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Forum: Intermission: Miscellaneous Chat 15 hours ago
Replies: 20
Favorite Songs Of Your Favorite Bands
Posted By dadgumblah
Great songs, all!

Great songs, all!
Forum: Intermission: Miscellaneous Chat 15 hours ago
Replies: 13
Things that were supposed to make you happy as a kid, but hated
Posted By dadgumblah
I hated the show also, but I'd always watch the...

I hated the show also, but I'd always watch the opening so I could see the cute girl Bugaloo. Then I checked out. As for Land of the Lost I liked it to a degree but could not stand that character...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 21 hours ago
Replies: 2
RIP Richard M Sherman, Mary Poppins songwriter, 95
Posted By dadgumblah
One of the greats. Not only co-wrote with his...

One of the greats. Not only co-wrote with his brother, Robert, for tons of Disney films but also non-Disney movies like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Snoopy Come Home and Charlotte's Web. Also won 2...
Forum: Intermission: Miscellaneous Chat 21 hours ago
Replies: 20
Favorite Songs Of Your Favorite Bands
Posted By dadgumblah
Yeah, I love Your Song but I hear it all the time...

Yeah, I love Your Song but I hear it all the time on the station I listen to, and I wanted to go for ones that hardly get any play anywhere...at least stations I listen to. I figured there might be...
Replies: 20
Favorite Songs Of Your Favorite Bands
Posted By dadgumblah
Elton John (this will be a long one---I could...

Elton John (this will be a long one---I could have chosen only a handful of hits but I think these that follow, including album cuts, are essential, at least for me)

I Need You to Turn To
Sixty...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 6 days ago
Replies: 8
RIP Dabney Coleman, 92
Posted By dadgumblah
Loved Coleman. I can rattle off any number of...

Loved Coleman. I can rattle off any number of films he was great in, stealing most of the scenery: Cloak & Dagger, Tootsie, Modern Problems, 9 to 5, Where the Heart Is, Dragnet, On Golden Pond...he...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 1 week ago
Replies: 14
RIP Roger Corman, 98
Posted By dadgumblah
Yes! I loved A Bucket of Blood. Dick Miller as...

Yes! I loved A Bucket of Blood. Dick Miller as the "artist" in the film, had the character name Walter Paisley. Miller would go on to use that name in quite a lot of his other films. Nice touch!
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 435
Noirvember 2023 - Rate the last noir you watched
Posted By dadgumblah
For some reason I was in the mood to see the...

For some reason I was in the mood to see the following film that was made in three-strip Technicolor rather than the usual Noir black and white. And that film is:

Niagara (1953)
...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 2 weeks ago
Replies: 14
RIP Roger Corman, 98
Posted By dadgumblah
A filmmaker you could really call a legend. So...

A filmmaker you could really call a legend. So many movies of his I've loved since I was a kid. The Poe films were among my favorites. In no particular order, movies he directed and/or produced that...
Replies: 81
Favorite Stand-Up Comedians?
Posted By dadgumblah
I liked him. You're right, he is like Steven...

I liked him. You're right, he is like Steven Wright and I love that stream of consciousness type of humor, going immediately from one subject to the next. I looked up Demetri Martin on IMDB after...
Replies: 81
Favorite Stand-Up Comedians?
Posted By dadgumblah
Brian Regan is probably my favorite. In the first...

Brian Regan is probably my favorite. In the first video, he was really young and [I[very[/I] limber and manic. But funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNfTuFbH_sE


Years later and he...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 3 weeks ago
Replies: 11
RIP Bernard Hill
Posted By dadgumblah
Can't imagine anybody else playing King Theoden...

Can't imagine anybody else playing King Theoden in the LOTR movies. He was great in The Ghost and the Darkness as the doctor. Godspeed, Bernard.
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 3 weeks ago
Replies: 369
Actors With Great Faces
Posted By dadgumblah
My favorite Don Calfa role was in Return of the...

My favorite Don Calfa role was in Return of the Living Dead where he was a mortician who lived near a medical building. His friend, played by Clu Gulager, had subdued and chopped up a dead body...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 weeks ago
Replies: 435
Noirvember 2023 - Rate the last noir you watched
Posted By dadgumblah
No Man of Her Own sounds like a great one, CR!...

No Man of Her Own sounds like a great one, CR! Thanks for the non-spoiler review. It's already on my Watch List, so I'm glad to hear it's a winner. :cool:
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 3 weeks ago
Replies: 1
RIP: Brian McCardie
Posted By dadgumblah
Very sad. I remember him mostly in The Ghost and...

Very sad. I remember him mostly in The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) and Rob Roy (1995). 59 is far too young. Godspeed, Brian
Forum: Movie Reviews 4 weeks ago
Replies: 1,893
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By dadgumblah
Great films to top the countdown! I like Sunset...

Great films to top the countdown! I like Sunset Blvd just a little better than Double Indemnity but that's just because the former appealed to my taste of the bizarre more. I mean, we've got a...
Forum: Movie Reviews 4 weeks ago
Replies: 1,893
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By dadgumblah
Holden Pike, I liked The Racket quite a bit. I...

Holden Pike, I liked The Racket quite a bit. I loved Robert Ryan as the bad guy in this one. Especially when he walks into a police station by himself and kills a cop! And the movie of course has...
Forum: Movie Reviews 4 weeks ago
Replies: 1,893
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By dadgumblah
Well, that tops me off with The Maltese Falcon...

Well, that tops me off with The Maltese Falcon placing in the same slot as I had it, #3. I love this movie greatly, it being one of my all-time favorites. The entire cast is perfect and John Huston...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 weeks ago
Replies: 435
Noirvember 2023 - Rate the last noir you watched
Posted By dadgumblah
Raw Deal (1948) ...

Raw Deal (1948)

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p7i92o4aOdE/WmJvZmIc7HI/AAAAAAAB7YE/Jw3CIj07QbE4uyOoVeW1EztZO3ZVr7fbACLcBGAs/s1600/raw-deal-1948-marsha-hunt-dennis-okeefe-claire-trevor-image-2.jpg
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Forum: Movie Reviews 4 weeks ago
Replies: 1,893
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By dadgumblah
No, I cannot! Do not tempt me! :eek:

No, I cannot! Do not tempt me! :eek:
Forum: Movie Reviews 4 weeks ago
Replies: 1,893
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By dadgumblah
I'm right there with you, Citizen Rules---while...

I'm right there with you, Citizen Rules---while I appreciate the filmmaking style, acting, and writing of The Third Man, I hated the zither music that was practically in every scene, no matter what...
Forum: Movie Reviews 4 weeks ago
Replies: 1,893
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By dadgumblah
Touch of Evil is classic Noir, no doubt, and here...

Touch of Evil is classic Noir, no doubt, and here it's near the top where it belongs. I've only seen i twice, the first time concentrating on the story, the second time looking more at the technical...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 4 weeks ago
Replies: 3
RIP Terry Carter, actor in original Battlestar Galactica, at 95
Posted By dadgumblah
Re: RIP Terry Carter, actor in original Battlestar Galactica, at 95

Yes, my main memory of him is from BSG (original) and I liked him a lot. Godspeed, Terry.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 weeks ago
Replies: 435
Noirvember 2023 - Rate the last noir you watched
Posted By dadgumblah
Very good review! I'm hooked and this will be my...

Very good review! I'm hooked and this will be my next Noir for sure. Claire Trevor, as you may have noted in my comments, is one actress that I can never pin down what age she really is. In Murder,...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 weeks ago
Replies: 435
Noirvember 2023 - Rate the last noir you watched
Posted By dadgumblah
CR, you forgot to leave a link. Just saying. :)

CR, you forgot to leave a link. Just saying. :)