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David Jude Jolicoeur (aka Trugoy the Dove) from hip hop group De La Soul. Always loved his music. Only 54 years old.

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The Hunger

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Amour
Flic Story

Lucille Ball from archival footage of I Love Lucy in the great new documentary Lucy and Desi.

23. The Milagro Beanfield War (Robert Redford, 1988) 5/10 A mediocre effort from Redford. A simple truth would be that this is a film that contains more stories when necessary and wastes a strong central line that could have led to a more engaging outcome. In turn, this feels like a variety of cameo...

Interesting project, enjoying reading it. Thank you, Greg! I pondered about doing something like that for a few years. I have no strict commitments about it and will only do it for as long as it keeps my interest. Although my latest research into this 'sub-genre' has revealed a large plethora of ch...

21. Practical Magic (Griffin Dunne, 1998) 4/10 A major disappointment, especially given how much I love all the main actresses. I mean, Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing. One would at least hope that these acting greats are allowed to showcase their talents and encour...

19. Oh, God! (Carl Reiner, 1977) 7/10 (rewatch) Not sure if I should count Carl Reiner as an actor who also directed films and TV shows or was he more of a show-runner and director + an occasional actor? I will allow him this once, simply because I want to share my admiration for this sweet sweet fi...

17. The Tin Soldier (Jon Voight, Gregory Gieras, 1995) 2/10 Why did they do this to such a beautiful, eternal story by Hans Christian Andersen? Jon Voight accent is all over the place and his sense of directing a coherent movie is clearly missing and maybe that's why a co-director was employed. Tren...

The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Final list : Monster (Patty Jenkins) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson) Big Fish (Tim Burton) Rare Exports Inc. (Jalmari Helander) Bad Santa (Terry Zwigoff) Vodka Lemon (Hiner Saleem) Mystic River (Clint Eastwood) Matchstick Men (Ridley Scott) The Human Stain (Robert Bent...

January 2023 rewatch All ratings out of 10 Vice Versa (Peter Ustinov, 1948) 7 Panic In Year Zero (Ray Milland, 1962) 5 Idaho Transfer (Peter Fonda, 1973) 2 Body of My Enemy (Henri Verneuil, 1976) 9 The Hunter Will Get You (Philippe Labro, 1976) 7 Oh, God! (Carl Reiner, 1977) 7 Human Highway (Dean S...

Final list Network (Sidney Lumet) The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (John Cassavetes) All the President's Men (Alan J. Pakula) Rocky (John G. Avildsen) The Omen (Richard Donner) Letter from My Village (Safi Faye) Body of My Enemy (Henri Verneuil) The Hunter Will Get You (Philippe Labro) The Little Gi...

15. Rainbow (Bob Hoskins, 1995) 3/10 Cheap and lazy story for kids with a touch of The Wizard of Oz that turns into a rather dark and weird third act with no payoff. A fun cameo by Dan Aykroyd though. On the contrary, Saul Rubinek spends the entire film just staring into oblivion. https://i.imgur.co...

13. Charlie's Ghost Story (Anthony Edwards, 1995) 6/10 What an unexpected surprise. Based on a lesser known story from Mark Twain, it's a simple, yet very honest and sincere film for kids that is just as entertaining for adults thanks to the great performance by the one and only Cheech Marin who inf...

I watched two great films starring Jean-Paul Belmondo - Body of My Enemy and The Hunter Will Get You. Both are guaranteed for my final ballot.

11. What Is It? (Crispin Glover, 2005) 1/10 A despicable, exploitative attempt of a film. It doesn't help people with Down Syndrome, it doesn't shine a light on anything significant. It merely creates a space for Glover to work out his own fetishes and fantasies while denigrating both people and ani...

9. Lost River (Ryan Gosling, 2014) 4/10 A mildly unsuccessful debut from Gosling. It's evident from what directors he drew inspiration from, but troubles in the script continued during the editing and the final result is rather disappointing. Some beautiful visuals though. https://i.imgur.com/8ckWcJ...

rischka wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2023 4:22 pm no votes for crimes of the future?

I'd put Crimes of the Future as the most disappointing film of the year. Love Cronenberg and the cast, but it was a huge let down for me, unfortunately.

7. The Legend of Bagger Vance (Robert Redford, 2000) 8/10 Robert Redford crafted a tender and sentimental story about redemption, passion and determination during the times of Great Depression and war veterans coping with PTSD. A great cast, led by Matt Damon, Charlize Theron and very affable Will S...

5. Vice Versa (Peter Ustinov, 1948) 7/10 A jolly good time with this body swap movie. I prefer it to Freaky Friday or many other films of this kind. A real joy to listen to the dialogues of old posh English language. Roger Livesey is one of the great actors I have discovered lately. Loved his perfor...

3. Idaho Transfer (Peter Fonda, 1973) 2/10 An aimless, lousy attempt to portray some kind of environmental message. A waste of time, especially considering that two years earlier Peter Fonda directed a very good western The Hired Hand . Idaho Transfer is better left forgotten. I will try to watch hi...

Wow, thanks a bunch, WBA. That's an informative database moving forward. I'm familiar with some of these names, but most are new to me. Plenty to discover!

Thanks for the recommendation, WBA! I know Curd Jürgens as an actor and this documentary sounds interesting as I know very little about Bonn.

As for other German language films, I also have Maximilian Schell's directorial filmography in my watchlist for this challenge.

1. Escanaba in da Moonlight (Jeff Daniels, 2001) 6/10 It's an open season in Upper Peninsula and men from Soady family gather in a camp for the opening day of deer hunting. Based on Jeff Daniels' play of the same name, this film is a mess technically and tonally. Nevertheless, it provides a non-stop...

Directed by Actors Challenge . https://i.imgur.com/11koZzM.jpg . During 2023 I plan to focus on films directed by actors. I run this on ICM, but I have decided to invite anyone here on SCFZ as well to share opinions, experiences and impressions of watching films directed by those who are primarily ...

Need to watch all of those again, it's been years and years. Here, national television has been showing all Bond films, one every Friday, for a few months already. I re-watched both Dalton films and had a great time. Skipped Brosnan ones, but plan to re-watch all films with Daniel Craig starting th...

Thanks for tallying this poll, MrCarmady! I'm most surprised that a great film The Spy Who Loved Me is only ranked 13th. A lot of great monumental scenes and pristine production design by Ken Adam. And, in my opinion, the only good Roger Moore Bond film. Also surprised that You Only Live Twice reach...

Final list Seen 56 films 1. Women Talking (Sarah Polley) 2. Utama (Alejandro Loayza Grisi) 3. The Forgiven (John Michael McDonagh) 4. Lucy and Desi (Amy Poehler) 5. Empire of Light (Sam Mendes) 6. Kimi (Steven Soderbergh) 7. Argentina, 1985 (Santiago Mitre) 8. Nothing Compares (Kathryn Ferguson) 9....

It's even more saddening now when looking at election results and all those close races that GOP members won by less than 1%. Those in New York and California esp.. And, of course, the Colorado one, where that evil woman won by 0.2%.