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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 04/26/2017 : 10:55:11
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Seán Says: Many visitors last round.
Put any five reviews you like in your F.Y.C. list. Do not use reviews from the previous round - you must change them every round. Post here to declare that you've done it. Sooner is better than later. Provide a spoiler warning in your post when appropriate. You must read the F.Y.C.s of all participants. The next round starts on Monday at noon or later, FWFR time. |
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lemmycaution "Long mired in film"
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Posted - 04/26/2017 : 11:00:39
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Lemmy in for #1201
Anna Lucasta—This first film version of Philip Yordan’s play, directed by Irving Rapper, employs a white cast. The play opened on Broadway a few years earlier with a black cast. Hollywood finally got black in 1958 with Eartha Kitt starring.
Les Choses de la Vie—Michel Picolli’s life flashes before him in the midst of a horrific car crash.
Operation Eichmann--Adolph Eichmann, an architect of the holocaust, was captured and tried in 1961. He was executed the next year.
Ruthless—Cheapie/quickie director Edgar G. Ulmer’s portrayal of a ruthless autocrat who rises on the backs of many.
Touch of Love (Thank You All Very Much outside of U.K.)—Sandy Dennis’s first sexual encounter leaves her pregnant.
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Edited by - lemmycaution on 04/27/2017 07:45:36 |
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rockfsh "Laugh, Love, Cheer"
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Sludge "Charlie Don't Serf!"
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Posted - 04/26/2017 : 13:01:39
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Sure, 1201!
Fantastic Beasts: An "unregistered wizard" unleashes magical beasts in NYC.
Woman in the Dunes: An entomologist on vacation is trapped by local villagers into living with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.
Snatch: Benicio portrays a jewel thief.
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demonic "Cinemaniac"
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Posted - 04/26/2017 : 13:29:32
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Right then - not missing this one. Five recents
N.B. "Jackie" follows Jacqueline Kennedy in the aftermath of the assassination of her husband. In "Lion" a lost Indian boy is adopted by an Australian family. "Lone Wolf and Cub" is a classic samurai manga, also adapted into a series of films. "Kong: Skull Island" is set immediately after the end of the Vietnam war. |
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Demisemicenturian "Four ever European"
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demonic "Cinemaniac"
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Posted - 05/01/2017 : 08:05:28
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V&V and full 5/5s for all entrants - Happy May Day. |
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rockfsh "Laugh, Love, Cheer"
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Posted - 05/01/2017 : 12:00:54
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vved |
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lemmycaution "Long mired in film"
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Posted - 05/01/2017 : 19:41:23
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Yep. |
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Sludge "Charlie Don't Serf!"
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Posted - 05/01/2017 : 20:59:31
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VV nice round
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[matt] "Cinemattic."
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Posted - 05/03/2017 : 03:06:11
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Lurked. |
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Demisemicenturian "Four ever European"
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Posted - 05/03/2017 : 16:28:23
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quote: Originally posted by demonic
Right then - not missing this one. Five recents
5/5 |
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Demisemicenturian "Four ever European"
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Posted - 05/03/2017 : 16:28:53
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quote: Originally posted by [matt]
Lurked.
Thanks. |
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