Articles Posted by DemforBush
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A WW1 classic tonight. Regiment 701 of the French Army is ordered to make a near-suicidal attack against a heavily fortified German position known as the "Ant Hill." When the attack fails, three soldiers are selected for court-martial and execution for cowardice. Only Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas) stands between the men and the firing squad. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Based on the real life WW1 court-martials of the Souain Corporal Affair. HD video, variable film speed (see post).
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A bit of classic B-movie sci-fi for our second feature. Scott Carey (Grant Williams) is exposed to radioactive fallout, and begins inexplicably shrinking. Doctors can't help him, and the cat and the spider in the garden begin to have plans of their own for our hero...
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What would Halloween weekend be without a spooky movie or two? Young Miss Giddens (Deborah Kerr) is hired to be governess for a pair of orphaned children by a wealthy, but emotionally distant uncle (Michael Redgrave). All seems well at first, but Miss Giddens begins to suspect something may be very wrong at the manor, and with the children...
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A collection of various Our Gang shorts, including some very well known ones ("Fish Hooky", etc.) and some rarer fare (including an unusual WW1-themed silent called "Dogs of War").
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A trio of professional gamblers, led by Danny Haley (Charlton Heston), ruin a trusting out-of-town salesman (Don Defore) in a crooked card game. They soon discover, however, that fleecing the wrong mark can carry serious consequences... Co-Starring Lizabeth Scott, Ed Begley, Dean Jagger, and Jack Webb.
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Ah yes, my little chickadees, it's WC Fields night at the DfB Theater. Fields gives us his swan song performance in this wacky (and occasionally surreal) satire of the movie industry Co-Starring Gloria Jean and Franklin Pangborn. Appearance by Dickie Moore...
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Cooking one of the tougher cuts of deer meat to tenderness, osso-bucco style, in a mushroom sauce with pasta.
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Something a little different tonight. The legendary "lost" episode of the Tonight Show (explanation in video). Guest stars include Bob Hope, Dean Martin, and Charlie Rich.
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Buddy (Roy Scheider) is the leader of the Seven Ups, an elite undercover police unit that specializes in busting organized crime figures for long sentences (7 yrs and up). Risky work, but when a fake undercover unit begins kidnapping local mobsters for ransom, the job gets a lot more dangerous... Directed by Phillip D'Antoni. Co-starring Tony Lo Bianco and Richard Lynch. 720p print quality.
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Arthur and his knights begin an earnest - and all together silly - quest for the Holy Grail. In doing so, they will be challenged by vicious knights, vicious rabbits, and Frenchmen who speak in a ree-dik-eweloss ahccent! Directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones. Special Møøse effects by Fred Q. Llama.
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-SNIP- "I’ve been stuck with the most unfortunate of sexual orientations, a preference for a group of people who are legally, morally and psychologically unable to reciprocate my feelings and desires. It’s a curse of the first order, a completely unworkable sexuality, and it’s mine."
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A great one tonight. Based on a true story, The Fighting Sullivans is a look at the lives - and sacrifices - of five brothers who served together on the USS Juneau during WW2. Starring Anne Baxter and Thomas Mitchell.
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CINCINNATI – A commercial released Tuesday that poked fun at the recent same-sex marriage fight in Rowan County, Kentucky using Tide products will not air on television. The commercial, which was not backed by home goods giant Procter & Gamble, was a “spec spot,” said director Mark Nickelsburg...
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After carrying out a hit on an ex-race car driver (John Cassavetes), a hitman (Lee Marvin) and his partner start to wonder why the hit was so easy, and why they were paid so well for such a simple job. Ruthlessly following their instincts, they begin to uncover the truth about the dead man, and just who wanted him hit, and why. Co-starring Angie Dickinson and Ronald Reagan, in his final big screen role.
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A little sci-fi tonight. Cliff Robertson stars as Charley Gordon, a good-natured but mentally impaired individual whose efforts to improve himself always seem to go nowhere and often leave him the butt of some very cruel jokes. Offered the chance to be part of an medical experiment that promises to dramatically increase his intelligence, Charly hopes to find salvation from his woes and a better life. Nothing is ever quite so simple, though... Based on the novel "Flowers For Algernon."
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-SNIP- "WWD announced that the forthcoming fall campaign by fashion-forward Swedish brand Acne Studios will star Frasse Johansson, who is a 12-year-old boy. Who is modeling very expensive clothes meant for adult women."
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About to be jumped by a couple fellow inmates in Juvenile Detention, Mick O'Brien (Sean Penn) delivers one of the great beat-downs in movie history...
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In 1932, Frank Wiecek (Richard Conte) and another man and sent away for life for the murder of a Chicago Police officer. Over a decade later, a newspaper editor (Lee J. Cobb) assigns a cynical but honest reporter (Jimmy Stewart) to re-examine the case to see if justice was truly done... Based on the real-life murder trial of Joseph Majczek.
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Great little tune off of ZZ Top's second album (Rio Grande Mud). Original 1972 version.
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<p>Saddle up, and maybe have the tissues nearby. The Duke bids farewell to his friends and his fans in his final role as JB Brooks, an aging gunfighter dying of cancer...</p>
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