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Forum: Movie Reviews 7 hours ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
Yeah, do it early.

Yeah, do it early.
Forum: Movie Reviews 7 hours ago
Replies: 2,045
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
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Animal Kingdom - My #25

This Australian film was my 1-pointer, and as it didn't show I guess it got votes from at least one other person. It...
Forum: Movie Reviews 7 hours ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
5. The Long Goodbye - On my Robert Altman review...

5. The Long Goodbye - On my Robert Altman review thread I wrote this about TLG - "The longer you look at The Long Goodbye the more remarkable it seems, and the better sense you get of what you should...
Forum: Movie Reviews 8 hours ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
#5 Touch of Evil - I started my recent review of...

#5 Touch of Evil - I started my recent review of Touch of Evil by focusing on the character who Orson Welles completely disappears into, and who drives the movie forcefully into classic territory -...
Forum: Movie Reviews 8 hours ago
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My 2024 Watchlist Obsession!
Posted By PHOENIX74
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KOYAANISQATSI (1982)

Directed by : Godfrey Reggio

So, I was given a real snapshot of the entire world and humanity circa 1976 to 1981 last...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
7. Le Samouraï - If I'd have voted for Le...

7. Le Samouraï - If I'd have voted for Le Samouraï then there's a chance that Se7en would have actually come in 7th spot, so sorry for that. Anyway, I've seen this once but feel like I need to see it...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
Replies: 1,693
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
I just realised a HUGE omission from my list that...

I just realised a HUGE omission from my list that is coming up, and I have my head buried in my hands.....
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
#6 In a Lonely Place - Oh, how good this is. It...

#6 In a Lonely Place - Oh, how good this is. It came up on my watchlist recently, and this is the review I wrote :



Despite only having seen it recently, In a Lonely Place ended up snagging a...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
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Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By PHOENIX74
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Baby Reindeer - (2024)

I know, I know - not a movie, but I rarely sneak anything...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
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My 2024 Watchlist Obsession!
Posted By PHOENIX74
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CITIZEN X (1995)

Directed by : Chris Gerolmo

There aren't many HBO-type 'movie of the week' television deals in my watchlist, but Citizen X made...
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33rd Hall of Fame
Posted By PHOENIX74
Has any host ever abused their privileges and...

Has any host ever abused their privileges and given themselves loads of extra time?

(I'm waiting until the countdowns finish, in case anyone is wondering.)
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
Replies: 1,693
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
#7 Out of the Past (1947) - For a moment there I...

#7 Out of the Past (1947) - For a moment there I thought I might have forgotten about Out of the Past, but sure enough it's on my ballot. At it's central core, it has that familiar element to film...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
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Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By PHOENIX74
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Vagabond - (1985)

Tales of drifters and vagabonds can get depressing at times, but...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
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My 2024 Watchlist Obsession!
Posted By PHOENIX74
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He misses nothing

MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (1929)

Directed by : Dziga Vertov

So it seems in the late 1920s a Soviet artist finally...
Forum: Movie Reviews 3 days ago
Replies: 2,045
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
8. Memento - This is fantastic. If Christopher...

8. Memento - This is fantastic. If Christopher Nolan had of told me "I'm making a film with all of the scenes in reverse order, because it's about a man with no short-term memory", I'd have told him...
Forum: Movie Reviews 3 days ago
Replies: 1,693
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
#8 The Big Sleep (1946) - The Big Sleep is a big...

#8 The Big Sleep (1946) - The Big Sleep is a big movie, and to tell you the truth I like Humphrey Bogart in just about everything I've ever seen him in - but here he has a coolness and style that...
Forum: Movie Reviews 3 days ago
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My 2024 Watchlist Obsession!
Posted By PHOENIX74
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DANTE'S INFERNO (1911)
(L’Inferno)

Directed by : Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan & Giuseppe De Liguoro

You can look at the 1911...
Forum: Movie Reviews 4 days ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
9. Blood Simple - This is a really good film that...

9. Blood Simple - This is a really good film that didn't quite make my ballot. I've seen it a couple of times - it's a very heavy, adult, dark-toned movie. A million, trillion miles from The Coen's...
Forum: Movie Reviews 4 days ago
Replies: 1,693
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
#9 Sweet Smell of Success - I was introduced to...

#9 Sweet Smell of Success - I was introduced to Sweet Smell of Success by Citizen Rules during a Hall of Fame quite a while back, and it's one of the best films I've ever suddenly been confronted by...
Forum: Movie Reviews 4 days ago
Replies: 277
My 2024 Watchlist Obsession!
Posted By PHOENIX74
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CLÉO FROM 5 TO 7 (1962)

Directed by : Agnès Varda

Woah - it's a dizzying high getting treated to such eloquent, masterful and emotionally...
Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
Replies: 277
My 2024 Watchlist Obsession!
Posted By PHOENIX74
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LE BONHEUR (1965)

Directed by : Agnès Varda

Movie experiences like watching Le Bonheur don't come along very often. Agnès Varda seems to be a...
Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
#10 Laura (1944) - I had Laura on my ballot at...

#10 Laura (1944) - I had Laura on my ballot at #24. It got that spot because, although my memory has become a little hazy on the specifics, I remember really enjoying it. At the time I called it a "a...
Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
Replies: 2,045
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
13/13 - but I had a mental blank, and the timer...

13/13 - but I had a mental blank, and the timer just kept on creeping down until I finally snagged the last one with 0:49 to go! I regret nothing though. (Also, Lucky Number Slevin is known as The...
Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
Replies: 2,045
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
10. Mulholland Drive - This one didn't make my...

10. Mulholland Drive - This one didn't make my list, but oh man, Mulholland Drive is so fun to watch. If I could change the world, one of the first things I'd go for is "more films like Mulholland...
Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
Replies: 8
Late Night With the Devil
Posted By PHOENIX74
The movie Late Night With the Devil itself was...

The movie Late Night With the Devil itself was inspired by an Australian talk show hosted by American Don Lane. I remember Don Lane and his show - he used to like inviting the likes of Uri Geller and...