A couple of the replies to my original question seemed almost antagonistic in their tone, like I was challenging them to find a valid reason. Let me assure you I wasn't! Hey Hollis, Sorry if I came across that way. I reread my response and I could see how you might read what I penned as somewhat an...

What reason would you give for watching the same movie repeatedly? I can name three: 1. Script. A good script can do wonders for a movie, especially a bright comedy script that keeps the one-liners flying, or a tightly-written drama with thoughtful dialogue. Some great scripts: *Bringing Up Baby *D...

I have many guilty pleasures courtesy of American International Pictures too. We need to start a Grindhouse/Drive In department in the Films section. Most of the movies I've seen lately have been of this variety, and I'd enjoy exchanging titles and reviews with people. I recently saw AIP's Unholy R...

Another choice that would've been unique (and one tailor-made toward the Underground set) would've been Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Momma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad . Speaking for myself, however, I've seen enough of it to know that it's a turkey - not easy to admit as I love both Roz and...

What I'm looking for is perfomances that show acting, singing and if possible dancing. Heavens. Well, here are the ones that spring to my mind: *Judy Garland in A Star is Born or Meet Me in St. Louis *Fred Astaire in Top Hat *Irene Dunne in The Awful Truth *Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Re...

I really wish TCM would've canned either the appropriately titled No Time for Comedy or Gypsy and instead opted for Rosie !, which hasn't aired on TV since the network formerly known as The Family Channel stopped scheduling classic Universal and Paramount comedies on Sunday afternoons (yes, I'm old ...

Rowley, old chum, you really bowled my over with this inclusion on your list! I mean, with The Gang's All Here , you've got an opening performance featuring the incomparable Carmen singing " Brazil " (back when it was still a fairly new show-stopper), then we have Eugene Pallette surfing ...

The two best Fenech films are The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh and Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key , and I believe both are currently on DVD. For Bouchet, it's Amuck , The Red Queen Kills Seven Times and the previously mentioned Don't Torture a Duckling . Another beauty is the gorge...

I wish we could list films from the 1970s and beyond. IMO, the golden age of rotten studio films was from the 1960s to the early 1980s. So many plump, juicy turkeys: those wonderful Irwin Allen productions...the Ross Hunter-produced "women's pictures"...the string of big-budget musical flo...

Some other acting winners that I believe to be the "Worst Oscar Choices" that I don't believe have been mentioned as yet: *1928-29: Mary Pickford in Coquette over Marion Davies in Show People or Lillian Gish in The Wind . *1932-33: Katherine Hepburn in Morning Glory over Miriam Hopkins in ...

If 1970s Giallo Scream Queens count, I'd add Edwige Fenech (The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh) and Barbara Bouchet (Don't Torture a Duckling).

-Stephen

I hope I understand this OK, Moira. If not, you can publicly take me to task. Here are several of my favorite bad films: * Valley of the Dolls (1967) - Kinda goes without saying. The colors, oh God, the colors. The costumes, the meltdowns, the incomprehensible songs, the wacko montages...I'd be surp...

In a nutshell, here are my opinions on the issues raised (sorry for the brevity, but I'm at work): *1939 - I don't consider Donat's Oscar a robbery, though Stewart could've won and I wouldn't have been complaining either. Gable as much as admitted he didn't put much effort into his performance as Rh...

Mike, I would have replaced Cinderella with Sleeping Beauty for their fabulous use of design and color. Sleeping Beauty should indeed have made this list. Artistically, it excels beyond the lower tier titles. Would Yellow Submarine have qualified (was it UK or US)? If so, I would've considered subs...

Oh, goody, another safe "greatest hits" list.... Cat Ballou , really?... Blazing Saddles is the best comedic Western ever made and nary a mention! Tragic. For the simple reason that Cat Ballou was selected to represent a western comedy instead of Blazing Saddles , I tend to view this list...