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Post by gottamatch on Jul 8, 2009 18:01:36 GMT -5
Omg, I'm so glad I'm not the only one Dayna. Absolutely no offence intended to anyone that likes her but yeah, same. I don't own any DVDs starring Ms Caron and I don't think I ever will.
What is it? Why is she so annoying? I want to like her but it's just not gonna happen lol everyone else except for us seems to love her. Whyyyyy lol
Jess
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Post by Alicia on Jul 8, 2009 19:07:39 GMT -5
I don't really like her either. Of her films I've only seen 2. The one she did with Fred Astaire for some reason is my least favorite of his. And I really dislike An American in Paris.
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Post by martha on Jul 8, 2009 19:27:32 GMT -5
TCM had some garland gems today. watched much of I COULD GO ON SINGING while at the gym. one of the most enjoyable workouts i've had lately ...
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Post by dreamer on Jul 17, 2009 13:49:36 GMT -5
Am glad that I turned the tv on in the daytime - watched Transamarica (2005) - an unusual film about transgender with Felicity Huffman ( pre Desperate Housewifes) www.youtube.com/watch?v=18IrXNxPuVcMissed the first 20 min of it - so had to see what the beginning was about and since I found it - thought I better share with you guys I found the film honest (almost innocent) and as I believe the gender of the single individual is not important - only the being is. Would think this one helps the understanding ! Please do take a look!
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Post by Sofia on Jul 17, 2009 16:11:34 GMT -5
Dreamer, thank you so much for the link! You know I wanted to watch it when it came out but for some reasons I didn't and then I totally forgot about it. Thanks again!
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Post by martha on Jul 22, 2009 20:14:22 GMT -5
hey dreamer .. i saw "transamerica" when it was first released in movie theatres here in the states ... and i felt it was a well written, deeply felt, nuanced treatment of a complex subject. i'd recommend it too.
today i watched a large section of WOMAN OF THE YEAR while unpacking ... i'm finally in my permanent new home in philadelphia. its beginning to feel like home. ...
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Post by gottamatch on Jul 22, 2009 22:25:32 GMT -5
I haven't seen Transamerica but I hear Huffman is awesome.
Yesterday I watched "Take The Lead" with Antonio Banderas. A feel good 'street kids' / 'dance saves the day' movie. It's awesome to me that it was based on a true story!
I also watched "Lady in the Dark" with Ginger Rogers. Some awesome person uploaded it on YouTube. It was a beautiful film (costumes were spectacular in dream sequences) with a beautiful Ginger in her acting prime. I must provide the YouTube profile page of this person because they have uploaded MANY old films that aren't available on DVD as far as I'm aware. Lots of Carole Lombard films, Doris Day, Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers films etc...
Jess
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Post by dreamer on Jul 26, 2009 3:30:20 GMT -5
Speaking of Antonio Banderas - was watching Imagine Argentina the other day. In the 70s many people disproving the regime - suddenly disapperead. His character is at times psychic - experiencing what the disappeared sees or feels www.imdb.com/title/tt0314197/Seeing the images in this trailer - it reminds me of a song by Sting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H66OyzElYfMAnother film that I saw was - Hunt for Justice aka The Louise Arbour Story - how Louise Arbour, Chief War Crimes Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal - tries to bring those responsible for genocide and massacre in the former Yugoslavia to justice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUsv2WE2DiQBUT I haven't only watched so serious films - have also watched Suddenly Naked - the most hilarious comedy (actually drama). There are plenty of parallels to The Graduate - only this time with the view from her angle - if you can .... watch it. It is hilarious - heartfelt and funny. www.annewheeler.com/films/suddenly-naked/suddenlynaked.html with trailer
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Post by dreamer on Jul 27, 2009 3:32:43 GMT -5
Bought this one about a month ago and have watched it a several times - trying to find answers. Beloved Infidel with Deborah Kerr and Gregory Peck. It is the love story of Sheilah Graham and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Loved it. Sheilah is sympathetic as can be - although it is hard to believe that someone in the league with Edda Hopper and Louella Parsons could be that sympathetically. But on the other hand when has Kerr - like Kate - ever played an unsympathetic part. The score is fantastic - its by the composer Franz Waxman who also wrote the music for WOTY and TPS. Check it out www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm5qU5_raLQCan't get the music out of my ear Near the end of the film - Scott reads from his unfinished script - according to the film - about him and Sheilah, their love story. While he reads - Sheilah/Kerr watches him - wow that woman could speak volumes with her eyes. But back to topic. Sheilah is called Kathleen Moore and he is Monroe Stahr. Sounds familiar? It is characters from the film The Last Tycon - a film about Irvin Thalberg. It can't get any more complicated can it. I have seen The Last Tycon. Kathleen Moore is supposed to be Graham but Monroe Stahr (Robert De Niro) is Thalberg. So got a bit confused. Did the friend who finished the book The Last Tycon for him switch Fitzgerald's part into Thalberg or is the reading part in Beloved Infidel just made up? Or is there just a chapter about them in the book about Thalberg? Or was he so embarrassed about his relationship that he used another character as himself? Maybe someone can help me explain!!
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Post by gottamatch on Jul 28, 2009 18:13:47 GMT -5
I watched that trailer for Beloved Infidel. It looks awesome! I'll definately have to watch that one soon. There are loads on my list. I found that page. Okay everyone, if you haven't already got this YouTube Channel listed in your favourites or subscriptions, do so NOW! They have uploaded lots of old movies that are hard to find or imposible to find! Happy watching; www.youtube.com/user/jenmarencJess
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Post by gottamatch on Aug 11, 2009 2:54:49 GMT -5
Today I watched a Tom Arnold comedy called "Carpool". Funny 1990s film.
I also watched (1956) Forever, Darling which is a Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz film. I think you have to be a Lucille fan to enjoy it. It also heavily co-stars James Mason, so being a Mason fan would help. It can't compare to the Arnaz's 1953 film The Long Long Trailer in which they both sizzle with excitement and vitality. This film looses it's spark from the start, naming Desi 'Larry'. He plays a scientist, which is about as believable as Cary Grant being one in "Monkey Business" (I actually love that movie by the way). I Love Lucy (or "the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" as it was then called) ended in 1960 and this was '56 but the pair have clearly lost some magic since ...Trailer. All in all, a movie in which Ball & Arnaz fans will enjoy simply because they are in it.
Jess
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Post by dreamer on Aug 11, 2009 11:16:01 GMT -5
Have watched two memorable and one good laugh since last The Notebook - a true heartfelt film. James Gardner reads to Gena Rowlands. A sweet love story - it is his attempt to bring back his love for a couple of minutes from the darkness (dementia) she lives in. Guys have fallen for James Garner again - totally ... since I saw The Rockford Files as a child ... bla bla bla ;D .......and Jimmy Durantes I'll Be Seeing You Again www.playlist.com/searchbeta/tracks#jimmy%20duranteThe Reader - wowa long time since I have seen a film switching from romance to reality that fast. I will try not to put in to many spoilers - but that is some film. A teenager boy falls in love with a woman in her 40s (played by Kate Winslet) - she asks him to read to her - so they meet and each time before they love - he reads to her. One day she is promoted - but instead of staying she disappears. He sees her years after but does not reveal her secret even though it might could have helped her or brought them back together. The film is very honest in it's description - what love can do to a person. The impact a person can have. Despite everything around. But the film is also disturbing - one could easily feel sympathy towards the woman - the way her story is displayed. Both films moved me - so should I see any of these again - briiiing me a towel The last one is MadMoney - now if you want to have a good laugh - this ones did it to me - with Queen Latifah and Diane Keaton. Keaton is married to Ted Danson (Sam Bar) and they are broke - so where to find a job - haha - at the Federal Reserve where they destroy old money. The rest I will leave to your imagination
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Post by gottamatch on Aug 12, 2009 2:24:16 GMT -5
Mad Money sounds funny! Is it a newie?
Jess
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Post by dreamer on Aug 12, 2009 2:48:19 GMT -5
Mad Money sounds funny! Is it a newie? Jess With the speed and amount of films - not really - it is from last year Take a look here www.imdb.com/title/tt0951216/
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Post by martha on Aug 14, 2009 21:52:12 GMT -5
'guess who's coming to dinner' .. it is sidney poitier day on TCM, stateside ...
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