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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, January 19, 2026
Currently available at Watch TCM (until February 14th):
1974's Freebie and the Bean is a cautious recommendation since it is one of my personal Top Ten Guilty Treasures and is about as non-P.C. as a film can get.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, January 15, 2026
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Although starting out as quite the common man, circumstances will turn this rather nondescript accountant played by Edmond O'Brien, into a kind of noir superhero in D.O.A. (1950) previously recommended here.
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Tuesday, January 6, 2026
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Next is a sterling example of how to present complex and enthralling characters, all of whom develop naturally while still holding our intense fascination: Citizen Kane (1941).
Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, January 5, 2026
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1967's Hotel was taken, like 1970's Airport, from a novel by Arthur Hailey and is the far better crafted of the two films.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2025
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Please have a read here and see why 1933’s Gold Diggers of 1933 is as enjoyable and pertinent as the shows these spirited characters struggle to produce.
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Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, December 18, 2025
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Anyone who wishes to enjoy the Holiday spirit might want to pay a little visit to Ernst Lubitsch's The Shop Around the Corner (1940), previously reviewed here.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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This will be a really bad day for anyone who encounters Them! (the giant mutant ants that is).
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Thursday, December 11, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until December 16th):
“The mattress is soft and there're hangers in the closet and stationary with ‘Bates' Motel’ printed on it in case you want to make your friends back home envious.”
Still another Hitchcock artistic triumph was, at the time (including throughout its primary creator’s career), the most audacious cinematic assault ever perpetrated on the movie going public or the Motion Picture Production Code for that matter. 1960's Psycho was previously reviewed here.
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Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, November 27, 2025
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Viewers who dare to have their imaginations stretched considerably should be rewarded Where Eagles Dare (1968), previously reviewed here.
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Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, November 20, 2025
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Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958), previously reviewed here, is loaded with multi-faceted insights and hidden rumination on human relationships providing viewers with much to ponder long after this tale of romantic obsession ends.
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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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Rarely does an atmosphere of such overpowering dread subsume a cinematic story so completely as it does 1943's The Seventh Victim.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025
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One of the finest westerns ever made is Top Ten Western #4, Sam Peckinpah's elegiac Ride the High Country (1962).
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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until October 31st)…
… is an ultra rare showing of CC Hidden Gem #42, Black Tuesday (1954).
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Monday, October 20, 2025
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The expression "Don't judge a book by its cover" certainly applies to the film Kind Lady, a previous TCM recommendation here.
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Thursday, October 9, 2025
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Torn Curtain (1966) may not enjoy quite the drawing power as many of his other films, however, fans should still find enough engaging elements to stay entertained.
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