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Okay, I didn't watch this one last night, but rather a few months ago when I ran across the Twilight Time Blu-ray and was on a roll of Peter Yates 1970s movies. Such a fun cast. Great chemistry. I'd love to see more Dortmunder adventures adapted to screen this breezily.
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That's actually a different app than the My Movies I'm using! The one I have I actually had to buy. It's called My Movies Pro and was maybe $30?
Now I kinda want to look into the one from Blu-ray.com to see if it's better.
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Second this one. It's super handy and easy to use.
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Man, everybody's already talked about how great this movie is, so I'll just throw out that the Blu ray has a featurette on Lancaster that has some fun anecdotes about him doing his own stunts.
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Of course! I found myself just staring at the disc itself after watching it. Beautiful stuff!
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Have you thought about deleting your post?
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I recently went on a Spielberg completist tear and I know they're obscure but I have to stump for SAVAGE (TV movie/pilot) and his segment of TWILIGHT ZONE as the only things I don't think I could bear to watch again.
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Oh man you just grouped this in with the two movies I always feel best evoke true Halloween spookiness. I think I saw it but clearly need to give it another go. Is this one of the movies where there is a great director's cut?
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It sounds like I'm damning with faint praise to say it's the best movie about Mormons because it's not a high bar, but this one is excellent. The Wild West as a place communities are built. Even has a genuinely touching scene with the Navajo tribe they cross paths with.
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And while he could EASILY pull off the charismatic outlaw role in, say, a 3:10 to Yuma-type Western, I'd actually love to see him cast as the non-violent family man Van Heflin role.
THE GUY IS HARD NOT TO LIKE, IS WHAT I'M SAYING
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As is his great supporting turn in Those Who Wish Me Dead. Dude has charisma to burn and chemistry with literally everyone.
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Don't know if this helps but MOONRISE turned one my kids into a huge Wes Anderson fan while the same kid prefers SLEEPY HOLLOW and BEETLEJUICE to BATMAN on the Burton front.
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"I'm sorry sir, they have invoked the Criterion Exclusion Policy on those titles."
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I came to post this exact recommendation! The clear love of craft those two have regarding those action sequences makes them even more fun to watch.
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We just watched CHUNGKING for the first time a week ago. My girlfriend during the final scene: "Um, if someone looked at me like that, I'm not sure I could walk away."
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I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR AN ORIGINAL SIN
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That is not what's happening here.
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Oh shit! The movie is not currently streaming?! I watched a very nice Kino blu ray but also check your local library. Support physical media!
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Chandler = Tom Cruise in A FEW GOOD MEN: decent guy happy to not make waves until someone tells him to stop asking questions, at which point he can't stop. Great b&w Cinemascope. Chandler's disgusted speech to the town willing to defend the obvious bad guy lining their pockets hit HARD. Excellent!
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I would watch every one of these. Especially as the casting for the Jason Reitman one would provide some interesting wrinkles in 2025.
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Western Wednesday: CANYON PASSAGE (Tourneur, 1946) Dana Andrews is a risk-taking businessman and Susan Hayward his best friend's fiancé in 1850s Portland. Gorgeous technicolor. Great 1st 3/4s that let you marinate in the day-to-day of frontier living. Overstuffed (but fun!) finale. shorturl.at/0IheT
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Strong instinct. And Criterion just announced it for later this year!
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See also:
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Princess Bride
The Three/Four Musketeers (1973)
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Many do not realize how goddamned rare it is to pull off the truly great comedy that is ALSO a legitimately great adventure movie. This one does. (Also passes my "Wizard of Oz" test, where you have to believe that the motley team assembled in the movie are truly lifelong friends by the end.)
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Noir gets all of November so I figured Westerns deserve at least a day of the week.
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Western Wednesday: DEVIL'S DOORWAY (Mann 1950) Robert Taylor is a war hero returning home from the Civil War to run his family's ranch. He's also Native American and soon learns that "the law" only allows white men to own land and he'll have to fight to stay. This one rips. Powerful and very timely.
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Just rewatched this one myself and then heard about this: gkids.com/2025/03/11/n...
Yeah, looks like I'll be watching it again.