I think I mentioned last week when I posted the obituary for Robert Duvall that I had Apocalypse Now on my DVR and was planning to watch it probably over the weekend and write up a post on it. In the meantime, TCM altered their schedule for an evening toward the end of 31 Days of Oscar where Tender Mercies was scheduled to run and added two more of Duvall's Oscar-nominated roles, including the one in Apocalypse Now. So I watched the movie anyhow and wrote up the post, but scheduled it to run in conjunction with the upcoming airing instead of at an earlier date.
Also dying recently was actor Robert Carradine, brother of Keith and David as well as son of John and an actor himself. His roles included a debut performance in the John Wayne movie The Cowboys as well as 1980s comedy classic Revenge of the Nerds. Carradine, who was 71, had reportedly suffered from bipolar disorder for decades and decided to take his own life.
A movie I blogged about back in 2009 is going to be back on FXM after a fairly long absence: The Ox-Bow Incident, tomorrow, Feb. 25, at 8:05 AM. Actually, somewhat surprisingly to me, FXM seems to have decided to pull a fair bit more out of the vaults than they seemed to have done on the previous occasions when they refreshed their rotation. Looking through the schedules since the start of 2026, I've gotten the impression that there aren't nearly as many repeats, with a greater range of titles than I'm used to seeing. Of course, I'm also still surprised that the schedule isn't 24 hours a day of more recent stuff. I think it's been over 13 years now since the change to FXM, and I said at the time I didn't expect the Retro block to last more than about six months.
I'll also repeat the warning that I'm far enough ahead in scheduling movies that, as with Apocalypse Now, I have to make certain that I'm scheduling the posts on the proper date, so as always check your box guide to make certain I've got the date correct.
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