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Happymom
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01-20-2003

Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 11:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
I recently saw Pleasantville with a younger Tobey McGuire and a younger Reese Witherspoon. I really enjoyed so many things about this movie!

Jasper
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09-14-2000

Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 12:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jasper a private message Print Post    
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.

Jasper
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09-14-2000

Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 12:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jasper a private message Print Post    
I like British movies and TV - two movies I enjoyed were Kinky Boots and On a Clear Day.

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 4:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
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.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 7:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
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.

Jasper
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09-14-2000

Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 8:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jasper a private message Print Post    
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)

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Monday, January 28, 2008 - 9:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
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 :-)

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, January 28, 2008 - 9:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I'll have to look for SnowCake. I just love anything Alan Rickman does.

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Monday, January 28, 2008 - 9:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
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".

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Monday, January 28, 2008 - 1:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
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.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Monday, January 28, 2008 - 1:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
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.

Jasper
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09-14-2000

Monday, January 28, 2008 - 2:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jasper a private message Print Post    
Baby - definitely see On a Clear Day as well, it is a UK film.

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Monday, January 28, 2008 - 7:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
Thanks Jasper, I will.

Rissa, I LOVED the movie "Something the Lord Made". Very, very well done film!!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 10:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
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.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 10:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
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

Foolscap
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09-04-2004

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 2:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Foolscap a private message Print Post    
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.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 4:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I enjoy Steve Buscemi too. I'll have to look for that one.

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 6:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
I love Buscemi too. I'll have to add this to my netflix queue.

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 11:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
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. :-)

Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
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.


Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 11:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
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)

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 11:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
Hey, btw, if you've never seen "Children of Heaven", please rent it. Beautiful, moving movie.

Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 11:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
No raspberry jam smudge. LOL Children of Heaven is in my queue. Thanks!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 1:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Lori, I loved My Life Without Me.

Jedisan
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01-11-2002

Friday, February 08, 2008 - 6:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jedisan a private message Print Post    
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.