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Posted at October 25, 2015, 6:24 pm:


I think an interesting thread would be one in which people could ask advice on whether to watch a particular movie on TV or not. If they take people's advice and watch the movie they can then comment on whether they thought it was good advice or not.


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I'll start.

Eh.

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The Royal Tenenbaums is great.

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How about a movie called Ordet (1955)?

Never seen Ordet.

Its on Sunday 10PM (ET) on TCM.

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Thanks, Holden.

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Just watched The Color of Money.

Double Indemnity (1944) It's suppose to be great.

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Could you give me a quick review of it, please?

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It will be on again at some point.

Django (1966) looks interesting.

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Not really.

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They Won't Forget.

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Holden.

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I was talking about the Ridley Scott flick.

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Holden.

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Get him holden.

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Watch it

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William H.

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