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Tuesday, May 30, 2023
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Despite its ridiculously hard to follow plot, this next recommendation's wildly entertaining detective yarn is worth waking up for.
Previously reviewed here, The Big Sleep (1946)
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Monday, May 29, 2023
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Viewers who dare to have their imaginations stretched considerably should be rewarded Where Eagles Dare (1968),
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Thursday, May 25, 2023
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A true romance film and of the highest artistic calibre has been reviewed in Opening Up a Treasure: Brief Encounter.
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Wednesday, May 24, 2023
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The more psychologically disturbing, (than monstrously horrifying) 1941 version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Tuesday, May 23, 2023
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Next up is The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968),
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Monday, May 22, 2023
The Cinema Cafe has a chat room on Facebook that readers are welcome to join here. On Mondays, we have a movie trivia game called "Match-up Mondays" where the object is to name the common denominator between all of the captures provided and also identify each of the films pictured.
Treasure Trivia: Quiz #9
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The Cinema Cafe has a chat room on Facebook that readers are welcome to join here. On Mondays, we have a movie trivia game called "Match-up Mondays" where the object is to name the common denominator between all of the captures provided and also identify each of the films pictured.
Members are challenged to match the following character names with the pictures below them as well as identify each film and finally, the common denominator shared by all of the characters named. The first person to answer all questions correctly on this post in the comments section below will be awarded the following prize:
The prize selected is a choice between the CD soundtracks to World Trade Center with music composed by Craig Armstrong or Lady in the Water with music composed by James Newton Howard. Both are new and sealed. Either choice will be internationally airmailed to the winner. Good luck!
The Characters:
1. Diane Redfern
2. Arch Stanton
3. George Reynolds aka Raymond Rakubian
4. Sean Regan
5. Rebecca de Winter
6. Bernard Quill
The Motion Pictures (to be identified and matched with the names above):
And lastly: what do the six characters listed have in common?
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Friday, May 19, 2023
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My enthusiasm for the next film may be “icier” than say Howard Hughes’, however, viewers may find enough intrigue, suspense and supportive factors to make the journey to Ice Station Zebra (1968),
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Thursday, May 18, 2023
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One of David Lean's more ambitious projects may have turned out less artistically accomplished than its director intended. Still, it has many attributes making Doctor Zhivago
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Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Now playing on Watch TCM (available at no extra cost to all TCM subscribers):
Tequila Sunrise (1988)
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Tuesday, May 16, 2023
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All of the 4 films noir recommended below benefit greatly from the presence of actress Audrey Totter.
From 1947, director Michael Curtiz brings inspirationally to life the unsuspectedly stylish film noir The Unsuspected,
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Friday, May 12, 2023
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A film well worth seeing is Network (1976),
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Thursday, May 11, 2023
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In the U.K. town of Midwich, strange children with mysterious origins are behaving badly. Find out just how bad when the chilling Village of the Damned (1960)
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Wednesday, May 10, 2023
In this series, I’ll briefly compare Director’s Cuts on various films to their Theatrical Releases.
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Tuesday, May 9, 2023
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Preston Sturges' masterpiece Sullivan's Travels (1941)
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Monday, May 8, 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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Sunday, May 7, 2023
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“What a story! Everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end.”
All About Eve (1950) is really all about the spoken word
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