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Forum: Movie Reviews 13 hours ago
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Vampires, Assassins, and Romantic Angst by the Seaside: Takoma Reviews
Posted By Captain Quint
Nice review. Long ago, I revisited the year...

Nice review.

Long ago, I revisited the year for my blog, but was dragging my feet on returning to TDoML because I remembered it as just overwhelmingly painful and depressing (with the exception of...
Forum: Intermission: Miscellaneous Chat 15 hours ago
Replies: 7
Are you of Irish ancestry??
Posted By Captain Quint
And that always made me sad, being rejected by...

And that always made me sad, being rejected by them. The Germans on my father's side were the opposite, just a joyful, friendly group - our people might have scattered, but we love you and accept you...
Forum: Intermission: Miscellaneous Chat 15 hours ago
Replies: 7
Are you of Irish ancestry??
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: Are you of Irish ancestry??

Yes, on my mother's side, and I was always drawn to this side of me. Near the end of her life, she told me a bunch of stories that I never knew - about the people who came over, and that the last...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 86,490
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Captain Quint
106155 I'm just not a fan of Sean Baker's, Red...

106155
I'm just not a fan of Sean Baker's, Red Rocket was good, so I thought maybe it might be the start of something, but nope. I didn't care for the music montage thing it leaned on at the start,...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 1 day ago
Replies: 3
RIP Émilie Dequenne
Posted By Captain Quint
Sad news, I remember her best as Rosetta in 1999....

Sad news, I remember her best as Rosetta in 1999. Last movie I saw her in was Close from 2022.

https://youtu.be/ArBgiK68JPY?si=QpsPCSzuAuOx8ACu
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
Replies: 112
Quint's Reviews and Ruminations on Film
Posted By Captain Quint
Happy St. Patrick's Day Officially it's...

Happy St. Patrick's Day
Officially it's tomorrow, March 17th, but I've been movie celebrating through the weekend because I recently discovered the Irish Film Institutes website and have been...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
Replies: 326
The MoFo 1990s Countdown pt II - Preliminary Thread
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: The MoFo 1990s Countdown pt II - Preliminary Thread

Ah gee whiz, really? I tested out the edge cases months ago and it refused to take those either from IMDB or TMDB, and today they are?

It's too late in the game to change it, ballots have arrived...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 56
What's wrong with sentimentalism?
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: What's wrong with sentimentalism?

I don't do schmaltz - it makes me cringe; it makes me curl up into a ball and ache / cloying or mawkish = nausea.

Little girl in Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla talking about Godzilla's feelings....
Forum: Games and Tabs 2 days ago
Replies: 21,671
The Baker's Dozen Movie Game Thread
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: The Baker's Dozen Movie Game Thread

13 movies with a country in the title

1. From Russia With Love
2. Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
3. Big Man Japan

https://youtu.be/abTX8EKBoKI?si=0yZHxodZABPi-cEt
Forum: Games and Tabs 2 days ago
Replies: 21,671
The Baker's Dozen Movie Game Thread
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: The Baker's Dozen Movie Game Thread

13 Authors Who've Had At Least 4 Film Adaptions of Their Work (List 4 Favorites)

1. Phillip K. Dick (Minority Report, Scanner Darkly, Blade Runner, Total Recall)
2. Charles Dickens (David...
Forum: Specific Movie Threads 2 days ago
Replies: 39
Trial (1955): the hownos/Allaby viewing session
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: Trial (1955): the hownos/Allaby viewing session

Well, that's another one I get to mark off the watchlist. Not a bad legal drama, but a real product of the McCarthyism era. Did have some progressive moments (having a black judge) but also seemed to...
Forum: Specific Movie Threads 2 days ago
Replies: 39
Trial (1955): the hownos/Allaby viewing session
Posted By Captain Quint
Forum: Specific Movie Threads 2 days ago
Replies: 39
Trial (1955): the hownos/Allaby viewing session
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: Trial (1955): the hownos/Allaby viewing session

Barney was total scum, grrrr. Nice performance though.

The mothers deluded. grrrr

Movies a button pusher, really manipulative - communists, grrr
Forum: Specific Movie Threads 2 days ago
Replies: 39
Trial (1955): the hownos/Allaby viewing session
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: Trial (1955): the hownos/Allaby viewing session

So, it's shifting over to a red scare flick? Who knew the communists are the reason we're racists?
Forum: Specific Movie Threads 2 days ago
Replies: 39
Trial (1955): the hownos/Allaby viewing session
Posted By Captain Quint
They said something about his attempts at...

They said something about his attempts at seduction is what killed her (got her heart excited?)
Forum: Specific Movie Threads 2 days ago
Replies: 39
Trial (1955): the hownos/Allaby viewing session
Posted By Captain Quint
Not sure they revealed it yet. But wiki says that...

Not sure they revealed it yet. But wiki says that

heart has been weakened by rheumatic fever
Forum: Specific Movie Threads 2 days ago
Replies: 39
Trial (1955): the hownos/Allaby viewing session
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: Trial (1955): the hownos/Allaby viewing session

3-time Oscar winner Robert Surtees shot the film.
Forum: Specific Movie Threads 2 days ago
Replies: 39
Trial (1955): the hownos/Allaby viewing session
Posted By Captain Quint
Juano Hernández

Juano Hernández
Forum: Specific Movie Threads 2 days ago
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Trial (1955): the hownos/Allaby viewing session
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: Trial (1955): the hownos/Allaby viewing session

This is on my Oscar nom watchlist because Arthur Kennedy was nominated in support.

Jack Lemmon won for Mister Robert that year, the other nominees were Joe Mantell in Marty, Sal Mineo in Rebel...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
Replies: 326
The MoFo 1990s Countdown pt II - Preliminary Thread
Posted By Captain Quint
I've been in and out of Seattle several times. I...

I've been in and out of Seattle several times. I used to move around a lot, lived in various states, but always seem to find myself back there.

And yeah, heavy clothing, big beard - not a fashion...
Forum: Games and Tabs 2 days ago
Replies: 21,671
The Baker's Dozen Movie Game Thread
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: The Baker's Dozen Movie Game Thread

13 Authors Who've Had At Least 4 Film Adaptions of Their Work (List 4 Favorites)

1. Phillip K. Dick (Minority Report, Scanner Darkly, Blade Runner, Total Recall)
2. Charles Dickens (David...
Forum: Games and Tabs 2 days ago
Replies: 3,389
Have you watched it?
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: Have you watched it?

Yes

Murder Most Foul (1964)
Forum: Games and Tabs 2 days ago
Replies: 21,671
The Baker's Dozen Movie Game Thread
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: The Baker's Dozen Movie Game Thread

Oh good subject, and I just posted this elsewhere, so I might as well post it again

13 Authors Who've Had At Least 4 Film Adaptions of Their Work (List 4 Favorites)

1. Phillip K. Dick (Minority...
Forum: Movie Questions 2 days ago
Replies: 5
Answered: Clip with a Hindu supernatural being.
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: Clip with a Hindu supernatural being.

Well, cool, another one solved.

That was an important Oscar moment, not only for honoring a great filmmaker, but also because the Academy had a difficult time finding decent clips, his movies were...
Forum: Games and Tabs 2 days ago
Replies: 1,595
First movie to come to mind
Posted By Captain Quint
Re: First movie to come to mind

L'Atalante (1934)

a movie with a nun or nuns

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