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  1. Julian Shellhammer

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Finished the first season of Crime Story. Suspicious of the ending. Will begin second season any day now.
  2. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Fortress of War, Russian, from 2010. Subtitles. The story of the Brest Fortress, which bore the brunt of the start of the Nazi invasion in June 1941. Defenders held out for nine days. Very well filmed, with numerous CGI effects that don't detract from the visuals or the story. I am guessing it...
  3. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    The other night it was Alice Adams (1935) with Katherine Hepburn in the title role. Based on the Booth Tarkington novel of the same name. The Missus had listened to the audio book and pointed out the departures from the original plot. Fred MacMurray was the leading man. (edit) Watched a movie...
  4. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Radio Program You Heard?

    Jack Benny, courtesy This Day in Jack Benny podcast. The host, John Henderson, does a great job setting up the references in the show, playing snippets of a song or advertising jingle used in the script, giving the background to contemporary personalities, sporting events, and so on. Hold That...
  5. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    While on vacation with the in-laws we were entertained by A Slight Case of Murder (1938), The Thing From Another World (1951), Silverado (1985), and Poltergeist (1982). Silverado was the choice of the in-laws, while we introduced them to A Slight Case... and The Thing..., both of which they...
  7. Julian Shellhammer

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    We just wrapped up a vacation with the in-laws and in the evenings we watched season 6 of When Calls the Heart (they hadn't seen it yet and we were happy to rewatch it), the second half of Corner Gas, season 5, and I got my brother-in-law to watch Crime Story, about 3 episodes; he is now a fan.
  8. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Radio Program You Heard?

    Another episode of The Line-up, the one with the peddler of marijuana. Laconic but relentless detective Lt. Guthrie works the case.
  9. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Georges Melies' A Trip to the Moon (1902). Over the years, have seen it on things like PBS, or in a film class, but never noticed that Melies had the actors wave their arms and jump in place in the mostly static shots. It is an effective way to capture the eye without camera movement. Still an...
  10. Julian Shellhammer

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    With some spare time on my hands, it was a single episode of a. Yancey Derringer, b. Tombstone Territory, and c. Tanks! Later that night, the Missus and I watched the next Crime Story followed by the next Pushing Daisies.
  11. Julian Shellhammer

    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    Last night, Costco scotch, because you can get a grip load of it for practically next to nothing. And it tastes like scotch.
  13. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Radio Program You Heard?

    Duffy's Tavern from December 1943, with Bing Crosby. Archie's mangling of the language and a cast of bizarre characters, all at a pretty fast tempo, make for a great deal of laughter. Bing takes his ribbing with a good attitude; those of us who are familiar with the Golden Age will get the horse...
  14. Julian Shellhammer

    What Are You Reading

    Finished Red Harvest and immediately started The Maltese Falcon. Hammett does what he does extremely well: stand-out characters, convoluted mysteries, some notable turns of phrases, and a sense for the reader that these sorts of things really happened, or could have happened.
  15. Julian Shellhammer

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    We have been watching the BBC series Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill, first broadcast in 1974, through Acorn. One episode left. The show is from the videotape-in-the-interiors, film-for-the-exteriors era. Lee Remick does a superb job of portraying the former Jennie Jerome of Brooklyn in her...
  16. Julian Shellhammer

    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    The last of the Knob Creek bourbon. The Missus enjoyed a pina colada.
  17. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Men In Black International - well within the MIB eco-system, dazzling CGI, self-deprecating humor, and fun twists. Here at home, Merrill's Marauders, through the TCM app, directed by Sam Fuller, with Jeff Chandler, Ty Hardin, and a great many more. Enjoyable character interaction along with the...
  19. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    The other day, They Shall Not Grow Old, the Great War documentary by Peter Jackson. The use of computerized coloring (generally a bad thing with me) made the events real in a powerful way. If you have not seen it, it is well worth the investment of your time. Off of Amazon Prime.
  20. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Over the past three or four days, it was Yojimbo (1961) dir. by Akira Kursosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune, followed by A Fistful of Dollars (1964) dir. by Sergio Leone, with Clint Eastwood as Joe. The remake follows the original quite closely, with some allowances made for exchanging 1850s-ish...
  21. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I raved about this film some time ago, an astonishing example of a well-written, well-acted, and well-directed film. Yes, propaganda, but have we ever seen any other propaganda product that was striking without being heavy-handed? Remarkable in so many ways.
  22. Julian Shellhammer

    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    Last night I was stuck in the rut of sipping bourbon a la Knob Creek. There are worse ruts in which to be stuck, no?
  23. Julian Shellhammer

    What Was The Last Radio Program You Heard?

    ...and, following through on the previous post, yesterday and today it was The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes with The Case of the Iron Box (Dec. 31, 1945) in which leap year birthdays are a crucial plot point; and The Adventures of Philip Marlow, The Seaside Sabbatical (July 7, 1951)...

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