The Silver Screen Oasis

Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑February 22nd, 2024, 7:28 pm
Boyfriends/husbands pushing their lovers/wives over cliffs. These poor women always go hiking in remote places with them even when nefarious red flags pop up early in the relationship.

Andree wrote: ↑February 22nd, 2024, 10:53 pm

Hibi wrote: ↑February 22nd, 2024, 9:56 am
Yeah, I hadn't thought of that. I watched that too.

Once upon a time one couldn't avoid Cops. Now it seems to have
disappeared, which is okay with me. I always enjoyed the totally blitzed drunks.

txfilmfan wrote: ↑February 23rd, 2024, 10:18 am

Andree wrote: ↑February 22nd, 2024, 10:53 pm

Hibi wrote: ↑February 22nd, 2024, 9:56 am
Yeah, I hadn't thought of that. I watched that too.

Once upon a time one couldn't avoid Cops. Now it seems to have
disappeared, which is okay with me. I always enjoyed the totally blitzed drunks.

I think the audience migrated to YouTube. You can see thousands of arrest & traffic stop videos there, and from both viewpoints: crazy suspects and crazy cops.

Lorna wrote: ↑February 23rd, 2024, 9:03 am SPOILER KINDA SORTa BUT NOT REALLY

I've been trying FOR YEARS to track down the greatest episode of DATELINE that I can recall, it's from the late 1990's I think.

**details recalled from my 30 year old memory, which is not perfect.

it's about a series of robberies that happened in the winter in a small northern town.

and in the snow, they found one set of footprints and lots of wheelbarrow tracks.

and one night a breaking and entering turned into murder when a beloved town resident walked in on the burglar and was shot dead by them.

and an investigation gets underway...

and in the end it is revealed that the burglaries and murder were committed by two YOUNG MEN who were BROTHERS, one of whom (THE MASTERMIND) was PARALIZED AND IN A WHEELCHAIR- they had been like THE DOMINICK AND EUGENE of the town- like seriously, BERT AND ERNIE- JUST LOCAL HEROES ALL THE WAY.

SO...

They weren't wheelbarrow tracks.

They were wheelchair tracks.

it was an amazing 45 minutes of TV and I have never been able to find it again....

**or seen the story told ANYWHERE else by any other true crime show.

Andree wrote: ↑February 22nd, 2024, 10:53 pm

Hibi wrote: ↑February 22nd, 2024, 9:56 am
Yeah, I hadn't thought of that. I watched that too.

Once upon a time one couldn't avoid Cops. Now it seems to have
disappeared, which is okay with me. I always enjoyed the totally blitzed drunks.

Lorna wrote: ↑February 23rd, 2024, 10:38 am (In news that will surprise exactly NONE of you, I am a MESSY B***** who LIVES FOR DRAMA)

Detective Jim McLeod wrote: ↑February 23rd, 2024, 11:12 am

They Met In Bombay (1941) TCM 6/10

Two jewel thieves (Clark Gable and Rosalind Russell) fall in love.

Hi, I have been locked out of my account since I got a new laptop but finally was able to get back in. So I saw this about a month ago on TCM, first time viewing. It started off as romantic comedy but later turned into a serious war film. Peter Lorre plays a Chinese captain of a cargo ship. It doesn't all work but the stars keep it watchable.

Hibi wrote: ↑February 23rd, 2024, 11:37 am

Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑February 22nd, 2024, 7:28 pm I watch too much Dateline.....

Boyfriends/husbands pushing their lovers/wives over cliffs. These poor women always go hiking in remote places with them even when nefarious red flags pop up early in the relationship.

Of course there are those episodes where the gals dispatch their fellas in much the same manner. One in particular stands out -- a newlywed shoves hubby out of their apartment window (top floor of a high-rise), then claims it was an accident. The cops don't buy it. She later takes her own life in jail.