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RUDY, RUDY, RUDY !!! errr.. robbie

Just finished watching and it truly is a "must watch." Spoiler alert (not that any of the bums here will watch it). Thought I knew how the story was gonna go, and it changed, again, and again. Assumed his dead friend was innocent and he'd simply prove it... seemed like the kind of predictable story from that era. But then the cops show evidence that he's guilty. Then the dead friend shows up and ya think - ok he'll insist the cops are mistaken and his friend will help prove he's innocent. But then he admits it. Totally got me. Also half-way in I began to wonder... maybe Welles just does voice work or something since I hadn't seen him. And then there he is smirking out of the shadows - the dead man isn't dead. Loved it. The woman was great. The writing was great - particularly liked the ending where the guy tries to talk to her one last time (and say something corny like most old movies do)... nope, she just ignores him and keeps on walking. It was perfect. Soundtrack was awesome, Venice location was cool, and post-war setting with different countries ruling different parts of the city added to the realism. Well done Buck. Your movie critic credentials remain in tact.

I disliked Casablanca too, which also probably rates high on tomatoes. Saw it twice in case I wasn't in the mood the first time. Nope, equally as bad. Bar scenes are good, but the rest is a long love story. I think people's nostalgia clouds their judgement. Some classic lines and memorable bar scenes... the rest was slow and sappy. In any case, tonight... The Third Man as recommended in this thread. BuckSwope wouldn't let me down.

Perhaps, but I had high hopes for Maltese... I've heard about it all my life, but never got around to watching it. The story wasn't great and there wasn't much mystery or suspense. It's basically a movie about Bogart doing what he does in every movie - being Bogart. Cool with quick-wit. I guess acting didn't become a thing until the 50's and really took off in the 60's. Bogart wasn't an actor, he was a star.

Ok, I watched The Maltese Falcon last night... a jumbled mess of corniness. Detective's partner gets murdered while on a case. Detective (bogart) oddly doesn't care, maybe because he's screwing dude's wife - which has nothing to do with the plot. The real plot is a woman and mobsters are looking for an old treasure (falcon). There's a hundred names to keep up with... murdered people, cops, mobsters, secretary, mistress... hell the woman who first asked detective to find it turns out to have 3 different names. Ugh. In any case, the falcon eventually shows up when a ship's captain (don't ask) walks all the way to detective's office after being shot several times and dies just as he hands it over - of course. The detective then makes a deal with mobsters to sell it, only if they hand over a fellow mobster to take a murder wrap (seriously). Mobsters agree and sit in office to wait for Falcon's delivery. When it does, it's fake and they leave, but later arrested as we're told at the end. Woman was in on one of the murders so Bogart turns her in, only after she spills her guts explaining to the audience who-shot-who and what exactly happened. The real falcon is never found and the only mystery is why The Maltese Falcon isn't considered a steaming pile of poop. I'd like to say the acting was impressive - it wasn't. Bogart is his same one-liner self and the rest weren't memorable, other than Peter Lorre, who didn't get much screen time. Guess they can't all be winners.

Nobody younger than 50 knows that name, and even that's a stretch. Gotta be an old film buff to know Rathbone. When I typed his name, I didn't think anyone here would get it. Impressive.

Third Man might work - never know what people will like. I'm all over the map... love some obscure Noir's, dislike some of the "greats." One of my favorite's - The Amazing Mr. X ... a dark / semi-spooky film and many times throughout the film, when I thought I finally knew what the plot was about... it changed. Exactly what a good Noir should be. Don't know Criterion Channel (no cable), but I do know DopeBox.to .... oh yeah. Free streams of everything. Just have to close a few porno pop-ups. Once I deplete all the Noir's from binge watching, I might check out some Brits. I used to love old Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. That's actually what got me into black/white movies from when I was young. Come home from work late at night and nothing good on (no cable back then either) except old Holmes movies. Good times.

Donaghy was charged with wire fraud... basically giving inside information. Not fixing games. Investigations concluded he didn't fix any games.

I'll add Third Man to my list and report back. "Must watch" ... we shall see. Saw In A Lonely Place last week. Seemed more like a comedy the first 30 minutes. After the murder, there's no mystery (we know he's innocent) and it's not like evidence points to him and has to prove his innocence... just a slow police chief with a hunch. No plot twists, only an angry writer. Two thumbs down. Detour was good - two main actors were fantastic, though the story seemed far fetched. Hitchhiker's driver dies of a heart attack. Ok, could happen. Hitchhicker (with clean record) panics and steals car. Fine, but then... while stopped at a random gas station he picks up another hitchhiker who - low and behold, knew the car and previous owner. What another amazing coincidence! Hmm. Saw The Killing recently too. I loved the story - big heist to steal from horse race. What I didn't like... narrator kept giving timelines like an old cliche detective show - "At 2 o'clock he arrived", "at 8:15...", "30 minutes prior", on and on the whole movie. Bad enough, but then going back and forth in time. The horses must've lined up for the 7th race ten times. One actor who was amazing... Timothy Carey (looked up name after) - sniper who shot the horse. Dude seemed straight out of a modern quinten terrantino film.

Heston was good. Welles was absolutely AMAZING. The one and only flaw (which apparently all film reviewers agree) - the hotel manager played by Chester from Gunsmoke... holy moly he was bad. Talk about over-acting. It's was cringy, but luckily his part was small. Man was he terrible. Surprised Welles didn't fire him after the first take.

Interesting you mention it. I watched that two nights ago. I thought it was... ok. I'm also a big fan of Mitchum - Kirk Douglas too, so I had high hopes. It just didn't make a whole lot of sense... gangster wants to get even with old criminal associate, so he tries to frame him for a murder by sending him there to steal... as if he wasn't gonna link it back if he got caught.?. Just kill him.?. Also jumped around a lot at the end... at gangster's house, gangster's office, mistress's party, down by the river, back to gangster's house. Still, always nice to see Mitchum and Douglas. Cool dudes and good actors.

Both on my see-next list. I'll report back.

I watched that recently... now that had a really interesting story. My only complaint was they gave away the ending in the first 2 minutes. Does he get away with it? Does he get the money or girl? Um no. Now let's watch how he doesn't get away with it or get the money or girl. Would've rather have not known right off the bat.

The movie is rated #1 among numerous international polls. It's supposedly great because of "amazing cinematography, great character analysis..." Ok, it had state of the art camera angles for 1941 and Welles acting was good, but shouldn't the story be interesting? Kept waiting for the plot of finding out about Rosebud to take focus... but nope. Runs newspaper, political campaign, singing wife (which went on way too long)... ugh. I thought the movie was exhausting.

"With the 21st pick of the 2024 NFL draft, the Miami Dolphins select ... Bo Nix."

I'd be totally shocked. Considering how much they profit doing it legit, and risking losing it all for what amounts to pennies, not to mention prison. Same for the players. The biggest sports gambling expert in the world is Billy Walters and if he says it ain't fixed, it ain't fixed. Low-level tennis, definitely. Low-level college ball, maybe. The four major sports, no way.

Donaghy didn't make calls that changed the outcome, and that's per FBI and NBA investigations. He used insider knowledge about officials and league policies to make bets. The one thing that did come out was the NBA themselves may have indirectly rigged games: Donaghy alleged that several series in the NBA Playoffs had been improperly refereed according to the NBA's instructions. He alluded specifically to a playoff game where "personal fouls were ignored even when they occurred in full view of the referees because it was in the NBA's interest to add another game to the series." However, the FBI investigated that and found no evidence to support it.

Wife just went to a STYX / REO Speedwagon concert in Orlando after getting free tickets (obviously). Apparently STYX now plays without the original lead singer. She said they sucked, and much preferred REO.

The chances of a fix happening in the four major sports is so close to zero it's not worth discussing. Most sports fixing occurs in low-level tennis, where players don't make squat, but have enormous expenses - travel, coach, fees, etc. They don't even have to bet against themselves - just who wins the first set, or breaks first serve. They've caught enough of them to document it's the problem. Low-level soccer has also caught a few over the years, usually with 3rd world players.

I hate to see a great losing streak end. I don't ever want to see the Lions win a SuperBowl. I was probably the only person in America rooting against the Cubs when they won. RIP goat curse.

Bomb Syria and Iran into rubble... send in troops to finish off the massacre. Make the response so grotesque and over-the-top (Israel style) that nobody dares to mess with the U.S. I don't cotton to "head in sand" policies. The attackers forgot the U.S. has the most powerful military in the world. Time to flex that muscle to remind them along with everyone else.

Before Malaysia Air, I never would've believed a commercial airline go lost at sea for 10 years and counting - intentional or not. Not with modern technology and having a idea where it went down. Shows what I know. As for the ditzy broad... yeah, apparently she wasn't the ace pilot the media made/makes her out to be. That famous flight was supposed to happen 3 months earlier, but she wrecked the plane during takeoff (pilot error) and had to wait for repairs. Neither she nor the navigator (she wrongly selected) knew morris code and she had a poor understanding of how radio worked with regard to frequency and relay. But it has made for an cool mystery of what happened to her airplane and how many times the navigator angrily raped her while on that deserted island.

Never heard Kadarius speak before. What a scumbag. Regardless, he claims to be healthy, but the Chiefs didn't want him. So probably not coming back this year and definitely not on the Chiefs next year.

BMFD .... yeah, Baddest Mutha F****ing Dwarf !!! Where has this been all my life?

I have the easiest chili recipe in the world. I just say "where's my damn dinner?" and presto.