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Post by dreamer on Dec 22, 2009 4:52:13 GMT -5
hehe Martha - I too did watch Guess Who .... the other day - I had to get something straight - "quote game" :giggles:
This weekend I watched Shadowboxer with Helen Mirren and Cuba Gooding - what a strange but beautiful film - a very different kind of love.
And in a totally different genre - Happy Feet with cute little Mumble as well as Eight Below. If you haven't seen the last and is an animal lover and not build as near to the water as I am - can only recommend it - it is an amazing film.
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Post by gottamatch on Jan 4, 2010 1:24:06 GMT -5
dreamer, I am loving your new signature btw. Meant to say it in another thread but got swept away with conversation topics haha.. great picture!! I saw Old Dogs which was a good family film (last week) and Sherlock Holmes today which I think Amber should write a review about because she has better knowledge of the whole S.H thing lol but I thought it was alright, a bit long but I'd recommend it to anyone who likes adventure/crime/drama/British based films. Great scenery of beautiful London. Right now I've switched things down to a more light note watching some British comedy in Absolutely Fabulous. Need something light after the Holmie Jess
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Post by charliesgirl7681 on Jan 4, 2010 12:40:26 GMT -5
Last week I went to 'Its Complicated'. I thought it was good, some laugh out loud till you cry moments but it got a bit long. It might have felt that way to me because 1/2 through I really needed to use the bathroom (Note to self: don't drink 3 glasses of water at dinner before a movie). I liked the movie but I would say wait for the DVD.
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Post by martha on Jan 4, 2010 17:14:54 GMT -5
a surprise of a film, watched at the gym .. started part of the way through so i had to hunt for it on imdb when i got home .. NO HIGHWAY (1951) with .. get this .. jimmy stewart, glynis johns, and marlene dietrich! little film of aeronautics researcher who spots a flaw in a plane design and has to convince the corporate mucky mucks to remove a plane from the fleet. the kind of film where the drama comes from a test being done on a plane's wing assembly. but geez ... these stars. in 1951. and luminous black and white. a yummy surprise indeed.
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Post by gottamatch on Jan 5, 2010 7:36:01 GMT -5
Oh Martha, I also have watched some great movies being at the gym and immediately IMDB'd them haha.. one of them was Fifth Avenue Girl with Ginger Rogers. Now I've watched it all on YouTube and soo glad I remembered the name of it or I never would have found it because I didn't recognise any of the co-stars LOL the movie you watched has a pretty freakin awesome cast there!! Now, weren't you rewarded for going to the gym that day! Jess
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Post by CrazyForKate on Jan 6, 2010 0:38:20 GMT -5
Man's Castle, ST and Loretta Young. It's very charming, and I had never seen a Loretta Young film before (with all the stories about her and Tracy, and of course the whole Gable thing, I was curious to see what the fuss was about). She is very sweet in this. Spencer was great as usual, and overall it's a nice little gem.
Also, I do enjoy pre-code. Some of the subject matter definitely would not have happened even a year later.
Spencer did some interesting early movies...Mannequin and San Francisco are two of my faves.
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Post by gottamatch on Jan 7, 2010 4:09:50 GMT -5
Cool movies. I watched "License to Wed" today. It wasn't bad. Light comedy, Robin Williams. Can't miss.
Jess
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Post by charliesgirl7681 on May 17, 2010 19:17:36 GMT -5
I finally saw Roman Holiday the other day on the big screen and I LOVED it. It was such a great film and I loved the ending. Not a cheezy Hollywood ending. Right now I'm watching Summertime.
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Post by martha on May 18, 2010 19:45:13 GMT -5
attended the screening of the newly digitally refurbished A STAR IS BORN (the 1954 version, natch) at lincoln center's walter reade theatre on sunday. the 7pm showing.
i have loved this movie for decades. and loved the reconstruction done in 1983 (re-inserting excised musical numbers and reconstructing with found audio an extended plot sequence early in the story) ... and this stunning new creation? well, for garland fans you're gonna have a delightful time with the new DVD to be released in late june.
sigh. i'm still in a kind of cukor-garland-arlen A STAR IS BORN haze, gotta admit.
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Post by carol on Jun 29, 2010 13:52:44 GMT -5
The lion in winter. I just love it, it's one of my favs.
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Post by gottamatch on Jun 30, 2010 4:35:37 GMT -5
I haven't watched Lion in yonks. I should watch it soon, it's a great movie.
Jess
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Post by HollywoodHepcat on Jun 30, 2010 12:15:07 GMT -5
Oh lawd. Last night, Katie and I were tyring to find the appropriate film to commemorate Kate's death date ( ), and after rattling-off everything in our collective libraries [ The Strange Love of Martha Ivers was the forerunner at one point. We went through EVERYTHING, I tell you.], we decided that BUB would be the best choice, as neither of us had watched the thing in, like, 2 years. I don't know how that's possible, but 'twas the case. Except I only have a crappy VHS cop[ies], and my VCR is on the blink. So, I resorted to Youtube, where the COLORIZED version is available, but not the B&W film itself...? Their skin. THEY LOOK LIKE THEY SUFFER FROM HARLEQUIN ICHTHYOSIS. When I'm watching BUB, I shouldn't be concerned if the key players need to wash away their rapidly-accumulating dead skin cells before the next shot. That's just gross. Needless to say, I got far in long enough to see Boopie get socked in the head with a BOULDER, and then I conked out. The more you know....
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Post by HollywoodHepcat on Jun 30, 2010 12:30:01 GMT -5
Oh! But I have seen a movie this past week that I've thoroughly enjoyed! THE BROTHERS BLOOM (2008). www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUz0L4emNkoOne. Legged. Cat. This film is Rian Johnson's sophmore effort, after his success with BRICK. And it's charming. The score; the locales; the acting; the writing. I also have a major girlcrush on Rachel Weisz, so that may have something to do with the fact that I even watched it in the first place... Trolololo~
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Post by carol on Jun 30, 2010 14:02:58 GMT -5
There's a colorized version of BUB?? Damn you, Ted Turner.
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Post by CrazyForKate on Jun 30, 2010 15:31:49 GMT -5
Oh, Amber, that's terrifying. Colourization is one of the worst atrocities dreamed up by the human race (and yes, I am including war with that). Ever seen TPS in colour? Everyone is bright orange, and Tracy gets married in this weird puce-coloured thing that could not in good conscience be called a dress. It honestly ruined my enjoyment of the movie for a good year. Also, Adam's Rib in colour...ewww. Everyone was vaguely green. Though in fairness, I did have a horrible television at the time.
As for recent movies, I just saw A Serious Man last night. It's a Coen brothers movie, and a bit slow-moving but very interesting- rich, sad, funny. Recommended.
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