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by Mister Tee
Sun May 23, 2010 2:21 pm
Forum: 83rd Predictions and Precursors
Topic: Cannes reviews
Replies: 29
Views: 2109

It helps that Binoche seems to be in every third movie coming out of Europe (at least that's my impression based on all the times she turns up on Independent Film Channel). She's certainly had an impressive career -- far beyond what I'd have thought the first time I saw her (in The Unbearable Light...
by Mister Tee
Sat May 22, 2010 4:38 pm
Forum: Broadcast Media
Topic: LOST
Replies: 5
Views: 390

Do you guys really remember episodes by title? I've watched every single hour of the show, and will be there (perfectly prepared to be let down) Sunday night, but I couldn't identify most of the shows by any title.
by Mister Tee
Sat May 22, 2010 4:36 pm
Forum: Broadcast Media
Topic: NBC Cancels Law & Order after 20 years
Replies: 18
Views: 1222

Tee, Magilla, do you remember a short-lived ABC show around 1963/64 called Arrest and Trial, which was the same exact premise as Law & Order? I have an actor friend who belongs to a group he says has a minute membership -- New York Actors Who Haven't Appeared on Law & Order. I do remember A...
by Mister Tee
Sat May 22, 2010 4:27 pm
Forum: 2009
Topic: Lovely Bones reviews
Replies: 23
Views: 5303

Most of you are way too kind, here. I think this is in many ways a shockingly bad movie. And I have to disagree right from the start that the film does any kind of job re-creating 70s America. I thought the early setting-the-scene section didn't ring true for one moment. The cute family arguments, ...
by Mister Tee
Sat May 22, 2010 2:35 pm
Forum: The Damien Bona Memorial Oscar History Thread
Topic: Best Supporting Actress 1949
Replies: 18
Views: 1680

I wonder how many of the "silent majority" have ever seen Come to the Stable or Pinky . Well, I certainly have. This year's race doesn't merit much discussion. Come to the Stable is a trifle, Pinky a bland "daring for 1949" movie. I've liked the actresses involved in other films...
by Mister Tee
Fri May 21, 2010 4:52 pm
Forum: 83rd Predictions and Precursors
Topic: Cannes reviews
Replies: 29
Views: 2109

For the record, I haven't been posting Cannes reviews this year because neither Variety nor Screen Daily -- 2 of my 3 usual trade sources -- has been letting me into their reviews of late.

I don't bother predicting the Palme these days, because most recent winners have been surprises.
by Mister Tee
Wed May 19, 2010 1:47 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: New Developments III
Replies: 2976
Views: 519712

So...to last night's results... Every Democrat I know was pleased in basically every way. No one questioned that the White House had to support Specter, in gratitude for his switch that made health care possible. But most of us also thought Sestak was 1) a more reliable Democrat (Specter only becam...
by Mister Tee
Tue May 18, 2010 1:01 pm
Forum: The Damien Bona Memorial Oscar History Thread
Topic: Best Supporting Actress 1948
Replies: 7
Views: 1626

I have an attachment to I Remember Mama totally unrelated to its quality. When I was a kid, I found the book Mama's Bank Account in the children's section of the library, and read it, utterly unaware it had been subsequently mounted in basically every medium then existing. It's slop, but slop I dis...
by Mister Tee
Tue May 18, 2010 12:49 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: New Developments III
Replies: 2976
Views: 519712

The political season gets its first real kick-start tonight, with hotly contested primaries in several states, as well as the special election to fill John Murtha's seat. I have vague ideas about how things will turn out, but I'll refrain from comment until results are in. I will, however, predict ...
by Mister Tee
Tue May 18, 2010 11:05 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Celebrities And Politics
Replies: 742
Views: 39742

Cagney went truly off the deep end, supporting the Reagan wing when that was considered for Birchers only. Many of the other former New Dealers, as Damien says, did a "more in sorrow than anger/the party left me" flip -- one not listed is showman David Merrick, who went from allowing LBJ ...
by Mister Tee
Sat May 15, 2010 8:30 pm
Forum: Other Film Discussions
Topic: Last Seen Movie - The Latest Movie You Have Seen; ratings
Replies: 7198
Views: 594023

But what did you think of the photography, which was the most striking element of the film? That's something I'm always hesitant to comment on based solely on a DVD watch. I'm partial to black and white, and that look -- along with the Powell-esque color sequences -- was fine, but nothing so wowish...
by Mister Tee
Sat May 15, 2010 2:12 pm
Forum: Other Film Discussions
Topic: Last Seen Movie - The Latest Movie You Have Seen; ratings
Replies: 7198
Views: 594023

Magilla, I have to dissent sharply from your take on Tetro. For starters, I thought the kid who played Benny was bad on an almost amateur-night level. As for Vincent Gallo -- saying he's the best he's been since Buffalo 66 is no recommendation for me, as I despised him in that (and never put myself...
by Mister Tee
Fri May 14, 2010 8:40 pm
Forum: The Damien Bona Memorial Oscar History Thread
Topic: Best Supporting Actress 1947
Replies: 10
Views: 1598

I'm with you on the Bowery Boys, but, as I said under the '37 supporting actress thread, I spent a year working on Dead End in acting classes, so it's a sentimental choice.

I've never actually seen any of the Blondie movies.
by Mister Tee
Fri May 14, 2010 12:55 pm
Forum: The Damien Bona Memorial Oscar History Thread
Topic: Best Supporting Actress 1947
Replies: 10
Views: 1598

My memory of The Paradine Case is the same as everyone else's -- low ebb for Hitchcock, and Barrymore was barely in the movie (I'd actually have guessed she only had the one scene, near the end -- certainly it was the only one worth recalling). Nominating her for this rather than Farmer's Daughter ...
by Mister Tee
Wed May 12, 2010 4:14 pm
Forum: 82nd Predictions and Precursors
Topic: MTV Movie Awards
Replies: 8
Views: 3486

Good lord -- didn't even the MTV Awards used to faintly overlap with decent movies? This is like a line-up you'd get if you polled a suburban high school homeroom. Of course, one overlap with the Oscars: the brilliant Sandra Bullock. (Sorry, dws -- couldn't resist whacking that horse one more time)

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