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by Andree » March 21st, 2023, 9:05 pm » in Off Topic » General Chat
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What actor/actress comes to mind?

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by ziggy6708a » December 5th, 2022, 5:49 pm » in Film-Related » Games and Trivia

when you think of snarky sarcasm ??
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Uncoupled

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by Swithin » Yesterday, 9:35 am » in The Films » LGBTQ Film

Kingrat kicked off a discussion of Neil Patrick Harris's miniseries Uncoupled, which was on Netflix. In that thread, we got caught up in a wider...

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In my own little world

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by Masha » December 29th, 2022, 8:12 am » in Off Topic » General Chat

I have a code in my nothe.

That is not quite true. I have a code ... er ... a cold but there is no nasal congestion and so my nothe ... nose is one...
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by ElCid » December 2nd, 2022, 2:10 pm » in TCM » Noir Alley

Feature for Dec. 3 & 4 is Decoy. Not sure if I have seen it before or not, but will watch it.

OK, to clarify I changed title of this one to simply...
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Gay and Streaming

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by kingrat » November 18th, 2023, 1:01 am » in Off Topic » General TV and Media

For those who are interested in gay-themed programing on TV, I thought it might be useful to start a thread specifically for that, rather than...
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Ridley Scott's "Napoleon" (2023)

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by Nellie LaRoy » October 28th, 2023, 6:22 pm » in The Films » Dramas

I have seen the trailers, but otherwise don't know an awful lot about Ridley Scott's new passion project, Napoleon, which stars Joaquin Phoenix in...
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Double feature: "Ivy" and "Moss Rose" (1947)

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by Nellie LaRoy » November 27th, 2023, 2:15 pm » in The Films » Film Noir and Crime

I found this to be a throughly enjoyable double feature of crime/noir films set in England, both of which happened to be released in 1947; caught...

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I Just Watched...

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by speedracer5 » December 4th, 2022, 3:27 pm » in TCM » Movies and Features on TCM

I'm resurrecting my very popular I Just Watched... thread from the old TCM site. Despite being under the Movies and Features on TCM section of this...
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MUSINGS, PONDERINGS, RUMINATIONS AND FANCIES

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by Bronxgirl48 » January 23rd, 2023, 11:45 am » in The Films » The People of Film

Bing Crosby's left arm still leaves me puzzled.

I am pondering where Vivian Leigh looked her loveliest. For me, it is a choice between THAT HAMILTON...
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NOW PLAYING (100 YEARS AGO)

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by scsu1975 » January 1st, 2023, 11:14 am » in The Films » Silents & PreCodes

Let’s take a look back at the films playing at the Poli Theatre in Bridgeport, CT, one hundred years ago. This is a continuation of the thread I...
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Jason Isaacs plays Cary Grant in "Archie"

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by Nellie LaRoy » November 23rd, 2023, 12:03 pm » in The Films » Talk About Modern Films

A new Cary Grant biopic is dropping soon in both the US and the UK.

Grant is being played by Jason Isaacs, perhaps better known for his work as...

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Your Favorite Performances from 1930 to the present

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by skimpole » January 9th, 2023, 5:13 am » in The Films » The People of Film

I am trying to revive, obviously only fitfully, one of the old TCM forum threads about people's choices for acting performances. After we started...
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SPOILERS!

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by HoldenIsHere » December 7th, 2022, 9:48 pm » in Film-Related » Games and Trivia

The idea of this game is for one board member to post a short sentence that reveals the ending or other important plot development from a movie....
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Bicycle Thieves

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by GaryCooper » November 24th, 2023, 7:43 am » in The Films » Foreign Films

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What are you listening to?

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by bobhopefan1940 » May 1st, 2007, 7:44 pm » in Off Topic » General Chat

Just curious... Are you into new music, old music? Personally, I barely listen to anything that is out on the air waves to day. I like to go back and...
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First Film that comes to mind...

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by ziggy6708a » December 1st, 2022, 7:26 pm » in Film-Related » Games and Trivia

well, we gotta start somewhere.........

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FIRST FILM THAT COMES TO MIND.......

When you think of.......

-Bachelorettes?

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(just...
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"A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon" (1988)

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by Nellie LaRoy » Yesterday, 8:12 pm » in The Films » Comedies

This is a movie that has been mostly forgotten, but in many ways it is fairly typical of the 80s teen-focused romantic comedies, and it is almost sad...

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Memes

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by Masha » November 17th, 2022, 10:48 pm » in Off Topic » General Chat

I wish this to be a thread to innocently provoke quick smiles or thought. Please do not post any political, racist or religious material.
Please do...
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Movie trivia?

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by Guest » April 20th, 2007, 7:36 pm » in Film-Related » Games and Trivia

Guidelines are simple:

I post some bit of trivia and you tell me what movie it came from. Movies may be screen or made-for-tv movies as long as they...
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TCM Premieres....

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by ziggy6708a » December 1st, 2022, 7:54 pm » in TCM » Movies and Features on TCM

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The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)

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by wmcclain » May 17th, 2023, 6:28 am » in The Films » Film Noir and Crime

The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947) , directed by Peter Godfrey.

Humphrey Bogart is a grumpy painter showing signs of lunacy. When he meets Barbara...

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For PEEBS: "The WANTERS"

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by NoShear » November 26th, 2023, 10:54 am » in The Films » Silents & PreCodes

The WANTERS is said to have been released 100 years ago on this day:

Interestingly, Peebs, its star - Marie Prevost - will later die destitute...
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FOR DARGO: THE AFTERGLOW AFFAIR

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by NoShear » November 25th, 2023, 1:31 pm » in Off Topic » General TV and Media

Dargo, I recently ran across the following image of Patricia Crowley, which was culled from The Man From U.N.C.L.E. , and wonder if you could have...

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Least and Most Favorite Movie of the week

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by skimpole » December 4th, 2022, 3:07 am » in TCM » Movies and Features on TCM

I'm reviving a long-time TCM forum thread, the least and most favorite movie of the week. This week I saw five movies. Blonde was certainly the...
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