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The High and the Mighty (1954)
Wade in & prepare to be drowned
This movie is AMAZING. Read the history on IMDB & then watch if you can find it.. How is this not one of the GOAT''s in Hollywood history? John Wayne showing what a great actor he was. Robert Stack in a role he would 'loosely' create in Airplane. There's so much cool in this movie. A bunch of character actors of the time casually dropping jaw dropping performances. No one better than Jan Sterling WOW! Losing her eyebrows for art. I DARE you not to cry. Legendary director. And his real-life son sleeping through the movie 😂 Another film I've never heard of, stumbled on, and was blown away by. It was the inspiration for all the memorable 70's disaster movies & while those were good, they never reached what this movie accomplishes. Highly recommend.
Rescue Me: Discovery (2006)
I'm hooked!
Watching the series for the first time from start to finish. Wow! It just keeps getting better, and more intense each season. Season one was more on the light side but it has definitely turned darker since season two. Still witty. But the storylines have become more heartbreaking. The endings to the last five or six episodes, including this one, left me open-mouthed. Still funny, but deadly serious. Probably couldn't be made today because it's definitely not PC. But so we'll written, acted and directed. I've never seen a show like it. I just keep coming back for more. I'm anxious to see where we're going!
All Fall Down (1962)
How is this not a Classic?
Warren Beatty! & even better, a young, angry Warren Beatty! Big fan of 60's & 70's movies because they felt more raw than what became before & after. Big fan of Beatty. Eva Marie Saint! (who I've only recently discovered). Stunning! & an AMAZING performance. WOW. Karl f'n Malden!! Drinking in the basement & shows up in every great movie. Rebel Without A Cause. On The Waterfront. Oh yeah. & a crazy Angela Landsbury. The dynamic between the two is both comforting & uncomfortable. The innocent kid. Great performance too. Ending was unsatisfying but felt satisfied by the cast & story. Approached this movie with no expectations, except that Beatty & EMS were in it! I loved this movie.