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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
I'm not really a fan of Julia Roberts - she tends to overplay her adorableness enough to induce insulin shock - but I do like this film. It's a bit of a guilty pleasure. Sure, its breaking-out-of-just-being-fifties-housewives message is sledgehammered way too hard, but the cast is just...- Doctor Strange
- Post #25,124
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Me either. She absolutely deserves her rep as one of the greatest silent film actresses. Some of her later performances are damn good too, if a bit stilted or stylized: e.g., The Night of the Hunter.- Doctor Strange
- Post #25,121
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
The 1926 version of The Scarlet Letter, with Lillian Gish, directed by Victor Seastrom/Sjostrom. Another gem DVR'd from TCM, definitely recommended if you dig silent films. Gish is so luminous in this movie I practically needed sunglasses.- Doctor Strange
- Post #25,119
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Akubra Lightning Ridge
I don't think it's about the amount of stiffener, per se. I just think Akubra's rabbit fur felt is a tougher, more weather-resistant material than whatever felt blend Stetson uses. I'm not a western hat guy - I've never had a Stetson western hat - but I do have an old Resistol cowboy hat, and...- Doctor Strange
- Post #45
- Forum: Hats
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Akubra Lightning Ridge
My experiences... I haven't handled a modern Stetson, maybe they really are better now - my last was a vintage-2002 Temple... but I thought it was clearly inferior to the Akubra hats I've had since. The felt, while more finely pounced, didn't hold up to rain/snow without losing its shape. The...- Doctor Strange
- Post #43
- Forum: Hats
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Akubra Campdraft
Alex has done a fine job regarding the tricky hue of the Taupe Fawn, but I'll chime in too. Here are pics of my Taupe Fawn Campdraft when I first got it. In full sun, and open shade. As far as felt softness... the only Akubra I have had that I'd describe as soft is my Stylemaster. My...- Doctor Strange
- Post #4,659
- Forum: Hats
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What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?
New Akubra Leisure Time I just got this week. It's a beaut.- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: Hats
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Akubra Overload
Taking a little hike to break in my brand new Leisure Time. This is a beautiful hat... just like my five other Akubras over the last 15 years! This was a steal for $99 (plus $15 shipping) from Everything Australian.- Doctor Strange
- Post #6,302
- Forum: Hats
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DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects
Pioneering lady film editor with outstanding resume, Oscar for Lawrence of Arabia: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/09/obituaries/anne-v-coates-admired-editor-of-acclaimed-movies-dies-at-92.html- Doctor Strange
- Post #4,196
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What was the last TV show you watched?
I haven't watched last night's episode of Legion yet, but I have very similar feelings. They have doubled down on the weirdness at the expense of the storytelling, and I find myself (as Khan would say) growing FATEEGED with all the psychedelia-for-psychedelia's-sake. The first season was a...- Doctor Strange
- Post #15,912
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Looking for an A-2 (Help)
If you can push your budget a bit, a couple of more choices in a new jacket would be: $399 and russet; folks here have been impressed with their jackets: https://www.smwholesaleusa.com/shop-hollywood/a-2-us-aviator-flight-jacket $429. I had one of US A's horsehide A-2s for a while. Their...- Doctor Strange
- Post #8
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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The Fedora Lounge 4.0
I really don't like the white-text-on-black-background. I was using an alternative style available on the previous version that was black-on-white with most other screen items in blue. Any chance of that style coming back?- Doctor Strange
- Post #33
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Looking for an A-2 (Help)
These don't look like russet, and may be too dark for you, but they're the least expensive A-2 model I can semi-recommend: http://onlinemilitaria.com/products/6787-US-A-2-LEATHER-FLIGHT-JACKET-2018-RUN/ http://onlinemilitaria.com/products/5467-US-A-2-Leather-Flight-Jacket/ And by...- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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bell hat worn by Nicole Kidman in "desert queen"
What a coincidence! I just watched Queen of the Desert last night, and posted about it in The Moving Picture forum this morning. But alas, I can't help with the hat...- Doctor Strange
- Post #2
- Forum: The Front Parlor
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Queen of the Desert starring Nicole Kidman, James Franco, and Damian Lewis, directed by Werner Herzog. This film was not well-reviewed and failed financially, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. The (sort of) true story of Gertrude Bell, whose remarkable travels around the middle east before World...- Doctor Strange
- Post #25,091
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Psychology: The One
No, I'm not mad at all. I'm just trying to correct some assumptions about "all of the regulars on this forum" that actually don't apply to many of us. That is, if you mean angry mad. If you mean crazy mad, that's a distinct possibility!- Doctor Strange
- Post #9
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Psychology: The One
Not all of us are on the hunt for "the one". Not all of us are obsessives or completists. Not all of us have been through piles of jackets to find a personal best in a given style. Not all of us constantly buy/sell on ebay, or are even vaguely interested in acquiring vintage/used jackets...- Doctor Strange
- Post #7
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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What was the last TV show you watched?
Julian, if Helen was already an "old maid", what did that make Margaret? For all of her independence and strength, in the world of a hundred years ago, an offer of marriage from a mega-rich man she liked (if not loved) was pretty much an offer she couldn't refuse. Especially right at the...- Doctor Strange
- Post #15,888
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What was the last TV show you watched?
Macfadyen played Wilcox as younger and more attractive than in the Merchant-Ivory film... but I think Anthony Hopkins did a much better job with the role. Admittedly, it's a tricky part because he has to be both an uber-conservative, Africa-exploiting captain of industry AND just sympathetic...- Doctor Strange
- Post #15,885
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
I watched this one a few months ago. A strange story that doesn't really work, but it held my interest for two reasons. Like a ton of other 1946 films, it's using melodrama to work through the traumatic aftermath of the war; no doubt audiences at the time brought their own powerful emotions...- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
