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Post by mikef6 on Sept 2, 2023 5:22:13 GMT
Any comments/ratings/recommendations/film posters/screen grabs are welcome and very much appreciated! Even though the thread title says “classics” and this is the Classic Film board, that doesn’t matter here. What has everyone seen in the last week, either movies, TV, streaming, or live theater? Please reply to at least one of my weekly choices and I will say something about one (or more) of yours. NOTE: Even though I try to start this thread at 7a.m. my time, for our participants in the U.K, Sweden, and South Africa for example, it is already 1p.m to 2p.m. Thus, I will be starting this thread late in the evening on Friday (MDT) so our friends farther east can find it first thing in the morning. Hope this helps. BTW, this announcement has nothing to do with the subject of this thread but since I am the Host, I can do anything I want! I’m above all petty rules and regulations! That’s why I can use this space to report the birth of a granddaughter on August 29 at St. George’s Hospital, Tooting, London, U.K.  |
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Post by jeffersoncody on Sept 2, 2023 5:55:06 GMT
Any comments/ratings/recommendations/film posters/screen grabs are welcome and very much appreciated! Even though the thread title says “classics” and this is the Classic Film board, that doesn’t matter here. What has everyone seen in the last week, either movies, TV, streaming, or live theater? Please reply to at least one of my weekly choices and I will say something about one (or more) of yours. NOTE: Even though I try to start this thread at 7a.m. my time, for our participants in the U.K, Sweden, and South Africa for example, it is already 1p.m to 2p.m. Thus, I will be starting this thread late in the evening on Friday (MDT) so our friends farther east can find it first thing in the morning. Hope this helps. BTW, this announcement has nothing to do with the subject of this thread but since I am the Host, I can do anything I want! I’m above all petty rules and regulations! That’s why I can use this space to report the birth of a granddaughter on August 29 at St. George’s Hospital, Tooting, London, U.K.
That's beautiful Mike. ![[cheers]](http://storage.proboards.com/6870873/images/aglhVEHQrHaJeFlTZSWP.gif)
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Post by Pike on Sept 2, 2023 8:12:58 GMT
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Post by spiderwort on Sept 2, 2023 12:35:48 GMT
Congratulations on your granddaughter, Mike!! What a joy for you and your family. Now, here are my films for the week. First viewings: Summerland (2022):A moving WWII British drama about grief and lost love. Jessica Swale’s screenplay and direction are beautiful, and she elicits wonderful performances from all the cast, especially Gemma Arterton. Highly recommended, despite what the critics say.  Arsenal (1929):A Ukranian soldier returns home from World War I to participate in the Kiev Arsenal January uprising. It employs powerful poetic and metaphorical imagery to convey its anti-war message, but after a while it becomes a bit repetitive and seems too long. Still, it’s worth a look for fans of director Aleksandr Dovzhenko and those interested in early Soviet cinema. Available on Tubi TV.    80 for Brady (2023):Wonderful actors doing their best with an abysmal script. It was an embarrassingly mediocre film. I watched it only for the cast, all of whom should be making better films, but they can’t, because good scripts for women their age are not getting made. A real waste of talent.  A Night to Remember (1942):A comic murder mystery played for laughs, it’s full of witty banter, smart pacing, and lots of fun. Loretta Young and Brian Ahern are a great team. Strongly recommended.   A Green Journey (aka The Love She Sought) (1990 TV movie): Angela Lansbury and Denhelm Elliot in a poignant love story set in Ireland. Very much worth a look for the cast, the sensitive script, and the excellent direction by Joseph Sargent.  Re-watches: To Have and Have Not (1944):My favorite of the Bogart/Bacall films (and her film debut). A wonderful script based upon a Hemingway story with great direction by Howard Hawks. Highly recommended.  The Unfaithful (1947):An absorbing domestic melodrama involving a suspicious murder, with excellent performances by all the cast -- Lew Ayres, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, and especially Ann Sheridan. Strongly recommended.  |
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Sept 2, 2023 13:50:13 GMT
When a Stranger Calls (2006). The Limehouse Golem (2016).
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Post by mikef6 on Sept 2, 2023 14:41:08 GMT
The Adventurous Blonde / Frank McDonald (1937). Thanks to wmcclain I am now the proud owner of The Complete Torchy Blane boxset. So, My Lovely Wife got to see her first Torchy Blane movie. About 10-mins in she asked, "Aren't they talking awfully fast?" I explained that was a characteristic of the Torchy series and that no one talked faster than Glenda Farrell. Once she got used to it, it was easy to understand. We agreed at the end that they had crammed 90-mins of dialog into 60-mins. In the 3rd (of 9) Torchy movie, several male reporters decide that they kept being scooped because Torchy is engaged to Detective MacBride (Bartin MacLane) and because, well, she is a woman in a man’s game. They cook up a scheme to humiliate Torchy and her paper by staging the fake murder of an aging actor who needs the publicity. They want her to report the story and then the men will appear with the live “murder victim.” However, when the body is discovered, he really has been murdered! A delight. Love Glenda Farrell to pieces.   Suna No Utsuwa (The Castle Of Sand) / Yoshitarô Nomura (1974). Seichō Matsumoto (1909-1992) was a very prolific Japanese novelist, best known for his complex mystery and detective stories. Last year I reviewed the excellent1958 Japanese film of his “Point And Lines,” which I had already read in translation. “The Castle of Sand” starts with a murder case that has only one obscure clue. An unidentified body is found dead beside some railroad tracks. A possible witness says that the dead man had a certain regional accent. From that small bit of information, the two detectives – the usual veteran and a newly promoted rookie – learn of an incident 30 years earlier in a small village where a beggar with leprosy and his young son had passed through. What grew out of that incident resulted in a killing three decades later. The movie is a long one – about the same length as “Oppenheimer” - because of the long flashback at the end that tells the full story of the leper and his son, but the film is really a worthwhile experience. The movie has a message with is spelled out for us at the end. Normally, this is death to a movie, but here, it works and is very moving. Recommended.    Hung Fan Kui (Rumble In The Bronx) / Stanley Tong (1995). This was my first experience of Jackie Chan. Watching it again so many years later, I see that except for Chan, this is a pretty all around bad movie, especially the first half. The acting is quite poor, very over-the-top, mainly the Bad Guys. Jackie has an amiable and likeable on-screen personae, but everyone else is just painful to watch. The second half is almost non-stop action, much of which is so outlandish that the film becomes a comedy and the acting doesn’t matter. This long set-piece is enjoyable enough to make the slow first half worth your time.     Star Trek: Enterprise“Shockwave, Part II” Season 2, Episode 1 (September 18, 2002) “Carbon Creek” Season 2, Episode 2 (September 25, 2002) “Minefield” Season 2, Episode 3 (October 2, 2002) “Dead Stop” Season 2, Episode 4 (October 9, 2002) “A Night In Sickbay” Season 2, Episode 5 (October 16, 2002) “Marauders” Season 2, Episode 6 (October 30, 2002) “The Seventh” Season 2. Episode 7 (November 6, 2002) “The Communicator” Season 2, Episode 8 (November 13, 2002) Midsomer Murders“Ghosts Of Christmas Past” Season 7, Episode 7 (December 25, 2004) Nova“The Planets: Inner Worlds” Season 46, Episode 12 (July 24, 2019)
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Post by Teleadm on Sept 2, 2023 14:48:50 GMT
Congratulations on your new granddaughter! mikef6 and may she live a long life! Here are the movies the Tele have seen lately, from newest to older...  Tenet 2020 directed by Christopher Nolan Action movie with really good special effects. Storywise I really tried to follow all those forwards and backwards and future is yesterday and yesterday is in the future, or something like that, it just didn't work with me. Strangely Nolan's similar "Inception" I actually liked. Not for me even if others thinks it's great.  Destination Wedding 2018 directed by Victor Levin. Feels like a two character play about two odd invited guests for an open-air wedding who somehow connects. Some has called it witty and smart, I call it boring.  How I Live Now 2013 directed by Kevin Macdonald and based on a novel by Meg Rosoff. Imagine England under terrorist attacks and coming under martial law. Young american girl visits relatives in England, when war breaks out. Starts a bit awkward but get's better as it moves forward, but also tougher.  Nankyoku monogatari aka Antarctica 1983 directed Koreyoshi Kurahara and based on real events. 1957 on Japans part of Antarctica, a science team has to leave their post because of ice storms and have to leave the husky dogs behind, only temporarily they thought, but it took time, and years go by... what happened to the dogs left, who were used to getting food, if they break loose will they find food and learn how to kill prey. Out of 13 dogs only two survived. If the story sounds familiar, the main story was remade by Disney as "Eight Below" 2006. In Japan it was the biggest box office success ever until 1997 and "Princess Mononoke". Best movie of the week for me. Found it on a sight about forgotten and underappreciated movies.  Namu, the Killer Whale 1966 directed by Laslo Benedek. Family friendly nature adventure movie that's not from Disney but Ivan Tors, who was a rather big name in man and nature productions mainly for television but occasionally for movies too in the 1950's and 1960's. By chance an oceanographer (Lansing) sees his big chance to study a Killer Whale (also known as Orcas) closely after the whale lost his mate and won't leave a bay. With nets the whale is kept in the bay for closer studies while it mourns it mate. This is met by hostility by fishermen in a village nearby who sees Killer Whales as a threat since they eat up their livelihood. The only one who is not hostile is the local shop owner, who happens to be a woman (Meriwether) who herself lost her husband at sea, and she has a daughter, they both befriend the oceanographer. There will be a climax involving hostile villagers.This is a family movie that want to teach us to be friendly and respectful towards nature and that nature conservation is good. What it forgets to tell us is that because one Killer Whale turns out to be friendly doesn't mean that all Killer Whales are friendly. What this movie has to it's advantage is it's underwater photography and cinematography, and beautiful locations at islands outside Washington State's coastline. Worth watching if you like man and nature movies, but could feel slow for modern kids who needs action every other second.  La ragazza che sapeva troppo aka The Evil Eye aka The Girl Who Knew Too Much 1963 directed by Mario Bava. Italian crime movie with Giallo undertones and some humor. Some call it the first Giallo movie. Relatively interesting. and by the way mikef6, isn't that Elizabeth Taylor on horseback |
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Post by wmcclain on Sept 2, 2023 14:54:48 GMT
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Post by timshelboy on Sept 2, 2023 18:39:30 GMT
80 for Brady (2023):Wonderful actors doing their best with an abysmal script. It was an embarrassingly mediocre film. I watched it only for the cast, all of whom should be making better films, but they can’t, because good scripts for women their age are not getting made. A real waste of talent. With you all the way - agreed cast deserve better. I had same reaction to BOOK CLUB 2 |
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Post by spiderwort on Sept 2, 2023 19:33:53 GMT
"With you all the way - agreed cast deserve better. I had same reaction to BOOK CLUB 2."
I'm with you on BOOK CLUB 2, which I didn't see, because I thought the first BOOK CLUB was just awful!!! |
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Post by timshelboy on Sept 2, 2023 19:39:34 GMT
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I'm with you on BOOK CLUB 2, which I didn't see, because I thought the first BOOK CLUB was just awful!!!
BOOK CLUB 2 was probably better than 1 - travelogue value high, Candice Bergen got the best of it. |
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Post by politicidal1 on Sept 2, 2023 20:49:27 GMT
First Viewings:
Diary of a Madman (1963) 4/10
The Oklahoma Kid (1939) 5/10
The Unfaithful (1947) 6/10
Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958) 4/10
Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963) 6/10
Jake Speed (1986) 3/10
Reunion in France (1942) 6/10
Repeat Viewings:
Arabesque (1966) 7/10
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Post by mikef6 on Sept 2, 2023 21:48:03 GMT
0 and by the way mikef6 , isn't that Elizabeth Taylor on horseback La Liz it is. "National Velvet" |
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Post by Rufus-T on Sept 3, 2023 4:14:23 GMT
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Post by dsbeadle on Sept 3, 2023 4:21:46 GMT
The Enforcer (1951, Bretaigne Windust, Raoul Walsh) This crime film with noir overtones stars Humphrey Bogart as an assistant district attorney trying to bring down an elusive gangster. The film is well paced with a lot of well crafted scenes. It’s not much of a role for Bogie and could’ve been filled by anyone but it’s a good movie despite no deep characters. 6.5-7/10  |
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