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| billyweeds |
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knox wrote: Quote: It's also a little alarming when the maid Maj gets pregnant, because the actress also played Darth Vader's mother...
First: spit-take.
second: the fact that you concocted a "meta" joke could indicate that your attention wandered a bit during this film.
All of which leads one to the inevitable thought:
In Rosemary's Baby, Mia Farrow was impregnated by the devil.
Ronan Farrow's parentage is in doubt.
Coincidence? |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 3:42 pm |
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billyweeds wrote: Joe Vitus wrote: At least you made it through the movie. I found it meandering and pointless and stopped watching probably not long after the half hour mark.
I think Bergman can be a great filmmaker, but he sometimes loses me, and this is a movie I knew (Gary-style) that I would dislike just from the description, so I've never ventured into it. Don't plan to, either.
It is my style alright. I decided not to see it a long time ago.  |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 10:21 am |
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billyweeds wrote: Coincidence?
LOL.
Watched Ruby Sparks last night - good light/dark mix of romcom and magical realism, featuring the real-life couple of Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan (who also scripted it) in lead roles, with a good ensemble behind them. I like the way the film just owns its magical premise without trying to rationalize it at the end. This lets allegory blossom.
Kazan must surely have seen "The Inner Life of Martin Frost." I imagine her saying, "I can do that, but make it funnier." |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 10:32 am |
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Has anyone seen the new Walter Mitty?
Has that been discussed?
Is it worthwhile? |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:06 am |
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gromit wrote: Has anyone seen the new Walter Mitty?
Has that been discussed?
Is it worthwhile?
Carrobin reviewed it here: http://www.thirdeyefilm.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=44222
My review is a few pages later on January 4, and there was quite a bit of discussion about the photographer being so hard to reach.
We both liked it. I thought it was somewhat erratic, but when it was good, it was very very good. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:51 am |
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635 Free Movies Online: Great Classics, Indies, Noir, Westerns, etc.
http://www.openculture.com/freemoviesonline
You can download them, but it seems better/easier to stream them.
They have a good variety -- including a lot of lesser known noirs and 50's films I'm interested in:
The File on Thelma Jordan - Free This noir directed by Robert Siodmak features Barbara Stanwyck and Wendell Corey. (1950)
The Hitch-Hiker Free The first noir film made by a female director, Ida Lupino. (1953)
The Man Who Cheated Himself Free Some call it an under-appreciated and little known gem. Stars Lee J. Cobb, John Dall, Jane Wyatt, and Lisa Howard. (1951)
The Second Woman - Free Directed by James Kern and starring Betsy Drake, this lesser known noir film gets some good reviews. (1951)
I just started watching Inner Sanctum (1948).
And earlier downloaded Impact (1949) -- though now I';m not sure there is any point d/l-ing these films.
Not sure if these are really public domain films or if they will remain for a long time, so dig in while they are there ... |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:09 pm |
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| I've been very annoyed by TCM this month, because they've stopped showing noir films and B mysteries on Saturday morning. Maybe it's just for Academy Awards season, but they're running the same kind of mainstream movies that they show in primetime. I miss my weekend guilty pleasure with coffee and muffins, lying around in my pajamas. If they don't go back to the detectives and grim glam after the Oscars, I may have to work in some noir on my own. I'm keeping Gromit's recommendations in mind. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:51 pm |
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| Carrobin, I was also pissed that TCM switched away from those delicious B movies on Saturday morning and early noon. You may be right about guessing it being because of the upcoming Oscars. Hope it is. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:53 pm |
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marantzo wrote: Carrobin, I was also pissed that TCM switched away from those delicious B movies on Saturday morning and early noon. You may be right about guessing it being because of the upcoming Oscars. Hope it is.
Somehow, Marantz, I knew you'd agree! |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 3:40 pm |
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carrobin wrote: I've been very annoyed by TCM this month, because they've stopped showing noir films and B mysteries on Saturday morning. Maybe it's just for Academy Awards season, but they're running the same kind of mainstream movies that they show in primetime. I miss my weekend guilty pleasure with coffee and muffins, lying around in my pajamas. If they don't go back to the detectives and grim glam after the Oscars, I may have to work in some noir on my own. I'm keeping Gromit's recommendations in mind. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 3:42 pm |
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carrobin wrote: marantzo wrote: Carrobin, I was also pissed that TCM switched away from those delicious B movies on Saturday morning and early noon. You may be right about guessing it being because of the upcoming Oscars. Hope it is.
Somehow, Marantz, I knew you'd agree!
I third that emotion. Big time. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:21 pm |
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| Whiskey -- I did see something about that, but I didn't take it as meaning 24/7. |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 5:40 pm |
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carrobin wrote: Whiskey -- I did see something about that, but I didn't take it as meaning 24/7. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 6:28 pm |
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| I only got hooked on the Saturday morning flicks when I had my knee surgery in April, so I didn't realize TCM does this annually. But 24/7 still seems excessive, especially since so many of the movies are shown on TCM rather often anyway. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 7:13 pm |
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