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Post by kijii on Mar 6, 2018 6:53:51 GMT
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Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Mar 6, 2018 8:16:05 GMT
'Fish Don't Blink' (1999) - Indie comedy about siblings running a roadside diner, Jimmy (Wil Wheaton) and Clara (Lea Thompson), who rub up against criminals and local law enforcement. Directed by Chuck DeBus of Junction City, Kansas. So now there are TWO of us who have seen this film.  I find it to be one of those "lost gem"/ "sleeper" films that no one seems to have ever heard of (except us ) It was shown on one of the local afternoon movie channels off and on for about a month and then quietly disappeared again. Takes place in one small set, quirky characters, nice people to spend a little time with. It's based on a play so there is not a lot of action. You did not say whether or not you enjoyed it.
J/K... I remember seeing it some years back on, IIRC, the IFC channel. I remember watching it twice (I DVRd it). I haven't seen it since. Now that it's been mentioned here, I hope they put it on again, as I'd like to re-watch it. |
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Post by teleadm on Mar 6, 2018 18:12:52 GMT
Fail-Safe 1964, directed by Sidney Lumet, based on a novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler, starring Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Henry Fonda, (introducing) Fritz Weaver and a young Larry Hagman. Doomsday thriller drama from the cold war era or a more serious version of a situation that was parodied in Dr Strangelove 1963. There's no soundtrack music, by the way. 
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Post by vegalyra on Mar 6, 2018 18:27:21 GMT
Not a classic by any stretch of the imagination, but I needed a laugh this weekend: Baseketball  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 6, 2018 21:10:47 GMT
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Post by kijii on Mar 7, 2018 3:17:51 GMT
Blowing Wild (1953) is my Gary Cooper movie of the day. Although, at its beginning, this has the look and feel of a Western; it is really a modern movie set somewhere in the oil fields South America, with Frankie Laine singing the theme song throughout--very early 50s. I liked this movie with strong performances by all the actors--Gary Cooper, Ward Bond, Anthony Quinn, Ruth Roman, and Barbara Stanwyck at her tempestuist best. There is a good love triangle in this movie, with Stanwyck married to Quinn but still holding a torch for her old love, Cooper. In the other hand, Cooper is casting an eye at Roman. There is also bandits blowing up oil fields too. Why? For blackmail on the drillers digging for "black liquid gold." This a better movie than I would have thought, due in no small way to the performance by Anthony Quinn and Barbara Stanwyck. Jeff Dawson (Gary Cooper) : [Confronting Marina] What have you done, Marina?
Marina Conway (Barbara Stanwyck): I committed murder to get you. Murder!
Jeff Dawson : You killed Paco?
[Paco is Anthony Quinn, Stanwyck's husband]Marina Conway : I did it for you, don't you understand? I did it for you!
Jeff Dawson : [Choking her] You killed Paco. You killed him!
[He catches himself and releases her]
Jeff Dawson : Makes me sick even to look at you.
Marina Conway : You'll never get away from me. I'll never let you go. I'll say you helped me. I'll say I killed him and you helped me. I don't care if they hang me just so they hang you, too!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2018 3:24:05 GMT
The Guest (2014). It's a wonder Dan Stevens is only just becoming a bigger star now. He was intimidating af in this. That's a great little gem of a film. |
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Post by mikef6 on Mar 7, 2018 5:19:57 GMT
Damn Yankees / George Abbott and Stanley Donen (1958) Gwen Verdon and Bob Fosse sing and dance Who's Got The Pain  |
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Post by kijii on Mar 7, 2018 6:50:18 GMT
I, Tonya (2017) is biopic shown as a black comedy. But it probably shows the way the public responds to real events on cable news. They love you-- They hate you-- They forget you. Then, you are left on your own (out of the spotlight) with no skills to support yourself. What's left--just your infamy to make people even know about you. LaVona Golden (Allison Janney): I can see that shiner through that make up, you know.Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie): I fell on the ice yesterday.LaVona Golden: I don't know, Tonnie. I would never be with someone who would fucking hit me.Tonya Harding: You hit Dad.LaVona Golden: That's different.Tonya Harding: Anyway he said he was sorry.LaVona Golden: You're a dumb piece of shit who thinks she deserves to get hit.Tonya Harding: I wonder how I got that idea?LaVona Golden: Maybe he should hit you. Maybe you'd learn to keep your big mouth shut. Sure helps me out.So, I guess if Allison Janney can get a "fucking" Oscar for playing a "piece of shit," I should be able to post this comment without it being edited? I think I would have been on the old IMDb.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Mar 7, 2018 8:19:08 GMT
Damn Yankees / George Abbott and Stanley Donen (1958) Gwen Verdon and Bob Fosse sing and dance Who's Got The Pain Probably the first film musical with which I fell in love. Hundreds followed. |
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Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Mar 7, 2018 8:45:34 GMT
Bright Victory (1951) - First time viewing for me (DVRd it off of TCM channel). Thoughtful story of a blinded WWII veteran (Arthur Kennedy, nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his role) trying to readjust to life back home. Fun to spot: actors Rock Hudson and Murray Hamilton make early-career appearances in this one, too.
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Post by teleadm on Mar 7, 2018 18:10:24 GMT
Oliver Twist 1948, directed by David Lean, Based on a novel by Charles Dickens, starring Robert Newton, Alex Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan, Henry Stephenson, with John Howard Davies as Oliver and Anthony Newley as the Artful Dodger. It's amazing how every actor looks liked the popped out of a Dickens novel, or maybe they where chosen because they looked like Dickensian characters. 
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Post by petrolino on Mar 7, 2018 18:42:12 GMT
'Fish Don't Blink' (1999) - Indie comedy about siblings running a roadside diner, Jimmy (Wil Wheaton) and Clara (Lea Thompson), who rub up against criminals and local law enforcement. Directed by Chuck DeBus of Junction City, Kansas. So now there are TWO of us who have seen this film. I find it to be one of those "lost gem"/ "sleeper" films that no one seems to have ever heard of (except us ) It was shown on one of the local afternoon movie channels off and on for about a month and then quietly disappeared again. Takes place in one small set, quirky characters, nice people to spend a little time with. It's based on a play so there is not a lot of action. You did not say whether or not you enjoyed it. It was a pleasant diversion. Nicely acted, though a bit too stagebound for my liking. It reminded me in some ways of 'Benny And Joon' (1993). |
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Post by koskiewicz on Mar 7, 2018 20:12:17 GMT
....just finished 3 Billboards in Ebbing, MO...excellent film...Sam Rockwell rocks...!!!
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Post by kijii on Mar 8, 2018 1:37:57 GMT
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Post by OldAussie on Mar 8, 2018 1:47:57 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 8, 2018 2:38:03 GMT
not a movie but it's a really good mystery series worth looking for, imo.  |
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Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Mar 8, 2018 4:08:55 GMT
I watched Charade (1963) for the umpteenth time. Saw it courtesy of TCM - a staple of their lineup. I've seen it so many times I know almost every line by heart. Since I know the story so well, when I watch it now, I find myself looking at random stuff in the background or on the side of the screen, and thinking about odd things. For example: "What brand were those cigars in Insp. Grandpierre's desk drawer?" or "Is there really a ship called the Maranguape, or was that just invented for the film?" are some random thoughts that came to mind in the scene in the Inspecteur's office.
What a great film, though: this one has really stood the test of time, IMHO.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 8, 2018 4:40:08 GMT
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Post by kijii on Mar 10, 2018 1:55:16 GMT
Operator 13 (1934) is a movie I never would have known about if it weren't for a reference in a Garth Game. It fit into my Gary Cooper quest and gave me a chance to actually see Marion Davies act and sing a bit. Marion Davies, of course, rosebud from Citizen Kane. That is, William Randolph Hearst's longtime mistress. This is a fairly entertaining movie about spies during the American Civil War. Operator 13 (Marion Davies) is a spy for the Union who falls in love with a Rebel officer (Gary Cooper) while imitating a slave (in black face) in the South. During the movie, there are even some songs sung by The Mills Brothers.  Captain Jack Gailliard C.S.A. (Gary Cooper): You know, Lucille, some day that snoopy little nose of yours is gonna lead you right into trouble.
Gail Loveless (Marion Davis) [imitating a Southern slave maid]: No, sir, but if it do, these feet of mine are gonna get me right out.
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Interestingly, this movie has a remake: One Sunday Afternoon (1948)
CHARADE