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Dr.T & the Women is similar to The Cobweb in that the acting and production values are good, but the plot is just ludicrous. Robert Altman has made some brilliant films, which makes it all the more baffling. Richard Gere in the title role is a busy gynecologist. His waiting room is always packed with bored ditzy housewives who can't wait to get into his stirrups, and of course his receptionist (Shelly Long) is in love with him as well. He's not a jerk who takes advantage, however - in fact he's almost too thoughtful and caring to be true. He loves women, but if he thinks any woman loves being in this position he's crazy! It's been years but vaguely recall toward the end Dr.T driving and getting sucked into a vortex that deposits him, still behind the wheel, right at the door of a female about to give birth, where he saves the day. The labor seemed interminable, like the movie. YMMV

An incredible film, beautifully shot and edited. I was rooting for the octopus and when the shark was hunting her in the kelp forest it was better than any thriller because it was real! I had no idea they were so intelligent.

The Cobweb would've made a great comedy except it's serious as a heart attack. Directed by Vincente Minelli and starring Richard Widmark, Gloria Grahame, Lauren Bacall, Lillian Gish and Charles Boyer. Centered around a mental facility so posh that even the patients wear suits and ties, the drama is all about the staff and the drapes in the library. Dr. McIver (Widmark) is married to Grahame who gets involved with swatches and doesn't even work there. She enlists the help of his amorous boss (Boyer). While Widmark is off smooching with Bacall his wife breaks in and hangs up some expensive drapery which causes quite a stir. The patients are growing concerned about the staff's obsession with the drapes and call a meeting.

He's such a pretentious ass. It's like something compels me to see just how much he despises his audience, and serving up this unoriginal rubbish is a new low even for him.

He's been called a "provocateur", among other things, and most actors in a Lars Von Trier film do indeed provoke from me a feeling of embarrassment and fear for their sexual or psychological safety. Matt Dillon was no exception in The House That Jack Built where he plays a serial killer who uses dead bodies as an artform. This repulsive idea isn't original but lifted from the TV show Hannibal with fellow Dane Mads Mikkelsen. Hannibal was at least stylish, but House is like a low budget version that drags on and on and on. I can't express how much I hated this film. I've also seen something very similar with the signage -

Two of my all time favorite scenes. Eva Marie Saint in North By Northwest and Anne Bancroft in The Graduate.

Too Late For Tears is a well written LA noir that moves right along with some twists and great acting by the fabulous Lizabeth Scott and Dan Duryea. Full movie with no ads.

YES, Lena Olin is fantastic! Also loved her in the Ninth Gate and the more obscure Devil You Know. She plays Rosamund Pike's mother, a retired film actress with a rich dead husband, a possessive personal assistant, a new boy toy, and a shady past. Despite its low ratings I enjoyed it.

In Dyan Cannon's book she talks about how strongly opposed Cary Grant was to casting Audrey Hepburn in Charade because of the age difference. When she pointed out that she herself was actually younger than Hepburn, he insisted "That's different." 😄

A couple of unconventional femme fatales in Ava and I, Tonya. (Contains spoilers) Ava (Jessica Chastain) seduces, manipulates, and kills, but that's because it's her job as an operative for Duke (John Malkovich). She has no idea why these people are marked for death, and sometimes asks them what they've done wrong. I lost interest in finishing the film when Ava fights her way through about 20 armed men without so much as a scratch. Superpowers just aren't my cup of tea. I, Tonya is. I don't believe for a second that Harding had no idea about the attack on Kerrigan. Desperate and confrontational when things didn't go her way, it was probably her idea. Still, her mother was such a monster that the apple didn't fall far from the tree.

https://blog.britishmuseum.org/inside-the-dig-how-star-studded-film-squares-with-reality-of-sutton-hoo/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAyoeCBhCTARIsAOfpKxjRoouJ5EUJfzMZqcNPFcyy5RhNgFY-w_RNk5UFUOLLHspouxHTILYaAqb8EALw_wcB Great article and pics that compare the film with the reality.

Whoa, that seems to be universally loathed with a 2% rating from Rotten Tomatoes! It almost makes me want to see just how bad it is. Almost.

Sad, isn't it. This could be seen as camp, though it clearly wasn't intended to be.

The hair and wardrobe departments deserve some awards. Marla's blunt cut and stupid little ponytail cracked me up. Someone already mentioned Chris Messina's cheap suit. Roman's henchman Alexi may have used the same hair stylist, but his taste in clothes was atrocious for someone who should be keeping a low profile. Nicholas Logan is new to me but was so funny. The nursing home shootout (just saying that makes me laugh) was another highlight. Oh, and I don't know why this makes me laugh, it just does.

Madame Sin, 1972 Two nuns use a tranquilizer gun on Robert Wagner in Hyde Park. He's quickly helicoptered to a castle in Scotland where people are doing weird experiments on human brains and frozen turkeys at the behest of Bette Davis, in 'yellowface' and one of her less-than-stellar performances. I wish someone would.

It's not exactly the worst ever, but it's pretty bad, especially given the great cast and potential. The funniest part was the background poster of a shirtless Jon Hamm in The Jesus Rolls.

I love that this film is shedding light on abuse of the elderly by these guardians/predators. There was one with hundreds of victims just like the movie. It happens all over and more often than I thought. The screenwriter probably didn't have Dianne Weist triumphing over her guardian because sadly they're as vulnerable as little children. https://stopguardianabuse.org/ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/court-appointed-guardian-system-failing-elderly_n_59d3f70be4b06226e3f44d4e

Hmm. It's certainly polarizing. I have no problem with people hating it or not thinking it's funny, but even in the most critical reviews ("I Care a Lot is a mean-spirited and unfunny black comedy. What a vile film."), or among Pike's rival nominees, I'm not aware of any controversy about its correct designated genre. That's all I'm saying.

Not everyone will like every dark comedy or find them equally funny, if at all. A few that critics just love (Brazil, Trainspotting, for ex.) wouldn't make my Top 50 list.

Yay! Well done.

I'll start with one called Door to Door Maniac (aka: 5 Minutes To Live) This movie is so bad that it's almost funny. Johnny Cash stars in a questionable career decision as the thoroughly despicable "Johnny", a drifter, ex-con, woman-hater and violent criminal. After shooting his girlfriend in the face, he then brings his guitar along on a home invasion, singing '5 minutes to Live' to a terrified housewife before shooting her in the face as well. It just grazes her cheek, so she lives through that, but I couldn't go on when he hustled her into the bedroom. Also stars little Ronny Howard, who's probably the best actor here at 7 years old. Some good music and its thankfully short running time of 72 minutes is a plus. If anyone has some time to kill or is a glutton for punishment, here it is: Door to Door Maniac

Sometimes I'm in the mood for just an uncomplicated plot and eye candy, such as Cecil B. de Mille's circus extravaganza Greatest Show on Earth, 1952 Free with Amazon Prime Cornel Wilde and Betty Hutton (terrible actress) as competitive trapeze artists. Spoiler alert. Jimmy Stewart as Buttons the clown. No one thinks wearing greasepaint even on his days off is sketchy? Hmm. Gloria Grahame as the top elephant girl who's looking for some human love. Tough guy Lawrence Tierney is a (surprise) shady character who gets sacked by boss man Charlton Heston for running crooked games on the midway.

It's hard to say what Noah Hawley was thinking here, but I've rarely been so disappointed. Hawley fancies himself a feminist and made some changes that don't make any sense and stripped it of any dark comedy potential. It probably didn't sit well that such an accomplished woman would lose her damn mind over astrostud Jon Hamm and drive across country in a space diaper to kill her rival. It's not pretty, but it's true and could have been funny. Instead he kind of blames NASA, leaves out the diaper, and has her confront Jon Hamm rather than the other woman. Failed miserably to launch.

A Fritz Lang film-noir double feature. Both star Joan Bennett as the femme fatale and Edward G. Robinson as her mild mannered mark. The stories are different but have some similarities in that Robinson plays against his usual gangster type. I was skeptical at first, but he's brilliant in these. Lang was notoriously difficult but said of him "Each part he plays, he enriches with deep and warm understanding of human frailties and compels us to pity rather than condemnation, always adding vivid color to the intricate mosaic of motion picture reality." The Woman in the Window, 1944 Free with Amazon Prime Taut with suspense and my favorite of the two. Scarlet Street, 1945 Same cast, but here Robinson plays a sweet sensitive artist who's reduced to painting his "girlfriend's" toenails. He's even more empathetic than before. Free on You Tube with NO ads