So Chicago was their last caress?

As stated earlier I have Alice in the Cities in my queue, definitely getting more motivated to give it a try now! I wanted to like The American Friend, but it really left me cold (perhaps I should give it another try). Though to it's credit, getting a subdued performance out of a 70's era Dennis Hooper is quite an…

Thanks for the recommendations! I have Alice in the Cities & Hammett on my Hulu watchlist, but haven't pulled the trigger on those yet. I don't want to write off Winders as I do think he's talented but of the German new wave filmmakers he is the one I've had the most trouble connecting to other than Wings of Desire &…

Not trying to troll, just an honest question: other than Wings of Desire & Paris, Texas what is the appeal of Wim Winders? I find his other films like UTEOTW, Billion Dollar Hotel, The End of Violence & The American Friend unnecessary convoluted and quite frankly boring (especially TAF and I had read Ripley's Game…

I wouldn't go that far, but it is indeed a damn fine cover.

Can't agree more! In a career full of smart artistic decisions, bringing Cline in the mix has got to be his best!

Correction: some sexy German-Irish acting god! The German is why he's so efficient at being sexy.

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Not his most memorable performance, but what I immediately think of whenever I think of Jon Political.
RIP I hope St. Peter doesn't give you the high hat!

Nah, I'll let it go to voicemail.

Superman Returns…To Answer The Call

Eastwood's films tend to be hit or miss with me (for the record Unforgiven is one of the best westerns imo). But even at his worst I never got a whiff of his political views from his films. I always felt this ambiguity was by design, he presents his story and allows the audience to draw their conclusions. And that's…

Apparently Brook's reasoning was he wasn't sure whether it would work or not and thought if Wilder fought for it passionately enough then it was worth keeping.

Well my respect for Bea Arthur just went up a few notches!
After being bummed by Gene Wilder's passing, this helped to brighten me up just a bit.

Again agreed! Wasn't trying to imply that you were saying EVERYONE involved with DC was like that, just wanted to single him out to say at least someone there thinks (publicly at least) there's enough room in the sandbox to play. And don't get me wrong I'm sure that at the end of the day Cavill, Feige, etc. want…

I have to agree with you, though I would say that Henry Cavill alone among the group echoed the same sentiments as Whedon or Feige during the BvS press junkents. Say what you will about his portayal of Superman (I for one contend he could be at least a decent Supes if given a script that doesn't require him to either…