Tuesdays with Lorre: They Met in Bombay (1941)
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Tuesdays with Lorre: They Met in Bombay (1941)

It’s a crapshoot looking at lesser known studio films.  Occasionally you find a diamond in the rough, or even a sleeper classic. More often you stumble across mediocrity. I can’t say They Met in Bombay is really bad. I’d like to think it’s the worst film I’ll watch in my quest to view previously…
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Pre-Post-Weekend Open Thread (5/12/12)…
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Pre-Post-Weekend Open Thread (5/12/12)…

Off I go for a week. Everyone have a good time in my absence, and feel free to use this space to converse about whatever you wish. I *think* I properly set up some MotD posts to pop up while I'm gone; we'll see how that works. T-Fest in the fall this year, by…
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Out next week…

Heading down early Saturday morning to Kentucky, to see the family down there. Will have spotty computer for the following week access at best (and probably not at all past Sunday), so I won't be around much / at all. If I have time, I'll set up some MotDs to autopost while I'm gone.…
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Portage Alert: Kung Fu bill…
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Portage Alert: Kung Fu bill…

My friends are skipping their normal monthly monster bill at the Portage Theater this month (although because they are planning a huge weekend long comic book / movie weekend in June). That doesn't mean there isn't any upcoming genre movie goodness happening though. Friday, June 1st, The Chicago Cinema Society hosts a double bill…
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Tuesdays with Lorre: Passage to Marseille (1944)
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Tuesdays with Lorre: Passage to Marseille (1944)

While during production Casablanca was considered a disaster in the making, it did OK at the box office and is still remembered fondly by a few film buffs today. So it's unsurprising that Warners decided to pimp that success with this rather similar venture, doing all they could to recreate the magic. Unsurprisingly, the…
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