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Forum: General Movie Discussion 14 hours ago
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Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By GulfportDoc
Enjoyed reading your comments, and I agree about...

Enjoyed reading your comments, and I agree about contemporary cinema.

As an 11 year old kid, I saw Bad Day At Black Rock when it came out, and it absolutely blew me away. Westerns were really in...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 81,791
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By GulfportDoc
I've been a big Dali fan for 60 years. Am also a...

I've been a big Dali fan for 60 years. Am also a Kingsley fan. Thanks for the tip!

~Doc
Replies: 8
Oscars Launch $500 Million Fundraising Drive As Viewers Flee
Posted By GulfportDoc
Oscars Launch $500 Million Fundraising Drive As Viewers Flee

"...the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has launched a $500 million fundraising initiative in an effort to offset the Oscars dramatic drop in viewership - which went from nearly 44 million...
Forum: The Television & Music Forum 4 days ago
Replies: 2
Anyone started "Dark Matter" - 2024 series?
Posted By GulfportDoc
Anyone started "Dark Matter" - 2024 series?

Watched the first two eps last night. Now Apple TV+ will put out one a week (on Wednesdays) for the remaining six.

It's a sci-fi alternative universe story starring Joel Edgerton, Jennifer...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 5 days ago
Replies: 33
Recommend me a ..........Road Movie
Posted By GulfportDoc
Midnight Run (1988) is a very enjoyable...

Midnight Run (1988) is a very enjoyable action/comedy/road film starring Robert DeNiro and Charles Grodin.

DeNiro as a bounty hunter is tasked with bringing a mob accountant (Grodin) from Chicago...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 6 days ago
Replies: 81,791
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By GulfportDoc
Really appreciate the tip on this one! I must...

Really appreciate the tip on this one! I must have missed Phoenix's recommendation.

This is one of the most impressive documentaries I've seen in the past several years. It's a complex and...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 137
‘Ideal’ movie running time is 92 minutes, poll claims
Posted By GulfportDoc
Good points. I prefer closer to 2 hours,...

Good points. I prefer closer to 2 hours, providing the picture has enough material to fill that time span interestingly. That way I feel I've gotten my money's worth...:)
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 81,791
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By GulfportDoc
I agree. The '72 film is a semi masterpiece with...

I agree. The '72 film is a semi masterpiece with phenomenal acting by Olivier and Caine. Some of it still sticks with me after all those years.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 415
Documentaries
Posted By GulfportDoc
I too enjoyed the documentary. I recall the...

I too enjoyed the documentary. I recall the Tower records store on Sunset Blvd. opening in 1971 before I left L.A. I went in there a few times but don't recall if I bought anything. It was a tad...
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 1 week ago
Replies: 25
Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story - Jerry Seinfeld directing
Posted By GulfportDoc
Oh, boy. I was looking forward to this one,...

Oh, boy. I was looking forward to this one, having been a big Seinfeld fan. But we watched it last night, and it completely missed me. Bailed after about 35 minutes.

It's not an awful premise,...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 81,791
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By GulfportDoc
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Godzilla Minus One (2023)

This is a good old fashioned entertaining monster movie. It holds one’s attention from...
Replies: 35
I gots to quit smoking
Posted By GulfportDoc
If a person is just a casual user of alcohol or...

If a person is just a casual user of alcohol or drugs, and doesn't want to use them anymore, then simply stop.

If a person is addicted to either (or both) of those, then there's no program that...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 435
Noirvember 2023 - Rate the last noir you watched
Posted By GulfportDoc
That's a good one, CR. Haven't seen it in years,...

That's a good one, CR. Haven't seen it in years, so due for a re-watch. It's another film based on a Cornell Woolrich novel. I think that guy supplied the entire output of noir films....:D
Replies: 35
I gots to quit smoking
Posted By GulfportDoc
The hardest part about quitting smoking is...

The hardest part about quitting smoking is THINKING about quitting. I used to break out into a cold sweat when I'd think about quitting. But when I decided to quit, it was relatively simple. It...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 weeks ago
Replies: 1,891
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
Oh, I agree with your points. I didn't mean run...

Oh, I agree with your points. I didn't mean run them consecutively. I meant run them at entirely different times, even months apart. Just my druthers.

I enjoyed them both, but I joined the...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 weeks ago
Replies: 1,891
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
Yeah, both CR and Thief did great work on the...

Yeah, both CR and Thief did great work on the countdowns, but to my taste I'd rather we had done one, then the other, just to spread them out a little.
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 weeks ago
Replies: 1,891
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
That's funny..🙂 I'm sure Hitchcock would have...

That's funny..🙂 I'm sure Hitchcock would have been surprised to hear that he'd been credited with 7 noirs. 4 maybe. 7? Nah.

Outside of our own countdown world, Siodmak directed more noirs than...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 weeks ago
Replies: 1,891
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
Oh yeah, I'm sure Hopper was there. His father...

Oh yeah, I'm sure Hopper was there. His father too (William Hopper-- Paul Drake, Perry Mason's investigator from the original series)...;) I can almost guarantee you that every name actor --and...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 weeks ago
Replies: 2,235
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
Thanks very much to Thief for running this...

Thanks very much to Thief for running this countdown!

He's a great guy, and it takes a lot of time and effort to put one of these things together.

Many thanks, you old cinephile you!

~Doc
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 weeks ago
Replies: 2,235
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
I can't find my review of Chinatown, but it was...

I can't find my review of Chinatown, but it was #1 on my list. I consider it to be the greatest neo-noir ever, followed by Body Heat. The story, the acting, the directing, the settings and...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 weeks ago
Replies: 1,891
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
Many thanks to Citizen Rules for running this...

Many thanks to Citizen Rules for running this fascinating noir countdown!

You're not only a cinephile, but a noir (and Gloria Grahame :)) lover, and a nice guy to boot!

These things take a lot...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 weeks ago
Replies: 1,891
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
Double Indemnity and Sunset Boulevard were my #1...

Double Indemnity and Sunset Boulevard were my #1 and #2 films respectively. For some reason I've never written a review for Sunset Boulevard, although one could make an argument that it's the...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 weeks ago
Replies: 1,891
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
IMO that's a good choice, although it wouldn't...

IMO that's a good choice, although it wouldn't make my top 25. It's my third favorite Carol Reed picture, behind The Third Man, and Odd Man Out. The photography is phenomenal as per a Reed film. ...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 weeks ago
Replies: 1,891
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
Nice pictures of Sinatra & Bacall (?), and...

Nice pictures of Sinatra & Bacall (?), and Marilyn and DiMaggio. The top picture doesn't look like it's in Musso & Franks, although it could be. The bottom picture looks like the booths at Musso's.
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 weeks ago
Replies: 1,891
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
CR, look at the website: ...

CR, look at the website: https://mussoandfrank.com/

It's been right at the same address on the north side of Hollywood Blvd at Cherokee Ave. since 1919. It's a fairly large establishment,...

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