JSngry Posted February 27 Author Report Posted February 27 With Dennis Weaver as Hank who has 17 girls in town. Or so he says Quote
medjuck Posted February 27 Report Posted February 27 1 hour ago, JSngry said: Is the song in it? Quote
JSngry Posted February 27 Author Report Posted February 27 9 hours ago, medjuck said: Is the song in it? Afraid not. It's a pretty dark noir from Hammer. Quote
sgcim Posted March 1 Report Posted March 1 (edited) On 2/27/2026 at 9:39 AM, jlhoots said: Blue Moon - Netflix (Ethan Hawke") I just saw 'Blue Moon "on NF.too. Great job by Linklater and Hawke portraying the opening night celebration of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma" at Sardi's from the perspective of Larry Hart, whose long collaboration with Rodgers was coming to an end, due to Hart's alcoholism Hawke gives an outstanding performance as Hart, first shown stumbling, drunk in an alley way on a cold rainy night, singing to himself "Everything Happens To Me"(!), as he collapses, soon to die from pneumonia. The rest of the film takes place largely in Sardie's with brilliant dialogues between Hart. the bartender, E.B White and Hart's young 'protege' a beautiful 20 year- old female Yale student from whose letters the screenplay was based on. Unlike in"Words and Music" (1948),"Blue Moon" shows Hart to be a closeted gay, something the former film was prohibited from doing due to the production code at the time. Some critics complained of Linklater's somewhat noticeable attempt to portray Hawke as the small man with a comb-over Hart really was; having Hawke's head shaved and then covered up as a comb-over, and then digging a trench that Hawke could stand in, so he'd look smaller than everyone else, but it worked for me, The score was provided by an aspiring songwriter playing solo piano beautifully by the composer for the film, unlike "Words and Music" which had the leading performers of the time singing Roger's and Hart tunes. Edited March 1 by sgcim Quote
ejp626 Posted March 1 Report Posted March 1 Just saw How to Make a Killing with Glen Powell and Margaret Qualley. It is indeed a remake of Kind Hearts and Coronets, which is even more obvious in the opening minutes than in the trailers (though it's pretty obvious from the trailers). With a few twists to make it a bit more interesting perhaps... I thought it was fun, though wildly implausible in many places. Quote
medjuck Posted March 4 Report Posted March 4 10 hours ago, JSngry said: Soapy but strange and vice-versa. IIRC based on a play by A.W. Pinero which I read in grad school. Quote
JSngry Posted March 4 Author Report Posted March 4 A bit or more of hype in that poster...really no "scandal" involved. But is is a pretty "moody" film, could have been played for straight soap, but wasn't. Quote
JSngry Posted March 6 Author Report Posted March 6 It's got Leo Watson playing drums with Lena Horne Quote
medjuck Posted March 6 Report Posted March 6 (edited) Watched Blackboard Jungle last night. Haven't seen it since it was first released in 1955. Of course I remembered Rock around the Clock but I didn't remember that Stan Kenton and Bix Beiderbecke were also featured. And in the scene where the kids destroy a record collection they yell out the names of several of my favorites as they break them "Cherokee", "Clap Hands Here Come Charlie" etc. Of course I was 12 when I first saw it and none of the jazz references would have meant much to me. Edited March 6 by medjuck Quote
JSngry Posted March 7 Author Report Posted March 7 with Bette Davis as "Alabama" and the drawl that comes with it. Quote
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