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Post by jeffd on May 1, 2018 15:23:30 GMT -5
Thanks for the link, I saw it this evening. Probably Welles' least complicated film. I really liked some of those shots and Loretta Young gave a better performance than what was required. Yes just a good old fashioned straight forward movie. And it is always a pleasure to see Edward G Robinson smoke a pipe.
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Post by cgvt on May 1, 2018 20:23:53 GMT -5
I just finished watching The Stranger. Enjoyed it quite a bit. Thanks for the link
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Post by Legend Lover on May 5, 2018 13:23:43 GMT -5
Just out of avengers infinity war... What the...
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Post by Darin on May 5, 2018 13:51:37 GMT -5
Just out of avengers infinity war... What the...
There will be another ... perhaps with a time travel / reversal involved?
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Post by roadsdiverged on May 5, 2018 19:40:01 GMT -5
Watched Den of Thieves the other night, I liked it. Not a dull moment and kept me interested throughout the movie. Taking my daughter, her boyfriend, and 2 of my sons out to kunch tomorrow and seeing Infinity War afterwards. Ill let yall know what I think of that afterwards.
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Post by yaddy306 on May 5, 2018 22:42:58 GMT -5
Just out of avengers infinity war... What the...
There will be another ... perhaps with a time travel / reversal involved?
**SPOILER ALERT!** I saw it with my three boys. I told them the characters who died are the ones whose actors asked for too much money for the next one.
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Post by sablebrush52 on May 5, 2018 23:38:07 GMT -5
Just saw The Avengers Infinity War. Lost of action and kabooms. Lots of story lines, ping ponging the audience all over the Marvel Universe. Lots of humor. Reasonable amount of violence and gore. Pretty good visual effects. Kinda long, but a good popcorn movie for all of that. Set up to be an episode in a longer narrative. 4 out of 5
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Post by toshtego on May 6, 2018 6:03:34 GMT -5
"Hollow Triumph", 1948. I had not seen this one before and was impressed.
Another "Noir" classic. Paul Henreid stars in this film which he also is billed as Producer. A villainous character far from the heroic Victor Lazlo of "Casablanca" fame.
The great John Alton, Director of Photography, used single source lighting to illuminate some very interesting scenes photographed at odd angles. One of the best B&W films I have watched.
Daniel Fuchs' script has enough plot twists to keep it engaging.
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Post by roadsdiverged on May 6, 2018 19:04:53 GMT -5
Update on Infinity War. After a great lunch with my kids and my daughters boyfriend we went over to the movie theater and caught the movie. Im not a big fan of "comic book movies" but i really enjoyed it, start to finish. Was. Great story and even had a good bit if comical moments. It even made me want to watch some of the others now.
Movie: Id give it an 8 out of 10. Id definitely reccomend it to others.
Lunch with the kids: 10 out of 10 as always
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2018 19:49:48 GMT -5
Don't go to the cinema, normally record, so just watched London has Fallen, coming from London is was great to see all the sights, the scary thing is that something like what happened, could very well happen!
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Post by toshtego on May 6, 2018 20:30:42 GMT -5
Update on Infinity War. After a great lunch with my kids and my daughters boyfriend we went over to the movie theater and caught the movie. Im not a big fan of "comic book movies" but i really enjoyed it, start to finish. Was. Great story and even had a good bit if comical moments. It even made me want to watch some of the others now. Movie: Id give it an 8 out of 10. Id definitely reccomend it to others. Lunch with the kids: 10 out of 10 as always Lunch with the kids is something they are likely to remember long after the movie is forgotten.
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Post by jeffd on May 6, 2018 21:03:54 GMT -5
I watched Little Caesar with Edward G Robinson. No pipes, see, but a decent cigar movie, see.
Then Escape from Alcatraz just because I needed to smoke another bowl.
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Post by zambini on May 6, 2018 22:51:15 GMT -5
Pickup on South Street. I liked it a lot; it's funny to see that the good guys smoke pipes and the bad guys smoke cigarettes or cigars. One of the more explicitly violent noires but besides the love angle the plot feels tight.
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Post by Legend Lover on May 7, 2018 3:15:03 GMT -5
Update on Infinity War. After a great lunch with my kids and my daughters boyfriend we went over to the movie theater and caught the movie. Im not a big fan of "comic book movies" but i really enjoyed it, start to finish. Was. Great story and even had a good bit if comical moments. It even made me want to watch some of the others now. Movie: Id give it an 8 out of 10. Id definitely reccomend it to others. Lunch with the kids: 10 out of 10 as always The other ones are also quite comical. They don't take themselves seriously as a movie franchise which is refreshing. Civil war and Ragnarok are also worth a gander if you liked Infinity War.
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Post by toshtego on May 7, 2018 5:49:39 GMT -5
Pickup on South Street. I liked it a lot; it's funny to see that the good guys smoke pipes and the bad guys smoke cigarettes or cigars. One of the more explicitly violent noires but besides the love angle the plot feels tight. That was a good one. Jean Peters' best picture, maybe. Widmark's "Punk" period films are always fun. Of course the Good Guys smoke pipes. Pipe smokers are solid men, right?
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Post by toshtego on May 7, 2018 5:59:55 GMT -5
"The Narrow Margin" for the umpteenth time.
Never tire of this one.
I practice talking like Charles McGraw and getting good at it for a moment or two.
They don't come any better than Marie Windsor. It is too bad she never got to make her own Cop film or TV series. Born too soon.
Watched it on TCM and was surprised to learn how Howard Hughes tried to F$&k this up with his tinkering which kept it from distribution for two years.
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Post by zambini on May 7, 2018 11:08:45 GMT -5
Pickup on South Street. I liked it a lot; it's funny to see that the good guys smoke pipes and the bad guys smoke cigarettes or cigars. One of the more explicitly violent noires but besides the love angle the plot feels tight. That was a good one. Jean Peters' best picture, maybe. Widmark's "Punk" period films are always fun. Of course the Good Guys smoke pipes. Pipe smokers are solid men, right? Widmark's first exchange with the cops once he's pulled in is great, "You trying to throw the flag at me?".
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Post by toshtego on May 7, 2018 12:19:20 GMT -5
"No Way Out", 1950, is another early Widmark gem.
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Post by zambini on May 7, 2018 16:50:21 GMT -5
The Nile Hilton Incident, a new noir from Sweden-Morroco set in 2015. It works wonderfully and gives a great feel for the characters, the place, and the time. It has a little trouble figuring out what it wants its ending to be and whether it wants to make a larger point about the fall of Mubarak but its really good.
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Post by toshtego on May 7, 2018 19:00:00 GMT -5
The Nile Hilton Incident, a new noir from Sweden-Morroco set in 2015. It works wonderfully and gives a great feel for the characters, the place, and the time. It has a little trouble figuring out what it wants its ending to be and whether it wants to make a larger point about the fall of Mubarak but its really good. I will look for that one. Always enjoy New Noir. Thanks for the tip, wiseguy!
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 22:11:14 GMT -5
From 1970, a made for TV movie: The Old Man Who Cried Wolf, starring Edward G. Robinson, with Martin Balsam, Ed Asner and Sam Jaffee in support. Despite the fine cast, this was a clinker, poorly written and a most unsatisfactory ending. A paying the mortgage turn for the principles involved. Nobody embarrassed themselves, but I doubt this is on JimInks best EGR list. Later will be another TV movie: Berlin Tunnel/21 and it has favorable reviews.
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Post by zambini on May 8, 2018 22:15:01 GMT -5
Carole Lombard in Nothing Sacred. The premise is wonderful and could work well as a remake but the comedy timing is off and early technicolor is always a let down (letdown?). The boxing scene is still funny if maybe played too seriously for today's sensibilities but overall Lombard sees us through.
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Post by PhantomWolf on May 13, 2018 2:56:04 GMT -5
The Battle of Chosin. A PBS documentary on a particularly brutal chapter of the Korean War. I hate to admit it, especially considering I was stationed in Korea back in 2004, but I know very little about that war other than- it had calmed down considerably by the time I had gotten there and M.A.S.H. haha Turns out it sucked as much as any other war- Guys marching till their feet froze and broke off... Nations rise and fall and no matter how many times the uniform changes, it is the infantry grunt that carries the world on their bruised, collective back.
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Post by toshtego on May 14, 2018 7:15:56 GMT -5
The Battle of Chosin. A PBS documentary on a particularly brutal chapter of the Korean War. I hate to admit it, especially considering I was stationed in Korea back in 2004, but I know very little about that war other than- it had calmed down considerably by the time I had gotten there and M.A.S.H. haha Turns out it sucked as much as any other war- Guys marching till their feet froze and broke off... Nations rise and fall and no matter how many times the uniform changes, it is the infantry grunt that carries the world on their bruised, collective back. When I moved to this tiny village in northern New Mexico, there were two veterans of Corregedor who were my neighbors. In addition, we had three Korean War vets as well. Save one, they are gone now. I was fortunate to know them and listened to the stories they would tell. I had the feeling that it took most of their lives after the wars to be able to talk about it. I felt fortunate they shared their stories with me since I was not of their families and they did not know me well.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2018 13:55:07 GMT -5
Anon, a Netflix original dystopian thing with Clive Owen. Started out promising - a P.K. Dick-like story of hacking peoples' memories - but ultimately kind of clumsy and lame.
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Post by roadsdiverged on May 14, 2018 15:42:22 GMT -5
I watched Dunkirk last night and could easily see how someone would get bored of the movie. I liked it though. I like most movies, and shows, about battles from the older wars. Would I watch it again? Maybe if I had 2 hours to kill on a rainy day, nothing else was on tv that was interesting, and I didn't feel like reading.
I give it a 6.5 out of 10
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Post by oldcajun123 on May 14, 2018 16:16:22 GMT -5
Watched 12 Strong , mission after 9/11, it was a very good movie about a mission a lot of people were not aware of. Fighting on horses against tanks was something to see.
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Post by toshtego on May 14, 2018 19:12:01 GMT -5
I watched Dunkirk last night and could easily see how someone would get bored of the movie. I liked it though. I like most movies, and shows, about battles from the older wars. Would I watch it again? Maybe if I had 2 hours to kill on a rainy day, nothing else was on tv that was interesting, and I didn't feel like reading. I give it a 6.5 out of 10 This version of "Dunkirk" was restrained and understated as befits the heroic subject and the English way of dealing with problems. Mark Rylance and Kenneth Branagh were about what I expected. You might want to watch the 1958 version of Dunkirk, also memorable.
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Post by roadsdiverged on May 14, 2018 19:46:44 GMT -5
I'll see if I can find it and will definitely watch it.
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Post by toshtego on May 14, 2018 20:33:47 GMT -5
I'll see if I can find it and will definitely watch it. Available on Ebay, Amazon and Google. Has the usual bunch of great English actors. Right up there with "The Immortal Battalion", "In Which We Serve" and a host of other English Service pics.
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