My Name Is Julia Ross - Joseph H. Lewis (1945)
Saw this at a recent Dark City Noirfest; it is quite entertaining.
Stars In My Crown - Jacques Tourneur (1950)
Damn good film; and such a wonderful cast, too!
****The Return of the Film Corner****
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Posted 26 March 2012 - 02:38 AM
Saw this at a recent Dark City Noirfest; it is quite entertaining.
Damn good film; and such a wonderful cast, too!
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Posted 27 March 2012 - 02:08 AM
Very derivative - 2001 and Solaris are big influences. But very gripping, as one disaster after another strikes. Looks good - special effects well done. Was reminded of it by a list of best SF films ever - don't know if I'd put it there!
How did you like it?
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Posted 27 March 2012 - 02:27 AM
I loved Sunshine, it's derivative...but it's derivative of GOOD sci-fi (I mean if you're going to pay homage then you could do a helluva lot worse than 2001 and Solaris). One of my favorite films of this genre in the last decade, helped along by Danny Boyle whose films I generally enjoy. I also really like Cillian Murphy and Rose Byrne, their presence is a definite plus.
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Posted 27 March 2012 - 12:43 PM
I've started watching the Pink Panther movies one more time. Have to take them slowly, though...trying to watch them back to back can lead to pulled rib muscles.
A Shot In The Dark is my favorite, the screenplay by William Peter Blatty (The Exorcist) is a classic.
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Posted 28 March 2012 - 10:14 PM
Hunger Games
Guilty pleasure maybe with all of the high-falutin' stuff in this thread, but I really liked it.
i just got home from watching that tonight. i wouldn't say i really liked it. but i had some fun at the movies and there were some cool moments for sure. plus there's no denying this:
i mean, come on people...
Edited by thedwork, 28 March 2012 - 10:14 PM.
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Posted 29 March 2012 - 03:42 AM
It's a very good film as are all of the early-middle period B&W Mann collaborations with ace cinematographer John Alton. His contribution is really inseparable from the director's. The undercover cop theme - plus the Dragnet style voice over- is in strong evidence in Border Incident too, that's a nasty, brutal little opus. My favourite from that period is Side Street. The toned down voice over helps but stylistically all the pieces come together very well. They didn't mess around back then, it is amazing that Mann and Alton together knocked out so many classics one after another in such a short period.
He Walked By Night - Anthony Mann (1948)
T-Men - Anthony Mann (1947)
What did you think of "T-Men"?
From 47-50 we got T Men, Raw Deal, He Walked By Night, Border Incident, Side Street and Devil's Doorway. That's quite something. I get a lot of satisfaction rewatching these classics, they generally atone for some of the poor excuse for films we have these days.
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Posted 29 March 2012 - 11:01 AM
Hunger Games
Guilty pleasure maybe with all of the high-falutin' stuff in this thread, but I really liked it.
i just got home from watching that tonight. i wouldn't say i really liked it. but i had some fun at the movies and there were some cool moments for sure. plus there's no denying this:
i mean, come on people...
Bimbos like that are a dime a dozen - at the movies or on the streets.
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Posted 29 March 2012 - 10:38 PM
I don't think she's a bimbo. . . I've enjoyed her acting in a few movies, I think she's smart and capable.
Didn't seem like thedwork posted her photo because of her acting ability.
Still, didn't seem appropriate to label her one imo.
i'm w/ you jazzbo. smart and capable is spot on.
and while admittedly i posted her photo 'cuz she's crazy gorgeous imo, i thought paul's post, however unintentionally, was kinda bad form. maybe it was bad form for me to write i thought she was beautiful. oh well...
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Posted 29 March 2012 - 11:30 PM
It's a very good film as are all of the early-middle period B&W Mann collaborations with ace cinematographer John Alton. His contribution is really inseparable from the director's. The undercover cop theme - plus the Dragnet style voice over- is in strong evidence in Border Incident too, that's a nasty, brutal little opus. My favourite from that period is Side Street. The toned down voice over helps but stylistically all the pieces come together very well. They didn't mess around back then, it is amazing that Mann and Alton together knocked out so many classics one after another in such a short period.
He Walked By Night - Anthony Mann (1948)
T-Men - Anthony Mann (1947)
What did you think of "T-Men"?
From 47-50 we got T Men, Raw Deal, He Walked By Night, Border Incident, Side Street and Devil's Doorway. That's quite something. I get a lot of satisfaction rewatching these classics, they generally atone for some of the poor excuse for films we have these days.
Another good-to-great early Mann is "Desperate"---I was shocked to find, though, that Alton is NOT the cinematographer on that one.
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