Robert Ryan

Next- started a trend with hair style

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/76/The_Fisher_King_Poster.jpg The Fisher King (1991) TCM On Demand-8/10 A radio shock jock (Jeff Bridges) tries to help a homeless man (Robin Williams) who believes he is a knight searching for the Holy Grail. A first time viewing for me and I thought it ...

1933 films seen-19

The Best

King Kong
Duck Soup
Sons Of The Desert
Golddiggers Of 1933
The Invisible Man
Wild Boys Of The Road
Baby Face
She Done Him Wrong

The Worst

Night Of Terror
The Whispering Shadow

Jonny Quest was a favorite of mine, I heard that the gray haired bodyguard Race Bannon was based on Jeff Chandler.

The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter (1968) has a devastating one.

1994 films seen-41

The Best

Ed Wood
The Shawshank Redemption
Shallow Grave
Once Were Warriors
Pulp Fiction
Muriel's Wedding
The Hudsucker Proxy
Death And The Maiden


The Worst

The Crow
The Shadow
Foreign Student
New Nightmare

Born To Be Bad (1934)

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Wow, I never knew about that coda, txfilmfan! What a great post, thank you. Raises more (important) questions! Not only the ones you mentioned, but Madeline's car supposedly parked at the hotel but which desk clerk Ellen Corby refutes. Was she paid to say that? Yes, I've never understood that Ellen...

LawrenceA wrote: ↑May 4th, 2024, 5:44 pm Favorite - This Is Spinal Tap
Least - Day of the Reaper

Hi Lawrence, any documentaries you liked this year? I thought it was a strong year for them.

Agnes Moorehead

Next- played an advertising executive

1984 films seen- 45. Good year for documentaries-

The Best

The Times Of Harvey Milk
28 Up
Amadeus
Beverly Hills Cop
The Killing Fields
Star Trek III The Search For Spock
The Hit
Streetwise
Marlene

The Worst

City Heat
A Private Function
Give My Regards To Broad Street

Kiss Of Death (1947)

Next- a brutal fight scene

Assorted notes.... Desperate Characters (1971) is a deeply melancholic film about bruised, unhappy lives in Brooklyn. It's a very bleak affair, with no relief from the gloom and likely stands as one of the grimmest Hollywood films I can recall seeing, but it is very astutely written both in charact...

1962: the last great year of the classic era. One of the best years ever. Darn it, I've taped but haven't watched Sundays and Cybèle . After you have watched Sundays and Cybele I highly, no, very highly recommend viewing the DVD Extra interviews with both Hardy Kruger and Patricia Gozzi which can b...