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Monday, March 27, 2023
Not too long ago in one of the film related Facebook chat rooms (all readers are welcome to join ours here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685) a member was complaining about “spoilers,” i.e. story developments that are divulged by movie critics often without warning in addition to the many posts and comments appearing in this very same chatroom.
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Sunday, March 26, 2023
Today on TCM:
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,
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Saturday, March 25, 2023
Today’s “Dish of the Day” has a brief review of mine that was inspired by a post in one of the film related Facebook chat rooms. This includes the Cinema Cafe group (all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685). Once again, my views seem to be with a minority of dissenters.
Mississippi Burning (1988)
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Friday, March 24, 2023
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A film well worth seeing is Network (1976),
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Thursday, March 23, 2023
Now playing on Watch TCM (available at no extra cost to all TCM subscribers):
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is a romantic fantasy/drama that provides viewers with an incredibly moving experience.
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Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Today’s “Dish of the Day” has a brief review of mine that was inspired by a post in one of the film related Facebook chat rooms. This includes the Cinema Cafe group (all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685).
The King of Comedy (1982)
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
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Anatomy of a Murder (1959) is one of the most authentic and enthralling courtroom dramas of all time.
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Monday, March 20, 2023
Today’s “Dish of the Day” has a brief review of mine that was inspired by a post in one of the film related Facebook chat rooms. This includes the Cinema Cafe group (all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685).
Pursued (1947)
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Sunday, March 19, 2023
Today on TCM:
Otto Preminger’s directed classic, 1944’s Laura,
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Saturday, March 18, 2023
Today’s “Dish of the Day” has a brief review of mine that was inspired by a post in one of the film related Facebook chat rooms. This includes the Cinema Cafe group (all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685).
The following review is for one of my Top Ten Guilty Treasure runner ups. The complete set of entries for which can be seen here.
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
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Friday, March 17, 2023
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For those who enjoy the best in creative romantic comedy, be sure to tune in for Pillow Talk
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Thursday, March 16, 2023
Still another topic that continually arises in film related Facebook chat rooms (all readers are welcome to join ours here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685) concerns what many movie goers determine are films critically devalued due to the amoral behaviour and actions of their characters, especially those based on real life figures such as Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Another hot topic that has arisen in our Facebook chat room (all readers are welcome to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685) coincides with a joke recent Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel made about Nicole Kidman’s taped appearance for AMC movie patrons from an empty theatre urging people to return to the theatres to see motion pictures.
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Tuesday, March 14, 2023
A hot topic that has recently arisen in our Facebook chat room (all readers are welcome to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685) interestingly enough coincides with Bill Maher’s concluding satirical segment of “New Rules” on his most recent talk show.
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Monday, March 13, 2023
Today on TCM:
The caper film first laid its roots in The Asphalt Jungle
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Sunday, March 12, 2023
“Noir or Not Noir” (Part 2)
In various Film Noir related chat rooms, I’ve been routinely asked whether certain films should be classified as “Film Noir.”
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Saturday, March 11, 2023
Today on TCM:
Make way for the rapturous Stanley Donen directed musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,
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Friday, March 10, 2023
Today on TCM:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)...
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Thursday, March 9, 2023
Today on TCM:
Next up is Alfred Hitchcock's dazzling thriller (which incidentally could not be more opposite in nature to his later made 1949 motionless picture Rope ) Foreign Correspondent,
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Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Today on TCM:
Bonnie and Clyde is a seminal gangster saga heavily influenced by the French iconoclast Jean-Luc Godard.
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