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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 8:12 am
I have Primer here now to watch on your recommendations.
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Jedisan
Member
01-11-2002
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 3:21 pm
me too Ophilia.

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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 11:29 am
...but first I have to get through the first season of NUMB3ERS.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 2:36 pm
Elizabethtown -- not sure this is under the radar as much as it is just an older film... but I watched it the other night and really enjoyed it. It's a slower paced film and it could just be that I have an uber crush on Orlando Bloom, but I was really drawn in. I thought he had incredible chemistry with Kirsten Dunst.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 8:11 pm
Great music in Elizabethtown.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 1:35 pm
I feel like the Caveman in the Geico commercial when they asked him if he had a comment. My comment to Primer is 'huh'.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 1:37 pm
If you can find this movie in your area go see it. It is a great movie : La Vie en Rose. Brilliantly acted.
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Kc103
Member
07-13-2004
| Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 6:01 pm
I had "Elizabethtown" sitting in my drawer from Netflix for quite a while...choosing to always watch other movies ahead of it. I really enjoyed it as well. Never paid much attention to Orlando Bloom before this film, but..um..Brenda..I can agree with you there on the crush. ;) I should have known it would be good. I've never been disappointed by Cameron Crowe yet! C. Crowe has always made great choices regarding music in his films too, IMO.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, June 25, 2007 - 8:54 am
Maris, you liked La Vie en Rose? I was supposed to go see it this weekend but begged off because, to tell the truth, I can't stand Gerald Depardieu.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Monday, June 25, 2007 - 11:06 am
KC103 - resisted seeing Elizabethtown too, hearing the reviews that it was way too long, was even edited down, and was still too long. But I ended up really enjoying it. Orlando has a million watt smile! 
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Monday, June 25, 2007 - 2:45 pm
Tish he is only in the movie for about twenty minutes, he played her first manager, a very very minor role. You wouldnt recognize him either, he has gotten really old and heavy.
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Saturday, October 06, 2007 - 4:23 pm
I'll start with two I watched this weekend. "Two Weeks" starring Sally Field. A bitter sweet drama/comedy. Sally's character is dying of ovarian cancer and her grown kids come home to help her thru the last days. Laughter in the midst of sorrow and love in the midst of anger. It made me both laugh and cry. "The Ultimate Gift" The male matriarch of the family had died. The family he leaves is a bunch of spoiled, materialistic snobs. In his will he has a few surprises for them and in his death he helps his grandson find himself. A real feel good movie with a moral. Next time you can't find something to watch...check these two out, I think you will enjoy them as I did.
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Sunday, October 07, 2007 - 5:16 am
Bumping
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Spunky
Member
10-08-2001
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 9:24 am
There are tons of Under the Radar movies on Movie Central channels (I recently subscribed and I have movie overload!!! My brain is exploding with so many movies) and some of these movies are excellent, I noticed several you have mentioned on this thread. There are also some foreign movies shown on these channels and to my delight I watched Volver, The Best of Youth, Cache, Spanish, Italian, French respectively.. and so many more, it's a movie delight Movie Central. However, I think it's Movie Central channels that are killing the dvd business (and for that matter also the pay per view business) I was renting dvds and paying for ppv movies when only a few months later are shown on Movie Central. The writers should go after the cable companies and not the internet for getting more money. I don't know how many of you are doing what I do, watch fantastic movies, the type of Under the Radar movies, on Movie Central and skip the dvd rental store... or even buying dvds, is anybody still doing that? Now I understand why the writers are complaining but they're barking around the wrong bush...
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Beckie03
Member
07-05-2007
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 2:58 pm
I still buy DVDs, Spunky LOL and a great (at least I think it is) under tha radar movie is Murder On Sunday Morning
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 4:26 pm
I'm not even sure what Movie Central is... a new cable channel? I don't think I get it. I do still netflix. I don't buy a lot of DVD's. I have a DVR. 
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Spunky
Member
10-08-2001
| Thursday, December 06, 2007 - 8:30 am
Beckie, bless ya!!! Brenda, Movie Central it's a group of 4 channels that you get with DIGITAL cable (and it's not cheap because you can't just pick one but all 4) and they air lots of new movies, no commercials, excellent quality (it pays to have a big screen tv) and they rotate these movies often, introducing always new ones every month, I honestly can't keep up and the DVR is getting full, so that I have to decide which one to delete or to keep just to free up my 160 gigabytes DVR. Last night I couldn't decide to delete A Very Good Year, such an enchanting movie with Russel Crowe directed by Ridley Scott, I mean these two made Gladiator, and yet in this Under the Radar movie Russel was a delight to watch. You discover movies that went quietly but are almost better than those they couldn't stop talking about.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 9:27 am
I wanted to share info on a movie that I watched last night, How To Make an American Quilt. Definitely a 'chick flick' but a rich movie in storytelling, filled with an entourage of gift actors such as Jean Simmons, Maya Angelou, Alfre Woodard, Claire Danes, Kate Nelligan, Samantha Mathis, and Kate Capshaw to name a few. And the California scenery is spectacular!! Here's the write up from Netflix, where I order movies to watch: Released in 1995 and based on a novel by Whitney Otto, Jocelyn Moorhouse's directorial debut looks at relationships of all kinds -- romantic, platonic and familial. Finn Dodd (Winona Ryder), a graduate student having second thoughts about her fiance (Dermot Mulroney) and marriage, spends the summer with her grandmother (Ellen Burstyn), and her great-aunt (Anne Brancroft) and their quilting circle, whose life stories captivate the conflicted young woman.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 10:29 am
Sounds great, Eggie!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 11:58 am
Yup, it does sound wonderful. It also sounds familiar. I'm racking my brain to see if I've actually seen it. LOL
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, December 10, 2007 - 11:16 am
Did anyone else catch 300?
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 7:16 am
Eggie, I saw that movie years ago. I actually have been thinking about it recently. So I just added it to my Netflix queue. California scenery?! I love the sound of that on the rainy, icy cold day in Chicago.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 5:22 pm
Finally had a chance to see The Painted Veil with Ed Norton and Noami Watts. It was one that I couldn't convince DH to see in the theatre. Was well worth the wait, wonderful film.
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Beckie03
Member
07-05-2007
| Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 10:53 am
not sure if anyone put it down yet...but a movie that is just a real gem but hardly heard of is Sophie Scholl. It's about the Nazi era and how she was hunged for not believing in the Nazi ideology. Such a great movie. It is in German, so there are subtitles, but still a wonderful movie to see
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Friday, January 18, 2008 - 8:53 am
Not sure if this is the right place to put this, but.....did anyone see the movie "Venus" with Peter O'Toole? It is showing (at an independent place) tonight in our area and it sounds good. The local movie critic says that O'Toole's performance should have gotten the Oscar. I'd love to see some comments about it if you've seen it. Thanks.
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