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

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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Treasure Trivia: Quiz #9

Treasure Trivia:

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?

Dish of the Day (A Long Good Friday Edition)

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

Friday, May 19, 2023

Today on TCM:

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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Dish of the Day

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

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Today on TCM:

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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