What movie have you seen today?

[Richard]

I'll have to check out Somewhere In Time. It sounds like something I would enjoy. Plus, Chris Reeve is one of my favorite actors.

[Cate]

You definitely should

The Tesseract: I didn't even know they made a movie from the book. I started reading this book because the author, Alex Garland, wrote one of my favorite books, The Beach. I never got into this one though... but the other night I saw it on Sundance. It started out like a Tarantino movie on even worse drugs. But then... it sort of calmed and became less artsy. Actually a pretty good movie.

[Cate]

I am in the midst of watching De-Lovely. I'll tell you what I think later ;D Ashley Judd... singing. So cool. And Kevin Kline! I can't believe it took me so long to finally see this. Especially since Sheryl Crow is in it.

[Richard]

I'll be getting Somewhere In Time in a few days, Catherine. ...that sounded kinda funny.

It Should Happen To You (1954) Directed by George Cukor. Judy Holliday plays Gladys Glover, a nobody who recently lost a job and tries to make a name of yourself by buying dozens of billboards with her name on it plastered at various places around New York. She meets a young filmmaker in Central Park played by Jack Lemmon, and by the end the two fall in love.

The movie was good. And though Judy Holliday's career was cut short due to throat cancer, it's one of my favorites among hers and furthermore another nice achievement by George Cukor.

Love Me Tender (1956) Elvis Presely plays Clint Reno, the little brother to Vince (his older brother) who is serving in the Civil War. Vince returns home after being announced dead to his friends and family, and Vince's then girlfriend Cathy is now married to his brother Clint which causes a slight uncomfort between the two. There's also a second storyline that involves a train robbery.

The movie was okay. Not bad for Elvis considering this was his film debut, but Love Me Tender is probably one of those movie you won't mind avoiding.

Lady In The Lake (1947) Robert Montgomery plays detective Phillip Marlowe as he gets hired to find a missing wife. As the film progresses, more and more characters end up dead.

For a movie some people might claim as irritating, I found it different. In fact, I loved it. The mere idea that it's told through the point-of-view of the main character showcased a tense atmosphere, the same similiar feeling with the Bogart/Bacall classic Dark Passage. This is a very underrated picture, if you ask me.

The Asphalt Jungle (1950) A jewel heist movie starring Sterling Hayden. 'Doc' Riedenschneider played by Sam Jaffe is a recently paroled crimelord with a new plan to steal a million dollars worth of jewels. As the film progresses, little accidents happen along the way that soon decides the fates of the burgerlers.

The movie was great. It's a film that makes you eager to find out the conclusion, and it's a great conclustion at that. It also offers a brief appearance by Marilyn Monroe.

Show Boat (1936) This film is an adaptation of the hit Broadway musical. I really don't have much to say about this movie except that it offered some nice music and not much of anything else that satisfied me. I found most of it kinda boring. Maybe I'll like the '52 version better. Good performances, though.

How To Steal A Million (1966) Audrey Hepburn plays Nicole, the daughter to an art forger and collector Charles Bonnet played by Hugh Griffith, and he lends his precious Cellini Venus (which happens to be a fake) to a Paris museum. The museum wants to test the artwork and Mr. Bonnet starts to worry. Nicole then hires a "society burglar" played by Peter O'Toole, to steal it.

I enjoyed almost every frame of this movie. It's not because I'm always at Audrey Hepburn's feet, but because it's also a pretty decent film. Its got good solid humor and a nice attempt created by William Wyler to make it romantic.

Funny Face (1957) Audrey Hepburn plays Jo, a bookstore clerk turned model who gets sent to Paris by a prestigious fashion magazine and kept under the care and supervision by her photographer Dick Avery played by Fred Astaire.

The movie is 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous. Cheesy, I know. But it really is. And I never thought I'd live to hear myself say that Audrey's singing in this film was, at times, annoying. It somehow improved in the end, though. Hepburn has a nice solo ballet dance towards the middle of the film and it was cherographed really well. Fred Astaire did a great number too outside of Jo's hotel. The movie looks great, and it was directed beautifully by director Stanley Donen.

[Cate]

I thought Judy Holliday died of breast cancer? That reminds me, I was at the thrift store with a friend who was looking for an old record player (which are extremely hard to find by the way) and came across a Judy Holliday record. I was tempted to buy it since it was only 75 cents but I really have no interest in listening to Judy Holliday sing.

Tarnation: This movie -- or perhaps more fittingly, documentary -- was directed by the subject of the movie, Jonathon Caouette. From the time he was about 10 years old he filmed himself, usually in the bathroom and in make-up. Most of the beginning is a collage of different clips he had made played with music. His mother was a schizophrenic who received shock treatments and later fell out of a window, hitting her head, and further damaging her brain. The film shows Jonathon going through hell living with his weird grandparents, discovering his homosexuality and trying to grasp a somewhat meaningful relationship with his virtually brain-dead mother. At one point, at about the age of 12, he decides to try marijuana. A drug dealer gives this 12-year-old boy two joints which he took home and smoked, one after the other. He became extremely ill and had to be hospitalized where they found out the weed was laced with PCP and dipped in formaldehyde. From that point on, he could never concentrate and felt like he was in a dream. Of course that didn't stop him from doing drugs... He leaves his homestate of Texas and moves to New York after graduating high school (where he directed plays) and found work as a stage actor (one of the plays being Rent which is the only Broadway play I ever saw when I was living in New York -- I wasn't that amazed). One year his mother came to visit him and began telling him about the abuse she suffered as a child brought on by her parents. Later on, his grandfather called and told him his mother had overdosed so he went back to Texas and he confronted him about the abuse. He, of course, became irate and needless to say, Jonathon brought his mother back to New York with him and lived happily ever after -- well, I'm sure she was happy because she wasn't even in this world. He on the other hand has the full-time job of caring for his mother who has become a child again. I'm horrible at describing movies so that they sound interesting. The movie started out very strange and abstract and I wasn't even sure it was a movie... but by the end, I was fascinated. Very disturbing but moving.

[Cate]

PS I would just like to point out the fact that I am a Senior Member. I'm not sure what that means except maybe I visit this forum way too often and should find other things to do with my time. Should I get some sort of certificate or something? ;D

[Richard]

According to imdb it says throat cancer, but I don't know... you might be right, though.

I'm a Senior Member on another forum. It took me years to get it.

[Richard]

Somewhere In Time (1980) It's a nice movie with a sad but satisfying ending. It was passionate and just an all around clever script, especially, its depiction of time travel.

It's by no means a masterpiece, in fact, it's one of those films you would like to watch on a late night. I'm glad I took the time to watch it.

Point Break (1991) Why oh why do I love this movie? It left me in awe throughout the picture and long after it was finished.

I also watched Pilot #5 with Gene Kelly, Animal Crackers featuring The Marx Brothers, Love Is Better Than Ever and The V.I.P.s with Elizabeth Taylor. The latter is boring as hell. And Battle Circus with Humphrey Bogart.

[Cate]

Point Break is like a cult classic... you can't help but love it for some reason. I'm glad you liked (?) Somewhere in Time

Contact - I'm pretty sure I've already mentioned this pages ago... but it was on TV last night so I had to watch it (with a boxing interruption in the middle because I have a friend who is inexplicably fanatical about it). I think it's one of the most intelligently-made science fiction movies out there. The entire plot is thought-provoking and Jodie Foster (of course) is amazing. Great special effects (with the exception of the obvious fake skies that had to be computer-generated because of shooting stars/bright constellations) without being over-done. Speaking of Jodie Foster, has anyone seen Flight Plan?

[Cate]

My Summer of Love - Kind of slow-paced but a beautiful movie with a crappy ending. The actress in it... I think her name is Emily Blunt... is beautiful and did an awesome job. I hope to see her more. In fact, I just looked on imdb and it says she's made about 6 after this movie including one with Meryl Streep called The Devil Wears Prada which I can't wait to see! It's based on the editor-in-chief of Vogue.

[Cate]

Wow it's practically one movie a night!

Gia - I've seen this one a million times... it's probably one of my favorites but I think more for nostalgic reasons. My roommate gave me this movie because it was one of her favorites and she thought I would like it, too (this is about 5 years ago). I loved it... and then became fascinated with Gia Carangi -- I read the biography Thing of Beauty probably three times... My roommate became friends with Rob Fay, who was close to the Gia after they met in drug rehab (I seem to have a pattern going with junkie movies). We walked through the park and he told us stories about Gia. It was nice. He actually invited me to live with him and his family in Philadelphia when I was trying to find a new apartment (I wasn't that desperate... and I really have no desire to live in Philly!). Very sweet guy. When I watched it last night, I was kind of bored. I think I have every line in that movie memorized without even wanting to. It's got some great music

[Richard]

A few days ago I watched Carefree with Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. It was great. They really are good together.

Can't Buy Me Love (1987) You wanna talk about bad, watch this. It's so pathetically lame at what its trying to do that it comes off as hilariously stupid. I couldn't take the film seriously and I think it's the worst 80's teen flick I've ever seen. But inspite of it all, and I caught it on TV, 2 hours went by pretty quick. The lead actress looks a lot like Kristen Bell, too.

Network (1976) This film is highly regarded for having an amazing screenplay, and it truly is, with amazing performances. Although not my favorite Faye Dunaway picture (hehe "Dun Fadeaway" hehe) I'm glad to know she took home an Academy Award for it.

This movie sorta reminded me of 'His Girl Friday'. The dialogue was pretty rapid and it kept me interested.

The Hill (1965) There was a Sidney Lumet tribute on TCM and this was the second picture I chose to watch. Sean Connery and Ossie Davis star. The movie itself is pretty good, I thought so, and it was a very gripping and fascinating story.

Love In The Afternoon (1957) I had pretty low expectations for this picture. Mainly due to the summary, which I just couldn't for the life of me understand, but I watched it and it was decent. Audrey Hepburn films usually are and the love story they have going on is not too shabby. Although, I thought Gary Cooper, an amazing actor as he is, his character to be a little awkward and hard to appreciate, furthermore finding romantic.

From Here To Eternity (1953) Michael Bay's 'Pearl Harbor' doesn't hold a candle to this movie. Although the actual bombings didn't start until the last 15 minutes, and I'm fully aware it's a love story, this picture is far more superior. Montgomery Clift rocks, and I seriously need to consider watching more of his films.

[Cate]

Richard, I love that Audrey avatar!

[Richard]

It is nice, isn't it.

I originally had it at 100x100, which looks much better, but I thought we weren't allowed to have them at that size. After I saw Shaun's avatar I might consider resizing it.

Cary Grant got in the way of the last one.

[Shaun]

I've never seen an Audrey Hepburn movie. I won't ask if you like Audrey or Kate better because I'm sure AH is great in her own right...and I hate it when two actresses are compared as to who is 'better.'

If I were to sit down and watch an AH flick, what would be your first recommendation for me?