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| chillywilly |
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shannon wrote: I've never seen Bob Roberts. I've always wanted to, but it's never around. Netflix is apparently down to $5.99/month. Seems a good enough reason to rejoin.
I've not seen it yet, either. I'm surprised I've not, given the cast members (Tim Robbins, James Spader, Alan Rickman)
I saw that Netflix was down to $5.99, so I decided to check it out. You have one DVD out at one time and can only get 2 DVD rentals per month for that.
The $9.99 option gives you one DVD out, but unlimited rentals per month. And with a lot of new distribution centers all over the place now, the turnaround can be as quick as 3 days to get a new movie. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:56 am |
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| A very young Jack Black is in Bob Roberts, too. |
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| Trish |
| Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:45 pm |
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mo_flixx wrote: bart wrote: Just caught up with this new forum --
Mo, why is Dog Day Afternoon on your best of 90s list?? Just wondering.
I'm a Dahl fan, too -- he is the master of tumbleweed noir. I think "Joy Ride" was 2000 or 01, or I'd put it on the list, too.
Bart - DDA is NOT on my 90's list. I don't even have a list. All I did was say I liked John Dahl, ROUGH MAGIC, SHOWGIRLS, CLUELESS, BOUND, Gina Gershon, and Jeff Fahey and the two swamp girls.
you're a dear to mention Rough Magic - I have that on video and I do love it. Bridget Fonda and Russell Crowe have great chemistry and some clever lines of dialogue together. It's this whimsical romantic oddity of a film |
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| Trish |
| Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:48 pm |
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chillywilly wrote: My list:
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Tommy Boy
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Seriously?? I mean I love Chris Farley but
otherwise I liked your choices |
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| chillywilly |
| Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:48 pm |
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Trish wrote: you're a dear to mention Rough Magic - I have that on video and I do love it. Bridget Fonda and Russell Crowe have great chemistry and some clever lines of dialogue together. It's this whimsical romantic oddity of a film
Wow. I'd never heard of this film... and Bridget and Russell together and it works? I'll watch it just out of pure curiosity.
I've never been much of a Russell Crowe fan, but Bridget Fonda has done some nice roles in the past (City Hall comes to mind as one of my favorites of hers) and I like her. |
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| Trish |
| Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:57 pm |
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I just remembered another great 90s flick that people should see
The Crossing Guard!! directed by Sean Penn (Pam you must have seen it), wonderfully acted by Jack Nicholson and David Morse and an array of great supporting performances(including blast from the past Tv's Three's company Priscilla Barnes who has a fabulous scene with Jack) |
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| chillywilly |
| Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 1:00 pm |
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Trish wrote: chillywilly wrote: My list:
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Tommy Boy
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Seriously?? I mean I love Chris Farley but
otherwise I liked your choices
You know, that movie just had a different touch to it. For some reason, it's one that stuck to me. I much preferred Farley in SNL sketches, but that combo of Spade and Farley worked for me.
Brian Denehy and Bo Derek, along with a snide Rob Lowe, added some humor to the mix. |
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| Mr. Brownstone |
| Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 1:15 pm |
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The Crossing Guard has the best ending to a film, hands down, ever. I mean, EVER.
My second to 10 of the 90s
Boogie Nights
The Crossing Guard
Hamlet (Bertolucci)
Bob Roberts
JFK
Bullets Over Broadway
Seven
LA Confidential
Malcolm X
True Romance
Ed Wood, In the Name of the Father, Much Ado About Nothing, The Thin Red Line, Saving Private Ryan, Donnie Brasco, In the Company of Men would probably round out the next strata in some order.
Saving. Private. Ryan.
Don't push me, folks. |
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| Mr. Brownstone |
| Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 1:17 pm |
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Tommy Boy may not be a "great" film, but man, is it funny.
"I was just checkin' the specs on the... with the rotary... I'm retarded."
"It has a hard candy shell."
"Your brain has a hard candy shell."
"You're the one with the... shell..."
"I'm sorry, are you still talking?"
"Shut up, Richard."
and my all-time favorite:
"Uggghhh... I can actually hear you getting fatter." |
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| chillywilly |
| Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 1:21 pm |
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| I forgot about JFK and Much Ado About Nothing... great, great films. |
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| Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 1:22 pm |
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I'm with you, Tim.
And thanks for the quotes... brought back some laughs. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 1:56 pm |
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ITA. And I've never seen Bob Roberts either. I also like Tim's ideas for discussion. Looks like this is going to be a good forum!!
Tim -- You and I may be the only two people on this board who like Se7en.
And was Nixon done in the '90s? BRB. It was. 1995. And for me, at any rate a better film than JFK. But it has been years since seeing the latter. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:06 pm |
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| What is this Hamlet by Bertolucci you speak of? |
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| Mr. Brownstone |
| Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:10 pm |
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I'm pretty sure I mean the Zefferelli version of '91 with Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Ian Holm & Helena Bonham Carter.
I have severe issues with the cut of the script, but Gibson gives the best onscreen Hamlet performance I've ever seen.
Zefferelli, Bertolucci...
I couldn't tell Mary Louise-Parker from Mary Stuart Masterson, either.
Okay, I could. |
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| Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:13 pm |
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I paid to watch this on tv. An interesting film about a hit man who refused a job because his target is a 12 year old abused by her father and made to become a whore. So they go after the hitman and one by one he takes revenge on his assassins. He has a problem, though. He's in the early stage of Alzheimer's and has to write everything down on his arm to keep track of what he's doing. The wierd thing is, at least for me, I felt sorry for this murderer who, while a killer, is killing those that the authorities have not been able to put away. (I call this manipulation of the viewer but I guess it's saying even hit men have their limits.)
Reminded me of Momento with his writing things down on his arm. |
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