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Post by phantomparticle on May 29, 2023 3:12:17 GMT
Warm and engaging, if a bit overlong. Avoids the usual cloying sentimentality in these types of movies (To Sir with Love). Superbly acted by Richard Dreyfuss and (the always welcome) Glenne Headly.
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Post by politicidal1 on May 29, 2023 13:37:11 GMT
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on May 29, 2023 22:36:24 GMT
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Post by politicidal1 on May 29, 2023 23:47:19 GMT
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Post by Teleadm on May 30, 2023 5:47:17 GMT
The Scarlet Claw 1944 directed by Roy William Neill. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr Watson chases a ghost who commits gruesome murders in a small Quebec village. Since Holmes don't believe in ghosts it has to be someone else..., I don't want to reveal too much. One of the better, or maybe the best, of the Universal Sherlock Holmes movies. It has an eerie feeling and the mist machines goes on high pressure creating a spooky atmosphere, reminiscent of old horror movies, in the Quebec marshes or swamps.
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Post by jeffersoncody on May 30, 2023 20:54:07 GMT
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Post by Teleadm on May 31, 2023 5:45:43 GMT
Melvin and Howard 1980 directed by Jonathan Demme. This movie won two Oscars, one for Best Supporting Actress Mary Steenburgen and one for Best Screenplay Bo Goldman. As-if or fantasy story of hard-luck Melvin E. Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him (among others) an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes. As portrayed here Dummar was a looser who can't keep a job, who's wife leaves him twice, they married twice too, who one day finds a man laying hurt in the desert not knowing who he was, helps him and drives him to Vegas and not thinking more about that incident until Hughes dies. Some has written that they find Dummar lovable and funny in this movie, I thought he was enervating with all his schemes, a kind of person you wouldn't love to know. Once they come into a little money thanks to his wife participating in a The Price is Right-like TV-Show and they can live a little more decent he destroys it all by buying a fancy car and a boat. Not a bad movie that have a sort of 70's feeling over it.
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Post by LeBeauSerge on May 31, 2023 10:34:55 GMT
Decision to Leave (2022)
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Post by Teleadm on Jun 1, 2023 5:19:41 GMT
Lea Massari and Mel Ferrer Forbidden aka Proibito 1954/1955 Italian movie directed by Mario Monicelli. Don Paolo (Mel Ferrer), a young parson troubled by his love for Agnese (Lea Massari), tries to make peace in a little village in Sardinia where two families are at war. Dan Paolo grew up in the little village and were a childhood friend with Agnese. The village has been without a priest for over 8 years since nobody can solve the family feud without escalating it. The only voice of reason is the local police chief who has managed to stay out of the conflict, difficult since the families keeps murdering each others. Don Paolo tries to walk a tightrope between the families and manages to work out a peace agreement, but it's paper thin... Interesting movie made in beautiful Technicolor on Sardinia locations, a bit difficult to follow at times. Director Monicelli was a good craftsman something he shows in many scenes. A bit odd to see Mel Ferrer involved in a movie like this.
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Post by politicidal1 on Jun 2, 2023 0:04:37 GMT
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Post by Teleadm on Jun 2, 2023 5:24:41 GMT
Blowing Wild 1953 directed by Hugo Fregonese. Ruined friends Jeff Dawson (Gary Coooper) and Dutch Peterson (Ward Bond) are stuck in a small South American city after bandits blow to pieces their only oil well. As they wonder around they run into wealthy Paco Conway (Anthony Quinn) a former close friend of Dawson who is in the oil business and hires him to give him a hand. Dawson takes the job just to raise the money that will bring him and Dutch back to the United States. Paco's wife Marina Conway (Barbara Stanwyck) has had something with Dawson in the past and she seems willing to revive it at any cost. Filled with action, passion and marauding bandits. A pretty standard yarn heightened by the actors plus some good action scenes. Great score by Dimitri Tiomkin, Frankie Laine sings the title song "Ballad of Black Gold" that re-appears occasionally during the movie. Stars having fun lassoing during a break.
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Post by tommyrockarolla on Jun 2, 2023 12:37:20 GMT
Just watched Malicks “A Hidden Life” for a second time, got far more out of it than I did initially. There’s an over riding theme of ‘what it takes to be a true Christian’, but it can also be viewed as having an unshakable moral compass. George Eliot’s quote titled the film:
Here’s the trailer for the film.
I know his films can be difficult, tedious, and for many? Boring. But if one likes to be challenged by unusual cinema, and thought provocation? They can be rewarding. This one has a far easier narrative than most of his more recent films. For what it’s worth, there are a few of his films I find pretentious and not worth the time. This one, however, resonates. A true story, filmed on many locations the events happened at.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jun 2, 2023 23:16:50 GMT
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Post by politicidal1 on Jun 3, 2023 0:21:09 GMT
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Post by politicidal1 on Jun 4, 2023 22:26:20 GMT
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