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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 24, 2015 0:11:51 GMT -5
Was it Vincent Gallo, Hoosier? Correct!
I assume Prince Hal knows that the movie is Arizona Dream, with Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, Lili Taylor and ... Jerry Lewis!
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 25, 2015 9:20:57 GMT -5
Tropic of Cancer DVD arrived from Netflix, but due to the content I will probably have to wait for a late evening over the weekend once the kids are asleep to watch it. I'm pretty stoked to see it, being a fan of Henry Miller's writing, and having read the book of the same title and Tropic of Capricorn as well. I haven't seen Rip Torn in much but he seems as good a pick to play Miller as Mickey Rourke was Charles Bukowski in Barfly.
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Post by dupersuper on Feb 25, 2015 19:31:47 GMT -5
Tropic of Cancer DVD arrived from Netflix, but due to the content I will probably have to wait for a late evening over the weekend once the kids are asleep to watch it. I'm pretty stoked to see it, being a fan of Henry Miller's writing, and having read the book of the same title and Tropic of Capricorn as well. I hoped you returned them promptly. You don't want a library cop tracking you down... |
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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 26, 2015 16:44:20 GMT -5
Heads up!
Turner Classic Movies is showing some great musicals starting early Sunday morning (starting 6:30 am Eastern; check local listings!) and I thought I'd bring them to your attention. If you like musicals, you've probably seen them already. If you're more like me and are a little wary of musicals, I'm recommending these because I really enjoy the craziness of some 1930s musicals!
First up is Gold Diggers of 1933. I've never seen the whole thing but it has a reputation as one of the best and I've seen it in pieces over the years and it looks amazing. I've always wanted to see it from start to finish.
Next is Shall We Dance from 1937. For me, this is the very best of the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers films. Funny, clever, entertaining, it is a perfectly structured film that I watch every three or four years because I am always drawn back to it. Highly recommended, not just for fans of musicals or fans of old movies. Highly recommended for everyone.
Then there's a couple of 1940s musicals that I've never seen. Then Fiddler on the Roof and Music Man. They're both good. My mom loves Music Man and I've seen it onstage with her a few times, so it's kind of a sentimental favorite. I love Shirley Jones as Marian the librarian.
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Post by Prince Hal on Feb 26, 2015 20:36:50 GMT -5
Heads up! Turner Classic Movies is showing some great musicals starting early Sunday morning (starting 6:30 am Eastern; check local listings!) and I thought I'd bring them to your attention. If you like musicals, you've probably seen them already. If you're more like me and are a little wary of musicals, I'm recommending these because I really enjoy the craziness of some 1930s musicals! First up is Gold Diggers of 1933. I've never seen the whole thing but it has a reputation as one of the best and I've seen it in pieces over the years and it looks amazing. I've always wanted to see it from start to finish. Next is Shall We Dance from 1937. For me, this is the very best of the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers films. Funny, clever, entertaining, it is a perfectly structured film that I watch every three or four years because I am always drawn back to it. Highly recommended, not just for fans of musicals or fans of old movies. Highly recommended for everyone. Then there's a couple of 1940s musicals that I've never seen. Then Fiddler on the Roof and Music Man. They're both good. My mom loves Music Man and I've seen it onstage with her a few times, so it's kind of a sentimental favorite. I love Shirley Jones as Marian the librarian. Hoozh, when you watch The Music Man, check out the scene late in the movie when Robert Preston kisses Marian as they're standing on a footbridge. Preston does a double-take as they smooch, which Jones always said resulted form the kicking of the baby she was carrying, who grew up to be Patrick Cassidy. Oh, and those two 40s musicals? Don't know the first one either, but the other is justifiably famous. On the Town is a like a love letter to New York City with great dancing and location shots and the far better "New York, New York." |
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Post by The Captain on Mar 1, 2015 19:26:49 GMT -5
Heads up! Turner Classic Movies is showing some great musicals starting early Sunday morning (starting 6:30 am Eastern; check local listings!) and I thought I'd bring them to your attention. If you like musicals, you've probably seen them already. If you're more like me and are a little wary of musicals, I'm recommending these because I really enjoy the craziness of some 1930s musicals! First up is Gold Diggers of 1933. I've never seen the whole thing but it has a reputation as one of the best and I've seen it in pieces over the years and it looks amazing. I've always wanted to see it from start to finish. Next is Shall We Dance from 1937. For me, this is the very best of the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers films. Funny, clever, entertaining, it is a perfectly structured film that I watch every three or four years because I am always drawn back to it. Highly recommended, not just for fans of musicals or fans of old movies. Highly recommended for everyone. Then there's a couple of 1940s musicals that I've never seen. Then Fiddler on the Roof and Music Man. They're both good. My mom loves Music Man and I've seen it onstage with her a few times, so it's kind of a sentimental favorite. I love Shirley Jones as Marian the librarian. Hoozh, when you watch The Music Man, check out the scene late in the movie when Robert Preston kisses Marian as they're standing on a footbridge. Preston does a double-take as they smooch, which Jones always said resulted form the kicking of the baby she was carrying, who grew up to be Patrick Cassidy. Oh, and those two 40s musicals? Don't know the first one either, but the other is justifiably famous. On the Town is a like a love letter to New York City with great dancing and location shots and the far better "New York, New York." My wife and I had some free time this afternoon, as my mother and sister took the girls out of town this weekend, so we wound up watching both On The Town and Music Man. She is a huge Gene Kelly fan, owning most of his movies on DVD, and she will watch him any time she can. On the Town was OK for me, but primarily because I'm not a big Sinatra fan (clarification: love his music, not so much his acting) and I'm not quite as enamored with Gene Kelly as she is. As for Music Man, that is the kind of musical that I can get into. I liked the story, the musical numbers were really good, and Shirley Jones was absolutely gorgeous and showed off her great voice. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Mar 1, 2015 19:32:20 GMT -5
Hoozh, when you watch The Music Man, check out the scene late in the movie when Robert Preston kisses Marian as they're standing on a footbridge. Preston does a double-take as they smooch, which Jones always said resulted form the kicking of the baby she was carrying, who grew up to be Patrick Cassidy. Oh, and those two 40s musicals? Don't know the first one either, but the other is justifiably famous. On the Town is a like a love letter to New York City with great dancing and location shots and the far better "New York, New York." My wife and I had some free time this afternoon, as my mother and sister took the girls out of town this weekend, so we wound up watching both On The Town and Music Man. She is a huge Gene Kelly fan, owning most of his movies on DVD, and she will watch him any time she can. On the Town was OK for me, but primarily because I'm not a big Sinatra fan (clarification: love his music, not so much his acting) and I'm not quite as enamored with Gene Kelly as she is. As for Music Man, that is the kind of musical that I can get into. I liked the story, the musical numbers were really good, and Shirley Jones was absolutely gorgeous and showed off her great voice. Agreed on The Music Man. I love both Preston and Jones in this, and the supporting cast is superb as well. (Can't go wrong with Paul Ford!) Great show and movie. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 2, 2015 11:54:27 GMT -5
I watched 1993's Tombstone last night. A good western regarding Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and the OK Coral shootout. Supposedly much more accurate, historically speaking, than all the other versions of the story that came before. And a great cast too with Kurt Russell,Vall Kilmer, Powers Boothe,Bill Paxton and Sam Elliot. 3 things surprised me towards the end:
1-Charlton Heston. Totally forgot he had a small part towards the ending
2-Robert Mitchum nararating. Who knew?
3-Dana Wheeler-Nicholson. Saw her name in the credits playing the role of Wyatt Earp's drug-addicted wife and sure enough she's the grand-daughter of Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, the founder of DC comics. She's got a pretty imressive resume, previously appearing in the movie Fletch but mostly having worked on TV and continues to do so to this day. She's been on Seinfeld, Law & Order, Sex In The City, NYPD Blue, Friday Night Lights and much more
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 5, 2015 14:46:55 GMT -5
I just finished Wee Willie Winkie. I think it's very amusing that John Ford directed a Shirley Temple movie, but he did a pretty good job of it.
I remember watching some Shirley Temple movies as a kid, but I have only vague memories of them. Last year, I watched The Little Princess and found it very entertaining, so in the future I'll probably be making an effort to watch Shirley Temple movies from time to time when they show on FXM or TCM. I find Shirley to be kind of hilarious. There's always some eye-popping insanity when Shirley is running around, not to mention musical numbers that are charming and often weird.
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Post by Jesse on Mar 9, 2015 6:53:11 GMT -5
Invisible Agent (1942)  I caught this on Svengoolie this weekend and enjoyed it. It ties into the Claude Rains' film and features Peter Lorre. I thought it was surprisingly good for a WW2 propaganda piece.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 10:11:59 GMT -5
Invisible Agent (1942) I caught this on Svengoolie this weekend and enjoyed it. It ties into the Claude Rains' film and features Peter Lorre. I thought it was surprisingly good for a WW2 propaganda piece. I watched that too with great curiosity and I was very impressed by that and I do enjoy the performances of Ilona Massey, Jon Hall, Peter Lorre, Cedric Hardwicke. Here's the trailer of the movie below. Trailer of Invisible Agent - 1942 Movie. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 9, 2015 11:05:53 GMT -5
 Watched The Man Who Would be King over the weekend. I hadn't seen it in probably 20 years and it was the first time my youngest son had watched it. He enjoyed it quite a bit and it really is one of the better adventure films I've seen. The impetus for the watch was having read Flashman and the Mountain of Light which ties into the film/novel in a Wold-Newtony sort of way. Definitely recommended. |
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Post by Jesse on Mar 10, 2015 22:37:02 GMT -5
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Post by Rob Allen on Mar 11, 2015 13:42:26 GMT -5
TCM has a bunch of movies tonight from a series I'd never heard of before - the Maisie films, starring Ann Sothern. They're showing the entire series, 10 films, in the order they were made. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maisie |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 13, 2015 15:56:58 GMT -5
So last night I began to watch 1964's Zulu and during the opening credits I see- And Introducing Michael Caine.
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