[quote="srowley75"]I prefer Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple, but of all female sleuths, I enjoy Edna May Oliver's Hildegarde Withers the most. I wish she'd have made more of those films opposite James Gleason. -Stephen[/quote] I've only seen Edna May play Hildegarde Withers once, but lo...

[quote="stuart.uk"]former Eastenders star Shane Richie and ex footballer Vinnie Jones are to star in a brand new film of the series Carry On London[/quote] I'll seize any opportunity I can to recommend the truly bizarre Japanese film Survive Style 5+. Vinnie Jones manages to get his standa...

Wow, that one sounds interesting! As much as I enjoy Myrna Loy later on, I actually prefer the silent and exotic eras. Sh aways seemed so much more dynamic.

How about The Station Agent? Peter Dinklage and Patricia Clarkson are about as unconventional as you could get.

Intelligent science fiction films are out there. They just don't tend to get made in Hollywood. One common misconception is that to be a science fiction film there has to be a bunch of spaceships loudly firing at each other in the silence of space. The Prestige is a science fiction movie from 2006 a...

Hmm. I remember Desert Island Discs. Eight songs? I'm an album guy too and found it incredibly hard to lop my list of favourite albums down to 21 for a page on my site. Shrinking 21 down to 8 is nigh on impossible. How about these: Dark Tranquillity - Skydancer Rev Gary Davis - New Blues and Gospel ...

I didn't see much of Callan, though what I did see was very impressive. I devoured The Equaliser though. Though I haven't seen it in decades, I remember Woodward as perfect in that role with Keith Sarabajka (sp?) equally effective. And then I picked up an LP of Woodward singing and things were never...

Hallelujah to that, Bryce! I have very similar experiences. Beyond science fiction movies as a kid, Evil Dead II was one of the first films I saw on the big screen. It's a real gem and I still feel it's the best of the trilogy. And Bruce Campbell is a genius. His cameos are why I watch Spider-Man mo...

I'm a huge fan of lists because they give me starting points. When I started seriously investigating film I found that I had way more gaps than I ever thought possible. I've been filling them in via some pretty basic logic: 1. For a particular genre/era/country, find a long list (usually a Top 100) ...

I set these to record and watched the documentary and J'Accuse yesterday. I'll probably watch La Roue today. Beyond certain basics (some Chaneys, some slapstick), I came late to silent movies but I became quickly addicted. Because of the inherent limitations of the medium, the best of them seem to b...

There's no way that I could pick one of these two over the other. What's more important is that I can't pick anyone else over them. They remain the two most magnetic actors I've ever seen and they were both perfect as gangsters. I'd agree with ChiO both that Eddie G was the more versatile of the two...

Hmm. The most votes here seem to be for the ones I just couldn't get. North By Northwest always seemed empty to me. I watched it a few times to try to get what everyone else was getting but couldn't. Mostly I couldn't buy Cary Grant as an advertising executive who suddenly turns into James Bond, but...

I had no idea that 'soccer' was an English word. I've certainly never heard anyone on that side of the pond use it, unless they're pronouncing it in a deliberately sarcastic American accent. That said, I got to see Bend It Like Beckham again yesterday at the Phoenix Art Museum and saw the word in th...

CharlieT wrote:When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

In English, the dove dived into the bushes. Americans are strange.

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I honestly can't remember the last time I watched live TV. It may be a decade.

Most of my recordings tend to be very early morning, whether they be on TCM or Sundance.