Films, TV shows, and books of the 'modern' era
First Scot to win ladies golfing major
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by
stuart.uk »
August 2nd, 2009, 12:17 pm
Just a few weeks after 59-yr-old Tom Watson had and missed a putt to win The British Open, 40-yr-old Scot's girl Catriona Matthew has won the ladies...
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Last post by klondike
August 2nd, 2009, 3:12 pm
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July 22nd, 2009, 11:45 am
Forty Years Ago Today
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by
Lzcutter »
July 20th, 2009, 3:35 am
But the world all stopped to watch it, yeah, on that July afternoon,
They watched a man named Armstrong walk upon the moon John Stewart, Armstrong...
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Last post by JackFavell
July 20th, 2009, 7:55 pm
Walter Cronkite has died
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Lzcutter »
July 17th, 2009, 11:29 pm
I know this probably should go in the Gone With and Without Fanfare thread but his passing caught me off-guard though I knew he had been sick for...
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Last post by moira finnie
July 19th, 2009, 11:30 am
No, Really, It Exists, I Swear!
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by klondike » December 4th, 2007, 8:39 pm
OK, if I was still waltzin' my matilda 'round over at the TCM site, any more, I'd run this over the dateline wire on their FYI forum -
But, as...
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Last post by TalkieTime
July 6th, 2009, 7:31 pm
Robert Osborne
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by
mrsl »
July 1st, 2009, 9:44 pm
As you know, TCM has been showing loads and loads of movies I've already seen up to 4 and 5 times lately, so I haven't been watching it very often. I...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
July 3rd, 2009, 7:35 am
Movie Posters??
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by
myrnaloyisdope »
June 14th, 2009, 1:57 am
Hey all, I've recently moved across the country into the first place of my own, and would like to decorate my humble abode with some movie posters....
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Last post by ChiO
June 23rd, 2009, 7:24 pm
The Ghosts of Flatbush
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by
Lzcutter »
June 23rd, 2009, 1:33 am
I'm hardly what anyone would call a sports fan (and luckily for me, neither is Mr. C!). But I do love documentaries about history, especially New...
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Last post by jdb1
June 23rd, 2009, 11:17 am
The "New" Television
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by jdb1 » June 12th, 2009, 4:13 pm
So ---
June 12th is here and government-mandated digital television is finally upon us. So far, I don't see all that much difference, except for the...
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Last post by jdb1
June 16th, 2009, 8:26 am
John Thaw arrests Lesley Ann Down
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by
stuart.uk »
June 11th, 2009, 11:06 am
I just thought I'd post this link. It's John Thaw in is other great tv creation other than Morse. He's Inspector Jack Regan from The Sweeney,...
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Last post by ChiO
June 15th, 2009, 5:54 pm
It's the Ashes again
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stuart.uk »
June 12th, 2009, 12:12 pm
It's a great summer of sport coming up this yr in the UK. Wimbledon is just round the corner, followed by the British Open Golf Championship at...
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Last post by stuart.uk
June 12th, 2009, 12:14 pm
Us vs Them films
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Ollie »
June 3rd, 2009, 10:42 am
In the TCM Great Directors' thread, i started wondering if the history of Chile vs. Argentina has been film fodder. Sort of like SEVEN DAYS IN MAY or...
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Last post by Ollie
June 6th, 2009, 6:08 am
Old Time Radio on Archive.ORG
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by
Ollie »
May 19th, 2009, 8:47 pm
Along with the recent YOUTUBE revelations, I was looking up rocky fortune (Frank Sinatra's old radio show from the early '50s) and I discovered that...
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Last post by srowley75
May 22nd, 2009, 9:37 am
The Persuaders
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stuart.uk »
May 11th, 2009, 12:18 pm
The Persuaders though a failure in America, was a world wide hit everywhere else. It was accepted by most that Roger Moore got the part of James Bond...
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Last post by JackFavell
May 18th, 2009, 4:06 pm
My Typical Sort of Timing
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by
mrsl »
April 22nd, 2009, 9:35 pm
Yesterday I had U-Verse installed to save a little money by combining my phone, TV, and internet all together under AT&T. Today, early in the a.m. I...
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Last post by Ollie
May 3rd, 2009, 6:38 pm
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Last post by knitwit45
May 2nd, 2009, 5:41 pm
Edward Woodward, his pre Equalizer role
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stuart.uk »
April 28th, 2009, 10:16 am
The reason Edward Woodard was offered the role of Robert McColl in The Equalizer was Callan. one could say David Callan was McColl as a young man....
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Last post by klondike
April 28th, 2009, 10:45 am
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Last post by stuart.uk
April 28th, 2009, 12:24 am
What Was the Best 30-Minute Western?
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by
cinemalover »
January 10th, 2008, 2:52 pm
It is no secret that I am an unabashed western fan, whether the big or small screen. Growing up in the 60's I missed the heyday of television...
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Last post by movieman1957
April 27th, 2009, 11:07 pm
Possibly Gordon Jackson's best role
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stuart.uk »
April 27th, 2009, 12:41 pm
I found this link from The Professionals. It has a few scenes which I hope that show just how Imense Gordon Jackson was in the role of CI5 boss...
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Last post by stuart.uk
April 27th, 2009, 1:55 pm
When Television Was Great
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by
Metry_Road »
April 27th, 2009, 7:38 am
‘Thunderbirds Are Go’ (1968)
Thursday morning 2:00 am. TCM. An unusual movie at an even more unusual time-slot, as this movie is aimed squarely at...
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Last post by jdb1
April 27th, 2009, 12:42 pm
Icons Radio, Anyone?
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moira finnie »
April 26th, 2009, 3:18 pm
As I am puttering around this Sunday listening to Catherine Wyler , the daughter of director William Wyler talk about the career of her father, it...
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Last post by moira finnie
April 26th, 2009, 7:15 pm
Dallas vs. Dynasty
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by
srowley75 »
February 9th, 2009, 9:39 am
Being only elementary school age during the 1980s, I wasn't allowed the opportunity to enjoy the two supreme 1980s television guilty pleasures,...
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Last post by Garbomaniac
April 26th, 2009, 3:19 pm
PBS Shows Going Online
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by
moira finnie »
April 22nd, 2009, 10:16 am
The Public Broadcasting Corporation has announced that they will be allowing access to hundreds of hours of their programming online, including such...
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Last post by Ollie
April 23rd, 2009, 7:05 am
Can Rory rival Tiger Woods
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stuart.uk »
April 13th, 2009, 7:03 am
I wonder what American golf fans have made of the 19-yr-old Irish wonder kid Rory Mcllroy. Rory finished the Masters -1 and though a few shots behind...
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Last post by Hollis
April 16th, 2009, 7:46 am
UK public vote top 50 cop shows
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by
stuart.uk »
April 13th, 2009, 6:03 am
Yesterday ITV3 did a public vote on what they consider to be the best cop shows. In a past show Morse won the day, but if I remember on this...
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Last post by markfp
April 13th, 2009, 7:55 pm
Farewell ER
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by
mrsl »
April 3rd, 2009, 12:42 am
Leno keeps joking how Channel 5 has the lowest ratings. No wonder when they keep canceling their best shows. They had a #1 with The West Wing , so...
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Last post by markfp
April 3rd, 2009, 11:23 pm
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Last post by jdb1
March 31st, 2009, 2:05 pm
ENOUGH!!!
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by
mrsl »
August 29th, 2008, 11:33 pm
Enough!
If you didn't sit up and take notice at the vehement pronouncement of that word, as you watched Barrack Obama's acceptance speech on...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
March 25th, 2009, 2:06 pm
March Madness, anyone?
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moira finnie »
March 22nd, 2009, 11:28 am
If you are a fan of the NCAA you already know what I'm talking about, if not, you probably know or possibly love someone whose whole existence is...
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Last post by movieman1957
March 25th, 2009, 8:53 am
Nettle's retiring from Midsomer Murders
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stuart.uk »
March 1st, 2009, 1:05 pm
The Bad news for all you Midsomer Murder viewers in the U.S is John Nettles has retired from the role. The good news is that there is enough episodes...
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Last post by movieman1957
March 1st, 2009, 1:23 pm
Robert Osborne on JEOPARDY!
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by
Jezebel38 »
February 18th, 2009, 1:42 am
OK, so am I the only Jeopardy freak on this board? They seem to be including classic film catagories more often on the show, and I even recall one...
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Last post by jdb1
February 19th, 2009, 4:22 pm
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
February 16th, 2009, 4:13 pm
Critical reminder: Tonight, on USA!
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by klondike » February 10th, 2009, 3:50 pm
Folks, I know that the economy's tanking (and with my business, my house & my income getting dragged nearer the ax every day, few folks know it...
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Last post by klondike
February 11th, 2009, 11:09 am
A Propos of Nothing
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by jdb1 » November 2nd, 2007, 12:26 pm
Here's a question:
Has anyone else noticed that all of a sudden, everyone on TV is pronouncing the word often as off-ten? When did this start? I...
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Last post by Hollis
February 7th, 2009, 11:34 pm
Torvil And Dean, back on the ice
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by
stuart.uk »
February 1st, 2009, 2:11 pm
Torvill And Dean, who to be fair won't have been known in America, after they retired from competing in global winter games two decades ago, but as...
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Last post by stuart.uk
February 2nd, 2009, 5:54 pm
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Last post by Hollis
February 2nd, 2009, 5:22 pm
The Avenger Girls
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by
stuart.uk »
November 5th, 2008, 12:26 pm
Here's a tribute a group of girls from the hit series The Avengers
Ingrid Hafner, who played Carol Wilson. Back in the first series Carol was Dr....
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Last post by stuart.uk
January 31st, 2009, 11:25 am
Beauty & Brains Co-Exist: Don't Mess with Jess!
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by klondike » January 28th, 2009, 4:00 pm
Alba schools Fox’s O’Reilly in WW II history
Courtney Hazlett
The Scoop
Jessica Alba is setting the record straight: Sweden was neutral...
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Last post by Vecchiolarry
January 29th, 2009, 8:01 pm
Ulysses.
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by
bryce »
January 27th, 2009, 12:16 pm
James Joyce has been staring me in the face for the past two months. The concept intrigues me but the execution does even more-so. Its history, the...
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Last post by jdb1
January 29th, 2009, 9:25 am
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Last post by klondike
January 28th, 2009, 4:18 pm
The World Loses Another Artist
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by
MissGoddess »
January 16th, 2009, 9:51 am
I'm not sure if there is much interest
here in the painter Andrew Wyeth, but he was the
first artist whose work I went to see in an exhibition and...
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Last post by moira finnie
January 19th, 2009, 11:49 am
John Mortimer: One more passing...
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moira finnie »
January 16th, 2009, 12:47 pm
John Mortimer , the barrister who was also the creator of Rumpole of the Bailey , giving Australian actor Leo McKern the role of his life, has died....
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Last post by stuart.uk
January 17th, 2009, 9:45 am
Gil Grissom says Good-bye to CSI
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by
Lzcutter »
January 16th, 2009, 1:52 am
It goes without saying that it is one of my favorite shows even though most of it is not shot in Las Vegas and many of the actors can't pronounce...
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Last post by mrsl
January 16th, 2009, 4:32 pm
Saintly Women
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by
stuart.uk »
November 19th, 2008, 1:30 pm
I was thinking about many of the leading women in The Saint. When I watch it now I discover some of the ladies, who were big stars then, are now more...
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Last post by stuart.uk
January 16th, 2009, 7:24 am
The Golden Globes
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by
mrsl »
January 12th, 2009, 1:24 am
I know most of you have no use for these award shows, and Oscar is the only one I really watch faithfully, but since there was nothing else on, I...
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Last post by klondike
January 15th, 2009, 11:51 am
PBS Documentary "Cinema's Exiles"
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by
MikeBSG »
January 4th, 2009, 2:46 pm
On New Year's Day, I watched a very good documentary on PBS called Cinema's Exiles, about mostly Jewish filmmakers who fled Germany after Hitler came...
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Last post by MikeBSG
January 14th, 2009, 8:53 am
Peter Bogdanovich's "Sacred Monsters"
by
Lzcutter »
January 11th, 2009, 2:03 pm
Mr Cutter and I last night traveled to Westwood and the Billy Wilder theater to see Peter Bogdanovich's one-man show, Sacred Monsters .
For those...
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Last post by Lzcutter
January 11th, 2009, 2:03 pm
Damages
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by
mrsl »
July 21st, 2007, 12:02 pm
I caught Glenn Close on Leno last night and learned she is starring in a TV serial on the FX station on Tuesday nights, at 10:00, (probably 9:00...
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Last post by mrsl
January 8th, 2009, 12:38 am
I LOVE LUCY, LOVERS
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by
mrsl »
December 28th, 2008, 12:02 pm
Just a note to let everyone know, Hallmark Channel is having an I Love Lucy marathon on Friday, January 2, 2009. You might want to set your recorders...
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Last post by markfp
December 28th, 2008, 9:08 pm
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