One thousand times yes on this. It’s the first movie I thought of. I saw it about ten years ago, in a theatre and it was really good and I’m glad I did. But never ever ever again.

It’s - young, his face and manner are so smooth, and open, and enthusiastic. He had, to me, a vulnerable quality which, losing as you get older is totally normal.

We should hang out and yell at clouds sometimes. Stupid clouds!

I recently read Rosalind Russell’s memoir and was floored by her story about having hired an ad man to punch up “The Front Page”. Because it’s such a great story, especially how she later compares with Harry Cohn the original script tothe filmed result. And ALSO because I just couldn’t believe I’d never heard about…

Don Ameche’s name was regularly dropped in old movies/cartoons/television - in fact, because he was best-known for his Oscar-winning portrayal of Alexander Graham Bell, “the Ameche” was shorthand slang for the telephone for years. But referring to a character played by Ralph Bellamy as looking like Ralph Bellamy -…

I know who that is!!!

Is that movie THAT old??

That’s what I was thinking - a humanoid is anything with a human appearance/anatomy. In, I think it’s most effective when used as an adjective - like “humanoid appearance”. 

You just reminded me of “You’ll Never Walk Again”.

That was my first thought, but I quickly realized Kirk was too old and too - um - sized-up for WOK.

I really like this movie, but I kind of agree. He’s believable and fine, but it’s kind of hard to separate him from his more intimidating-type roles that he became known for. He’s still got that deep deep voice and forceful delivery, and just that overall...intensity. But he’s such a good actor that by the end you’re…

Until earlier this year, my television watching was limited to over-the-air stations, which is a thing that still exists. This movie was on regular rotation on one of them, and maybe still is, so I’ve actually watched it a couple of times relatively recently. And I wouldn’t have watched it more than once, if it wasn’t…

I saw “The Thing” for the first time about...three years ago? I thought it was good, overall I didn’t love it, but I DID love that blood-testing scene. 

Of course it exists, and is fabulous.

Or for Star Trek: Phase II. I bet if it had gone forward as a television series, instead of morphing into ST:TMP, it would have a disco-y theme song!

I’m the second, then.

It’s a train?

A rich, rich film - I love everything about it. TimeOut’s capsule review calls it “the Warner melodrama machine going at full-tilt”, which is the perfect description.

Kind of a random response, but you reminded me that there’s a volume of James M. Cain novels which collects “Double Indemnity”, “Mildred Pierce” and “The Postman Always Rings Twice”. They’re all three great reads, and very interesting to compare to their famous movie adaptations. And makes a great gift!

I have always assumed “cigarette pants” were long and narrow in the leg, so they reminded one of the tubular shape of cigarettes. I don’t I’ve ever seen an actual illustration of them, so I could be totally wrong. But yeah, tight for sure.