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Favorite Movie Quotes

Last post by laffite « Today, 4:06 am
Posted in The People of Film
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by GaryCooper » October 24th, 2022, 9:35 pm » in The People of Film
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Perfect freedom has no existence. A grown man knows the world he lives in, and for the present, the world is Rome. Young Arrius, I am sure, will...
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Last post by laffite
Today, 4:06 am
Additions to Your Collection

Last post by laffite « Today, 3:39 am
Posted in Classic Film on DVD
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by LawrenceA » December 16th, 2022, 1:19 pm » in Classic Film on DVD
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I'm starting this thread to gab about any disc, tape, or digital purchases anyone has made.

To get things started, I got this Blu-ray delivered...
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Last post by laffite
Today, 3:39 am
Comparing Awards Associations

Last post by skimpole « Today, 3:17 am
Posted in Movies and Features on TCM
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by skimpole » December 28th, 2022, 3:35 am » in Movies and Features on TCM

Here's an interesting idea for a thread. Or at least it interests me and I'm going to run it into the ground. The Academy Awards is often an exercise...

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Last post by skimpole
Today, 3:17 am
What actor/actress comes to mind?

Last post by laffite « Today, 3:05 am
Posted in Games and Trivia
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by ziggy6708a » December 5th, 2022, 5:49 pm » in Games and Trivia
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when you think of snarky sarcasm ??
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Last post by laffite
Today, 3:05 am
SPOILERS!

Last post by Swithin « Today, 2:59 am
Posted in Games and Trivia
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by HoldenIsHere » December 7th, 2022, 9:48 pm » in Games and Trivia
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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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Last post by Swithin
Today, 2:59 am
Noir Alley

Last post by Thompson « Today, 2:49 am
Posted in Noir Alley
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by ElCid » December 2nd, 2022, 2:10 pm » in Noir Alley
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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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Last post by Thompson
Today, 2:49 am
The 1960s

Last post by Feinberg « Today, 1:59 am
Posted in Movies and Features on TCM
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by CinemaInternational » January 20th, 2023, 1:37 am » in Movies and Features on TCM
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Yet another decade to look at retrospectively for films, much like the ones for more modern decades in the Talk of Modern Films section. It due...
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Last post by Feinberg
Today, 1:59 am
MUSINGS, PONDERINGS, RUMINATIONS AND FANCIES

Last post by Andree « Today, 12:22 am
Posted in The People of Film
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by Bronxgirl48 » January 23rd, 2023, 11:45 am » in The People of Film
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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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Last post by Andree
Today, 12:22 am
I Just Watched...

Last post by HoldenIsHere « Today, 12:08 am
Posted in Movies and Features on TCM
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by speedracer5 » December 4th, 2022, 3:27 pm » in Movies and Features on TCM
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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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Last post by HoldenIsHere
Today, 12:08 am
What are you listening to?

Last post by LawrenceA « Yesterday, 10:33 pm
Posted in General Chat
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by bobhopefan1940 » May 1st, 2007, 7:44 pm » in General Chat
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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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Last post by LawrenceA
Yesterday, 10:33 pm
First Film that comes to mind...

Last post by LawrenceA « Yesterday, 10:28 pm
Posted in Games and Trivia
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by ziggy6708a » December 1st, 2022, 7:26 pm » in Games and Trivia
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well, we gotta start somewhere.........

hows' about
FIRST FILM THAT COMES TO MIND.......

When you think of.......

-Bachelorettes?

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(just...
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Last post by LawrenceA
Yesterday, 10:28 pm
Classical Music

Last post by laffite « Yesterday, 10:09 pm
Posted in General Chat
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by laffite » December 17th, 2022, 10:04 pm » in General Chat

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Yesterday, 10:09 pm
This week on SVENGOOLIE...

Last post by Swithin « Yesterday, 9:52 pm
Posted in Sci-fi and Horror
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by RedRiver » March 11th, 2012, 3:24 pm » in Sci-fi and Horror
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I hope I'm not repeating a thread, but I don't see anything on this cute Saturday night feature on ME TV. We all know Svengoolie. The format is...
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Last post by Swithin
Yesterday, 9:52 pm
DEWEY'S RECORD PARTY!

Last post by GaryCooper « Yesterday, 9:17 pm
Posted in General Chat
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by Dewey1960 » June 7th, 2007, 3:42 am » in General Chat
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Welcome to Dewey's Record Party where nothin' but the finest in the Devil's Music is featured for your listenin' and dancin' pleasure!

Johnny...
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Last post by GaryCooper
Yesterday, 9:17 pm
The Domestic CAT: Feline at its finest!

Last post by LawrenceA « Yesterday, 6:32 pm
Posted in General Chat
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by Garbomaniac » June 18th, 2009, 9:59 pm » in General Chat
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I hated cats all my life. My wife insisted on saving the life of this dying feline on the side of the road. I said, Let it die. But, she got her way,...
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Last post by LawrenceA
Yesterday, 6:32 pm
2023 TCM Film Festival

Last post by speedracer5 « Yesterday, 2:37 pm
Posted in Tales from the TCM Classic Film Festival
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by speedracer5 » October 25th, 2022, 10:46 pm » in Tales from the TCM Classic Film Festival
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The 2023 TCM FIlm Festival will be April 13-April 16, 2023. I am so excited, my husband and I are planning on attending the TCMFF for the first time...
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Last post by speedracer5
Yesterday, 2:37 pm
DVD Conversion Software-what do you use?

Last post by jimimac71 « Yesterday, 12:52 pm
Posted in General Chat
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by TikiSoo » February 1st, 2023, 9:29 am » in General Chat

I hope there are a few techies on this board. I relied a lot on Dargo & Hamradio over at the other site and hopefully can root out fellow techies...

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Yesterday, 12:52 pm
The Legend Of Boggy Creek (1972)

Last post by Detective Jim McLeod « Yesterday, 9:19 am
Posted in Sci-fi and Horror
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by Detective Jim McLeod » February 1st, 2023, 10:19 am » in Sci-fi and Horror

I love this low budget film about a Bigfoot-type creature in Arkansas.
It's done in documentary style with grainy photography and amateur actors....

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Last post by Detective Jim McLeod
Yesterday, 9:19 am
Your Favorite Performances from 1930 to the present

Last post by Detective Jim McLeod « Yesterday, 8:57 am
Posted in The People of Film
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by skimpole » January 9th, 2023, 5:13 am » in The People of Film
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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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Last post by Detective Jim McLeod
Yesterday, 8:57 am
TCM Premieres....

Last post by TikiSoo « Yesterday, 8:47 am
Posted in Movies and Features on TCM
Replies: 37
by ziggy6708a » December 1st, 2022, 7:54 pm » in Movies and Features on TCM
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late FRI., 12-2 Underground.......

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Krull (1983)
2h 1m | Action
In a fantasy adventure, set in a world peopled by creatures of...
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Last post by TikiSoo
Yesterday, 8:47 am
Roman Holiday

Last post by laffite « Yesterday, 4:48 am
Posted in The Essentials
Replies: 27
by mrsl » April 21st, 2007, 9:57 pm » in The Essentials
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This is on of the first Essential movies I've watched in a long time. So many recently have been repeats from recent weeks that I just didn't feel...
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Last post by laffite
Yesterday, 4:48 am
most under-rated westerns of the 1950s

Last post by GaryCooper « February 1st, 2023, 10:36 pm
Posted in Westerns
Replies: 44
by Richard--W » October 30th, 2013, 11:56 pm » in Westerns
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What are the 15 most under-rated, over-looked and neglected westerns of the 1950s?
That's the decade running from 1951 to 1960.
Here is my list:...
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Last post by GaryCooper
February 1st, 2023, 10:36 pm
NOW PLAYING (100 YEARS AGO)

Last post by laffite « February 1st, 2023, 6:04 pm
Posted in Silents & PreCodes
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by scsu1975 » January 1st, 2023, 11:14 am » in Silents & PreCodes
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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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Last post by laffite
February 1st, 2023, 6:04 pm
WHAT FOREIGN FILMS HAVE YOU WATCHED LATELY?

Last post by Andree « February 1st, 2023, 4:45 pm
Posted in Foreign Films
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by feaito » June 5th, 2011, 10:02 pm » in Foreign Films
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Well, I had to create this thread because I've just watched a French film that affected me on many levels: La Règle du Jeu (Rules of the Game)...
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Last post by Andree
February 1st, 2023, 4:45 pm
Oscar Nominations

Last post by Cinemaspeak59 « February 1st, 2023, 3:22 pm
Posted in The People of Film
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by Hibi » January 24th, 2023, 10:50 am » in The People of Film
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Last post by Cinemaspeak59
February 1st, 2023, 3:22 pm
TCM announces it is sunsetting the TCM Forums

Last post by jimimac71 « February 1st, 2023, 12:13 pm
Posted in Movies and Features on TCM
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by Masha » October 19th, 2022, 4:18 pm » in Movies and Features on TCM
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The TCM Moderator announced today that the forums are being closed. November 30, 2022 will be the last day to post and all data will be erased on...
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Last post by jimimac71
February 1st, 2023, 12:13 pm
Sue Sue's TCM Film Festival Tidbit Travel Blog

Last post by Sue Sue Applegate « February 1st, 2023, 11:01 am
Posted in Tales from the TCM Classic Film Festival
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by Sue Sue Applegate » April 19th, 2010, 4:21 pm » in Tales from the TCM Classic Film Festival
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This native Houstonian and oil-field brat has decided to attend the first Turner Classic Movies Fan Convention in Los Angeles, California, at the...
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Last post by Sue Sue Applegate
February 1st, 2023, 11:01 am
‘Westworld’ Gets New Home As Warner Bros. Discovery Strikes Roku & Tubi FAST Channel Deals

Last post by GaryCooper « February 1st, 2023, 7:43 am
Posted in General TV and Media

by GaryCooper » February 1st, 2023, 7:43 am » in General TV and Media

Deadline had reported WBD was likely to sell Westworld and other key titles to FAST channel providers in December, when it was pulled from HBO Max....

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Last post by GaryCooper
February 1st, 2023, 7:43 am
The Honeymoon KIllers (1970)

Last post by nakanosunplaza « February 1st, 2023, 7:37 am
Posted in Film Noir and Crime
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by Arsan444 » January 30th, 2023, 8:56 pm » in Film Noir and Crime

The Honeymoon Killers. Directed by Leonard Kastle. With Shirley Stoler and Tony Lo Bianco.

A nurse and her lover pretend to be brother and sister...

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Last post by nakanosunplaza
February 1st, 2023, 7:37 am
Sight and Sound 2022 Goes Pretentious

Last post by skimpole « February 1st, 2023, 3:12 am
Posted in Movies and Features on TCM
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by CinemaInternational » December 1st, 2022, 3:16 pm » in Movies and Features on TCM
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The overall effect of this list is absolutely numbing. Top movie lists made up of huge groups of people are always going to disappoint people, but if...
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Last post by skimpole
February 1st, 2023, 3:12 am
What are you reading?

Last post by Swithin « January 31st, 2023, 4:04 pm
Posted in General TV and Media
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by moira finnie » April 17th, 2007, 10:27 am » in General TV and Media
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So, what's on your bedtable? Are you reading a good mystery, history, classic, biography, philosophical tome, poetry collection, self-help book,...
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Last post by Swithin
January 31st, 2023, 4:04 pm
March 2023 Schedule Posted, 31 Days of Oscar

Last post by Hibi « January 31st, 2023, 3:40 pm
Posted in Movies and Features on TCM
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by cmovieviewer » January 19th, 2023, 5:03 am » in Movies and Features on TCM

TCM has posted a partial schedule for March, 2023. The theme is 31 Days of Oscar .

Additional details are available at my schedule information...

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Last post by Hibi
January 31st, 2023, 3:40 pm
OBITUARIES

Last post by Swithin « January 31st, 2023, 4:39 am
Posted in The People of Film
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by Hibi » December 12th, 2022, 1:05 pm » in The People of Film
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Last post by Swithin
January 31st, 2023, 4:39 am
Western Soundtracks

Last post by EP Millstone « January 30th, 2023, 8:56 pm
Posted in Movie Trailers and Soundtracks
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by GaryCooper » January 25th, 2023, 8:13 pm » in Movie Trailers and Soundtracks

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Last post by EP Millstone
January 30th, 2023, 8:56 pm
Dr. Strangelove -- Black Comedy

Last post by GaryCooper « January 30th, 2023, 8:15 pm
Posted in Comedies
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by GaryCooper » January 30th, 2023, 8:05 pm » in Comedies

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Last post by GaryCooper
January 30th, 2023, 8:15 pm
City Lights

Last post by GaryCooper « January 30th, 2023, 8:12 pm
Posted in Silents & PreCodes

by GaryCooper » January 30th, 2023, 8:12 pm » in Silents & PreCodes

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Last post by GaryCooper
January 30th, 2023, 8:12 pm
SPORTS

Last post by GaryCooper « January 30th, 2023, 7:39 pm
Posted in General Chat
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by GaryCooper » October 23rd, 2022, 7:44 am » in General Chat
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Last post by GaryCooper
January 30th, 2023, 7:39 pm
Memes

Last post by laffite « January 30th, 2023, 4:47 pm
Posted in General Chat
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by Masha » November 17th, 2022, 10:48 pm » in General Chat
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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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Last post by laffite
January 30th, 2023, 4:47 pm
Bad Movies You Love

Last post by Hibi « January 30th, 2023, 4:19 pm
Posted in Movies and Features on TCM
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by MissGoddess » January 21st, 2011, 10:37 am » in Movies and Features on TCM
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(I didn't know where else to put this...and I searched for a previous thread on this high brow topic, but found none. Please re-direct me if I...
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Last post by Hibi
January 30th, 2023, 4:19 pm
Classic Characters with Classic Films

Last post by KayFrancis « January 29th, 2023, 8:36 am
Posted in Games and Trivia
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by vallo » October 5th, 2007, 10:10 am » in Games and Trivia
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I'm trying something new. If I may....

If I name a Characters' name. Can you name the film?

Like Rhett Butler = Gone With the Wind

I'll start:...
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Last post by KayFrancis
January 29th, 2023, 8:36 am
Least and Most Favorite Movie of the week

Last post by skimpole « January 29th, 2023, 3:24 am
Posted in Movies and Features on TCM
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by skimpole » December 4th, 2022, 3:07 am » in Movies and Features on TCM
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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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Last post by skimpole
January 29th, 2023, 3:24 am
Modern & Contemporary Movie Trailers

Last post by GaryCooper « January 28th, 2023, 8:50 pm
Posted in Movie Trailers and Soundtracks
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by GaryCooper » October 23rd, 2022, 7:39 pm » in Movie Trailers and Soundtracks

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Last post by GaryCooper
January 28th, 2023, 8:50 pm
Foreign film poll

Last post by HoldenIsHere « January 28th, 2023, 12:38 pm
Posted in Polls
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by Masha » July 11th, 2013, 4:09 am » in Polls
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I hope I am doing this correctly. I will very much appreciate guidance if it is wrong in any way.

I must wonder what is the most popular nationality...
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Last post by HoldenIsHere
January 28th, 2023, 12:38 pm
Underground’ Host Millie De Chirico Interview...

Last post by Andree « January 27th, 2023, 11:26 pm
Posted in Movies and Features on TCM
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by ziggy6708a » December 6th, 2022, 12:58 pm » in Movies and Features on TCM

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Last post by Andree
January 27th, 2023, 11:26 pm
Noir Alley on TCM

Last post by ziggy6708a « January 27th, 2023, 10:37 pm
Posted in Noir Alley
Replies: 46
by ElCid » December 2nd, 2022, 2:01 pm » in Noir Alley
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Feature for Dec. 3 & 4 is Decoy. Not sure if I have seen it before or not, but will watch it.
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Last post by ziggy6708a
January 27th, 2023, 10:37 pm
Vengeance of the Zombies (aka La rebelión de las muertas) (1973)

Last post by EP Millstone « January 27th, 2023, 4:49 pm
Posted in Sci-fi and Horror
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by LiamCasey » January 26th, 2023, 8:19 pm » in Sci-fi and Horror

Vengeance of the Zombies (aka La rebelión de las muertas ) (1973) - Blu-ray

w/ Paul Naschy, Romy, Vic Winner, Mirta Miller and María Kosty. Written...

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Last post by EP Millstone
January 27th, 2023, 4:49 pm
What makes a perfect murder mystery? (SPOILERS!)

Last post by Masha « January 27th, 2023, 11:40 am
Posted in Film Noir and Crime
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by skimpole » January 27th, 2023, 3:26 am » in Film Noir and Crime

What makes a perfect murder mystery? One aspect that occurs is that some mysteries are readily solvable once we challenge a key assumption. In And...

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Last post by Masha
January 27th, 2023, 11:40 am

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