| What is the last movie you've seen in the theatre or vid...?
Posted: 1/9/2007 6:02:58 AM | Volver....a Pedro Aldomavor film with his longtime muse Penelope Cruz
subtitles are not at all distracting and the Spanish is music to the ears
enjoyable in the way that only foreign films are. entertaining storyline about family and infidelity (no, not going to give it away). if you like the small town experience, you'll appreciate the warm & fuzzies in this film. if ya don't, you'll still appreciate the sight of Penelope Cruz in sweaters and pencil skirts | |
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| What is the last movie you've seen in the theatre or vid...?
Posted: 1/14/2007 9:13:52 PM | | Pan's Labyrinth - Guillermo del Toro's story of a young girl in fascist Spain who is sent to live with her step-father, a captain in Franco's army. In order to deal with the reality around her, she retreats to a fantasy world where she is a long-lost princess and must perform 3 tasks in order to return there forever. Beautiful to look at, this one should be a shoo-in for Best Foreign Film come Oscar time. | |
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Posted: 1/15/2007 9:30:39 AM | The Descent...many adventurous women enter, but only one comes out alive....after disabling one of her "friends". I think that she turned on Juno too quickly, Juno killed her friend by accident and then panicked...
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| What is the last movie you've seen in the theatre or vid...?
Posted: 1/15/2007 10:19:16 AM | | The Descent was an awesome movie!!! I got the feeling that Juno was having an affair with Sarah's husband.....there seemed to be something between them at the beginning after the girls finished rafting and the way he was acting in the car. Then at the end, when Sarah had Juno's necklace, it said the same thing that Sarah's husband apparently used to say. The ending was different, but I don't think any of them got out alive. A movie I could watch many times!!! LOL......... That's why I think Sarah turned on Juno......that and because Juno lied about seeing their friend die. | |
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| What is the last movie you've seen in the theatre or vid...?
Posted: 1/15/2007 8:26:59 PM | | Rented on the weekend Kung Fu Hussle, lets just say I was glad that I didn't pay to go see that in the theatre and also watched Superman Returns. Ahhhh, if only I was 15 years younger (and looked like Lois Lane). It was a good movie. | |
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| What is the last movie you've seen in the theatre or vid...?
Posted: 1/15/2007 8:30:20 PM | Last movie I saw in the theater was Deja Vu. Pretty good movie, I was expecting much worse.
Last movie I saw on DVD was Superman Returns. I am a huge Superman fan...love this movie.
Last movie I saw on tv was Back to the Future II. The BTTF trilogy are my fav movies of all time!!! | |
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Posted: 1/15/2007 9:18:24 PM | Check out The Prestige. Fantastic, keeps you guessing until thelast 30 seconds. Stars Michael Caine, Christian Bale, and Hugh Jackmam. Man, Alfred, Batman, and Wolverine in the same film. I guess thet are just biding time til the new Batman and Wolverine films come out.
Saw a lame one, of course my opinion only. 16 Blocks with Bruce Willis. Failure To Engage was a hoot. A lot of fun for a chick flick. I'm probably the only heterosexual male that likes Matthew McConaghey. Could have done without Hall of Famer, Pittsburgh Steeler showing his pinkish hue bare bottom. Grossssss! | |
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Posted: 1/20/2007 9:26:52 PM | Pan's Labyrinth - Beautiful to look at, this one should be a shoo-in for Best Foreign Film come Oscar time.
Amen. A truly original story that seamlessly marries the disparate genres of war and fantasy in a visually stunning and emotionally compelling film. This one left me feeling raw... because sometimes the scariest movie monsters aren't the fantasy ones.
9.5 mandrake roots out of 10. | |
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Posted: 1/21/2007 8:34:50 AM | Brewster McCloud from 1970. A rather strange Robert Altman movie starring Bud Cort.
Even more strange was how I watched it. I saw the whole movie in 10 separate parts on You Tube. I've seen the odd documentary on You Tube before, but this was the first time for a full length feature film.
God, I love the Internet!
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Posted: 1/21/2007 8:43:19 AM | every tuesday night my wife and i go out for a date night movies are one big thing we do
the last movie i saw was the pursuit of happiness with will smith
I thought this movie had a good body to it and had a point .
it felt like i was in there for 3 hrs
i compared the excitement to castaway with tom hanks
as touching this movie was and how showing how people have it rough.
i think it could have done better ** out of 5
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Posted: 1/21/2007 9:30:12 AM | Movie: Night at the musuem with Robin Williams & Ben Stiller. Filmed in Vancouver and what a fun movie to see on the big screen.
DVD: Devil wears Prada with Meryl Streep. Story about the Chief Fashion Editor who is difficult to work with and hires her assistant who must learn about the industry. | |
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Posted: 1/22/2007 10:36:28 AM |
Pan's Labyrinth is playing at the Grant Park Cineplex
Actually, since Cineplex had to sell the Grant Park Theatres to Empire Theatres, in order to buy Famous Players, they seem to have a better range of films there - beyond the mainstream Hollywood flicks. Maybe they are noticing that the Globe is getting some decent audiences showing indie flicks and foreign films? They are actually showing 2 foreign films and one limited release at this time.
In any case, I was blown away by Pan's Labyrinth. What a great movie! Left the theatre feeling emotionally drained.
I won't be climbing into any tree trunks anytime soon... | |
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Posted: 1/22/2007 1:21:49 PM | I want to see Idiocracy when it comes out on DVD. It had a short run in some American theatres.
Its about an army guy who volunteers to be frozen, and wakes up 500 years later to find out that he is the smartest man on the planet! Luke Wilson is in it.
Hope its not lame.
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Posted: 1/22/2007 2:09:59 PM |
I want to see Idiocracy when it comes out on DVD. It had a short run in some American theatres.
Down loaded that one - definately worth a look. It had some very funny jabs at how society is being dumbed-down by our obsession with celebrities and brand names. It's written and directed by Mike Judge, so if you're a fan of Office Space, you'll like it. The studio (Fox) did everything in their power to kill this film, so it kind of has an un-finished feel to it, IMO. | |
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Posted: 1/23/2007 6:35:34 PM | I saw Letters from Iwo Jima last night, it was terrific. It was a superior film to Flags of our Fathers (which I also liked). If at all possible, try to see both movies. They cover the same events from the perspective of both sides.
I read today that it received Oscar nominations for best picture and best director. Of the five nominees, I have only seen two of the films. The other film was Departed, which I think is also an excellent movie. | |
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Posted: 1/28/2007 8:52:57 AM | Notes on a Scandal
Ok... so I'm thinking... Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett... how can you go wrong? Well, apparently a movie can suffer when it introduces a few too many themes (all relevant, mind you) and leaves several of them inadequately explored or resolved.
Where the film does succeed is as a character study of a rather unusual predator. Dench gets all of the movie's best lines and some big laughs with her acerbic narration... bitter never sounded better! She's so scathingly good, it made me want to take notes!
Other highlights are the stellar performances by Dench and Blanchett and the absolutely exquisite musical score by Philip Glass.
7 wide-ruled notebooks out of 10 | |
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