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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

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Call Me a Cab
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Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro, directed by Hayao Miyazaki. I agree with Steven Spielberg's statement, "One of the greatest adventure movies of all time," and recommend this to those who like animated films.
 

Wally_Hood

One Too Many
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Screwy, bally hooey Hollywood
Appointment with Danger (1951) with Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert, and Paul Stewart all top-billed. Tough as nails postal inspector Ladd goes undercover to bust a planned robbery of a million cool ones as they are transfered from one train station to another by a Post Office delivery truck. Not really a noir, but more like the procedurals that highlighted T-Men and such. Clever dialogue, such as when Ladd makes a clever observation to a nun, then reveals it was from Martin Luther. Fun rental...
 

CharlieB

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Inception, via Netflicks. Better than I expected. I have to say, though, I figured it out long before the end. Won't say how so I don't spoil anything for anyone who wants to watch it.
 

Dan'l

Practically Family
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Somewhere in time
I bought the complete Granada series of Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes over the weekend and haven't stopped watching it yet. I have a few of the series already but the box set is so much better in the quality of the digital transfer, that and I was having trouble locating the individual series that I still needed.
 

Prairie Dog

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Gallup, NM
I cannot forget the theme music of "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" by Dave Grusin. There's a certain pervading peacefulness listening to its strains. Watching the film last evening again on TCM reminded me how impressed I was when I first saw it. Alan Arkin is memorable as the deaf mute and Sondra Locke, in her first screen role, also shines as the second lead. A pity Locke was never given roles this meaty since then. Percy Rodriguez also is superb.

Since this is good storytelling, from a best-selling book by Carson McCullers, all the characters here stand out. It's not a fast-moving film yet it is an involving story in which the viewer winds up caring about these people. Yes, the ending is sad and shocking but, in this case, a good ending because it makes you reflect more on what perhaps you and I neglect to do: to remember that everyone needs encouragement from time to time, even the encouragers.
 

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