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Re: Dark Comedy

... it is simply titled "Dark Comedy", so please, share with us some of you infinitely more intelligent and cultured opinions as to the deep wells of dark comedy found in films of the hundreds of languages that aren't English. I'm sure everybody here would be honored and privileged to get ...
by CMonster
on Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:06 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dark Comedy
Replies: 46
Views: 1816

Time travel movies

... "cognitive" form of detective fiction represented by Conan Doyle means it is not surprising that the first big time travel story was Wells's late nineteenth century novella. Of course, all this is somewhat of a generalization. More particularly, it may be rather more true of written ...
by djross
on Sun Sep 30, 2012 12:42 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Time travel movies
Replies: 13
Views: 1629

Re: The Dark Knight Rises

... of court in ’98) which was the source for the real pressure, due to the size of Citibank. It was settled for the same reasons cited for the recent Wells Fargo settlement—cost of litigation, which is typical. That major ruling was used as a club by Clinton and Reno as a warning to all banks. As ...
by Stewball
on Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:35 pm
 
Forum: Movie-Specific
Topic: The Dark Knight Rises
Replies: 225
Views: 42050

Re: The Dark Knight Rises

... against that with his obstructionism against new exploration and especially sending the Gulf oil rigs packing or dragging out the licenses for new wells, not to mention the negative effect on prices and employment by blocking the Keystone Pipeline. And for fun I'll give you another: job creation. ...
by Stewball
on Sat Aug 04, 2012 1:59 pm
 
Forum: Movie-Specific
Topic: The Dark Knight Rises
Replies: 225
Views: 42050

Steven Spielberg

... the odd disappearance and reappearance of characters, and the very perfunctory conclusion. The latter may have been caused by anxiety that Wells's mechanism for defeating the aliens was too well known, the filmmakers not wishing to alter this aspect of the tale, yet unwilling to draw it ...
by djross
on Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:47 pm
 
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Steven Spielberg
Replies: 31
Views: 7404

Re: Harry Potter movies -- do they get better than the first?

... adventure fare that moved smoothly with the age of the audience. They're nothing mold-breaking or genre-defining, and they definitely dip into the wells of cliche, but they brought back tropes that had lain dormant for decades and used them in a way that resonated with the audiences of today. In ...
by Ununnilium
on Tue Jul 12, 2011 4:25 pm
 
Forum: Movie-Specific
Topic: Harry Potter movies -- do they get better than the first?
Replies: 46
Views: 11635

Re: Animation

Norstein has been my most important discovery since my last post. I've seen Hedgehog in the Fog many times. I didn't particularly like it the first few viewings, but now it's very dear to me. I was given a start when reading in an interview with my favourite Ghibli director, Isao Takahata*, when he ...
by paulofilmo
on Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:45 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Animation
Replies: 12
Views: 5198

Re: MOM November 2010

... led by army captain Jack Bruhn, decide to spend the night in a little Western town. Directed By: André De Toth Written By: Philip Yordan, Lee E. Wells Starring: Robert Ryan, Tina Louise, Elisha Cook Jr., Burl Ives, Alan Marshal, Venetia Stevenson, Lance Fuller, David Nelson Criticker Reception: ...
by Hopscotch
on Mon Nov 01, 2010 4:42 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: MOM November 2010
Replies: 38
Views: 12508

Rank of screenwriters (5 film minimum)

... 48. Richard Price (5, 59.00) 49. David Cronenberg (10, 58.50) 50. H.G. Wells (5, 58.00) 51. Mel Brooks (5, 57.00) 52. John Cleese (6, 56.67) 53. Terry Gilliam (7, ...
by djross
on Sat Oct 23, 2010 8:22 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Rank of screenwriters (5 film minimum)
Replies: 11
Views: 17711

doctor 7's overlooked films - Lake Placid

... due to a tooth being found in the dead man's corpse possibly being of prehistoric origin. There she teams up with Fish and Game officer Jack Wells (Bill Pullman) and Sheriff Hank Keough (Brendan Glesson) to find out what exactly happened. http://i41.tinypic.com/2qjeyr7.jpg So why should I ...
by doctor7
on Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:16 am
 
Forum: Movie-Specific
Topic: doctor 7's overlooked films - Lake Placid
Replies: 0
Views: 1464
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