightly bewildered. I guess I took away from it that De Niro is a great actor, and Ennio Morricone is a great composer, but I think I knew that already...
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Post by Prime etc. on Mar 13, 2020 5:37:35 GMT
UNTAMED YOUTH 1957 - Mamie Van Doren and her sister end up having to pick cotton at a farm to avoid a 30 day jail sentence. The farm is run by a corrupt boss named Tropp which is sometimes pronounced Trump. He feeds the teens dog food and keeps them slaving, and has lecherous intentions towards the girls, and yet they still have the energy to perform well choreographed 1950s musical numbers every so often. Have to say, they really worked hard in the 1950s when they danced--in the 1960s it got so lazy. I assume it was MVD singing-I havent heard her singing often in movies--this one she does 4 numbers and they were composed-written by Les Baxter. They are catchy.
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Post by louise on Mar 13, 2020 11:55:36 GMT
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). James Stewart and Doris Day as a couple on holiday in Marrakesh with their young son, who somehow get caught up in an assassination plot. Quite interesting though rather slow moving, some sequences seem to go on for ever and you wonder if they are ever going to get to the point. Could have done with being about half an hour shorter. A very amusing ending though.
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Post by louise on Mar 13, 2020 16:32:14 GMT
Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945). Googie Withers as an unhappily married woman who uses young chemist Gordon Jackson as a means to free herself of her husband. Mildly diverting melodrama.
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Post by louise on Mar 13, 2020 21:07:19 GMT
Ring of Spies (1964). Bernard Lee as a disgruntled Naval clerk who is persuaded to start selling Naval secrets to a spy ring. Margaret Tyzak as his at first reluctant accomplice. Low key but quite interesting spy drama which is based on real events. Particularly interesting to me for the scenes shot on the roof garden of Derry and Toms department store - a favourite place to visit when I was a child.
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Post by hi224 on Mar 13, 2020 21:12:34 GMT
Way back and Emma Both are 7/10s.
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Post by Autumn on Mar 14, 2020 0:14:12 GMT
Auntie Mame (1958) 10/10 I cannot find a single fault with this movie. Best production. Wasn't a fan of the one with Lucille Ball, (especially the blurry closeups). I know there was another (classic) but forgot who starred in it, plus some newer ones. However, in my eyes, Rosalind Russell can do no wrong!
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Post by persistenceofvision on Mar 14, 2020 15:08:48 GMT
THE GENERAL (1926) Buffoonish man fighting for the racist South destroys government property in order to impress woman. Good sight gags though.
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Post by louise on Mar 14, 2020 20:20:00 GMT
Walk Don't Run (1966). Comedy with Cary Grant as a British industrialist in Tokyo for the Olympic Games, Tokyo is very overcrowded so he persuades a reluctant Samantha Eggar to rent him her spare room. Then a young American turns up and also moves in and things get complicated. Quite amusing comedy.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Mar 15, 2020 12:33:35 GMT
The FAR Country (1954).
8/10!
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Post by louise on Mar 15, 2020 16:55:55 GMT
Oliver! The wonderful Ron Moody never fails to delight.
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Post by kijii on Mar 15, 2020 17:00:23 GMT
Contagion (2011) / Steven Soderbergh
Though a science fiction drama, there is a lot of good info in this riveting, star-filled movie. Each of the well-knowing performers in the movie present pieces to the puzzle to how a highly contagious disease can span the globe within a sport period of time, and what may be done to control it. The movie starts of day 2 and ends on day 1 showing how the disease was originally contracted. Dr. Ellis Cheever (Laurence Fishburne): We're working very hard to find out where this virus came from. To treat it and to vaccinate against it if we can. We don't know all of that yet, we just don't know. What we do know, is that in order to become sick you have to first come in contact with a sick person or something that they touched. In order to get scared, all you have to do is to come in contact with a rumor, or the television or the internet. I think what Mr. Krumwiede is uh... is spreading, is far more dangerous than the disease. TCM OVERVIEW
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Post by persistenceofvision on Mar 15, 2020 20:19:03 GMT
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Mar 15, 2020 20:47:41 GMT
I just watched Les Vampires (1915) for the second time, first time i watched it was 5-6 years ago.
And in contrast to its name it has nothing to do with vampires
I rate it 7.5/10
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