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by jameselliot
April 13th, 2024, 5:01 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What B&W films would you consider visually "beautiful"?
Replies: 64
Views: 6360

Re: What B&W films would you consider visually "beautiful"?

Seconds
Alphaville
8 1/2
Night of the Hunter
The Unknown Man of Shandigor
La Dolce Vida
by jameselliot
March 13th, 2024, 9:29 pm
Forum: Animated Films
Topic: "AI vs. Artists...."
Replies: 1
Views: 108

Re: "AI vs. Artists...."

I consider AI° extremely dangerous. I believe the scientists and corporations are moving too quickly to immerse it into daily life.

°alien intelligence, in my opinion.
by jameselliot
March 13th, 2024, 9:20 pm
Forum: Dramas
Topic: Ridley Scott's "Napoleon" (2023)
Replies: 22
Views: 4850

Re: Ridley Scott's "Napoleon" (2023)

The end of Waterloo had some footage of scavengers robbing the dead. It was difficult to watch. I still feel it was the best of the Napoleon films. Phoenix holds high the mumble mouth torch passed on by Brando, figuratively speaking.
by jameselliot
March 3rd, 2024, 11:02 pm
Forum: Film Noir and Crime
Topic: A Shriek in the Night (1933)
Replies: 6
Views: 2692

Re: A Shriek in the Night (1933)

I enjoy seeing a film that looks like it was just released for the first time. Usually this is when a DVD distributor locates the negative after a search and strikes a new print.
by jameselliot
February 25th, 2024, 9:05 pm
Forum: Film Noir and Crime
Topic: A Shriek in the Night (1933)
Replies: 6
Views: 2692

Re: A Shriek in the Night (1933)

Prints of Shriek are in bad shape. Maybe one day...
by jameselliot
February 25th, 2024, 8:58 pm
Forum: Film Noir and Crime
Topic: "Corridor of Mirrors" (1948)
Replies: 1
Views: 877

Re: "Corridor of Mirrors" (1948)

Edana Romney only made two movies and this surreal film was her only starring role. The cinematography is excellent.
by jameselliot
February 5th, 2024, 10:55 pm
Forum: Foreign Films
Topic: WHAT FOREIGN FILMS HAVE YOU WATCHED LATELY?
Replies: 610
Views: 316258

Re: WHAT FOREIGN FILMS HAVE YOU WATCHED LATELY?

The Unknown Man of Shandigor, a 1967 surreal sci-fi/Euro-spy film from Switzerland. Daniel Emilfork is a scientist who's invented a way to neutralize nuclear bombs. It's sought by American, Russian and French spies. Howard Vernon and French singer/songwriter Serge Gainsbourg co-star. The silvery b&a...
by jameselliot
January 5th, 2024, 11:27 pm
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: OBITUARIES
Replies: 506
Views: 54377

Re: OBITUARIES

Lovely Glynis Johns, such a distinctive voice. It was good to read she was well enough to give an interview for her 100th birthday earlier this year. Among her many screen roles, I remember her playing the daughter of her real-life father Mervyn Johns in Halfway House (1944) and as the dance teache...
by jameselliot
December 22nd, 2023, 11:26 pm
Forum: General TV and Media
Topic: Warner Bros., Paramount in merger talks
Replies: 11
Views: 1004

Re: Warner Bros., Paramount in merger talks

Doesn't this violate anti-trust, monopoly laws?
by jameselliot
December 6th, 2023, 10:26 pm
Forum: Talk About Modern Films
Topic: Ridley Scott's Napoleon
Replies: 15
Views: 3974

Re: Ridley Scott's Napoleon

Waterloo is powerful. TCM should try to program it.
by jameselliot
December 5th, 2023, 10:57 pm
Forum: Talk About Modern Films
Topic: Jason Isaacs plays Cary Grant in "Archie"
Replies: 23
Views: 2014

Re: Jason Isaacs plays Cary Grant in "Archie"

He looks nothing like Grant in this Britbox ad. This is how I want to remember him.
by jameselliot
December 5th, 2023, 10:38 pm
Forum: General TV and Media
Topic: Doctor Who is now available on: TubiTV.
Replies: 4
Views: 646

Re: Doctor Who is now available on: TubiTV.

Yes, I've watched a few. It was on Samsung also before Tubi got them. I read that Disney bought the rights so I was surprised to see it on Tubi. I have no love for the Silvester McCoy and Colin Baker shows.
by jameselliot
November 25th, 2023, 12:52 am
Forum: Talk About Modern Films
Topic: Jason Isaacs plays Cary Grant in "Archie"
Replies: 23
Views: 2014

Re: Jason Isaacs plays Cary Grant in "Archie"

Most of the time these TV biopics about very distinctive personalities turn into parodies. I hope they don't do a hatchet job on Grant. He's star of the month on TCM in December.
by jameselliot
November 24th, 2023, 9:09 pm
Forum: Sci-fi and Horror
Topic: Renfield (2023)
Replies: 2
Views: 2119

Re: Renfield (2023)

This might be Cage's ultimate scenery chewing performance, more lunatic than his work in Vampire's Kiss. The CGI blood-letting was bad. The actor who played Renfield is also in an upcoming remake of Nosferatu.
by jameselliot
November 17th, 2023, 11:35 pm
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: I Just Watched...
Replies: 3363
Views: 178724

Re: I Just Watched...

Who Killed Teddy Bear? (1965) Tubi-8/10 A discotheque hostess (Juliet Prowse) is terrorized by obscene phone calls. This is a sometimes sleazy, exploitative film but I love it. Sal Mineo plays the caller who is also a busboy in Prowse's disco, he is excellent. Elaine Stritch is Prowse's lesbian bos...