CBS has two new hits with Tracker and Elsbeth . I was happy that Melissa Roxburgh, the star of Manifest , is playing Justin Hartley's younger sister, though she won't be a regular on the show. I was even happier that Elsbeth is not PC in its choice of villains. Any celebrity can be a villain. As wit...

There aren't any characters in Agatha Christie's books who are openly referred to as gay or lesbian, although A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED has a couple easily identifiable as lesbian. One of them figures out something about the first murder and is herself killed. In one of the later novels, Raymond West, M...

Agree about Sean (although I haven't seen THE RUSSIA HOUSE or ROBIN AND MARIAN). Agree about Sean getting better with age. Wasn't excited about Robin and Marian , but love Russia House - partly because of the score. Not sure what Sean was thinking with Zardoz (1974).... https://th.bing.com/th/id/OI...

We just watched "The Case of the Wandering Widow" on Perry Mason, featuring Casey Adams/Max Showalter. It is so not a spoiler that his character turns out to be slimy and gets bumped off. Agatha Christie fans will note a resemblance in set-up to ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE, although this episode t...

I guess I'm a little out of step, but my favorite Robert Ryan movie is About Mrs. Leslie (1954) with Shirley Booth, in which he played a married but lonely industrialist who befriended in a mostly platonic way a kindred spirit (Booth) and vacationed with her once a year, the only time he felt he co...

Had Follow Me Quietly been shown before? Some of it seemed awfully familiar. Nicely directed. Dorothy Patrick is like a cross between Dorothy Malone and Rosemary Clooney. Jeff Corey did some scene stealing.

Interesting intro by Eddie about the condition of RKO just before this picture was made.

Speaking of Dracula: the first ten minutes of Kevin Spacey's performance as Hickey in The Iceman Cometh are available on YouTube. This is simply some of the best acting I have ever seen.

A comparison of the 1960 (Sidney Lumet, TV) and 1973 (John Frankenheimer, AFT series of filmed plays for movies) versions of The Iceman Cometh. Both are highly recommended. The 1960, on YouTube, has starts and stops, but this isn't too distracting. I rather prefer the black & white to the 1973 d...

If you are a Thelma Ritter fan, The Model and the Marriage Broker is a must. I think it was shown on TCM once before. Thelma has the leading role, although Jeanne Crain has top billing.

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Having now seen both the 1960 TV version of THE ICEMAN COMETH with Jason Robards and the 1973 AFT version with Lee Marvin, I'm curious if anyone has seen either Kevin Spacey or Nathan Lane as Hickey? It's hard to think of any role that all four of these actors could play. I can imagine Kevin Spacey ...

1994 : Favorites : Quiz Show That's Entertainment III Hoop Dreams Forrest Gump Wild Reeds Muriel's Wedding Four Weddings and a Funeral Guarding Tess (one of my husband's favorites) Also liked : The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Clear and Present Danger The Client Eat Drink Man Woman ...

Though One Is a Lonely Number is no great shakes and hardly a cinematic landmark, it accurately captures the mood and manners of its time. It also has a more honest resolution than the fantasy ending of An Unmarried Woman . I knew several women whose marriages broke up in the 1970s. Most never re-ma...

Mandy Patinkin is hot as Avigdor in YENTL. But he looks so much like one of my uncles that there's no fun in that for me! https://i.imgur.com/0WNDONhl.png https://i.imgur.com/O6F3XIel.png https://i.imgur.com/i64x0nPl.png He sure doesn't look like any of my uncles, so I guess we can make a date and ...