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by Detective Jim McLeod
23 minutes ago
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: I Just Watched...
Replies: 3332
Views: 175387

Re: I Just Watched...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e7/Romeo_juliet_movieposter.jpg Romeo And Juliet (1936) TCM On Demand-6/10 The Hollywood version of Shakespeare's star crossed lovers. First time viewing for me, I avoided it because the 1968 version is my favorite Shakespeare on film. It was disappointin...
by Detective Jim McLeod
31 minutes ago
Forum: Talk About Modern Films
Topic: Quentin Tarantino Sets Filming for 10th and Final Film For This Fall
Replies: 8
Views: 1196

Re: Quentin Tarantino Sets Filming for 10th and Final Film For This Fall

Tarantino has now cancelled plans for making The Critc as his final film, too bad, I was looking forward to it.

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by Detective Jim McLeod
Yesterday, 7:42 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: I Just Watched...
Replies: 3332
Views: 175387

Re: I Just Watched...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/29/Henry_V_%E2%80%93_1944_UK_film_poster.jpg Henry V (1944) TCM 6/10 Henry, King of England, (Laurence Olivier) leads his troops against France. An interesting version of Shakespeare's play, Olivier also directed. I may need another watch to fully appreci...
by Detective Jim McLeod
April 23rd, 2024, 5:31 pm
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Ranking Only the Best (and the Very Worst) of a Movie Year Project
Replies: 175
Views: 7022

Re: Ranking Only the Best (and the Very Worst) of a Movie Year Project

2021 films seen-16

The Best

Drive My Car
No Time To Die
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Lost Leonardo
Playground
The Automat


The Worst

The Many Saints Of Newark
by Detective Jim McLeod
April 23rd, 2024, 2:04 pm
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Ranking Only the Best (and the Very Worst) of a Movie Year Project
Replies: 175
Views: 7022

Re: Ranking Only the Best (and the Very Worst) of a Movie Year Project

2016 films seen-23

The Best

LaLa Land
Deadpool
Nocturnal Animals
Moonlight
Fences
Toni Erdmann
Maudie
Christine


The Worst

Hail Ceasar
Wiener Dog
by Detective Jim McLeod
April 23rd, 2024, 9:02 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Ranking Only the Best (and the Very Worst) of a Movie Year Project
Replies: 175
Views: 7022

Re: Ranking Only the Best (and the Very Worst) of a Movie Year Project

2005 films seen-62 The Best The Chronicles Of Narnia The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe The Exorcism Of Emily Rose Broken Flowers A History Of Violence Green Street Hooligans Capote Lady Vengeance The Skeleton Key Thank You For Smoking Pierrepoint The Last Hangman Thumbsucker New York Doll [/ b] Th...
by Detective Jim McLeod
April 23rd, 2024, 8:49 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Ten Performances by . . .
Replies: 43
Views: 1658

Re: Ten Performances by . . .

by actors nominated for Best Actor and should have won- 1. James Cagney in Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) 2. Henry Fonda in The Grapes Of Wrath (1940) 3. Kirk Douglas in Champion (1949) 4. Montgomery Clift in From Here To Eternity (1953) 5. Richard Burton in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf (1966) 6. ...
by Detective Jim McLeod
April 22nd, 2024, 11:46 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Ten Performances by . . .
Replies: 43
Views: 1658

Re: Ten Performances by . . .

Favorite Best Actor Winners 1. Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend (1945) 2, Gary Cooper in High Noon (1952) 3. Marlon Brando in On The Waterfront (1954) 4. Ernest Borgnine in Marty (1955) 5, Gregory Peck in To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) 6. George C Scott in Patton (1970) 7. Gene Hackman in The French Co...
by Detective Jim McLeod
April 22nd, 2024, 11:18 am
Forum: Noir Alley
Topic: Noir Alley
Replies: 1226
Views: 84733

Re: Noir Alley

Just saw Born To Kill (1947) for the second time. One of the darkest and most depraved of the 1940s noirs. Laurence Tierney plays one of the most menacing thugs in film history. He apparently was like that in real life. Just from the way he looked, he didn't appear to have an upper lip so even when...
by Detective Jim McLeod
April 21st, 2024, 11:59 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Ranking Only the Best (and the Very Worst) of a Movie Year Project
Replies: 175
Views: 7022

Re: Ranking Only the Best (and the Very Worst) of a Movie Year Project

1971 films seen- 36, a great year, we seem to have disagreements on the best and worst. The Best Dirty Harry A Clockwork Orange The French Connection Straw Dogs Melody Bless The Beasts & Children Summer Of 42 Diamonds Are Forever Death In Venice Hannie Caulder Born To Win The Worst The Zodiac Ki...
by Detective Jim McLeod
April 21st, 2024, 11:48 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Ten Performances by . . .
Replies: 43
Views: 1658

Re: Ten Performances by . . .

Elisha Cook Jr.

1. Pigskin Parade (1936)
2. Stranger On The Third Floor (1940)
3. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
4, I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
5. Born To Kill (1947)
6. Shane (1953)
7. The Killing (1956)
8. House On Haunted Hill (1959)
9. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
10, Blacula (1972)
by Detective Jim McLeod
April 21st, 2024, 11:03 am
Forum: Noir Alley
Topic: Noir Alley
Replies: 1226
Views: 84733

Re: Noir Alley

Just saw Born To Kill (1947) for the second time. One of the darkest and most depraved of the 1940s noirs. Laurence Tierney plays one of the most menacing thugs in film history. He apparently was like that in real life. Just from the way he looked, he didn't appear to have an upper lip so even when ...
by Detective Jim McLeod
April 21st, 2024, 8:40 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Someone's having a birthday!
Replies: 1535
Views: 439521

Re: Someone's having a birthday!

Happy birthday jlunatic!

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by Detective Jim McLeod
April 20th, 2024, 7:26 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: I Just Watched...
Replies: 3332
Views: 175387

Re: I Just Watched...

jimimac71 wrote: April 19th, 2024, 7:22 pm Some of us guys love it when the ladies wear leather.
You know, "that new truck smell."
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by Detective Jim McLeod
April 20th, 2024, 7:15 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Ranking Only the Best (and the Very Worst) of a Movie Year Project
Replies: 175
Views: 7022

Re: Ranking Only the Best (and the Very Worst) of a Movie Year Project

1963 films seen-40

The Best

From Russia With Love
High And Low
Love With The Proper Stranger
Charade
Bye Bye Birdie
The Servant
The Raven
X The Man With The Xray Eyes
This Sporting Life
The Guest

The Worst

Strike Me Deadly