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| bartist |
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Glad that pesky page break problem got fixed last year!
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| Syd |
| Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 8:32 pm |
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| The Young in Heart: A sweet 1938 comedy about a family of con artists who set out to befriend a sweet lonely old heiress in hopes of becoming her heirs and, since they have to act like they're decent people, become decent people. The film's not all that special except for the cast, which includes Roland Young, Billie Burke, Janet Gaynor and Douglas Fairbanks as the con artists. (Fairbanks looks too old for to be Young's son.) Minnie Dupree is the old lady, Miss Fortune, and Paulette Goddard is Fairbanks's love interest. Richard Carlson, who plays Gaynor's love interest is unable to keep up. You can see a mile away where this film's going to end up, but it's a pleasant diversion for Christmas Eve. |
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| Ghulam |
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| Waiting for "Superman" focuses on the declining standads of schools in inner cities and puts the blame largely on teachers' unions. It also shows some schools that are doing an exceptionally good job. One of the best documentaries of 2010. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 9:47 am |
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| That's a movie I'd like to see. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:47 am |
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| Our Idiot Brother. Worth the rental. I think Billyweeds reviewed it in Current, but can't find it at the moment. If you happen to see Young Adult, this is kind of the Yang to its Yin, as it concerns an exceptionally positive and happy young man, admirably rendered by Paul Rudd. The cast includes women who populate my Stuck Elevator fantasies, Eliz. Banks, Zooey De, and whoever plays "Arabella," all somehow progressing in their lives thanks to the preternaturally honest and goodhearted IB. A goofball comedy, with touches of Lebowski Lite, that felt like it should be set in California, but somehow found itself in NYC and environs. Add a touch of scoundrelous Steve Coogan, a dog named Willy Nelson, a sad and cuckolded Emily Mortimer, and you have a film that goes down easy. |
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| knox |
| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 12:23 pm |
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| Arabella is Janet Montgomery who also enriched "Human Target" with her sassy and delectable self. Thoroughly fun flick, though a film editor could have been slipped some kale to mislay the Coogan testicle shot. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 1:18 pm |
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Ghulam wrote: Waiting for "Superman" focuses on the declining standards of schools in inner cities and puts the blame largely on teachers' unions. It also shows some schools that are doing an exceptionally good job. One of the best documentaries of 2010.
I thought Waiting had some good stuff, but tried to cover too much.
I preferred The Lottery which focused on a half dozen urban kids/parents trying to get into a charter school. You get about 15 minutes or so of that at the end of Superman, but the impact in The Lottery is much greater as we've met these families and know their stories and hopes. And we know much more about the school and the teachers as well. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:39 am |
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Warrior is about two brothers, both mixed martial arts fighters. Their father, played by Nick Nolte, is a retired champ. The movie got good reviews but did not last long in theaters. Rough, but worthwhile.
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:23 am |
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Ghulam wrote: Warrior is about two brothers, both mixed martial arts fighters. Their father, played by Nick Nolte, is a retired champ. The movie got good reviews but did not last long in theaters. Rough, but worthwhile.
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Nolte is being pushed hard for a supporting Oscar nomination. He's good, and so is the movie, but I don't think either one is award-worthy. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:54 am |
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Santa brought the unrated Bridesmaids (complete with extras) and Hitchcock's Notorious (with countless extras) for Christmas.
Starting to watch Bridesmaids again and once again (the fourth time) finding it fall-out-of-your-chair hilarious, I can't begin to comprehend how someone as bright as Gary can classify this great, classic, Marx-Brothers-Monty-Python-W.C.-Fields-level comedy as raunchy and unfunny. Once again, I have to fall back on "it's what makes horse races" wisdom. But I still can't remotely understand it.
As for Notorious, I can't imagine even Joe disliking this Hitchcock masterpiece. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:17 am |
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I wouldn't call it raunchy. I wouldn't mind raunchy. Repugnant is more like it.
I don't think I'll see Warrior. I'm a big fan of boxing and find pro wrestling over-the-top enough to enjoy a bit, but mixed martial arts is something well beyond my tolerance level.
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:21 am |
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| Not sure I've ever seen Notorious. Pretty sure I haven't. |
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| knox |
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| Liked Bridesmaids, but not enough to see it again. Agree with this website's leading BM fan that Wiig was wonderful. If it's hard for the Weed to understand how it might not reach the Marxbrotherist heights for some viewers.....well, maybe it's the subject matter doesn's seem as universal in its appeal. I know that sounds maybe sexist, but it is a comedy and it's all about subjectivity and identifying with characters. JMO, but it seems easier to get some objective agreement on the merits of a drama, than of a comedy. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:04 am |
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| knox--You're absolutely right about idenitification being essential, but the thing is, I think Bridesmaids connects on a human level that transcends gender. The bond between Wiig and bride-to-be Maya Rudolph, the love connection between Wiig and Irish cop Chris O'Dowd, Melissa McCarthy's new definition of tough love, Jon Hamm's new high bar for douchebaggery, Rose Byrne's new kind of frenemy--these are all identifiable to me. Anyway, whatever, Happy New Year, all! |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:06 am |
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Joe Vitus wrote: Not sure I've ever seen Notorious. Pretty sure I haven't.
Then do, fer shurr. |
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