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Forum: Movie Reviews 7 hours ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
L.A. Confidential(1997) This is an unusual...

L.A. Confidential(1997)

This is an unusual film noir because it was not a film from the vintage 1940s-1950s, nor a modern noir representing the classic style, but a film set in the traditional...
Forum: Movie Reviews 7 hours ago
Replies: 1,813
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
It's called Musso & Frank Grille. It's been a...

It's called Musso & Frank Grille. It's been a fine restaurant/bar on Hollywood Blvd. since 1919. Here's the website. The waiter pictured is my old friend Sergio.
https://mussoandfrank.com/
Forum: Movie Reviews 7 hours ago
Replies: 1,813
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
Yes, it was Apache. I absolutely loved this film...

Yes, it was Apache. I absolutely loved this film as a kid when it came out. B. Lancaster was absolutely believable as Massai, the warrior who wouldn't give up. His love story with Nalinle (Jean...
Forum: Movie Reviews 8 hours ago
Replies: 1,813
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
The Maltese Falcon (1941) The Maltese...

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

The Maltese Falcon is one of the great films and also one of the very first noirs. There were a couple of noir films in 1940 --The Letter, and They Drive by Night, but...
Forum: Movie Reviews 8 hours ago
Replies: 1,813
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
I'll wager that there's not a peep from the SJ...

I'll wager that there's not a peep from the SJ crowd when in a Mexican movie a Mexican plays a gringo..;)
Forum: Movie Reviews 8 hours ago
Replies: 1,813
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
Nice clip from a very good Ed Wood movie. I've...

Nice clip from a very good Ed Wood movie. I've sat in that booth shown (and at the bar) in the clip many times. I used to live 2 blocks up the street from Musso and Franks. I was friends with the...
Forum: The Television & Music Forum 11 hours ago
Replies: 1
Mayor of Kingstown returns wih Jeremy Renner
Posted By GulfportDoc
Mayor of Kingstown returns wih Jeremy Renner

Premieres June 2nd.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jeremy-renner-mayor-of-kingstown-season-3-trailer-2-1235881318/
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
Replies: 2,140
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
Taxi Driver is a great film, a landmark film, a...

Taxi Driver is a great film, a landmark film, a very innovative film, but I have trouble seeing it as noir-- neo or otherwise, despite its dark mood. I think of it as a psychological thriller.

I...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
Replies: 1,813
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
Perfectly stated, HL. The zither, along with the...

Perfectly stated, HL. The zither, along with the performance of some of the popular European songs of the day, such as "Lili Marlene", wonderfully evoked post WWII Vienna.

Roger Ebert stated,...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
Replies: 1,813
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
The Third Man (1949) Producer Alex Korda...

The Third Man (1949)

Producer Alex Korda had sent British novelist Graham Greene to Vienna after WWII to conceive and write a screenplay which would capture the wantonness and treacherous times...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
Replies: 1,813
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
That may be the view of some today, looking back...

That may be the view of some today, looking back at a 65 year old film through a contemporary lens; but I assure you that no one felt that was an issue in 1958. Actors play roles.

Still, Eddie...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
Replies: 2,140
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
IMO The Long Goodbye is a nice film, a curio. ...

IMO The Long Goodbye is a nice film, a curio. But it suffered from the decision to change eras from the 1940s to the 1970s. I wasn't wild about the screenplay, and I never believed Elliot Gould as...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
Replies: 1,813
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
Touch of Evil pretty much brought to an end the...

Touch of Evil pretty much brought to an end the classic era of noir. One could count Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), and that's a good noir, but it's as much a social message film.

I don't know...
Forum: Movie Reviews 3 days ago
Replies: 1,813
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
In A Lonely Place featured career best...

In A Lonely Place featured career best performances by both Bogart and Gloria Grahame. It also was graced by two of the best in the business: director Nicholas Ray (They Live by Night; Rebel...
Forum: The Television & Music Forum 3 days ago
Replies: 25
Anyone else watching Bull?
Posted By GulfportDoc
Bienvenido!

Bienvenido!
Forum: Movie Reviews 4 days ago
Replies: 1,813
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
Out of the Past (1947) This is a noir’s...

Out of the Past (1947)

This is a noir’s noir-- one of the best examples in the entire movement. Director Jacques Tourneur guides this dark tale of revenge, double cross, and sexual attraction;...
Forum: The Television & Music Forum 4 days ago
Replies: 25
Anyone else watching Bull?
Posted By GulfportDoc
You're probably right. Of course it is CBS...:D ...

You're probably right. Of course it is CBS...:D

You spell "license" as "licence". Are you outside the U.S.?
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 days ago
Replies: 81,600
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By GulfportDoc
98676 Coup de chance (2023) This is...

98676

Coup de chance (2023)

This is Woody Allen’s 50th film, and I’ve seen every one of them. I’d place this picture somewhere in the middle of his films in terms of quality. It’s a bit...
Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
Replies: 2,140
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
Memento is a stunningly good film with a freshly...

Memento is a stunningly good film with a freshly innovative story for the year 2000. Guy Pearce's Leonard Shelby is one of the best performances of his career. Carrie-Anne Moss turns in a nice...
Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
Replies: 1,813
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
I absolutely love The Big Sleep. I've seen it...

I absolutely love The Big Sleep. I've seen it many times, and I still watch it occasionally. Despite that, IMO the picture is a little light-hearted for a sinister and cynical noir, so I chose...
Forum: Movie Reviews 6 days ago
Replies: 1,813
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) Despite...

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Despite containing no murder or even any crime, Sweet Smell of Success has plenty of noir credentials from its display of sleaze, tension, mood, and darkness. All...
Forum: The Television & Music Forum 6 days ago
Replies: 25
Anyone else watching Bull?
Posted By GulfportDoc
I'm pretty sure it's just by sight and sound. ...

I'm pretty sure it's just by sight and sound. They monitor the juror's mannerisms, expressions, and of course their answers to questions during voir dare.
Forum: Movie Reviews 6 days ago
Replies: 2,140
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
I hope you get to see Ripley (2024). It's the...

I hope you get to see Ripley (2024). It's the best neo-noir series I've ever seen. I mentioned it in the TV forum.
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 week ago
Replies: 2,140
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
Mulholland Drive (2001) A couple of years...

Mulholland Drive (2001)

A couple of years ago I finally sat down to watch this picture after avoiding it for 20 years. There were several enjoyable elements, chiefly the superb acting of Naomi...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 week ago
Replies: 1,813
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By GulfportDoc
Laura, done the same year as Double Indemnity, is...

Laura, done the same year as Double Indemnity, is a wonderfully good mystery noir with a stellar cast. It's famous theme song alone by David Raskin (with Johnny Mercer's lyrics added after the...

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