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by skimpole
March 11th, 2024, 1:54 am
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: Your Favorite Performances from 1930 to the present
Replies: 124
Views: 30873

Re: Your Favorite Performances from 1930 to the present

Ok, most of my posts discussing hypothetical oscars going back to 1955 have been deleted. But rather than start all over again, let's go to 1986. Here are the Academy's choices: ACTOR Dexter Gordon – ‘Round Midnight Bob Hoskins – Mona Lisa William Hurt – Children of a Lesser God Paul Newman – The Co...
by skimpole
March 10th, 2024, 4:35 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Comparing Awards Associations
Replies: 51
Views: 12379

Re: Comparing Awards Associations

And continuing on with the Golden Globe best drama nominees that I haven't seen and I haven't already mentioned I haven't seen 1952 The Happy Time 1956 The Rainmaker 1957 Wild is the Wind 1962 Freud Hemingway's Adventures as a Young Man Lisa 1963 The Caretakers 1968 The Fixer 1971 Mary Queen of Scot...
by skimpole
March 9th, 2024, 2:52 am
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: Rethinking Best Cinematography
Replies: 33
Views: 10697

Re: Rethinking Best Cinematography

Here are the 1960 nominees for best cinematograpy Black and White Sons and Lovers The Apartment The Facts of Life Inherit the Wind Psycho Color Spartacus The Alamo BUtterfield 8 Exodus Pepe I should point out that I have not seen Pepe . In my view my choice for best black and white cinematography wo...
by skimpole
March 9th, 2024, 12:09 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: I Just Watched...
Replies: 3826
Views: 232228

Re: I Just Watched...

I rewatched Calvacade this week, and was struck again about how bland and uninteresting it was. Coward is an acquired taste, but this is well below In Which we Serve or Brief Encounter
by skimpole
March 8th, 2024, 3:52 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Comparing Awards Associations
Replies: 51
Views: 12379

Re: Comparing Awards Associations

Now for the other Golden Globe best Comedy/Musical nominees that I haven't seen, not repeating those I've already mentioned it: 1989 Shirley Valentine The War of the Roses 1990 Green Card Home Alone 1991 City Slickers Fried Green Tomatoes 1992 Enchanted April Honeymoon in Vegas 1993 Sleepless in Sea...
by skimpole
March 7th, 2024, 2:53 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Comparing Awards Associations
Replies: 51
Views: 12379

Re: Comparing Awards Associations

Now let me remind myself of the Golden Globe Best Comedy/Musical I haven't Seen: 1952 With a Song in My Heart Hans Christian Andersen Stars and Stripes Forever 1956 The Solid Gold Cadillac 1957 Les Girls Don't Go Near the Water 1958 Bell Book and Candle Indisceet The Perfect Furlough 1959 But not fo...
by skimpole
March 6th, 2024, 3:33 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Comparing Awards Associations
Replies: 51
Views: 12379

Re: Comparing Awards Associations

And now the final list of NBR top 10 movies: 1994: Tom & Viv 1995: Carrington Smoke 1996: Sling Blade 1998: Lolita Dancing at Lughnasa 1999: Cradle Will Rock Tumbleweeds 2000: Quills Croupier 2001: Monster's Ball The Pledge 2003: The Station Agent House of Sand and Fog 2005: Memoirs of a Geisha ...
by skimpole
March 6th, 2024, 3:23 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Comparing Awards Associations
Replies: 51
Views: 12379

Re: Comparing Awards Associations

Continuing on with NBR top 10 movies that I haven't seen: 1960: The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1961: Question 7 The Hoodlum Priest The Young Doctors 1962: Whistle Down the Wind Requiem for a Heavyweight War Hunt 1963: All the Way Home 1964: The Chalk Garden The Finest Hours Four Days in November ...
by skimpole
March 6th, 2024, 3:11 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Comparing Awards Associations
Replies: 51
Views: 12379

Re: Comparing Awards Associations

Well I don't fell like rewriting all the posts I made here. But at least I can remember the National Board of Review top ten movies that I haven't seen: 1929: Applause The Case of Lena Smith The Letter Paris Bound The Valiant 1930: Holiday Laughter The Man from Blankley's Men Without Women Outward B...
by skimpole
March 6th, 2024, 2:54 am
Forum: Games and Trivia
Topic: SPOILERS!
Replies: 984
Views: 127932

Re: SPOILERS!

Innerspace (1987) Yes! 1. Martin Short recognizes the Cowboy (Robert Picardo) and chases after him 2. Rod Stewart's cover of "Twisting the Night Away" follows 3. Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan are the romantic couple, and did in fact in marry, have children and divorce. 4. Short belonged to SC...
by skimpole
March 5th, 2024, 9:23 pm
Forum: Games and Trivia
Topic: SPOILERS!
Replies: 984
Views: 127932

Re: SPOILERS!

1. A protagonist (the movie has two) recognizes a chauffeur as one of the heavies he encountered earlier in the movie, and sets off in hot pursuit 2. A cover of a Sam Cooke song plays over the credits 3.The actors who play the romantic couple in the movie later married, had children, and divorced 4....
by skimpole
March 5th, 2024, 3:49 am
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: Rethinking Best Cinematography
Replies: 33
Views: 10697

Re: Rethinking Best Cinematography

Let's see what I can recall of my choices from this thread by using searching: 1949 Black/White: The Heiress , The Reckless Moment, Late Spring, Color: On the Town 1950 Black/White: The Third Man , All About Eve, Sunset Blvd., Orpheus, La Ronde Color: Annie Get Your Gun, The Flame and the Arrow, Sam...
by skimpole
March 4th, 2024, 8:05 pm
Forum: Games and Trivia
Topic: SPOILERS!
Replies: 984
Views: 127932

Re: SPOILERS!

1. A protagonist (the movie has two) recognizes a chauffeur as one of the heavies he encountered earlier in the movie, and sets off in hot pursuit 2. A cover of a Sam Cooke song plays over the credits 3.The actors who play the romantic couple in the movie later married, had children, and divorced 4....
by skimpole
March 4th, 2024, 2:18 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: WHAT'S HAPPENED TO KINGRAT????
Replies: 86
Views: 9484

Re: WHAT'S HAPPENED TO KINGRAT????

All I get when I try the web archive is the index page for that date. There's no way of getting the actual thread as of that date. When I try searching the web archive pages, all I get is the login page.
by skimpole
March 4th, 2024, 4:46 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: WHAT'S HAPPENED TO KINGRAT????
Replies: 86
Views: 9484

Re: WHAT'S HAPPENED TO KINGRAT????

I'm trying it, but all I see are the pages as they appear now, without my posts.