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- November 14th, 2007, 11:48 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: TCM Message Boards
- Replies: 108
- Views: 40706
I assume it’s fairly obvious to folks here that the TCM message board is going to persist as a forum of at least some insightful movie commentary, and that that’s as it should be. In addition to that, a fair number of thoughtful folks are going to stay away from the Oasis for no other reason than th...
- November 9th, 2007, 4:55 am
- Forum: General TV and Media
- Topic: A Propos of Nothing
- Replies: 176
- Views: 49858
- November 9th, 2007, 4:39 am
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: A Woman's Face (1941)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4816
Hadn't seen it before, but did enjoy it. Plot was really well put together, though I might have preferred presentation without the trial witness device. That might have made it tighter, and shorter, but it's hard to argue with the film as it turned out. It was refreshing to see Melvyn Douglas in a m...
- November 3rd, 2007, 4:19 pm
- Forum: General TV and Media
- Topic: A Propos of Nothing
- Replies: 176
- Views: 49858
- November 3rd, 2007, 4:01 pm
- Forum: Film Noir and Crime
- Topic: Get Carter (1971)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1887
- November 3rd, 2007, 3:54 pm
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: Foreign language films...
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8519
- October 20th, 2007, 4:14 am
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5183
Mr. Arkadin, your insight into this film is simply brilliant, which puts a guy in mind of just how stunning Oscar Wilde must have been in person. The pearls delivered by the perfectly cast Sanders are pure cynical wisdom, as true as anything the frontal lobe has ever offered, but despite everything ...
- October 20th, 2007, 3:46 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: I just hate to admit it, but....
- Replies: 48
- Views: 17729
I too was not a fan of 2001, for almost forty years now, but when TCM aired it recently I did sit down to slog through it again, only to come away surprised at how much I enjoyed it. But the mystery troubled, which lead to an online search and to this review/analysis: http://www.filmsite.org/twot.ht...
- October 20th, 2007, 2:37 am
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: The Unknown (1927)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3790
I'm not a silent movie fanatic at all and in fact I've watched all of four silent movies since I became a TCM junkie about four years ago, but I am so glad I finally caught up with this film. I was drawn in by the Cheney-Crawford pairing, and then learned a lot. But the reason I'm commenting is the ...
- October 4th, 2007, 12:14 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The El Presidente veto
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3643
- October 3rd, 2007, 2:41 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Inquiring minds want to know
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4971
Outrage from you is fine, but Congress has more important issues to deal with than condemning or praising partisan speech from citizens, on either side of the political divide. It's ridiculous, and I think everyone should be disturbed that they are occupying themselves with such trivial matters. I ...
- October 2nd, 2007, 11:23 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Inquiring minds want to know
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4971
Though I have generally tried to stand aside of the, frankly, offputtingly onesidedly arrogant political opinions expressed at what might have been a politically-neutral “Oasis”, I nonetheless feel compelled to say something here. To portray a standing general in the field as a traitor would be outr...
- September 27th, 2007, 10:58 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Lieberman - Kyl Amendment
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2701
- September 27th, 2007, 4:25 am
- Forum: General TV and Media
- Topic: Ken Burns
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6744
I caught about 90 minutes last night and regret not seeing more. I'm pretty undisciplined in my viewing habits. However, even though I enjoyed it, I found the jumps/segues rather arbitrary, meaning from front to home, and from combat theatre to theatre. As an air force brat who grew up building mode...
- September 27th, 2007, 2:08 am
- Forum: Westerns
- Topic: Once Upon a Time in the West (1969)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4676
I realize the premise is selling this to Anne, but no mention of Cardinale? Don't know how she rates overall but I do like her here, as voluptuously stoic. Hard to go wrong with that. Yes, it begins slowly, but (speaking as a redhead) you gotta love the rote justice bestowed upon that redheaded fami...