THANK you KINGRAT and CINEMAINTERNATIONAL for your 1978 RUNDOWNS . Really though, in the years 1927-1999 , I would say there are obviously some INCREDIBLE YEARS like 1939 AND 40 AND 1962, some amazingly innovative years like 1971 or 1968 and some years with no great but lots of good films (1995 or ...

1.Alma is Spanish for “soul.” 2. I want for”Duane” to crack the MOST POPULAR BABY NAMES TOP TEN so bad. I'm also cheering for "Duane" or "Dwayne." As you know, in the South this can be pronounced "DEE-wayne," no matter how it's spelled. He probably has a brother Darius...

I was pleasantly surprised the first version of Show Boat made it, it is so much better than the 1951 version. Agree strongly even though I liked seeing it in color. -------- Personally, I'd yank The Wizard of Oz (1939), Cabaret (1972), Mary Poppins (1964), and definitely Moulin Rouge (2001). I kno...

Why are there no British musicals? Because I can think of several. LostHorizons explained the reason. RE: My comment that THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT should have been on the list. THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT should be on the list Afi stands for American film institute. Young Girls of Rochefort is...

Dabney Coleman, such a good actor and funny guy. I've always enjoyed his performances so much. His bad guy performances are the ones I've enjoyed best. 9 to 5, Tootsie, tv show Buffalo Bill, etc. Great career. Thanks for all the many hours of great entertainment. RIP Dabney Coleman The sweetie and ...

kingrat wrote: ↑May 17th, 2024, 7:02 pm Yes, Alma is back as a Spanish name, pronounced "Ahlma." The name from the past was "you can call me Al-ma."

"I am not Emily Kimberly, the daughter of Duane and Alma Kimberly . . ."

The first time I watched the trailer I missed this glimpse of the young Elphaba:

txfilmfan wrote: ↑May 17th, 2024, 6:36 pm I'd pick Chicago over Moulin Rouge.

Both are on the list.

Yes, the stage play is being split into two movies, (with Part 2 scheduled to be released around Christmas 2025. The first movie, scheduled for release around Thanksgiving 2024, will end with the show's most famous song "Defying Gravity." Per director John M. Chu: As we prepared the produc...

Intro to OLIVER! -- Bill Sikes is described as "cantankerous" Oh how amusingly "hip" and "clever"! But I am calm, I am cool, I am breathing slowly in and out, lol. Bronxgirl, I can no longer think of OLIVER! without also recalling your seeing an unfriendly Ron Moody in...

All in all, this is the best list from AFT I've ever seen. Sure, it's not mine, but it's not heavily weighted toward recent films, and it includes some essential films. I also was surprised that there were less than a handful of post-studio-era films on this list. While musical is my least favorite...

ALSO JUST THROWING THIS OUT THERE, BUT I was born in 1978 and- I don't know if it's a coincidence or not- but I have not seen HARDLY ANY FILMS FROM THAT YEAR- and the ones I have seen (JAWS 2, GREASE- numerous times and not by choice, SUPERMAN and HALLOWEEN) are almost outliers. i don't think there...

Jeanette Basinger, for one, has discussed how difficult it is for actresses in their later careers to play ordinary women. Instead, they play Exaggerated Women. She notes that even Ginger Rogers and Lana Turner, less exaggerated than, say, the later Bette Davis performances, tend to be cast as actr...

A Music Box Godzilla marathon? I'd fly into The Windy City just for that! Of course, MOMMIE DEAREST ("Don't f*ck with me, fellas! This isn't my first rodeo!") and THE BIRDCAGE ("Fosse! Fosse! Fosse!") aren't exactly chopped liver... I'd love to see THE BIRDCAGE on the "big ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwsaVHiiFQ8 Thanks for posting this one. I always like this song whenever I hear, but I never knew the title was "Don't Dream It's Over." I also didn't know the name of the singer/band who performed it. What stuck in my memory was the recurring "Hey no...