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- August 4th, 2011, 12:35 pm
- Forum: Action and Adventure
- Topic: Which non-Bond spies do you like?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 31151
Re: Which non-Bond spies do you like?
I'd love to see the Matt Helm books come around again. Those things have practically disappeared. I read some as a child. My recollection is that they weren't real good. But I would enjoy another look, for old time's sake. They're American, kind of hard boiled. And don't feature Dean Martin acting l...
- August 4th, 2011, 12:13 pm
- Forum: Sci-fi and Horror
- Topic: THE UNINVITED
- Replies: 12
- Views: 16144
Re: THE UNINVITED
I watched this fine, tasteful ghost story when I was about nine years old. On The Late Show! For years, the name Mary Meredith meant CREEPY in our house! Want to see a haunted house movie that respects your intelligence? That goes for psychological thrills rather than visceral? This is the one. Ther...
- August 4th, 2011, 8:52 am
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: On Cukor
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4175
Re: On Cukor
I don't have much to add to the admirable insight preceeding. (Is anybody buying this?) I will say there are quite a few Cukor films I like. A lot. Several are direct adaptations of plays. Others have a theatrical quality, relying heavily on dialogue. The terrific Phillip Barry comedies, HOLIDAY and...
- August 3rd, 2011, 8:28 pm
- Forum: Sci-fi and Horror
- Topic: Frankenstein
- Replies: 66
- Views: 60551
Re: Frankenstein
If anything, I think "Bride" is the better film. I give credence to the first as the one that opened the door. It's my sentimental favorite. But "Bride" takes the story in a more challenging direction. Like THE GODFATHER so many years later, it's really just one story. The only d...
- August 3rd, 2011, 8:15 pm
- Forum: Film Noir and Crime
- Topic: Ruthless (1948)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11699
Re: Ruthless (1948)
Hmm...I'm going to have to go back to "Reading Between the Lines" school. I TOTALLY believe he did it!
- August 3rd, 2011, 8:10 pm
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: October 2011 on TCM
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5326
Re: October 2011 on TCM
SHE (1965)...Granted, I was awfully young. But this movie is REALLY dull! When an eleven year-old boy is bored with Ursula Andress, there's a definite problem! Always good to spend Halloween with William Castle. The very mention of STRAIT JACKET makes me smile. It's one of the director's best. Back ...
- August 3rd, 2011, 7:54 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
- Replies: 8122
- Views: 1821136
Re: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
I like Tracy in the later years. There wasn't a better ham in movies! I think this is one of his better performances.
- August 2nd, 2011, 7:44 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
- Replies: 8122
- Views: 1821136
Re: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
I like this movie. Really like Hartman. The abuse suffered by her character is hearbreaking. This is touching story.
- August 2nd, 2011, 7:37 pm
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: October 2011 on TCM
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5326
Re: October 2011 on TCM
THE SEVENTH VICTIM is a haunting Val Lewton chiller. Sad and poetic. Literally. John Donne is quoted to great effect. THE SET-UP is one of the great no budget noirs. Has confinement and intimacy ever been better used? Your list of lesser known noirs intrigues me. NIGHTFALL is the only one I've seen....
- August 2nd, 2011, 7:12 pm
- Forum: General TV and Media
- Topic: Lawman (1971)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3357
Re: Lawman
I did. It's not a great western. But it's respectable. The story is credible. The actors are good. (Were these two ever NOT good?) It's a simple, every day, decent cowboy movie. And it's taken seriously. There's respect for the material. When the film came out, I thought, Wow! They still make wester...
- August 2nd, 2011, 6:59 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
- Replies: 8122
- Views: 1821136
Re: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
I got a Dougals Sirk soaper from the library. THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW. Stanwyck, MacMurray (didn't realize they made so many movies together), Joan Bennett and a wasted Jane Darwell. The movie is not bad. It's mature, uncompromising. Almost fatalistic. Not one of the great Sirk melodramas. But I lik...
- August 2nd, 2011, 6:39 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Do You Have Trouble getting others to watch classics?
- Replies: 146
- Views: 44242
Re: Do You Have Trouble getting others to watch classics?
I hardly ever try anymore. If I meet somebody who ALREADY likes the classics, we have something to talk about. I make recommendations. So does the other person. I've just about given up "converting." Almost nobody is interested. "Why is this in black and white? What's wrong with the T...
- August 2nd, 2011, 6:18 pm
- Forum: Film Noir and Crime
- Topic: Ruthless (1948)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11699
Re: Ruthless (1948)
Chio,
HANNIBAL is an Ulmer film? Victor Mature and the elephants? I didn't know that. I'm in exactly the same boat. I saw it at the age of six. Not since.
HANNIBAL is an Ulmer film? Victor Mature and the elephants? I didn't know that. I'm in exactly the same boat. I saw it at the age of six. Not since.
- August 2nd, 2011, 6:13 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: Raoul Walsh
- Replies: 233
- Views: 67783
Re: Raoul Walsh
Miss Goddess,
Nice thoughts on Roy Earle and the people around him. Very insightful. And that dog! What a great character! I'm a big fan of this well written drama.
Nice thoughts on Roy Earle and the people around him. Very insightful. And that dog! What a great character! I'm a big fan of this well written drama.
- August 1st, 2011, 5:18 pm
- Forum: Action and Adventure
- Topic: Superman 2012 ... The Reboot
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16816
Re: Superman 2012 ... The Reboot
I like comic book movies, but there are too many of them. I enjoyed Christopher Reeve as Superman. Tim Burton's BATMAN has elements I appreciate. I really liked the Spider-man films of a few years ago. Now there are what? Three of them running concurrently? Good Lord! As a child, I read Thor. Green ...