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| whiskeypriest |
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Joe Vitus wrote: They have orgies depicted on one side. Does no one read Keats?
The answer to my question is, as the median, about 1000 Euros a month. |
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| grace |
| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 2:11 pm |
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whiskeypriest wrote: grace wrote: ...perhaps a Grecian urn.
What's a Grecian urn?
Oh, a drachma* here and there, depending on one's occupation.
*(Technically euros, I guess, but it doesn't work as well.)
Edit: Answered before reading ahead, didn't realize you came to your own conclusion. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:53 pm |
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| That "Much Ado About Nothing" is going on my hot list. I like Denisof--too bad Alyson Hannigan isn't Beatrice (and why couldn't they have found roles for Marsters and Anthony Head, neither of whom I see much of these days?). Ever since I saw it with Alan Bates and Felicity Kendal as B & B in London, the play has been a favorite of mine. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:30 pm |
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whiskeypriest wrote: Well, given our conversation recently in the Lobby, maybe billy would be more up for Whedon's next movie, already in post-production: a new production of Much Ado About Nothing, featuring Amy Acker as Beatrice and Alexis Denisof as Benedick. Neither of whom have ever made an impression on me, though by looking at their imdb filmographies, I have seen them in a couple of things each. Both are Whedon vets - Densiof was in the never seen by me Buffy and Angel, and Acker was in Angel[, Dollhouse (also unseen by me) and Cabin in the Woods.
Personally, I expect the worst. But you never know.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2094064/
Amy Acker was on Grimm playing a man-eating spider woman, and on Once Upon a Time as a clutzy fairy/clutzy nun,* within a month of each other. She was more effective as the former. I admit I don't picture her as Beatrice, though she was pretty good on Dollhouse.
*People on the show tend to have double roles. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:16 am |
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grace wrote: whiskeypriest wrote: grace wrote: ...perhaps a Grecian urn.
What's a Grecian urn?
Oh, a drachma* here and there, depending on one's occupation.
*(Technically euros, I guess, but it doesn't work as well.)
Edit: Answered before reading ahead, didn't realize you came to your own conclusion. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:31 pm |
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Carro, speaking of Alan Bates, click on this recent episode of "Bones" and note the guest cast at the bottom...(character name in front)...
http://bones.wikia.com/wiki/The_Bump_in_the_Road
I caught this while watching...made me laugh. |
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| knox |
| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:58 pm |
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Did anyone else glance at the promo or the poster for the Stooges and think Curley was James Gandolfini? At certain angles, there's quite a resemblance. (It's an unknown named Will Sasso) Looks like every negotiation with an A-lister fell apart. Too bad, I might buy the ticket for Curley Gandolfini and, say, Mel "Moe" Gibson.
"Lockout." Looks like Maggie Grace is playing kidnapped daughter again. Girl needs to stretch a little. |
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| grace |
| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:52 pm |
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I know Will Sasso - he was on MAD TV and that show with Sara Rue and Eric Roberts set in a newsroom. But yeah - according to IMDB, the list of actors who dropped out or were rumored to be attached reads like Who's Who. (Justin Timberlake auditioned for Curly? Really?)
Edit: Less Than Perfect is the show, which was, well, less than perfect. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:45 pm |
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Bart: Yes, I heard them call the truck driver "Alan Bates." Can't help but wonder if there's a fan on the writing staff, but it was probably just coincidence.
I was going to see "The Artist" today with a friend, but she had such a bad case of hay fever that we called it off. I'm surprised it's still playing--but we hope to see it before next weekend. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:54 am |
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There is a resemblance to Gandolfini. Three non-A list actors might be a good thing, all round.
Justin Timberlake?? Yeah, I don't see that either.
Almost walked into a showing of Hunger Games yesterday. Kind of a low point. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:05 pm |
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We are going to see Safe House this afternoon. I had no thought of ever seeing it, but Marta said that Alejandro (her son) who is 36 and intelligent but has lousy taste in movies, recommended this film. Marta knows he has lousy taste......but she wants to see it and there isn't anything else here that i want to see....so why not?
I hope you will wait with bated breath for my review. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:55 am |
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Safe House, to my surprise, was not bad. Denzel is OK in his role, (I'm not a big fan of his), and his co-star Ryan Reynolds, who I don't think I've ever seen before, is very good.
Denzel is an ex-CIA agent who seems to have gone rouge over the last number of years and is being murderously pursued by a group of very bad guys who are after some kind of information chip that he has. Reynolds, a CIA agent who has been in limbo for a long time waiting to be called on for his first assignment is picked to protect and take back Denzel to the CIA in Langley. The are both in Cape Town, South Africa.
All hell breaks loose. Well, actually all hell broke loose even before Reynolds got together with Denzel. Lots and lots of action and lots and lots of major violence well done. The look of the film is good but a few too many extreme close-ups which seem to be the vogue nowadays.
Of course the action and mayhem scenes are of a super human variety just like all these kind of movies but that makes it fun to watch. There are a number of twists and turns that make it interesting and has a good wind up.
Not great but definitely worth seeing. Marta loves Denzel so she liked watching him but she eventually changed her mind from liking it to not liking it when the violence got more gory. Not as gory as Drive but close. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:08 pm |
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The Hunger Games is quite good, with a well-cast Jennifer Lawrence, who can do no wrong at the moment, and a good how-are-we-going-to-get-out-of-this-dilemma plot. Josh Hutcherson, who I remember as the male lead in Bridge to Terabithia as well as the son in The Kids Are All Right, also acquits himself very well. The rest of the characters are undeveloped, although Woody Harrelson is good as the kids' mentor and a former winner. The plot gimmick isn't original (lots of people point out the similarities to Battle Royale), but it comes down to execution. The whole selection of teenage sacrifices goes back to the Theseus myth, anyway. (I kept expecting to see a minotaur.)
I'm sure now that this has grossed half a billion dollars, we'll see the two other books of the series, which is fine because this movie cries out for a sequel.
***1/2 of ****. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:41 pm |
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| As much as I love her, I had no clue that Elizabeth Banks was in this movie. See if you can spot her. |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:49 am |
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Of the previews, the new Spider-Man looks awful, and Snow White and the Huntsman makes Mirror, Mirror look good (although the actress who plays the Evil Queen in Huntsman is a hell of a lot fairer than Julia Roberts ever thought of being).
Tim Burton's Dark Shadows looks like a lot of fun but doesn't have much to do with the tv series. |
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