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Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 8:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
I have Primer here now to watch on your recommendations.

Jedisan
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01-11-2002

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 3:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jedisan a private message Print Post    
me too Ophilia.


Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 11:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
...but first I have to get through the first season of NUMB3ERS.

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 2:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
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.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Friday, June 22, 2007 - 8:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Great music in Elizabethtown.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 1:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
I feel like the Caveman in the Geico commercial when they asked him if he had a comment. My comment to Primer is 'huh'.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 1:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
If you can find this movie in your area go see it. It is a great movie : La Vie en Rose. Brilliantly acted.

Kc103
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07-13-2004

Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 6:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kc103 a private message Print Post    
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.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Monday, June 25, 2007 - 8:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
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.

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Monday, June 25, 2007 - 11:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
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!

Maris
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03-28-2002

Monday, June 25, 2007 - 2:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
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.

Boberg
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10-04-2002

Saturday, October 06, 2007 - 4:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Boberg a private message Print Post    
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.

Boberg
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10-04-2002

Sunday, October 07, 2007 - 5:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Boberg a private message Print Post    
Bumping

Spunky
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10-08-2001

Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 9:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spunky a private message Print Post    
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...

Beckie03
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07-05-2007

Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 2:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beckie03 a private message Print Post    
I still buy DVDs, Spunky LOL

and a great (at least I think it is) under tha radar movie is Murder On Sunday Morning

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 4:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
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.

Spunky
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10-08-2001

Thursday, December 06, 2007 - 8:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spunky a private message Print Post    
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.

Egbok
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07-13-2000

Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 9:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Egbok a private message Print Post    
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.


Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 10:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Sounds great, Eggie!

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 11:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Yup, it does sound wonderful. It also sounds familiar. I'm racking my brain to see if I've actually seen it. LOL

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 11:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Did anyone else catch 300?

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 7:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
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.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 5:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
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.

Beckie03
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07-05-2007

Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 10:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beckie03 a private message Print Post    
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

Auntiemike
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09-17-2001

Friday, January 18, 2008 - 8:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Auntiemike a private message Print Post    
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.