Flamingo Film Club 2024Like this list

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• Murder on the Orient Express

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  *Dec. 19th, 2024. It's December... and time for a Winter murder mystery! We'll compare two film versions of Agatha Christie's classic: Murder on the Orient Express. This version is from 1974 starring Albert Finney and a host of famous actors e.g.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Poirot. Series 12

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  *#Dec. 19th, 2024. This version of Murder on the Orient Express is part of Season 12, Episode 3 of the TV Series: Poirot. This version stars David Suchet who many of Agatha Christie's fans consider the best Poirot! Murder on the Orient Express…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Grapes of Wrath

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  *Nov. 21st, 2024. November, FFC will focus on legendary director John Ford and one of his defining films: The Grapes of Wrath. This film tells the story of Tom Joad (Henry Fonda), his family, and its struggles of driving across the country and its…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beetle Juice

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  *Oct. 24th, 2024. A deceased couple acquires the services of a malicious trickster to rid their house of the alive family that just moved in. Beetlejuice (PG, 1h 32m, 1988). *Halloween Double Feature: Beetlejuice & Young Frankenstein (PG, 1h 46m,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Edward Scissorhands

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  Oct. 24th, 2024. October is Halloween time! And there is no better director's films to watch in October than Tim Burton. The two selections we will be reviewing are: Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice. Edward Scissorhands is the tale of a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Little Caesar

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  *Sep. 26th, 2024. September, we'll focus on 30s Gangster films by reviewing two of the most well known as well as two of the most well known gangster film actors: Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney. In Little Caesar, Caesar Rico (Eddie G.) is a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Public Enemy

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  *Sep. 26th, 2024. In The Public Enemy, Tommy (Cagney) is an Irish-Yank street hooligan looking to rise in the underworld of crime. The Public Enemy (Passed, 1h 23m, 1931). *Screening Warner Bros. Gangster Movie Double Feature: Sat. Sep. 28th Clark…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• There Will Be Blood

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  Aug 22, 2024. A pugnacious prospector surveys properties to discover and drill for oil in the fiercely competive business world of turn of the century America. There Will Be Blood (R, 2h 38m, 2007).

• Boogie Nights

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  Aug 22, 2024. An adult film producer looks to elevate adult films to an art with his newly discovered star in the wild 70s! We'll discuss the directorial career of Paul Thomas Anderson by reviewing two of his films. Boogie Nights (R, 2h 35m, 1997)

• First Blood

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  *July 25th, 2024. And the Stallone film we'll review is one from one of Stallone's three film franchises: First Blood. First Blood is the first film in the Rambo series. Green Beret John Rambo is forced to retreat into the woods thus sparking a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Commando

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  *July 25th, 2024. The 80s saw the birth of the action star, and there were none bigger than Arnold Schwarzenegger and Slyvester Stallone. We'll explore the films and careers of these two one time bitter rivals. The Schwarzenegger movie we'll…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Prince and the Showgirl

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  June 27th, 2024. Aug. 5th will mark 62 years since the tragic and untimely death of legendary actress and pop icon Marilyn Monroe. We'll commenrate her extraordinary life by discussing her career and reviewing two of her films. In The Prince and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Niagara

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  June 27th, 2024. In the film noir Niagara, Marilyn is married to Joseph Cotton where the tensions between the couple soon turn to murder! (Niagara (Approved, 1h 32m, 1953). *Marilyn Monroe film screening: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Approved 1h…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Spirited Away

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  May 23rd, 2024. A young girl finds herself in a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits. And where humans become beasts! We discuss the career of legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. Spirited Away (PG, 2h 5m, 2001).

• Ben-Hur

  a Tale of Christ

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  *Apr. 25th, 2024. The epic that tells the story of how two childhood friends grow to become bitter rivals: one a Prince of Judea the other a Roman Tribune all the while a Man of Peace is preaching, and a new religion is about to be born. Ben-Hur…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bombshell

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  Mar. 28th, 2024. The first documentary we will be reviewing in FFC. It goes over the stellar life of Hedy Lemarr who was born Hedwig Eva Kiesler in Vienna, Austria. Bombshell (1h 28m, 2017) *Screening: Paul C. Blau Theater on Sat. Mar. 23rd at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Boom Town

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  *Mar. 28th, 2024. We celebrate Women's History Month by examing the life of one of history's most extraordinary women: Hedy Lemarr! Nicknamed: "The Face" for her stunning beauty, but she was so much more. Yes, she was an actress, but her greatest…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Samurai rebellion

  Jōiuchi

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  Feb. 22nd, 2024. We'll look at famed Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi and review one of his most celebrated films. Samurai Rebellion tells the story of a kidnapping of a woman who is the mother of a feudel lord's only heir, and the decision of a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One Million Years B.C.

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  Jan. 25th, 2024. Prehistoric man Tumak must fight with Payto to win the favor of the beautiful Loana. One Million Years B.C. (Approved, 1h 32m, 1966).

• Clash of the Titans

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  Jan. 25th, 2024. We'll examine the career of special effects legend: Ray Harryhausen by reviewing and discussing two of his better known films. In Clash of the Titans, the titan Perseus must battle the goddess Medusa to save the Princess Andromeda. …Read moreRead more of this annotation