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Great moments in Film.
Effy's FA/FO theory in battleground application.
The Triple-Redoubt
Great Moments in Film.
Robert Blake finds his father on the scaffolding after the 13 steps.
Great moments in Film.
Effy's FA/FO theory in battleground application.
The Triple-Redoubt
*Took a flier with a film on Hulu...-Fresh-...in '22. It evolves primarily around cannibalism of captured young women by a SOB, so, going in I didn't think I'd be able to see it thru. I did not see it thru, but instead "watched" it thru Wikipedia which I have found is a great alternative as they recount without judgment, or, passionate prose the entire movie.
Gird you loins for that one...even Wiki's litany is frightening beyond the pale.
*-Don't Worry, Darling- in '22 on the MAX stream. Just a redo of the -Stepford Wives- (early one) but has Olivia Wilde which causes it to be watchable. Has a great sex scene early (not involving Wilde) but the 2 main leads. They even show the girl's closely cropped wedge for a split second.
I'd hit a dog in the ass with it, but really don't waste your time.
One more I tried very early this morning.
-Self Reliance- in '23 that deals with a fellow who agrees to play a game for big money. He must be accompanied by someone at all times, or, he'll be murdered if alone. It's a black comedy, so, it's not riveting, even more than a bit agitating. I fell asleep midway thru and finished "watching" it on Wiki this morning.
Don't bother.
I figured if Tarantino can cite James Stacy in -Once Upon a Time in Hollywood- (motorcycle sequence above) it is only fair & just that the entire story be told.
Stacy was a hot commodity in '60's Hollywood. Then he crashed his Harley (a drunken driver hit him) in '73 in the Hollywood Hills..."His leg was already off when the ambulance arrived." His left arm would be amputated as well. He persevered and had a keen role -Posse- 2 years later. He'd show again, and this time with an amount of keen poignancy -Something Wicked This Way Comes- in '83 as the one time super star college QB who'd lost his leg/arm in WWI., who makes a pact with the "something wicked"/Jonathan Pryce passing thru his small town where he is now the town bartender.
Here is the rest of the story... Arrest and conviction[edit]
In November 1995, Stacy pleaded no contest to a charge of molesting an 11-year-old girl.[9] On December 7, 1995, he failed to appear for sentencing in Ventura County Superior Court and was arrested the next day in a Honolulu, Hawaii hospital after he fled California. He attempted suicide by jumping off a cliff. After recovering, he waived extradition and returned to California. On March 5, 1996, he received a six-year prison sentence. The prosecutor said she believed Stacy might have been eligible for probation for the molestation, but his post-arrest behavior, coupled with two arrests in June 1995 for prowling at the homes of other girls,[2][10] led her to seek a prison sentence.[11][12] He served his sentence at the California Ins ution for Men in Chino, California.[2]
James Stacy passed away in 2016.
***-Something Wicked This Way Comes- should not be missed.
In "Posse"
^
post-arrest behavior,
coupled with two arrests in June 1995 for prowling at the homes of other girls,
Still only results in 6 years.
Out in 3?
The US Injustice System.
.
You're talking 30 years ago, did they even have a national database and the branding iron in use back then? I don't believe so.^
post-arrest behavior,
coupled with two arrests in June 1995 for prowling at the homes of other girls,
Still only results in 6 years.
Out in 3?
The US Injustice System.
.
Watched -Backcountry- (2014) again for the 3rd time last night. It's quite serviceable at a tight 92 minutes as the young couple FA/hike thru the forest, become lost and eventually FO/attacked by a black bear who eats him & injures her. Why she only deploys the bear spray once during the attack isn't explained.
I'm going to rent/$3.59 and watch -Under Su ion- 2000 some time today, on the Prime stream. I've already seen this fine film 3 times. Stars Morgan Freeman as the detective, Gene Hackman as the accused, well heavily suspected child killer, Monica Bellucci as his detached///gorgeous wife (I God's) and Thomas Jane as the junior detective who drives this film superlatively. He is simply magnificent here. Without him it woulda died on the vine. They knew.
Both Freeman & Hackman bankrolled it.
It is not flawless, no, as it stumbles when away from the PR police HQ interrogation room, yet is still quite entertaining as the viewer chooses a side early and we FO.
A complete film.
Great moments in Film.
FO & FA
No, right Effy?
FA & FO
The disgust in tossing away the barbed wire.
"Lie still, lie still."
at 2:09
I wouldn't hit the proverbial dog in the ass with the film, but this introduction is nails.
A flawless motion picture event.
And she's not even that choice, but, on that landing at the first in just the towel and nothing else he's ready to commit murder.
It frustrates one as does "The Collector" in the same circa. They're both good movies, but I can't watch 'em. There's no satisfaction in them.
But, the beginning of this is just so fine (the crash) (the sisters at youth) (the father was a fine choice as well)..until we rocket ahead to present day.
And the neighbors next door [Anna Lee and her demure daughter] is a wonderful decision to have modern day right next to a situation that is stuck back in the ages. It jolts one to enter Lee's home and it's normal. They knew to set that in there.
This is one of those movies for me that was better on 2nd and 3rd viewings, many years after the theatrical release
Something Wicked This Way Comes is just kind of embedded in my subconscious from a very early age. It is underratedly unsettling, like The Uninvited, original Salem’s Lot (can’t explain it, I know it’s cheesy)and Jacob’s Ladder. The scene you alluded to as well as the girl getting her beauty back then going blind always stuck with me
I figured if Tarantino can cite James Stacy in -Once Upon a Time in Hollywood- (motorcycle sequence above) it is only fair & just that the entire story be told.
Stacy was a hot commodity in '60's Hollywood. Then he crashed his Harley (a drunken driver hit him) in '73 in the Hollywood Hills..."His leg was already off when the ambulance arrived." His left arm would be amputated as well. He persevered and had a keen role -Posse- 2 years later. He'd show again, and this time with an amount of keen poignancy -Something Wicked This Way Comes- in '83 as the one time super star college QB who'd lost his leg/arm in WWI., who makes a pact with the "something wicked"/Jonathan Pryce passing thru his small town where he is now the town bartender.
Here is the rest of the story... Arrest and conviction[edit]
In November 1995, Stacy pleaded no contest to a charge of molesting an 11-year-old girl.[9] On December 7, 1995, he failed to appear for sentencing in Ventura County Superior Court and was arrested the next day in a Honolulu, Hawaii hospital after he fled California. He attempted suicide by jumping off a cliff. After recovering, he waived extradition and returned to California. On March 5, 1996, he received a six-year prison sentence. The prosecutor said she believed Stacy might have been eligible for probation for the molestation, but his post-arrest behavior, coupled with two arrests in June 1995 for prowling at the homes of other girls,[2][10] led her to seek a prison sentence.[11][12] He served his sentence at the California Ins ution for Men in Chino, California.[2]
James Stacy passed away in 2016.
***-Something Wicked This Way Comes- should not be missed.
In "Posse"
It is an American masterpiece and like you said it don't stray far from your memory bank.
The anguish that Robards displays as it all unfolds is frightening upon reflection.
Don't bother with -Out of the Furnace- 2013 with Bale & Casey Affleck as brothers in a broken spirited steel town. CA is being deployed once again via Stop Loss, but before he leaves he wants to bare knuckle him some money. Brother Bale drives drunk one night, plows into a car that contains a child, but we don't get anything else. The exact next scene is BB in prison. He resurfaces, but there is no time frame attached. CA is now linked up with Willem Dafoe, a mafia type fellow with a heart of gold. W. Harrelson has the tasty role and nails it (when hasn't he?) Everybody else is sleep walking the GD thing, especially CB, GD it. It's junk goin' in and remains on that track for two GD hours.
The dog is safe on this.
+++Mary Ellen Walton's 1st husband on "All in the Family," I mean "The Waltons" has a nice role. Good to see him, but he whispers everything. I don't know why.
No. Just no.
ADDENDUM: DiCaprio bankrolled it.
Yep. There's a lot there. The feud twixt the Sheriff, those 2 O'Banion brothers and Hopkiin's family is surreal. They took their time and did it right so were heavily vested in the outcome and see it coming a mile away. The dead girl's father on the ridge ain't in' around no longer. The Sheriff has some restraint, especially during the shooting death of Pitt's wife in the road. He's pissed at the one O' brother who black jack's Pitt, not once does he scold him, but twice. & they got the right guy for the Sheriff role! He's absolutely perfect. He knows there is going to be retribution and that he may be exposed when it comes. He's even in the liqueur warehouse when the O' brother is discovered impaled on the pitchfork. He's in the back on the right smoking that cigar...it is no surprise to him what has happened.
& Pitt is no killer, unless it's blooded (when the kid brother is (KIA WWI scene) but hesitates in the warehouse with O'Banion and is lucky to escape with his life.
And that ending with him rassling that damn bear to perfect music over it, and then the freeze frame.
It is American film. Pure.
So much more.
Love the movie,,,it has one of my favorite actors in Victor Buono in it. He was great in tv series he did,,,,especially The Wild Wild West.
Yes, they plugged him right in there (they knew) (first credited role) and he too represents normalcy against what's going on otherwise, it keeps the viewer believing everything will work out okay. Buys the filmed story (time) so the sisters can advance and show/tell us.
And he's young too which helps the character. Young & old around that house. Like when Lee comes over with the flowers, just standing there by the side door is an amazing sight to behold.
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With Buono, fans knew without being told he was on borrowed time from that stout beginning. And whatever we got: (this) (West) (the rest) was gifted to just us. 20 years in & out. We didn't need anymore because we weren't gonna get it.
Sat down with my middle son last evening for it once again. I remember when it premiered, I wouldn't have anything to do with it. Didn't go to the theater with the children. I figured you know T would WAKE it to a pitch I wouldn't be able to brook. "C'mon, dad, remember when you wanted to walk out of "Tombstone?" And we talked you into staying in the theater?" They had a point, but now they were old enough to go to the theater alone. "No. Now leave me alone!"
I figured if Tarantino can cite James Stacy in -Once Upon a Time in Hollywood- (motorcycle sequence above) it is only fair & just that the entire story be told.
Stacy was a hot commodity in '60's Hollywood. Then he crashed his Harley (a drunken driver hit him) in '73 in the Hollywood Hills..."His leg was already off when the ambulance arrived." His left arm would be amputated as well. He persevered and had a keen role -Posse- 2 years later. He'd show again, and this time with an amount of keen poignancy -Something Wicked This Way Comes- in '83 as the one time super star college QB who'd lost his leg/arm in WWI., who makes a pact with the "something wicked"/Jonathan Pryce passing thru his small town where he is now the town bartender.
Here is the rest of the story... Arrest and conviction[edit]
In November 1995, Stacy pleaded no contest to a charge of molesting an 11-year-old girl.[9] On December 7, 1995, he failed to appear for sentencing in Ventura County Superior Court and was arrested the next day in a Honolulu, Hawaii hospital after he fled California. He attempted suicide by jumping off a cliff. After recovering, he waived extradition and returned to California. On March 5, 1996, he received a six-year prison sentence. The prosecutor said she believed Stacy might have been eligible for probation for the molestation, but his post-arrest behavior, coupled with two arrests in June 1995 for prowling at the homes of other girls,[2][10] led her to seek a prison sentence.[11][12] He served his sentence at the California Ins ution for Men in Chino, California.[2]
James Stacy passed away in 2016.
***-Something Wicked This Way Comes- should not be missed.
In "Posse"
You know what? I was dead wrong, first on "Tombstone" then on "Once upon."
T, for over two hours erased what had transpired finally on that night. He turned everything completely around. Had he had not a stable of movies in his wallet (they'd) a told him "No." and mean't it. "Uh, uh. There's no upside. No."
T knew all along. He was quite young that morning as the news was released out of California. It's important to be on the earth and cognizant of what had occurred and the evolvement as "The Circle Game" advances you from youthful curiosity to flat eared, tight-lipped and bitterly informed. It never goes away. I can't let go of the Folger girl finally giving up the struggle with them: "I give up, just kill me."
He takes it all away for an evening's sit.
We've needed it and got it, from him.
As it wound down last night to DiCaprio being escorted to the house via the invite by her thru the driveway intercom, I said to my son: "What do you think, boy, we stand for them here?"
"Dad........." He lamented.
You can't explain. He wasn't upon the earth then.
Leo finds her there at the last-in her 3rd trimester-and in an immaculate football jersey.
I jacked my Lazy Boy.
He jacked his nondescript recliner.
T
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Watched the NEW Roadhouse on Amazon Prime yesterday. It was decent for arse woopin entertainment. As far as the acting and storyline go, it was horrible. I give his flick a 5.375/10
The original was terrible. This remake worse.
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