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"Now Listen to Me..."

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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Dish of the Day

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Tomorrow on TCM:

In my review of Casablanca (1942), I made some criticism regarding its emotionally underwhelming Parisian flashback. Prior to this film, however, Casablanca's producer Hal Wallis and one of its contributing writers, Casey Robinson, made Now, Voyager (1942)

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Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Friday, December 27, 2024

Today on TCM:

When affairs of the heart are so well integrated with thoughts of murder as they are in the Humphrey Bogart starrer Conflict (1945), we have the makings of an exceptional film noir. This

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Dish of the Day

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Tomorrow on TCM:

What better way for film lovers to celebrate cinema's diversity after watching a terrifying drama like 1962’s Cape Fear, than to partake in the light-hearted, almost make-believe world of a Princess' Roman Holiday (1953)?

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"Now Listen to Me..."

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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Dish of the Day

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Sunday, November 24, 2024

Today on TCM:

Despite its ridiculously hard to follow plot, this next recommendation's wildly entertaining detective yarn is worth waking up for.

Previously reviewed hereThe Big Sleep (1946) will awaken Sunday, November 24 at 7 pm PST. 

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