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Alpha Girl

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Jul 20, 2002, 2:23:44 AM7/20/02
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After thinking about Dr. Zhivago and 2001, I kinda got to wondering
about the movies which people in ASD/F have been affected by. that
doesn't mean you have to have liked the movie, but it does mean it has
to have had a real effect on you emotionally, either at the time or on
an ongoing basis - whatever. As long as it made you FEEL something
that has stuck with you. (to me, the worst kind of movie is one which
leaves me cold and indifferent)

so how about it?

i'll start with one of my all time favourites:

Midnight Cowboy

I have seen that movie i don't know how many times (40 - 50????) and it
still tears me apart every single time.

alpha

more to come

dejablues

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Jul 20, 2002, 8:49:16 AM7/20/02
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Fight Club
Saving Private Ryan
Eraserhead

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Brian Sunderland

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Jul 20, 2002, 8:52:24 AM7/20/02
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> Fight Club

Is it really good? I have the DVD and I was going to watch it this evening.
I don't know anything about the film.

Bri

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dejablues

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Jul 20, 2002, 11:38:27 AM7/20/02
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Oh yeah....it's good. You have to watch it more than once, more than twice.
Be sure to post and tell me what you thought.

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Noon Cat Nick

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Jul 20, 2002, 3:17:45 PM7/20/02
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Alpha Girl wrote:
>
> After thinking about Dr. Zhivago and 2001, I kinda got to wondering
> about the movies which people in ASD/F have been affected by. that
> doesn't mean you have to have liked the movie, but it does mean it has
> to have had a real effect on you emotionally, either at the time or on
> an ongoing basis - whatever. As long as it made you FEEL something
> that has stuck with you. (to me, the worst kind of movie is one which
> leaves me cold and indifferent)

_Citizen Kane_--Still the most innovative motion picture ever, IMVHO.

_The Thin Blue Line_--The most important U.S. movie made in my lifetime.

_Der blaue Engel_--Where that great screen tragedian Emil Jannings,
playing Professor Rath, who is forced to stand on stage in a clown
costume and imitate a chicken in front of his jeering former students
while his wife cuckolds him backstage, "holds his body like one enormous
clubfoot" (in Greil Marcus's description) "and utters a squawk that
could shrivel the soul."

_Fury_--The first U.S. picture to deal with the subject of lynch mobs;
still packs a wollop after 66 years.

_Ladri di biciclette_--A man's search for a stolen bicycle rendered as
high tragedy; remade as _Pee-wee's Big Adventure_, if you stop to think
about it.

_Ikiru_--In which a dying man spends his final six months turning his
previous 60-odd years from a waste into a triumph.

_The King of Comedy_--Not a comedy, but a mordant, ferocious commentary
on contemporary celebrity lust; quoting Greil Marcus again, "...*this*
was a horror film. As played by Robert De Niro, Rupert Pupkin was the
creepiest character ever to carry a film, and he held the screen like Garbo."

_The Dead_--The only movie to do cinematic justice to James Joyce's words.

_Trollflöjten_--My favorite screen musical of all time.

_La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc_--The apotheosis of the silent era.

ConnieKat

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Jul 20, 2002, 3:41:52 PM7/20/02
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I'm afraid to say one of my all time favorites has become Shrek.
I've never seen any movie that many times...Talking about dozens.

At the moment, I'm into watching the classics that never made it's way to
Croatia.

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Connie=^..^=

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chaptal

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Jul 20, 2002, 3:54:51 PM7/20/02
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Alpha Girl wrote:

The Maltese Falcon - Bogart works with Huston. Huston takes the script
directly from the pages of Hammit's novel, something more screenplay
adaptors should do these days. The casting of Sydney Greenstreet as
casper Gutman is flawless. Mary Astor is very nice to look at.

Cops - My favorite Buster Keaton short. Buster is chased by every cop in
the world. Still leaves me gasping for air.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Flying women with swords gets my
attention all the time.

Brian Sunderland

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Jul 20, 2002, 6:26:11 PM7/20/02
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> Be sure to post and tell me what you thought.

I enjoyed it but it was very, very strange!

dejablues

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Jul 20, 2002, 6:47:09 PM7/20/02
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:-)

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harakiri

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Jul 20, 2002, 11:04:39 PM7/20/02
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the color purple and the shawshank redemption. both are about long
suffering.

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harakiri

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Jul 21, 2002, 6:59:29 PM7/21/02
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they are my two favorite books as well

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minxvox

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Jul 21, 2002, 11:58:59 PM7/21/02
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In article <3D39BFF2...@earthlink.net>,
chaptal <cha...@earthlink.net> wrote:

> The Maltese Falcon - Bogart works with Huston. Huston takes the script
> directly from the pages of Hammit's novel, something more screenplay
> adaptors should do these days. The casting of Sydney Greenstreet as
> casper Gutman is flawless. Mary Astor is very nice to look at.

I love this movie. Absolutely one of my favorites.

minxvox

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Jul 22, 2002, 12:43:20 AM7/22/02
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I used to see lots of movies--especially old movies. Old musicals were
some of my favorites. Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly, Cyd
Charisse, Ann Miller, Jeanette Macdonald & Nelson Eddy, Judy Garland. I
loved the dancing so much. I felt so safe watching the old musicals. The
20s, 30s, into the 40s.

One of my best memories in childhood was my mom taking me with her to
see old movies in a church basement across the river. A small film club
got together and showed musicals projected on a big, white screen. We'd
sit in uncomfortable folding chairs, and there would be an intermission
for juice, coffee, and snacks. That was the first time I ever tasted
banana bread. I put it in my mouth and could not figure out what this
heavenly treat was. It tasted so familiar, but rich and tender. I licked
the soft crumbs off of the white napkin.

The first movie I ever saw in that basement was either Meet Me in St.
Louis or Easter Parade.

I have fallen horribly behind my movie going since I moved away from San
Francisco. There was this wonderful place not too far from my old
neighborhood that would show double feature matinees for something like
five dollars. I saw quite a few movies that grabbed me there.

I have a huge list of movies I WANT to see! But here's some that have
grabbed me.

RED. I don't remember all of the movie anymore. The relationship between
an old man who is eavesdropping on his neighbors, and the beautiful
young woman who finds out he is doing this, drew me in. I hope I'm
remembering this right, but I believe the woman is dealing with a death
too. That always pulls me in, of course. Visually it's a very, very
beautiful movie.

WHEN NIGHT IS FALLING. A love affair between two women, one a professor
involved at first with a man, and another a woman who performs with the
circus. Unbelievably erotic, and about love, and the lips on this one
woman, holy shit. Beautifully filmed, and sad, and lovely.

THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN. Visually stunning. Scary and grotesque and a
sense of fear and fairy tales.

THE ADVENTURES OF BARON VON MUNCHAUSEN. Oh I loved this movie so much
when I first saw it on cable. I must have watched in like 10 times. It's
a Terry Gilliam film, I believe. Full of grand tales, told by a tragic
comic figure. And Uma Thurman as Venus is, well, gulp.

THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION. I could watch anything with Morgan Freeman and
Tim Robbins. They are two of my favorite actors in the whole world. But
this story is such a wonderful one. I am a complete, utter, adoring
Stephen King fan, and I really liked the story this movie is based on.
But this movie just expands it gloriously, moves it to a perfect
storytelling place, just like Stand By Me did for King's "The Body."
It's about friendship, despair, redemption--oh shit, it's about
everything.

THE PLAYER. While I'm thinking about Tim Robbins, anyone remember this
gem? What a fucking great, wicked film this was! I have no idea how it's
held up over time, I saw it so long ago, but it was a hilarious take on
amorality, LA, Hollywood, the whole whoredom and insecurity.

PI. I saw this movie when I was in the worst mental breakdown of my
life. It's a kinetic, intense, hard to explain movie about a young,
Jewish man's search for the truth of pi. There is conspiracy, madness,
Jewish mysticism, computers, mathematics....I loved it. I really, really
loved it.

JACOB'S LADDER. This movie, I won't say a lot about, but it grabbed me
alright. The way it's filmed alone gave me nightmares. It frightened me,
because some of the things filemed were just like pieces of nightmares
I've had. I don't know if it's deep, but it hit me deep. The images.

AMERICAN MOVIE. This is a documentary about an amateur horror movie
director (extremely amateur) and his friends and family in Wisconsin.
One of my best friends, her husband's family recommended it, saying it
was "hilarious." They must be the kind of people to laugh uncomfortably
at a car crash. This is the kind of movie where yes, okay, it's very
funny in places, but it's fucking the saddest thing I had seen in a
long, long time. A terrible pity, and laughter getting stuck in your
throat, and you want to learn about certain parts of America without
having to travel its length back and forth like I have? Watch this.

SINGING IN THE RAIN. Man, this is just the greatest. "Make 'Em Laugh" is
one of the best comedy dance numbers ever, and Jean Hagen--well, ask cp,
I used to do a dead on impression of her. What a great movie, every
minute.

Shit, I'm still missing a bunch of movies, but it's late, no one's
reading, and Carver needs to be put to bed :)

minx

janneke

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Jul 22, 2002, 3:05:26 AM7/22/02
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i thought about this for 2 days and NOTING came to mind

and then i remembered The Cube

it wasn't released in many countries, so i have no idea if anyone here knows
it. But it's Canadian.

Scary, but a BRILLIANT story about these people who are stuck inside this
cube madeup of all of these rooms. They have to go trough manyof them to
find their way out. But some rooms kill. So they los people, and they go
crazy, and everythign becaomes gruesome. But the twists in the sorty are so
brilliant, and so is the acting. Great movie.

And I loved The Matrix.
And am looking forward to seeing Pi some day.


janneke

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Jul 22, 2002, 3:07:43 AM7/22/02
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oh and The Idiots

and want to see Dancer in the Dark


chaptal

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Jul 22, 2002, 6:37:25 AM7/22/02
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minxvox wrote:


the ending of this was astonishing. it tied togethor a trilogy of movies
- the others being blue and white.


>
> WHEN NIGHT IS FALLING. A love affair between two women, one a professor
> involved at first with a man, and another a woman who performs with the
> circus. Unbelievably erotic, and about love, and the lips on this one
> woman, holy shit. Beautifully filmed, and sad, and lovely.
>
> THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN. Visually stunning. Scary and grotesque and a
> sense of fear and fairy tales.


from the same people who brought us delicatessen and amelie - which i
have raved about, and will continue to do so.


>
> THE ADVENTURES OF BARON VON MUNCHAUSEN. Oh I loved this movie so much
> when I first saw it on cable. I must have watched in like 10 times. It's
> a Terry Gilliam film, I believe. Full of grand tales, told by a tragic
> comic figure. And Uma Thurman as Venus is, well, gulp.


uma has one of the best screen entrances, ever.


>
> THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION. I could watch anything with Morgan Freeman and
> Tim Robbins. They are two of my favorite actors in the whole world. But
> this story is such a wonderful one. I am a complete, utter, adoring
> Stephen King fan, and I really liked the story this movie is based on.
> But this movie just expands it gloriously, moves it to a perfect
> storytelling place, just like Stand By Me did for King's "The Body."
> It's about friendship, despair, redemption--oh shit, it's about
> everything.


another example of when the writer doesn't really change much from the
original source. filmed in mansfield, ohio.


>
> THE PLAYER. While I'm thinking about Tim Robbins, anyone remember this
> gem? What a fucking great, wicked film this was! I have no idea how it's
> held up over time, I saw it so long ago, but it was a hilarious take on
> amorality, LA, Hollywood, the whole whoredom and insecurity.


it's been some time since i've seen this. i remembe a great, one take,
opening shot that paid homage to 'a touch of evil' lots of stars,
including greta scacchi.


>
> PI. I saw this movie when I was in the worst mental breakdown of my
> life. It's a kinetic, intense, hard to explain movie about a young,
> Jewish man's search for the truth of pi. There is conspiracy, madness,
> Jewish mysticism, computers, mathematics....I loved it. I really, really
> loved it.
>
> JACOB'S LADDER. This movie, I won't say a lot about, but it grabbed me
> alright. The way it's filmed alone gave me nightmares. It frightened me,
> because some of the things filemed were just like pieces of nightmares
> I've had. I don't know if it's deep, but it hit me deep. The images.
>
> AMERICAN MOVIE. This is a documentary about an amateur horror movie
> director (extremely amateur) and his friends and family in Wisconsin.
> One of my best friends, her husband's family recommended it, saying it
> was "hilarious." They must be the kind of people to laugh uncomfortably
> at a car crash. This is the kind of movie where yes, okay, it's very
> funny in places, but it's fucking the saddest thing I had seen in a
> long, long time. A terrible pity, and laughter getting stuck in your
> throat, and you want to learn about certain parts of America without
> having to travel its length back and forth like I have? Watch this.
>
> SINGING IN THE RAIN. Man, this is just the greatest. "Make 'Em Laugh" is
> one of the best comedy dance numbers ever, and Jean Hagen--well, ask cp,
> I used to do a dead on impression of her. What a great movie, every
> minute.
>

i would like to hear that impression some time. can you stand to do it
for me?

ed

Alpha Girl

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Jul 22, 2002, 2:12:13 PM7/22/02
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janneke wrote:
>
> i thought about this for 2 days and NOTING came to mind
>
> and then i remembered The Cube
>
> it wasn't released in many countries, so i have no idea if anyone here knows
> it. But it's Canadian.

sure, i know it, eh! incredible.....

<plot snippage>

> And I loved The Matrix.

Oh man, so did i! I love how it made a lot of people actually think
about being and nothingness.... (apologies to M. Sartre) and all of the
ideas that come out of "free your mind"....

and on a good old "wow, COOOOOOOOL" level, the fight scenes were awesome
and actually believeable because of the context in which they occurred.

alpha

Don Quixote

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Jul 27, 2002, 9:59:17 PM7/27/02
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Alpha Girl might have said:


Blade Runner
Yellow Submarine
Buckaroo Bonzai and the *mumblemumble*


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Fuck you.

Alpha Girl

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Jul 28, 2002, 10:41:06 PM7/28/02
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jack wrote:
>
> Jody Foster: "ok to go...i'm ok to go...ok to go.......ok to go..."
>
> what was that from? I cried and cried and cried (hence, I loved it).
> that's just the one that came to mind- it's not really a favourite...
>
> jack.
>

contact

(double whammy - carl sagan and jodie foster, love them both)

but that's what i was getting at, movies that did something to you
emotionally in a big way, positive or negative, not necessarily a
favorite

JD Chase

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"Shoot the moon", "You can count on me", "All about Eve", "Vertigo", "Harold and Maude", "Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory","L'avventura", "Blow Up", "Last year at Marienbad", "June Bug", "Please give", "Enemy", "Casablanca", "Marty", "The Passenger"... so many more...

JD Chase

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See "Enemy" with Jake a Gyllenhaal! It's a very cerebral, psychological, puzzling art movie! 😊👍❤️

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On Saturday, July 20, 2002 at 2:23:44 AM UTC-4, Alpha Girl wrote:
> After thinking about Dr. Zhivago and 2001, I kinda got to wondering
> about the movies which people in ASD/F have been affected by. that
> doesn't mean you have to have liked the movie, but it does mean it has
> to have had a real effect on you emotionally, either at the time or on
> an ongoing basis - whatever. As long as it made you FEEL something
> that has stuck with you. (to me, the worst kind of movie is one which
> leaves me cold and indifferent)
>
> so how about it?
>
butch cassidy and the sundance kid(i was a youngster and was blown away)
major dundee
apocalypse now
full metal jacket
young guns
and many more, although most movies i'm not keen on

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Nov 24, 2018, 10:12:18 AM11/24/18
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a few more:
all that jazz
the warriors
empire of the sun
the grey zone
johnny handsome
home boy
get carter(remake)
unforgiven

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natural born killers

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attack of the 20 pound tit

JD Chase

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So many... "Vertigo", ""Rebecca","Rear window","L'avventura","L'eclisse","Blow Up","The Passenger", "Rain","The most dangerous game","All about eve","The men"," a streetcar named desire", "Hud", "Casablanca","The Pawnbroker","A woman under the influence","The conversation"," Harold and Maude","a face in the crowd","Willy Wonka and the chocolate facptry"," shoot the moon","You can count on me","June bug","please give", just to name a few...

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On 2019-02-21 9:09 p.m., JD Chase wrote:
>
>
> So many... "Vertigo", ""Rebecca","Rear window","L'avventura","L'eclisse","Blow Up","The Passenger", "Rain","The most dangerous game","All about eve","The men"," a streetcar named desire", "Hud", "Casablanca","The Pawnbroker","A woman under the influence","The conversation"," Harold and Maude","a face in the crowd","Willy Wonka and the chocolate facptry"," shoot the moon","You can count on me","June bug","please give", just to name a few...

chic flicks
>

JD Chase

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If you get a chance, highly recommend the new Jordan Peele movie, “Us”! Like his previous movie m, “Get Out”, It is WAY more than a horror movie!

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On 2019-03-29 9:37 a.m., JD Chase wrote:
> If you get a chance, highly recommend the new Jordan Peele movie, “Us”! Like his previous movie m, “Get Out”, It is WAY more than a horror movie!
>

how do you know , you haven't seen the movie

JD Chase

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Apr 10, 2019, 1:34:35 PM4/10/19
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Have seen it twice... wow! What a movie!

JD Chase

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This new movie called "Diane" with Mary Kay Place... Wow! So REAL! So well acted and low key and well done! a true 'Slice of life' movie! 👍❤️😊🙏

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On 2019-04-25 12:50 p.m., JD Chase wrote:
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> This new movie called "Diane" with Mary Kay Place... Wow! So REAL! So well acted and low key and well done! a true 'Slice of life' movie! 👍❤️😊🙏
>

but was it any good

JD Chase

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Oh absolutly! More than "good", it was excellent! Superb!

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but did you like it

JD Chase

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So many... “Vertigo”, “All about ever”,”L’avventura”,”L’eclisse”,”Blow Up”,”The Passenger”, “Last year at marienbad”,”The Pawnbroker”,”To kill a mockingbord”,”Shoot the moon”,”You can count on me”,”June bug”,”Please give”,”half Nelson”,” Diane”,”Rebecca”,”storm front”,”Harold and Maude”,”a streetcar named desire”,”Marty”,”Holiday”,”The Conversation”,”Taxi driver”,”One flew over the cuckoo’s nest”,”Eyes wide shut”... many more...

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On 2019-05-17 7:13 a.m., JD Chase wrote:
> So many... “Vertigo”, “All about ever”,”L’avventura”,”L’eclisse”,”Blow Up”,”The Passenger”, “Last year at marienbad”,”The Pawnbroker”,”To kill a mockingbord”,”Shoot the moon”,”You can count on me”,”June bug”,”Please give”,”half Nelson”,” Diane”,”Rebecca”,”storm front”,”Harold and Maude”,”a streetcar named desire”,”Marty”,”Holiday”,”The Conversation”,”Taxi driver”,”One flew over the cuckoo’s nest”,”Eyes wide shut”... many more...
>
some of my favorite comedies

JD Chase

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Watch “Holiday” with Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn! It’s a splendid, marvelous movie from 1938... just love the message of the movie... and though generally prefer sad or ambiguous endings to happy endings, nevertheless really enjoy this particular happy ending... 🙏❤️🎈😊☺️👍

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On 2019-05-25 3:27 a.m., JD Chase wrote:
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> Watch “Holiday” with Donald Trump and Sarah Hucklbee! It’s a splendid, marvelous movie from 1938... just love the message of the movie... and though generally prefer sad or ambiguous endings to happy endings, nevertheless really enjoy this particular happy ending... 🙏❤️🎈😊☺️👍
>

JD Chase

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May 26, 2019, 12:37:04 AM5/26/19
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Hitchcock’s “Vertigo”- what a magnificent film! One of the all time best movies of all time, Imo... 🙏😊👍❤️

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On 2019-05-25 9:37 p.m., JD Chase wrote:
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>
> Hitchcock’s “Trump Is Great”- what a magnificent film! One of the all time best movies of all time, Imo... 🙏😊👍❤️
>

JD Chase

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JD Chase

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The latest Jordan peele movie, “Us”! It was quite haunting and chilling and thought provoking! And so much stimulating symbolism and metaphors... 🙏❤️🍸

JD Chase

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"Luce"- such a fascinating, provocative, ambiguous, well acted movie... ☺️👍❤️🙏🥂

JD Chase

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“Dead man walking”- both Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn were superb... very touching, well done movie... 🙏😊❤️

JD Chase

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“Holiday” with Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant-1938

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On 2019-10-12 10:08 p.m., JD Chase wrote:
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> “Holiday” with Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant starring Donald Trump-1938
>

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'Night, mother

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On 2019-10-13 7:28 p.m., ckr...@gmail.com wrote:
> 'Night, mother
>
old yeller

JD Chase

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Oct 16, 2019, 11:44:59 AM10/16/19
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“Joker”- very disturbing movie... somewhat similar to “Taxi Driver”...

Simplify Please

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WOW! I remember that movie when I was a kid. So moving.

JD Chase

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“Parasite”-wow! What a marvelous, fantastic, captivating movie! So engaging and fascinating and well done and well acted... can’t rave about it enough... it’s a dark comedy, a drama, a mystery/thriller, it’s a social commentary... truly superb movie! 🙏👍❤️

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On 2019-11-19 11:09 p.m., JD Chase wrote:
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> “Parasite”-wow! What a marvelous,amazing · astounding · astonishing · awesome · breathtaking · sensational · remarkable · spectacular · stupendous · staggering · stunning · phenomenal · prodigious · miraculous fantastic, captivating movie! So engaging and fascinating and well done and well acted... can’t rave about it enough... it’s a dark comedy, a drama, a mystery/thriller, it’s a social commentary... truly superb movie! 🙏👍❤️
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JD Chase

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Nov 24, 2019, 3:49:01 AM11/24/19
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Jordan Peele’s “Us”... still find the movie very haunting...



On Saturday, July 20, 2002 at 8:49:16 AM UTC-4, dejablues wrote:
> Fight Club
> Saving Private Ryan
> Eraserhead
>
> "Alpha Girl" <alph...@canada.com> wrote in message
> news:3D3901F0...@canada.com...
> > After thinking about Dr. Zhivago and 2001, I kinda got to wondering
> > about the movies which people in ASD/F have been affected by. that
> > doesn't mean you have to have liked the movie, but it does mean it has
> > to have had a real effect on you emotionally, either at the time or on
> > an ongoing basis - whatever. As long as it made you FEEL something
> > that has stuck with you. (to me, the worst kind of movie is one which
> > leaves me cold and indifferent)
> >
> > so how about it?
> >
> > i'll start with one of my all time favourites:
> >
> > Midnight Cowboy
> >
> > I have seen that movie i don't know how many times (40 - 50????) and it
> > still tears me apart every single time.
> >
> > alpha
> >
> > more to come

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Nov 24, 2019, 8:27:16 AM11/24/19
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nothing grabs me i don't like being touched

JD Chase

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Nov 24, 2019, 10:02:43 PM11/24/19
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Really %? Personally I enjoy physical contact... not all physical contact of course, but some...😊🤬🙏😡

JD Chase

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Nov 28, 2019, 11:30:02 PM11/28/19
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The new Mr Rogers movie was very enjoyable... not excellent, Imo. A bit too much, perhaps, on the sentimental side for it to be a stellar, superb movie, but nevertheless, still a very good movie...

JD Chase

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Nov 30, 2019, 12:13:40 AM11/30/19
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“Parasite” and “Knives out”! Both are absolutely marvelous, fantastic movies! Both are extremely clever... 😊☺️❤️

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Nov 30, 2019, 8:46:43 AM11/30/19
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On 2019-11-29 10:13 p.m., JD Chase wrote:
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> “Parasite” and “Knives out”! Both are absolutely marvelous, fantastic movies! Both are extremely clever... 😊☺️❤️
>
they might grab a less intelligent person they did nothing for me ,
the acting was bad , the lighting sucked the production was way off ,
the actors came from the dimestore school of acting and the props stunk

JD Chase

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Jan 2, 2020, 3:46:05 AM1/2/20
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“Man who knew too much” with James Stewart and Doris Day 🙏☺️🍸🎈❤️

Simplify Please

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On Thursday, January 2, 2020 at 3:46:05 AM UTC-5, JD Chase wrote:
> “Man who knew too much” with James Stewart and Doris Day 🙏☺️🍸🎈❤️

The Warriors. Last time when I was in NYC I drove over to Coney Island just to gaze at the Wonder Wheel which was featured at the beginning of 'The Warriors.'

JD Chase

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Jan 12, 2020, 2:33:12 AM1/12/20
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“Marriage story”- extremely well done... sure to receive academy award nominations tomorrow! 👍❤️🍸🎈

Simplify Please

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On Sunday, January 12, 2020 at 2:33:12 AM UTC-5, JD Chase wrote:
> “Marriage story”- extremely well done... sure to receive academy award nominations tomorrow! 👍❤️🍸🎈

2001 grabbed me. Absolute crap.

JD Chase

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Jan 13, 2020, 12:42:42 AM1/13/20
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Hmm, love “2001”! The last 23 minutes of the film are enjoyable to watch with Pink Floyd’s “Echoes” playing, as is available to watch on YouTube... very psychedelic, to say the least! 🙏☺️🎈

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Jan 13, 2020, 9:00:10 AM1/13/20
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anything jordy recommends , sucks

JD Chase

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Jan 13, 2020, 11:54:52 AM1/13/20
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🤔 Robert De Niro, Greta Gerwig, Adam Sandler, Lupita Nyongo and the actor who played “Luce” didn’t receive Oscar nomination’s... Tom Hanks was nominated for best *supporting* actor... a lack of diversity once again... so much is politics! 😒

JD Chase

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Feb 2, 2020, 3:01:18 PM2/2/20
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“Blackboard Jungle”

Simplify Please

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Feb 8, 2020, 1:18:30 PM2/8/20
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On Sunday, February 2, 2020 at 3:01:18 PM UTC-5, JD Chase wrote:
> “Blackboard Jungle”

'Let it Ride'

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JD Chase

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Mar 6, 2020, 11:58:12 AM3/6/20
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“Ordinary Love”, the new movie with Leslie Manville and Liam Neeson... not an easy movie to watch, by any means, but *very* well acted and seemingly very realistic...

JD Chase

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Mar 15, 2020, 12:19:51 PM3/15/20
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“StormCenter”

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Mar 15, 2020, 2:35:48 PM3/15/20
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On 2020-03-15 9:19 a.m., JD Chase wrote:
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> “StormCenter”
>
good idea , now the usa needs a good tornado

JD Chase

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Apr 7, 2020, 3:57:55 PM4/7/20
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“Contagion”! It is UNCANNY how prescient the movie is, and how similar many of the events and details of the film are to the current crisis! Chilling movie to watch, particularly at this moment, but very well done...

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On 2020-04-07 12:57 p.m., JD Chase wrote:
> “Contagion”! It is UNCANNY how prescient the movie is, and how similar many of the events and details of the film are to the current crisis! Chilling movie to watch, particularly at this moment, but very well done...


too bad the theaters are closed so movies are out

JD Chase

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Apr 14, 2020, 11:59:39 AM4/14/20
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“A Face in the Crowd”! Like Stephen King’s “The Dead zone”, it is exceedingly relevant to today’s political crisis, namely the horror show of the lunatic in chief!

JD Chase

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May 6, 2020, 6:35:25 PM5/6/20
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So many! “All about Eve”, “Casablanca”, “Rain”, “The most dangerous game”, “Shoot the moon”, “You can Count on me”, “Vertigo”, “ L’avventura”,”L’eclisse”,”Blow Up”, “The Passenger”, “The Conversation”, “Don’t look now”, “Last year at Marienbad”, “Taxi Driver”, “A woman under the influence”, “Harold and Maude”,”The Pawnbroker”,”Please Give”,”Junebug”,”A Streetcar named desire”,”Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory”,”Storm Center”,”Manchester by the sea”,”The men”,”From here to eternity”, Rear window”,”The man who knew too much”,”First reformed”,”Eyes wide shut”,””Memento”.. so many more...

JD Chase

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May 7, 2020, 12:34:38 PM5/7/20
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Yep, but thankfully we can watch movies on TV... 🙏😊❤️

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May 7, 2020, 12:52:54 PM5/7/20
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nope , no tv

JD Chase

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May 7, 2020, 6:52:14 PM5/7/20
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No tv? Why is that? No, it’s not at all
like watching a movie in the theatre, on a big screen, but still, better than nothing- by far! 😊🙏❤️

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May 7, 2020, 8:43:50 PM5/7/20
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On 2020-05-07 3:52 p.m., JD Chase wrote:
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> No tv? Why is that? No, it’s not at all
> like watching a movie in the theatre, on a big screen, but still, better than nothing- by far! 😊🙏❤️
>
no stations within reach

mixed nuts

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May 8, 2020, 12:16:09 PM5/8/20
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Talk to Ray. Tell him you want movies instead of town council meetings
and he needs to put up a bigger tower so you can see the good stuff
without riding your bike into town with a big tv on the back.

--
Grizzly H.

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May 8, 2020, 1:29:17 PM5/8/20
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i don't answer to ray anymore

JD Chase

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May 19, 2020, 12:49:21 PM5/19/20
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“Mystic river”, with stellar performances by Sean Penn, Laura Linney, Tim Robbins... very chilling, bleak, disturbing, but also quite well done!

ckr...@gmail.com

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May 26, 2020, 8:12:50 PM5/26/20
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No praise yet for "Planet of the Humans." I detect discrimination.

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On 2020-05-26 5:12 p.m., ckr...@gmail.com wrote:
> No praise yet for "Planet of the Humans." I detect discrimination.
>

"Beware the beast Man, for he is the Devil's pawn. Alone among God's
primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his
brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great
numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him;
drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death."

ckr...@gmail.com

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May 26, 2020, 9:30:25 PM5/26/20
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Devil's pawn, or Devil's spawn? Whichever way, I agree.

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May 26, 2020, 10:22:46 PM5/26/20
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On 2020-05-26 6:30 p.m., ckr...@gmail.com wrote:
> Devil's pawn, or Devil's spawn? Whichever way, I agree.
>
just a quote i heard it in a movie once

JD Chase

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May 27, 2020, 12:58:30 AM5/27/20
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“All about Eve”... such brilliant, witty, clever dialogue and phenomenal acting... enormously entertaining... Bette Davis absolutely should have won an Oscar for Beat actress...

Jordy C

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Jul 30, 2020, 6:35:37 PM7/30/20
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“In the bedroom” from 2001... quite well acted and well done, but also terribly sad, and rather disturbing...

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Jul 30, 2020, 6:42:26 PM7/30/20
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On 2020-07-30 3:35 p.m., Jordy C wrote:
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> “In the bedroom” from 2001... quite well acted and well done, but also terribly sad, and rather disturbing...
>
there's lots more where that came from

jdcha...@gmail.com

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Aug 16, 2020, 12:41:23 AM8/16/20
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“Moonstruck” with Cher and Nicholas Cage and Olivia Dukakis... such a fun, enjoyable message with a wonderful, life affirming message... 😊❤️😎

jdcha...@gmail.com

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Aug 16, 2020, 6:36:20 PM8/16/20
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“Luce”- very well acted, lots of ambiguity, well done... 😎❤️👍

jdcha...@gmail.com

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Sep 12, 2020, 5:28:38 AM9/12/20
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“I’m thinking of ending things”. Weather a fascinating, weird, bizarre, surreal, thought provoking movie! 👍😎❤️🍸

jdcha...@gmail.com

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Oct 18, 2020, 12:57:17 AM10/18/20
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“Before Sunrise”, “Before sunset”, “Before midnight”

phoebe

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Oct 18, 2020, 5:32:07 PM10/18/20
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On 10/18/20 12:57 AM, jdcha...@gmail.com wrote:
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> “Before Sunrise”, “Before sunset”, “Before midnight”
>

the seventh continent
the peanuts movie

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Oct 18, 2020, 6:17:07 PM10/18/20
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jessica rabbit

Janithor

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Oct 18, 2020, 6:23:01 PM10/18/20
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x-no-archive: yes
Death of a Nation
American Sniper
We Were Soldiers

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Oct 18, 2020, 7:12:07 PM10/18/20
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verne joins the army

jdcha...@gmail.com

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Nov 12, 2020, 12:31:49 PM11/12/20
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It’s a TV series, 7 episodes in full, not a movie, but “The Queens’s Gambit” was truly sensational, absolutely superlative in every way... 🙏😎🍸❤️

jdcha...@gmail.com

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Nov 27, 2020, 12:35:41 AM11/27/20
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“Hillbilly elegy”

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On 2020-11-26 10:35 p.m., jdcha...@gmail.com wrote:
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> “Hillbilly elegy”
>
well that does it you have now posted every movie ever made
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