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Post by kijii on Apr 10, 2020 22:21:04 GMT
Virginia City (1940) / Michael Curtiz Set in 1864, this is a fairly good Civil War movie with adventure and intrigue. Vance Irby (Randolph Scott) : Virginia City seems to be quite a Union stronghold, ma'am. Julia Hayne (Miriam Hopkins): Yes, it's red, white and blue all over. Kerry Bradford : All over? Julia Hayne : Of course there are a few copperheads here, but they're harmless.
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Post by louise on Apr 11, 2020 10:01:39 GMT
Arabesque (1966). Enjoyably absurd thriller with Gregory Peck as a Cambridge university professor who gets mixed up in a mysterious assassination plot, Sophia Loren as the beautiful woman who may be on his side, or may not. it has one of my favourite lines from any film, Gregory Peck jumps into a taxi and says to the driver "follow that car!" and the driver replies joyfully "I've been waiting all my life for someone to say that!"
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Apr 11, 2020 20:53:54 GMT
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Apr 11, 2020 22:34:22 GMT
Election (1999).
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Post by kijii on Apr 12, 2020 4:16:28 GMT
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Apr 12, 2020 11:59:15 GMT
Perfect High (2015).
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Apr 12, 2020 12:48:32 GMT
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Post by kijii on Apr 13, 2020 3:49:42 GMT
Salomé (2013) / Al Pacino This Oscar Wilde play is highly dramatic, full of sensual language and imagery. It is unlike any other Wilde play as Salome (Jessica Chastain) becomes the temptress of King Herod (Al Pacino)--her stepfather and brother of her late father--in order to demand the head of John the Baptist (Kevin Anderson). King Herod (Al Pacino): But what would you have them bring you in a silver charger? Tell me the thing. Whatsoever it may be, I will give it you. My treasures belong to thee. What is it, Salomé?
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Apr 13, 2020 6:09:05 GMT
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Apr 13, 2020 15:26:38 GMT
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Apr 14, 2020 12:41:14 GMT
Annabelle: Creation (2017).
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Post by lostinlimbo on Apr 15, 2020 4:11:33 GMT
A solid, and lean western. Pristine wilderness backdrops in technicolor and a scene stealing Walter Matthau.
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Post by Prime etc. on Apr 15, 2020 6:52:04 GMT
THE TIGER OF ESCHNAPUR/THE INDIAN TOMB 1959 Adventure love story about forbidden love in an Indian kingdom and various intrigues. A Fritz Lang film, it feels a little restrained given his name attached to it, but still an engaging story in no small part to Paget. Always look forward to a film with Debra Paget in it and this one shows her in ways I didn't expect. Dubbed for one thing, but also that she could dance, and dance in Indian style. The biggest shock was when she removed a robe to reveal a costume which surprised for its lack of material.
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Post by Sulla on Apr 17, 2020 6:08:22 GMT
Dead Presidents (1995)
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Apr 17, 2020 8:47:44 GMT
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Apr 17, 2020 13:38:02 GMT
Finding Neverland (2004).
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Apr 17, 2020 22:10:49 GMT
Knives Out (2019).
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Post by Sulla on Apr 18, 2020 3:56:11 GMT
Deliverance (1972)
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Post by kijii on Apr 18, 2020 4:18:20 GMT
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) / Paul Thomas Anderson Barry (Adam Sandler) : I don't know if there is anything wrong because I don't know how other people are.
Barry : I have a love in my life. It makes me stronger than anything you can imagine.
Barry : [out of breath to his love Lena] Lena. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry I left you at the hospital. I called a phone-sex line... I called a phone-sex line before I met you, and four blond brothers came after me and they hurt you, and I'm sorry. Then I had to leave again because I wanted to make sure you never got hurt again. And I have a lot of puddings, and in six to eight weeks it can be redeemed. So if you could just give me that much time, I think I can get enough mileage to go with you wherever you go if you have to travel for your work. Because I don't ever want to be anywhere without you. So could you just let me redeem the mileage?
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Post by Prime etc. on Apr 18, 2020 5:50:57 GMT
MOBY DICK 1930
I had thought about watching THE SEA BEAST but opted for this instead since it featured in my puzzle the other day. What a bonkers movie. Starting with the opening where a copy of Melville's Moby Dick is shown and the opening text is not: "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation." Instead we have written: "There never was, nor ever will be, a braver life than the life of a whaler. Compared to the game they hunted, the mightiest land beast was but a poodle dog. Compared to the crush and crash of the sperm whale's flukes, the most direful blow of a mad elephant's trunk was but a playful tap with a fan."
Richard Basehart would struggle with that speech but Ishmael need not worry since he isn't in this version.
So, it is fairly corny and they try to make Ahab (John Barrymore) more appealing by giving him a St Bernard dog. He is not missing a leg when we meet him-he's a real lady's man--has a girl in every port. He tells Joan Bennett he even has a girl in Japan, "she's white...when you clean the dirt off."
His latest conquest is the girlfriend of Ahab's brother who is a handsome but wimpy guy with effeminate gentry snobbishness. However he does not come across as mean. This creates issues later in the story.
Queequeg portrayed by Noble Johnson, is an enigmatic but charismatic presence. We don't see too much of him and he has few lines, but acts as a loyal friend to Ahab. After Ahab loses his leg (which does provide some moments of gruesome but effective acting by Barrymore as he endures having the wound treated and struggles to use a peg leg), he gets moody and decides to set out to find the whale. He buys a ship, and tells his senior crew hand to shanghai the crew from "bars and brothels." So, when they do head out in pursuit of Moby Dick, we discover that Ahab's own brother has been shanghaied too! Ahab is surprised to see him, but wonders how he came to be kidnapped since he told his man to take them from "bars and brothels." They fight on deck (which is a visually compelling scene-the forgiving nature of black and white allows for rear projected oceans to be inserted very convincingly). The big storm behind them is sinister-I was expecting the whale to emerge from the storm to distract them from their fight. That does not happen. Ahab's brother gets the upper hand and then Queequeg shows up, grabs the brother, and throws him onto the deck. Breaking his back. Ahab tells a crewman to take him to his cabin and do what he can for him. That's the last we see of the brother. Ahab soon sets out in a boat and kills the whale, takes the blubber, and then sails home. As he gets off the ship he tells Queequeg, "you're a good heathen." I wonder how the brother feels? Oh right, he's either dead or paralyzed. He goes to see his fiancee (the former girlfriend of the now forgotten brother) and they kiss and the dog is there for additional closure cuteness and to further distract us from his poor maimed brother.
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