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The Godfather-Demonstration Corleone fam Hi everyone, I need some help from you. I´m gonna write my next english e......	Wed, Feb 10th By: Ivano Castagna	1	Wed, Feb 10th By: Ivano Castagna
The Godfather-Demonstration Corleone fam Hi everyone, I need some help from you. I´m gonna write my next english e......	Wed, Feb 10th By: Ivano Castagna	1	Wed, Feb 10th By: Ivano Castagna
The Godfather-Demonstration Corleone fam Hi everyone, I need some help from you. I´m gonna write my next english e......	Wed, Feb 10th By: Ivano Castagna	1	Wed, Feb 10th By: Ivano Castagna
The Godfather-Demonstration Corleone fam Hi everyone, I need some help from you. I´m gonna write my next english e......	Wed, Feb 10th By: Ivano Castagna	1	Wed, Feb 10th By: Ivano Castagna
Old Movie Title Can someone help me. About 40-45 years ago I remember seeing a movie. I w......	Fri, Aug 15th By: PAUL	1	Fri, Aug 15th By: PAUL
The 'Most Beautiful Woman of All Time' Don’t shoot me; I’m only the messenger. The list below was compiled by......	Tues, June 1st By: Elliott Templeton	33	Thurs, Oct 25th By: ENIX
So, I wrote an 80's Action movie script. Hello, I'm just a regular Joe (well, aside form the fact that I'm milita......	Thurs, Oct 25th By: ENIX	1	Thurs, Oct 25th By: ENIX
Name Of This Movie ok.. the movies about a bank robery... about 2 guys who use ak47's... they ......	Sat, May 12th By: Echo Expresso	2	Thurs, Sept 13th By: toinkzzz
movie related library Hello, My wife was a passionate silent movie fan. When she passed away ......	Wed, May 23rd By: Frank	2	Thurs, Sept 13th By: toinkzzz
Anyone know this movie? Hey guys! I was talking to a buddy about this scene where some guys are ......	Sat, June 2nd By: Knightfall	4	Thurs, Sept 13th By: toinkzzz
The Most Disturbing Films of All Time Here's an interesting idea I got for a top ten list. Wonder what mine will......	Mon, Oct 22nd By: Matt Sheardown	45	Tues, June 27th By: Jeff
Early Airplane Clips? What a great site! I never knew anything like this existed. I have a ques......	Mon, May 8th By: beckbeck	1	Mon, May 8th By: beckbeck
HELP! Does anyone happen to know where the opening fight scene in the original ro......	Fri, Mar 24th By: loveauntmissy	1	Fri, Mar 24th By: loveauntmissy
The Olde Dark House My God. I know I've been away for a long, long, time but some of these for......	Tues, May 17th By: John M	1	Tues, May 17th By: John M
Favorite Lines? We all have those lines from our favorite movies that we love to remember. ......	Mon, Aug 25th By: Rose of Sharon	7	Thurs, Dec 16th By: ChunkMonkey
Titanic 'Wins' Worst Film Poll The BBC's “Film 2003” program conducted a poll of its viewers for the “wors......	Thurs, Nov 6th By: Elliott Templeton	36	Thurs, Nov 18th By: ChunkMonkey
Elmer Bernstein, 1922-2004 If you look at the list below, what is most astonishing is not its prodigio......	Thurs, Aug 19th By: Elliott Templeton	3	Wed, Oct 27th By: Tokyo
Brando...Dead? Oh my God, have I been busy or what??? Brando DIED???WHEN??? HOW??? ( did ......	Tues, Oct 26th By: Tokyo	1	Tues, Oct 26th By: Tokyo
Funniest Films I'm going to be working at the upcoming "Just for Laughs/Juste Pour Rire" f......	Thurs, July 15th By: Eris	18	Tues, Oct 26th By: Tokyo
Janet Leigh She was the mom of Jamie Lee Curtis, and in her day, her and then husband T......	Sat, Oct 16th By: Tokyo	2	Thurs, Oct 21st By: FigaroWeaver
Why I hate "film noir" So many reasons. 1. Too dark! 2. Lousey acting! 3. Action too swift ......	Fri, Sept 5th By: William Jay Erison	6	Sat, Oct 16th By: Tokyo
How Retro do we need to be? I'm not good at seriously old films but late 80's early 90's? Do they belon......	Thurs, July 15th By: Foxie Leigh	5	Mon, Sept 6th By: ChunkMonkey
The Big Sleep I have to say I saw one of the best films ever, or at least one of the most......	Tues, Sept 9th By: Jill	4	Mon, Sept 6th By: ChunkMonkey
Fletch Sequel - Kevin Smith?? www.imdb.com/title/tt0275354/ When looking at some Clerks anniversary ......	Wed, Sept 1st By: ChunkMonkey	3	Mon, Sept 6th By: ChunkMonkey
The Real Xanadu Every serious student of movies sooner or later gets around to seeing Orson......	Thurs, Aug 19th By: Elliott Templeton	1	Thurs, Aug 19th By: Elliott Templeton
Great Movie Speeches Today I came across a movie speeches page at the American Rhetoric web site......	Tues, May 18th By: Elliott Templeton	6	Thurs, Aug 19th By: ChunkMonkey
Chariot races clips I would like to get information about movies, where is present the shot of ......	Wed, Aug 18th By: Jo	2	Wed, Aug 18th By: Elliott Templeton
Throne of Blood - Akira Kurosawa Our darling adminstrator and I watched Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood las......	Thurs, Aug 12th By: Eris	3	Tues, Aug 17th By: kevster
How Green Was My Valley I've always been curious to see this film since I knew that it had won the ......	Fri, July 23rd By: David Pickup	4	Thurs, Aug 5th By: Elliott Templeton
Rear Window & Other Hitch Flicks The kind and generous Diana bought me the new restored version of Rear Wind......	Wed, Mar 28th By: tim	71 1	Tues, Aug 3rd By: Elliott Templeton
Olivier returns to screen in new role... Just read this little tidbit over at the IMDb: "In yet another technolog......	Mon, July 26th By: David Pickup	7	Wed, July 28th By: David Pickup
Coming Home Phew. Man. Sheesh. I don't know, maybe I'm just a sucker for Vietnam War......	Thurs, July 22nd By: Rose of Sharon	1	Thurs, July 22nd By: Rose of Sharon
Macbeth Word has it James Marsters just got funding to start work on a new version ......	Wed, June 16th By: Foxshadow	9	Sun, July 18th By: Stuart
THE STEEL HELMET (1951) THE STEEL HELMET is one of the best war pictures ever. It features as Gene ......	Tues, June 15th By: FigaroWeaver	4	Mon, June 21st By: David Ali
Stuart granger/Bob Hope film I am looking for a film with Stuart Granger and Bob Hope in.It is a film ab......	Thurs, June 17th By: Kittyara	4	Sun, June 20th By: Kittyara
The Most Powerful of Movie Producers http://www.mortandmindy.com/voices/stalin.jpg "When saw a movie about C......	Tues, June 8th By: Elliott Templeton	4	Wed, June 9th By: Elliott Templeton
Helen of Troy Another film about Troy, this 1956 version directed by the prestigious Robe......	Mon, May 31st By: Tokyo	3	Fri, June 4th By: Tokyo
We Meet at Last... I finally, at long last, saw the movie of my favorite book of all time and ......	Sat, May 22nd By: Rose of Sharon	8	Fri, May 28th By: Elliott Templeton
Tony Randall, 1920-2004 He’ll be remembered by most for his years as Felix on the TV version of The......	Tues, May 18th By: Elliott Templeton	3	Wed, May 19th By: Tokyo
Razor's Edge I thought Gene Tierney was good in this amiable Fox soaper, co-starring Ty ......	Sun, May 16th By: David Ali	3	Wed, May 19th By: David Ali
Vincente Minnelli, Fly on the Wall Right off the bat I'll tell you I never liked Minnnelli's work. But up unt......	Mon, Mar 22nd By: William Jay Erison	6	Sat, May 15th By: Tokyo
More Bits of Business, Cappa! Part IV By the way, Cappa, I always find your postings far more interesting, inform......	Sat, May 15th By: Tokyo	1	Sat, May 15th By: Tokyo
Bit of Business, Part III Doors and Telephones. *********************************************** In......*	Sat, May 15th By: Wm Cappa	2	Sat, May 15th By: Tokyo
Bits of Business, Part 2 The Caberet or Dinner Club. Beginning in the late 20s (with the advent o......	Fri, Apr 16th By: Wm Cappa	4	Sat, May 15th By: Tokyo
Clever remakes "Last of the Comanches" In the "old" days...i.e. up until about 1955 or so, Hollywood would often ......	Sat, Apr 24th By: Wm Cappa	1	Sat, Apr 24th By: Wm Cappa
Gene Autry Remember him? The Singing Cowboy. Not as famous as William Boyd or Roy Roge......	Sat, Feb 7th By: David Ali	4	Fri, Apr 23rd By: Jasmine Blue
Bits of business Part 1 Drinks Oh how things have changed in Hollywood! Especially in the films from the ......	Thurs, Apr 15th By: Wm Cappa	6	Fri, Apr 16th By: Wm Cappa
The Apple Dumpling Gang Remember this family flick from the 70s? Fine, though unexceptional heart-w......	Tues, Apr 13th By: David Ali	1	Tues, Apr 13th By: David Ali
They got away with MURDER! (metaphorically). I love the old, cheap, independently produced B&W wester......	Mon, Apr 12th By: Wm Cappa	2	Tues, Apr 13th By: David Ali
Inside Kubrick's Lair "Tony takes me into a large room painted blue and filled with books. 'This ......	Tues, Mar 30th By: Elliott Templeton	8	Sun, Apr 11th By: Tim
One Eyed Jacks One of my favorite "unsung" westerns, directed first by Kubrick and finall......	Thurs, Apr 8th By: Wm Cappa	3	Fri, Apr 9th By: Wm Cappa
The Ladykillers Anyone see previews for the new Coen Brothers remake of The Ladykillers sta......	Thurs, Feb 19th By: Patrick Harvey	12	Fri, Apr 2nd By: Willow
MANIAC (circa 1970s) For years now I've avoided MANIAC like the plague. Directed by Willima Lus......	Sun, Mar 14th By: William Jay Erison	4	Thurs, Apr 1st By: FigaroWeaver
Tools of the trade: On lost culture In the "good old era" i.e. 1930-1959, when Hollywood cranked out tons of B......	Wed, Oct 15th By: William Jay Erison	6	Thurs, Apr 1st By: hal rubin
Maureen O'Hara I was watching Ford's underrated The Wings of Eagles(1957). I was captivate......	Wed, Feb 18th By: David Ali	5	Mon, Mar 1st By: Tokyo
Late 1940s NARROW MARGIN Directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Charles McGraw and Marie Windsor......	Fri, Feb 6th By: William Jay Erison	6	Mon, Feb 23rd By: William Jay Erison
I'm Back (sort of ) Hello Gang. This is Dave from The Great White North. I've been away from th......	Sat, Jan 31st By: David Ali	7	Tues, Feb 3rd By: David Ali
Hopalong Rides Again This is my first Hopalong Cassidy oater. I must say it stinks! No Thanks......	Sat, Jan 31st By: David Ali	2	Sun, Feb 1st By: William Jay Erison
1938 "Eagle's Brood" Hoppy, restored One of the very first Hoppy movies, just restored, is delightful for a num......	Sat, Jan 31st By: William Jay Erison	1	Sat, Jan 31st By: William Jay Erison
The Lost Disney-Dali Collaboration As a collector of the art of both Salvador Dali and Walt Disney, I was star......	Fri, Jan 23rd By: Elliott Templeton	5	Thurs, Jan 29th By: Tokyo
NY Times Top 100 Children's Movies Below you'll find one critic's idea of what are Hollywood's top offerings f......	Wed, Jan 21st By: Elliott Templeton	12	Tues, Jan 27th By: Tokyo
The sorry state of Turner Movies (TNC) TNC and AMC used to offer a broad range of material (all commercial free),......	Tues, Jan 13th By: William Jay Erison	5	Wed, Jan 21st By: Tokyo
Planet of The Apes I watched this again as it showed over here as a xmas special. I always en......	Thurs, Jan 8th By: X5BABE	8	Fri, Jan 16th By: Elliott Templeton
Alan Bates, 1934-2003 Here is the passing of yet another film great who is practically unknown to......	Mon, Jan 5th By: Elliott Templeton	4	Tues, Jan 13th By: William Jay Erison
The Birds This is a old fashioned thiller/horror/suspense movie about a women that vi......	Tues, Sept 23rd By: X5BABE	9	Tues, Jan 13th By: liberty sean hlupo
Jeanne Crain, 1925-2003 When I was a kid, this is why boys went to the movies: http://members.ao......	Thurs, Dec 18th By: Elliott Templeton	2	Wed, Jan 7th By: Tokyo
Ah yes, I remember it well! It was made in the 1940s, from a genre called NOIR. I recall that the lead......	Mon, Nov 24th By: William Jay Erison	9	Wed, Jan 7th By: Tokyo
Full Metal Jacket An astonishing amount of really, really excellent movies have been made abo......	Sun, Dec 7th By: Rose of Sharon	19	Sun, Dec 14th By: Dart
DRIVE A CROOKED MILE (Rooney) Made in 1954, this little piece of fluff (shot in Malibu and Palm Springs)......	Thurs, Nov 27th By: William Jay Erison	1	Thurs, Nov 27th By: William Jay Erison
The Apaloosa IS a guilty pleasure. Sydney J. furie's THE APALOOSA (he did the great IPRCRESS FILE), starring ......	Sat, Nov 15th By: William Jay Erison	1	Sat, Nov 15th By: William Jay Erison
Edward Scissorhands I haven't yet seen this movie, but I've rented it for the weekend because o......	Thurs, Sept 25th By: Rose of Sharon	16	Wed, Nov 5th By: Tokyo
The old blind beggar mystery Two observations about the "Bride of Frankenstein" (James Whale). Brillian......	Wed, Oct 8th By: William Jay Erison	6	Wed, Nov 5th By: Tokyo
Is cry baby a classic Would Cry-baby starring Johnny Depp be a classic? He is hott in that movie....	Tues, Oct 21st By: Tiffiny Erin Mann	2	Tues, Oct 28th By: Stuart Ferguson
Elia Kazan, 1909-2003 Only someone coming of age with movies in the early fifties could understan......	Tues, Sept 30th By: Elliott Templeton	9	Mon, Oct 27th By: Jose Solis
Forrest Gump... looking for a hint What did Tom Hank say in the movie Forrest Gump? Life is like a football or......	Mon, Oct 6th By: Jaana Pesonen	2	Sat, Oct 18th By: Paige Hope Combs
The Deer Hunter And I thought Platoon was powerful. This comes in as a close, close, close......	Mon, Oct 13th By: Rose of Sharon	12	Thurs, Oct 16th By: Jill
Breaking the Waves (1996) I adored Lars Von Trier's Dancer in The Dark, and it was only a while until......	Thurs, Sept 25th By: Dart	1	Thurs, Sept 25th By: Dart
Tribute to a great horror flick. Piranha Joe Dante's classic horror/comedy (sort of), written by John Sayles and or......	Wed, Sept 24th By: William Jay Erison	1	Wed, Sept 24th By: William Jay Erison
It's Alive A movie about a recent scurge of mutated babies that can be dangerous if ro......	Tues, Sept 23rd By: X5BABE	1	Tues, Sept 23rd By: X5BABE
Can I moderate this forum? Now that Dave Pickup is back is it okay if I can moderate this forum? Hope so....	Tues, Sept 9th By: David Ali	2	Tues, Sept 23rd By: David Pickup
Harvey Near the end of this 1950 comedy, Elwood P. Dowd (Jimmy Stewart) tells a ps......	Mon, Sept 15th By: Elliott Templeton	3	Tues, Sept 23rd By: David Pickup
Just saw the Graduate... I just saw the Graduate and I was VERY impressed by the excellent writing a......	Sun, Sept 21st By: Rose of Sharon	6	Tues, Sept 23rd By: Elliott Templeton
Purple pants and balsa wood railings... A review and CHANGE (edit) of The Quick Gun (1962) starring Audie Murphy a......	Sat, Sept 20th By: William Jay Erison	2	Mon, Sept 22nd By: Elliott Templeton
The Passion of Joan of Arc I have just finished watching Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 masterpiece The Pa......	Fri, Aug 1st By: Elliott Templeton	2	Fri, Sept 19th By: Pseudo-intellect
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers The Strange Love of Martha Ivers Dreadful misuse of the great Barbara Stan......	Tues, Sept 9th By: Elliott Templeton	2	Tues, Sept 9th By: David Ali
I'm Back! Hey guys. What's Up? I've been absent from the forums lately. I took a brie......	Mon, Sept 8th By: David Ali	2	Tues, Sept 9th By: Elliott Templeton
Scorcese, Godfather of American Cinema? Long have Scorcese's great deeds been extolled from the lips of the public,......	Tues, Aug 19th By: Rose of Sharon	6	Sun, Sept 7th By: Tim
The Beast with 5 Fingers (Flory) I Cappadized the "Beast with 5 Fingers" (see attached photo) A great, atm......	Wed, Sept 3rd By: William Jay Erison	3	Wed, Sept 3rd By: William Jay Erison
15 Best Beer Drinking Movies What do you think are the 15 best beer drinking movies. Here are mine in no......	Sun, Aug 10th By: Wayne Murchada	5	Mon, Aug 25th By: Rose of Sharon
Godfather...Part II Here is a film of GREATNESS. Very few movies deserve the title GREAT. But......	Sun, Aug 17th By: Rose of Sharon	3	Sat, Aug 23rd By: Rose of Sharon
Casa-blanca Overrated piece of crap! Casa-blanca (White House),starring Sir Humphrey Bogart and Madame Ingrid B......	Mon, Aug 18th By: William Jay Erison	5	Wed, Aug 20th By: Jill
Movie Ideas? Anyone out there got a movie idea besides me? Mine is called "Too Much Rea......	Sat, July 19th By: Kyle Mark Palkowski	10	Tues, Aug 19th By: Rose of Sharon
Five Great Political Films I have spent the last two weeks looking at films all having to do with Amer......	Mon, July 28th By: Elliott Templeton	5	Tues, July 29th By: Tim
A critic looks at sets I have much to be disturbed about RE old Hollywood movie sets. Some day I'......	Tues, July 22nd By: William Jay Erison	7	Sun, July 27th By: Tim
Amadeus I'm not too sure why the Amadeus director's cut is on two discs. All that's......	Sun, June 29th By: Pinhead	2	Sat, July 26th By: Dart
1993 to 2002 in Best Movies 2002 1. 25th Hour 2. Far from Heaven 3. The Lord of the Rings: The T......	Thurs, July 10th By: Dart	19	Thurs, July 24th By: Dart
The Last Picture Show (1971) I just wanted to tell someone about this movie right after I finished watch......	Sat, July 19th By: Dart	8	Thurs, July 24th By: Dart
Acting's Royal Family Once upon a time great families lorded it over the acting world. For examp......	Wed, July 16th By: Elliott Templeton	6	Tues, July 22nd By: Tokyo
Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003) No time to write the lengthy tribute this icon of the cinema deserves. I’l......	Tues, July 1st By: Elliott Templeton	2	Thurs, July 3rd By: Tokyo
The Cardinal and Otto Preminger Here is one of those rare occasions when the bonus disk turns out to be mor......	Thurs, June 26th By: Elliott Templeton	4	Sat, June 28th By: Tokyo

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