Notorious. I loved Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant and Claude Rains dealing with the uranium in South America, which I believe was the first reference to its use in weaponry in film history or something like that. I'd like really to see it again.
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Rear Window is mine. Probably cuz I first saw it at a very impressionable age. We never missed his T.V. show. Many classic and memorable episodes.
That's maybe my second favorite film of Hitchcock. I just watched it a couple of nights ago. Jimmy Stewart was quite the busy body wasn't he? I have no idea why he kept looking out of the window with Grace Kelly trying to seduce him at every turn. I like Rear Window for the some of the same reasons I liked To Catch a Thief. Grace Kelly is my favorite Hitchcock blonde.
Hitchcock was brilliant with Burr’s character. He was scary creepy with a minimum of on camera work and without lines until the end.
Sarah Cooper is getting a Netflix special
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/12/entertainment/sarah-cooper-netflix-special/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/12/entertainment/sarah-cooper-netflix-special/index.html
Just finished Perry Mason. The acting, the score, the lighting and cinematography was all brilliant. I thought I had two more episodes to go , when halfway through I realized it was the finale. Very well done.
I’m now watching the HBO doc I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, based on the Golden State killer. I’ve read the book, but movie has even more details. I’m a sucker for True Crime books and docs.
I’m now watching the HBO doc I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, based on the Golden State killer. I’ve read the book, but movie has even more details. I’m a sucker for True Crime books and docs.
Did you see Manhunt; the story of catching the unibomber? The science of forensic linguistics was fascinating--especially for use as probable cause for a search warrant.
I thought it boiled down to his brother ratting him out. No, I haven't seen the show.
Actually it was the sister-in-law IIRC. The "rat out" was that she thought her bil wrote the manifesto. The profiler still had to develop forensic linguistics to the extent necessary to obtain the search warrant which was used to find all the incriminating evidence. Without a valid warrant, he walks.
I thought it was definitely entertaining. I really liked the unibombers character. Perry mason was great but damn the courtroom scenes are hard to watch. Zero relation to reality.
my stoker hates to watch a courtroom movie with me because i critique the whole thing.
One of my favorites is an obscure movie called The Music box. I was impressed with the judge. Turns out that the judge was a real federal judge who does some acting on the side.
I’ll check it out! I really like the perry mason actor. I liked him a lot in the americans too. But yeah the courtroom stuff in perry mason was a real stretch.
To Kill a Mockingbird and Inherit the Wind for me. My favorite legal book is A Civil Action by a wide margin. I liked the movie mostly because the book is so good.
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Lol no kidding! That lawyer is an interesting character. He kept on with the enviro stuff after that caseI would think it would be a better book for law firm economics
While I too was expecting something different, similar to the old TV series (the withering cross), I still loved the finale. And maybe they wanted to avoid a finish like a TV episode. After all, this was Perry Mason’s first trial, and this season was intended to tell the origin story of Mason. I think that’s why they did not use the original theme song until the very end of the season finale. I loved the finale and the whole series.
I agree. One of the best things I've watched in the past few years. It was excellently written and directed.
So My Cousin Vinny isn’t how most courtroom scenes are? And I thought that was so realistic..
Any opinion on Scott Turow and Presumed Innocent ?We’ve all been there done that.
I loved the book. I think Brian Dennehy and Raul Julia were perfectly cast based on the characters Turow created and were very believable in their roles. The plot was a constant reminder that the story was fiction.
I like all of Turow’s books. The characters always seem like how real lawyers think and act. I think I’ve read all of his books except for the most recent.
I haven’t read any Turow in awhile, but read all of his early work. Also loved Civil Action.
@Aloha Hoosier - have you seen Greyhound? I really liked the movie, I think it captured escort duty. It felt more like am episode on the North Atlantic in a WW2 docu series than a movie.
I wish someone would base a movie on the merchant marine. That took a lot of courage especially serving on a tanker.
I wish someone would base a movie on the merchant marine. That took a lot of courage especially serving on a tanker.
Not yet. I'm not going to buy yet another entertainment provider for it. I'm guessing it'll be on Netflix, Prime, Disney+, HBO, Hulu or whatever else I'm paying for at some point. I'm looking forward to seeing it though. I've heard good things. I just watched "My Way" on Prime and it's very good. It's a Chinese language movie with subtitles, but the plot is excellent and the action scenes are intense. It's a WWII movie and supposedly based, I'm guessing loosely, on a real story.
Lovecraft Country. Woah. Not sure what I just watched. The Green Book meets True Blood?
cant wait until the next episode so I can confirm I’m not losing my mind.
cant wait until the next episode so I can confirm I’m not losing my mind.
I loaded this up and watched it based solely on your post. I hadn't even read anything about the show. The first two-thirds of the premiere, this was me:
"Wow, Courtney B. Vance is old."
"Seems interesting."
"What is Noodle talking about? This is just normal TV. I mean, there was the opening sequence, but it was obvious from the cinematography from the very start is was just a dream."
"This is clearly a show designed to speak to issues we are facing today. Pretty standard stuff."
And then:
"HOLY F*CKING BALLS WTF IS HAPPENING."
This may be the only useful thread on the WC
LOL Yeah, it kind of hits you all at once. The end of the first car chase was a bit confusing (love that silver Bentley), but then all hell breaks loose out in the forest.
But didn't the title give you a hint at all? I mean, Lovecraft wasn't exactly known for his mainstream, social commentary dramas. Ironically, he was also pretty racist. I missed the very beginning of the show, but supposedly there is some sort of acknowledgement of his racist views.
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I haven’t watched yet. I’m binging the Americans right now.
But I definitely will. Abrams and Peele is a solid combination.
As long as we stay away from politics and talk about movies, books, cars, food, beer, and baseball, the people around here are pretty likable.
Tread - something was seriously wrong with that guy. I know they F'd with him but he was mental.
Immigration Nation - too sad turned it off
The Confession Killer - speechless. i'm sure for a spell he made a shit ton of cops around the country happy. "close it Joe! blame henry."
Lovecraft presents an interesting point. I have a couple very progressive friends who absolutely love Lovecraft. They have commented that they have to separate his work from his views. The question that creates the problem is that should we do that for others.
Lovecraft presents another issue, his works are mostly no longer protected. As a result there has been a real explosion of Lovecraft in literature and games. People are raking in the money. The same happened for Sherlock Holmes. If Tolkien were also free, there would be billions being made in sales. Our completely ridiculous laws stifle innovation, not enhance it. The Mouse wasn't worth bottling up all this creativity.
Well that took a turn. I purposely had not read up on it either.
