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"Now Listen to Me..."

April 03, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / TCM Recommendations, Bullitt, Citizen Kane, Foreign Correspondent (1940), Guys and Dolls, Heart is a Lonely Hunter The, Johnny Eager (1941), Last Picture Show The, Manchurian Candidate The, Mystery Street, Network (1976), Now Voyager, Pillow Talk (1959), Possessed (1947), Psycho (1960), Red River, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Singin' in the Rain, Them! (1954), Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Umberto D., Perry King, High Noon (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

March 04, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / TCM Recommendations, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Psycho (1960), Red River, Straight Time, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Diary of a Country Priest (Journal d'un curé de campagne), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Searchers The, Chase The (1966), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Anatomy of a Murder, Too Late for Tears, Stop Me Before I Kill! aka The Full Treatment, Pillow Talk (1959), Possessed (1947), Brief Encounter, King Kong (1933), Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Vertigo (1958), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Hotel (1967), Warren Beatty, Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

February 05, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

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categories / Now Listen To Me
tags / TCM Recommendations, Ride the High Country, Johnny Eager (1941), Set-Up The (1949), Moonrise (1948), Heart is a Lonely Hunter The, Vertigo (1958), Casablanca, Brief Encounter, Shop Around the Corner The, Doctor Zhivago (1965), Roman Holiday (1953), Pillow Talk (1959), Now Voyager, City Lights (1931), Singin' in the Rain, Colorado Territory (1949), Gun Crazy (1950), Joanne Woodward, Midnight Cowboy (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

January 05, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

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categories / Now Listen To Me
tags / TCM Recommendations, White Heat, Big Heat The, King Kong (1933), Hotel (1967), 36 Hours (1964), Citizen Kane, Set-Up The (1949), Ghost and Mrs. Muir The (1947), Night of the Hunter The, Doctor Zhivago (1965), Searchers The, Footlight Parade, Pillow Talk (1959), Narrow Margin The (1952), Unsuspected The, Tension (1949), Red River, Out of the Past, Criss Cross, Chase The (1966), First Blood (1982) (Soundtrack), Jessica Walter

Time Out - Bill Maher "Driver" Movies

December 27, 2020  /  Arthur Grant

Recently in our Facebook chat room (everyone is welcome to join here) someone asked: “DRIVE or BABY DRIVER? Which do you prefer and why?” I’m with him:

Bill Maher on “Driver” movies. Enjoy! ***Warning: Some may find this satire crude and offensive.

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categories / Time Out
tags / Bill Maher, Driver Movies, Movie Satire

"Now Listen to Me..."

December 02, 2020  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, TCM Recommendations, Citizen Kane, D.O.A. (1949), Them! (1954), Tomorrow Is Another Day, Big Business (1929), Diamonds of the Night (Démanty noci), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Vertigo (1958), Best Years of Our Lives The, Remember the Night, Kiss of Death (1947), Shop Around the Corner The, Casablanca, Guys and Dolls, Singin' in the Rain, Graduate The (1967), Battle of Algiers The (La battaglia di Algeri), Psycho (1960), Anthony Hopkins, T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

November 04, 2020  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Noir City, TCM Recommendations, Pitfall (1948), Ghost and Mrs. Muir The (1947), Vertigo (1958), Ride the High Country, Point Blank (1967), Nora Prentiss (1947), The Unsuspected (1947), Now Voyager, Casablanca, Where Eagles Dare (1968), They Won't Believe Me, Freaks (1932), In a Lonely Place, Bringing Up Baby, Ipcress File The, Big Sleep The (1946), Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Duck Soup (1933), Red River, Hill The, Psycho (1960), Suspense (1946), White Heat, Sandra Descher, Jacob's Ladder (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

October 04, 2020  /  Arthur Grant

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categories / Now Listen To Me
tags / TCM Recommendations, Cash on Demand, Ascent The (Voskhoz hdenie), Shop Around the Corner The, Nora Prentiss (1947), Dark Passage (1947), Out of the Past, Impact (1949), Night of the Living Dead (1968), King Kong (1933), Village of the Damned (1960), Dead of Night, Singin' in the Rain, Touch of Evil, In a Lonely Place, Citizen Kane, Ace in the Hole (The Big Carnival), Gunman's Walk, Eyes Without a Face (Les yeux sans visage), They Won't Believe Me, Freaks (1932), Them! (1954), Peter Jackson, War of the Worlds (2005) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

September 02, 2020  /  Arthur Grant

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categories / Now Listen To Me
tags / TCM Recommendations, Madchen in Uniform (Maedchen in Uniform) (1931), Armored Car Robbery, Asphalt Jungle The, Wanda, Jeopardy (1953), Set-Up The (1949), Double Indemnity, Out of the Past, Anatomy of a Murder, Laura (1944), Guys and Dolls, Brief Encounter, Village of the Damned (1960), Where Eagles Dare (1968), They Won't Believe Me, Now Voyager, Titicut Follies, Monica Bellucci, Where Eagles Dare (Soundtrack), Operation Crossbow (Soundtrack), 36 Hours (1964)

21st Century Treasure Quest #20

August 28, 2020  /  Arthur Grant

Our contributor Renard N. Bansale has completed 10 more contemporary film reviews for your consideration. The rating system he'll use is devised primarily to give those who are trying to decide which films to see, a fun and easy way of (hopefully) choosing a more pleasurable movie-going experience. For a further introduction to this series please see 21st Century Treasure Quest #1. (A.G.)

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categories / 21st Cent. Treasure Quest
tags / Current Film Reviews, Alita: Battle Angel (2019), Apollo 11 (2019), Ash Is Purest White (2019), Assistant The (2020), Gentlemen The (2020), Invisible Man The (2020), Onward (2020), Sonic the Hedgehog (2020), Way Back The (2020), Gretel & Hansel (2020)

"Now Listen to Me..."

August 01, 2020  /  Arthur Grant

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categories / Now Listen To Me
tags / TCM Recommendations, Double Indemnity, Pillow Talk (1959), Lady from Shanghai The, Jim Thorpe-All American, Train The, City Lights (1931), Criss Cross, Getaway The (1972), Bullitt, Illegal (1955), Bringing Up Baby, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Searchers The, Now Voyager, Casablanca, Touch of Evil, Planet of the Apes (1968), Elizabeth Ashley, Tootsie (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

July 01, 2020  /  Arthur Grant

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categories / Now Listen To Me
tags / TCM Recommendations, Singin' in the Rain, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Searchers The, Tall Target The, Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Point Blank (1967), Shop Around the Corner The, Planet of the Apes (1968), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Brief Encounter, Doctor Zhivago (1965), Where's Poppa?, Guys and Dolls, Susan Flannery, Thing The (1982) (Soundtrack)