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Forum: General Movie Discussion 17 hours ago
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Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Jeff
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

The Calgary Stampede -- 1925 -- 3/5 -- just yer garden variety western, leading man's real name was Hoot, and i was born in Calgary, so for me it's a real hoot. This guy wants to marry a lady, but...
Forum: Games and Tabs 1 day ago
Replies: 2,550
Like or dislike?
Posted By Jeff
Re: Like or dislike?

Like, at least it sounds good.

Firm mattresses
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 66
Darth Pazuzu's Movie Collection (a work in progress)
Posted By Jeff
Re: Darth Pazuzu's Movie Collection (a work in progress)

This is a great thread idea, i'd like to do something similar, how do you make multiple images side up like that?
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
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Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Jeff
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

Record of a Tenement Gentleman -- 1947 -- 5/5 -- getting into the streaming groove now, no one crafted a story like Ozu, what a first seems pretty simplistic becomes profoundly moving.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
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Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Jeff
That looks better than my Criterion DVD, thanks!!...

That looks better than my Criterion DVD, thanks!! Youtube often has inferior visual quality, but that's good.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
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Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Jeff
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

Flunky, Work Hard -- 1931 -- 3/5 -- embarking on a Naruse fest, and i may have found the ideal way to stream, sitting in bed, optimal for neck with tilting down instead of up for the tv. This is a...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
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What are the best Mikio Naruse films?
Posted By Jeff
I knew you'd come through on this, thanks :)

I knew you'd come through on this, thanks :)
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 3
What are the best Mikio Naruse films?
Posted By Jeff
What are the best Mikio Naruse films?

I've seen one When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, he'd be the 4th in the upper echelon of classic Japanese directors, so i'm still not decided to forsake the Criterion Channel, it is however a struggle...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
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Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Jeff
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

The Hidden Fortress -- 1958 -- 4/5 -- will need to see it on disc, but it was pretty good on the Criterion Channel, probably not gonna renew my subscription there, streaming is not the thing for me. ...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
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1 month left in my annual Criterion subscription test
Posted By Jeff
Re: 1 month left in my annual Criterion subscription test

Film #2 -- Vengeance is Mine -- 1984 -- this is the kind of thing i need the channel for. Brooke Adams, oh i loved her in the body snatchers movie, she's always been to me a spitting image of Margot...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
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1 month left in my annual Criterion subscription test
Posted By Jeff
1 month left in my annual Criterion subscription test

If i can get a good amount {let's say 30 films at least} watched before June 18, 2024, i'll renew my subscription there, it can serve 3 purposes:

1. Finding what i want to own, and see on the tv ...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
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Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Jeff
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

Pitfall -- 1962 -- 3/5 -- didn't hit home like it did long ago when i 1st seen it.

Taste of Cherry -- 1997 -- 5/5 -- nice and slow, a great sense of place, and time, in a dusty golden hue. The...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 81,902
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Jeff
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

The Eagle -- 1925 -- 4/5 -- the best Rudolph Valentino i've seen yet, where it just so happens that he treats women respectfully for a change.

Metropolis -- 1927 -- 5/5 -- i'm getting used to the...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
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For physical media collectors, what are the ones you can't find?
Posted By Jeff
For physical media collectors, what are the ones you can't find?

I thought i'd create a space for those things we have that we can't find, but must be around somewhere. There's 2 at first that come to mind for me:
...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
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Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Jeff
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

The Bank Dick -- 1940 -- 3/5 -- it was ok, some giggles, was disappointed i didn't hear the line Tony Soprano said in connection to it "Did you warble my little glen?"

The Shield of Honor -- 1927...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 5 days ago
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Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Jeff
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

Day of Wrath – 1943 – 5/5 – a solid favorite, how it emulates a slow hypnotic way of behaving is highly inspirational.

The Devil – 1972 – 4/5 – a lot less controversial than i thought it’d be,...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 6 days ago
Replies: 0
Watching My Collection
Posted By Jeff
Watching My Collection

May 15, 2024

1. Day of Wrath -- 1943
2. The Devil -- 1972
3. To Have and Have Not -- 1944

May 16, 2024

4. Skinner's Dress Suit -- 1926
5. Osaka Elegy -- 1936
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 6 days ago
Replies: 73
Akira Kurosawa - Overrated?
Posted By Jeff
Might put him in front of Tarkovsky in the to get...

Might put him in front of Tarkovsky in the to get list, i need to see it on our tv in the living room ... a balance between silent era though, Kurosawa wrote a nice little piece in the Solaris insert...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 6 days ago
Replies: 73
Akira Kurosawa - Overrated?
Posted By Jeff
Glad to hear some common sense!! I still haven't...

Glad to hear some common sense!! I still haven't seen some like The Hidden Fortress, need the Blu-ray, saw High and Low on The Criterion Channel, and it feels like an insult seeing that calibre of...
Forum: Games and Tabs 6 days ago
Replies: 2,674
Have you watched it?
Posted By Jeff
Re: Have you watched it?

Yes, i got Dear Wendy used at our town's rental store before it went out of business!! (i was responding to the bottom of the 1st page :(
...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 6 days ago
Replies: 35,333
Movie You're Watching Tonight
Posted By Jeff
Re: Movie You're Watching Tonight

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Forum: General Movie Discussion 6 days ago
Replies: 22
Best Giallo Movies?
Posted By Jeff
Re: Best Giallo Movies?

I love those Sergio Martino gialli with Edwige Fenech, Your Vice is a Locked Door and Only I Have the key, and All the Colors of the Dark being imo the best.
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 6 days ago
Replies: 73
Akira Kurosawa - Overrated?
Posted By Jeff
Re: Akira Kurosawa - Overrated?

This is an old post but i was struck by one above saying he doesn't measure up to today's standards, if today's standards are seen as higher than in the 50's through to the 70's, then there's nothing...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 6 days ago
Replies: 72
What's the single worst film you've ever seen?
Posted By Jeff
Re: What's the single worst film you've ever seen?

This, i actually paid good money for 3 of this guy's films, other 2 were way better but this was when i first realized that experimental arthouse didn't always mean something laudable, a growing...