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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 11:48 am
I recently saw Pleasantville with a younger Tobey McGuire and a younger Reese Witherspoon. I really enjoyed so many things about this movie!
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 12:15 pm
Auntie - I saw Venus on TV yesterday. I didn't watch all of it, perhaps I didn't give it a fair shake though. It seemed to be heading in the direction of O'Toole's character turning into an old lech and lusting after his friends great-niece so I lost interest. I had thought the main story was going to be more about him and his friend. (Julie Christie is in it too.) Happy - I enjoyed Pleasantville when I saw it as well, the black and white to colour as an illustration was charming.
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 12:19 pm
I like British movies and TV - two movies I enjoyed were Kinky Boots and On a Clear Day.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 4:46 pm
Pleasantville is such a great movie. I just love it. It reminds me a bit of another old favorite of mine: Peggy Sue got Married. Kathleen Turner is so wonderful in that.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 7:12 pm
Jasper, I watched On a Clear Day a few weeks back and have saved it on my PVR, what a little gem that movie is. A very nice British/Cdn colaboration is SnowCake with Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver. Won a load of awards. Rickman is an ex-con who picks up a hitch-hiker who is killed when they are hit by an 18 wheeler. Rickman decides that he needs to talk to the girls mother (Weaver) about what happened and her daughter's last moments. When he arrives he finds the mother is a highly functional autistic woman who cons him into staying until garbage day (because she doesnt do garbage). Also features Carrie Anne Moss (Matrix). Weaver deserves every award she got for this film, performance of a lifetime.
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 8:01 pm
Oh yes I saw that too Rissa, very good. Ah the Movie Channels. It is full of UK and Canadian films (it's fun to play spot the landmark, especially if it is supposed to be NY or something, lol) . I watched On a Clear Day a couple of times. (Brenda Blethyn is a favourite actress of mine)
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 9:07 am
On a Clear Day sounds wonderful. Was it a made for UK or Canada TV movie? I can't find it on imdb.com, netflix.com or rottentomatoes.com. Poop! Loved Kinky Boots 
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 9:23 am
I'll have to look for SnowCake. I just love anything Alan Rickman does.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 9:35 am
Oh, DUH! Thanks Mamie. I read too quickly and thought the description above was for On A Clear Day. I could only find the one about the guy who swims the channel. LOL, I'll check for "Snowcake".
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 1:24 pm
With all these good suggestions, I may have to join netflix! Mamie...I do too! Brenda, I'll have to watch Peggy Sue Got Married. At least I've heard of that, I'd never even heard of Pleasantville.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 1:48 pm
Mamie, if you are stalking Alan Rickman movies try to track down "Something the Lord Made". It's the true story of an American surgeon and his assistant who invented by-pass surgery. IMDB has the synopisis as: Alfred Blalock (1899-1964), a cardiologist (therefore, self-confident to the point of arrogance), leaves Vanderbilt for Johns Hopkins with his lab technician, Vivien Thomas (1910-1985). Thomas, an African-American without a college degree, is a gifted mechanic and tool-maker with hands splendidly adept at surgery. In 1941, Blalock and Thomas take on the challenge of blue babies and invent bypass surgery. After trials on dogs, their first patient is baby Eileen, sure to die without the surgery. In defiance of custom and Jim Crow, Blalock brings Thomas into the surgery to advise him, but when Life Magazine and kudos come, Thomas is excluded. Will he receive his due? Little disconcerting to have Rickman with a southern accent but a nice story.
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 2:23 pm
Baby - definitely see On a Clear Day as well, it is a UK film.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 7:17 pm
Thanks Jasper, I will. Rissa, I LOVED the movie "Something the Lord Made". Very, very well done film!!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 10:09 am
Rissa, it's a wonderful film. To me, Alan Rickman will always be the best Sheriff of Nottingham ever. But one of my very favorite films of his is Truly Madly Deeply.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 10:48 am
Oh Lordy!!!! I LOVE Truly, Madly, Deeply. I searched everywhere for that song and had it on my Ipod for the longest time and finally managed to track down the movie itself as well. LOL
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Foolscap
Member
09-04-2004
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 2:33 pm
Anybody see "Interview" with Steve Buscemi and Sienna Miller. It's primarily just the two characters. This, despite the fact I'm a huge Steve Buscemi fan, made me a bit leery, fearing it might be a bit tedious. My fears were unfounded. I don't want to give anything away, so I'll just say it's full of twists and turns, very well written and the performances are fantastic. At least in my opinion.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 4:03 pm
I enjoy Steve Buscemi too. I'll have to look for that one.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 6:49 pm
I love Buscemi too. I'll have to add this to my netflix queue.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 11:06 am
We watched "Once" last night (from Netflix). Loved it!!! Highly recommend. Note: Unless you are Irish, choose the English subtitles so you can understand what they're saying. 
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 11:18 am
Hey Babyruth, I just received Once in the mail from Netflix today!! Glad to hear that you loved it. I watched The Secret Life of Words a couple of days ago. I enjoyed it. It's a sad movie, but it's good. I love Sarah Polley and think she's a great actress. LOVED her in My Life Without Me.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 11:33 am
Hey! If your disc has a raspberry jam smudge on it, it's not my fault!! I will add The Secret Life of Words to our list! Thanks! (and My Life Without Me)
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 11:44 am
Hey, btw, if you've never seen "Children of Heaven", please rent it. Beautiful, moving movie.
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 11:48 am
No raspberry jam smudge. LOL Children of Heaven is in my queue. Thanks!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 1:31 pm
Lori, I loved My Life Without Me.
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Jedisan
Member
01-11-2002
| Friday, February 08, 2008 - 6:37 pm
THought about a couple of old indy movies I have seen long ago that are worth passing along. "Dogfight" - w/ River Phoenix and Lili Taylor. I love this movie - the scene when they go out to dinner, and she teaches him a lesson about cursing is awesome. Also an old movie starring Tupac Shakur and TIm Roth called "Gridlock'd". A really funny/sad look into the logistics of these two men trying to get help from the government to get into a rehab program to conquer their addictions.
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