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  4. Your favorite "Baptist Beat" tracks?

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    Recently I've started getting back into all the Blue Note records after taking an extended (roughly 10 year) break.  It's been a joy, but one thing I had forgotten about were all the gospel-inspired gems.  Listening to Freddie Roach's 'Wine, Wine, Wine" started me searching for more of the Baptist Beat.  

    So, what are some of your favorite examples of this subgenre?  It doesn't have to be Blue Note.  

     

  8. Return Of The Film Corner Thread

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    On 1/26/2018 at 2:13 PM, kinuta said:

     

    The Post - Stephen Spielberg (2017)

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    Solid, meat & potatoes take on the publishing of The Pentagon Papers,

    Smooth and competent prequel to the superior All The President's Men.

    Just as an aside, I wonder how many people under 40 have the bare minimum historical knowledge to make this meaningful.

    You might want to make that "people under 50", I was only a couple years old when this went down and I'm 47 now.  I learned more about the era from movies than I ever did in school.  

  17. Return Of The Film Corner Thread

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    Raise The Titanic (1980, Jerry Jameson)

    Saw in 35mm at the New Beverly Cinema (Quinton Tarantino's theater)

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    The coolest aspect was the audience applauded when John Barry's name appeared in the opening credits.  Barry's score, Alec Guinness' guest appearance and the raising sequence are still the highlights.  It's a flawed film, but I loved it as a kid and it started my fascination with the Titanic and Clive Cussler novels.  

  21. Return Of The Film Corner Thread

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    Star Trek Beyond (2016, Justin Lin) 

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    Saw this in IMAX 3-D at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday.  I don't often spend the extra dough for IMAX screenings but Star Trek is a special occasion.  

    A fun, action/adventure film that basically plays out like a big-budget variation of the TV series.   Heavy on action, light on plot, with many nice character moments.  Doesn't break any new ground, but in a series this long-running that's not even really a necessity, the fans just want to spend a couple hours with characters they're familiar with.  It's not as overtly earnest as the second J.J. Abrams film, feeling much more like a popcorn serial entertainment (which is what it really is after all).  Lin put his action chops from the Fast & Furious series to good use here, the film contains many dizzying action set-pieces.  

     

  22. Return Of The Film Corner Thread

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    On July 24, 2016 at 10:38 PM, duaneiac said:

    First time for me seeing this classic:

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    There's so much to like about it, beginning with the screenplay by Billy Wilder & Charles Brackett.  The two stars were excellent, even if one does not naturally think of Gary Cooper as a comedic actor, and the supporting cast was terrific with legendary character actors like Oscar Homolka, Cuddles Sakall, Dan Duryea, Elisha Cook, Jr. and even a youngish version of the perpetually old Charles Lane.  And there's a brief appearance by Roy Eldridge in the Gene Krupa band's scene playing "Drum Boogie".

    My question is, why was the "G" of MGM producing this picture at RKO?

    I've probably watched this one nearly a dozen times over the years, just endlessly enjoyable.  

    This was an independent production by Samuel Goldwyn, RKO was only the distributor (that's why the credit states; "released through RKO Radio Pictures, Inc").  

    Here's a Wiki page about Samuel Goldwyn Productions.  It mentions that despite his name being part of "MGM" he never produced films at the studio.  

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Goldwyn_Productions

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