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by Swithin
42 minutes ago
Forum: Games and Trivia
Topic: First Film that comes to mind...
Replies: 3067
Views: 195840

Re: First Film that comes to mind...

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

Favorite Clarence Brown film
by Swithin
Today, 3:47 pm
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Ranking Only the Best (and the Very Worst) of a Movie Year Project
Replies: 252
Views: 34976

Re: Ranking Only the Best (and the Very Worst) of a Movie Year Project

1940: Ten Favorites in alphabetical order: All This, and Heaven Too City for Conquest Down Argentine Way Foreign Correspondent The Grapes of Wrath His Girl Friday The Mortal Storm The Mummy’s Hand Night Train to Munich Pride and Prejudice Best line of 1940: "Now rub it on the tender part of yo...
by Swithin
Today, 3:28 pm
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Ranking Only the Best (and the Very Worst) of a Movie Year Project
Replies: 252
Views: 34976

Re: Ranking Only the Best (and the Very Worst) of a Movie Year Project

1940 Favorites The Grapes of Wrath Foreign Correspondent The Philadelphia Story Rebecca The Bank Dick Christmas in July The Great Dictator His Girl Friday I Love You Again The Letter The Long Voyage Home The Mark of Zorro The Westerner Least Favorites Son of Ingagi The Ape Half a Sinner Laddie Sky ...
by Swithin
Today, 8:24 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: I Just Watched...
Replies: 3721
Views: 223565

Re: I Just Watched...

I just watched four movies, on flights to and from London:

The Zone of Interest
Barbie

Poor Things
The Holdovers


I'm jet-lagged and will write something about them in coming days.
by Swithin
May 16th, 2024, 2:17 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Ranking Only the Best (and the Very Worst) of a Movie Year Project
Replies: 252
Views: 34976

Re: Ranking Only the Best (and the Very Worst) of a Movie Year Project

Ten from me, for '33:

42nd Street
Duck Soup
Flying Down to Rio
Gold Diggers of 1933
I’m No Angel
The Invisible Man
King Kong
Lady for a Day
Little Women
She Done Him Wrong


Some credit due here:

Alice in Wonderland
Secret of the Blue Room
The Vampire Bat
by Swithin
May 12th, 2024, 2:43 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Opera
Replies: 41
Views: 10958

Re: Opera

In honour of Mother's Day, Manrico rushes off to save his "mother," Azucena:

by Swithin
May 12th, 2024, 2:37 pm
Forum: Games and Trivia
Topic: First Film that comes to mind...
Replies: 3067
Views: 195840

Re: First Film that comes to mind...

Lilies (Les Feluettes) (1996)

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by Swithin
May 12th, 2024, 8:28 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: I Just Watched...
Replies: 3721
Views: 223565

Re: I Just Watched...

[i ]i mean, full disclosure I've re-watched THE MUMMY (1933) in parts and in full since my review and it's such a nice restoration and there are scenes where DAVID MANNERS just GLOWS he's SO EFFING HANDSOME. [/i] https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.11859ed6ca570d2a7e7ae98fcc06c355?rik=CuWJYT0nqBfplg&ri...
by Swithin
May 12th, 2024, 3:52 am
Forum: Games and Trivia
Topic: SPOILERS!
Replies: 979
Views: 123639

Re: SPOILERS!

Sorry, Neither one. If we were on our old site playing trivia, guessing 2 films in 1 turn would have been a no no. Princess of Tap would have had a fit! lol 7. This film was after Anthony Adverse and before Kidnapped This clue confuses me, because Anthony Adverse is 1936 and Kidnapped is 1938. So d...
by Swithin
May 11th, 2024, 4:27 pm
Forum: Games and Trivia
Topic: First Film that comes to mind...
Replies: 3067
Views: 195840

Re: First Film that comes to mind...

Barbie (2023) -- on a plane

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by Swithin
May 11th, 2024, 3:26 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Theater
Replies: 98
Views: 28008

Re: Theater

Opening Night, Gielgud Theatre, London. Music and lyrics by Rufus Wainright. Book and direction by Ivo van Hove, based on John Cassavettes 1977 film. Starring Sheridan Smith as Myrtle Gordon. I attended this new musical last night. Although it's interesting and innovative, it's pretty bad. Although...
by Swithin
May 10th, 2024, 5:11 pm
Forum: Games and Trivia
Topic: First Film that comes to mind...
Replies: 3067
Views: 195840

Re: First Film that comes to mind...

Auntie Mame (1958) ("Merry Christmas to y'all, Manny Moe and Jack, and a happy little old New Year!")

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by Swithin
May 8th, 2024, 3:36 am
Forum: Film Noir and Crime
Topic: The Greatest Suicides on Film
Replies: 35
Views: 1672

Re: The Greatest Suicides on Film

Katina Paxinou as Mrs. Melandez in Confidential Agent (1945). One of the great evil characters, she takes poison when she realizes she's been found out.
by Swithin
May 8th, 2024, 3:28 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Ranking Only the Best (and the Very Worst) of a Movie Year Project
Replies: 252
Views: 34976

Re: Ranking Only the Best (and the Very Worst) of a Movie Year Project

A few 1994 favorites:

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Barcelona
Ed Wood
Four Weddings and a Funeral
La Reine Margot


Disappointments of the year:

Bullets Over Broadway
Pulp Fiction
by Swithin
May 7th, 2024, 8:54 pm
Forum: Games and Trivia
Topic: What actor/actress comes to mind?
Replies: 2863
Views: 182951

Re: What actor/actress comes to mind?

Harry Cording

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