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Pippin04
Member
10-26-2007
| Sunday, July 13, 2008 - 8:15 am
If you get the chnace to see it......see "Prom Wars". It is about private school students. Great indy film. Actually about the school my daughted attended.
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Mizinvanccouver
Member
02-22-2003
| Sunday, July 13, 2008 - 10:13 am
"Fracture" with Ryan Gosling and Anthony Hopkins. It's a 7 day rental and worth seeing if you like suspense. :-)
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Monday, July 21, 2008 - 4:57 am
Finally caught "Shake Hands with the Devil" on TV. I knew the basic outline of what happened but it was still riveting to watch. I am going to go out and pick up Lt.Gen Romeo Dallaire's book today.
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Aurora23
Member
03-22-2008
| Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 8:14 pm
Little Miss Sunshine must be the worst movie I've ever seen. I am so sorry that I wasted my evening watching it. Blech.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Sunday, July 27, 2008 - 6:33 am
LOL Aurora, my hubby agrees with you but I absolutely loved it. Just caught Shirley Valentine. I saw it years ago and it's amazing how much more I relate to it now than then. {sigh} Lovely movie.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 8:10 am
Has anyone seen the documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired? It's been on HBO after appearances at Sundance and other film festivals. It's really excellent. It's about the Polanski statutory rape mess, complete with interviews with the victim, the DA, the defense attorney (but not Polanski himself), etc. The film portrays the presiding judge as very image and industry conscious--and willing to do whatever was necessary to maintain his image, including breaking his word. It's essentially a sympathetic portrait of Polanski, which will undoubtedly annoy people who still want him locked up, and provides intriguing insights into the celebrity justice system.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 8:12 am
I've been wanting to catch that.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Tuesday, December 09, 2008 - 6:27 am
Has anyone seen "Paradise Now" ? We rented it from Netflix. Very interesting story. It was much better than I thought it would be.
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Saturday, March 07, 2009 - 3:55 pm
I just watched Lars and the Real Girl with Ryan Gosling. What a lovely, lovely movie. Very funny, but also so very touching. A wonderful cast....great performances even in tiny roles...and obviously well written and well directed. Don't think I heard about this when it was out...just grabbed from the library shelf. But what a find! I recommend it.
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Sunday, March 08, 2009 - 3:03 pm
Yesitsme - Loved Lars and the Real Girl. Darrell had highly recommended it when it first came out. It was so funny in parts, and so touching. I ended up buying it.
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Sunday, March 08, 2009 - 3:54 pm
Hiya Scout! (Gee, I have missed you!) I must have totally blanked out when that came out...I had never heard of it. But even though I rarely buy movies, I thought to myself as I watched it "I could watch this one over and over. Maybe I need to buy it." There were so many subtle things that I noticed, that I know there are tons and tons that I missed! Did you watch the extras on the disk? (I am a sucker for them...almost always watch them.) I loved the interview with Bianca and Ryan Gosling. I have liked him in things before, but this movie made me love him!
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Sunday, March 08, 2009 - 4:30 pm
Hey Yes - missed you, too! I did watch the extras. I loved how each cast member and the crew talked about Bianca as though she'd been a real actress - her demands, expectations, etc. That was great. Ryan Gosling was really amazing in the movie.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Sunday, March 08, 2009 - 5:23 pm
Another big thumbs up for Lars and the Real Girl. I didn't know much about it, just heard it was good. I was so surprised how moved I was by the film. It's whimsical and wonderful.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Monday, March 09, 2009 - 8:39 am
Yay!!! More fans for Lars! LOL! The story was written by Nancy Oliver, who was a writer/co-producer for Six Feet Under, and writer/supervising producer for True Blood, on HBO.
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Saturday, March 14, 2009 - 11:53 am
How did I miss you recommending it Darrell? I am sure I would have seen it sooner!
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Saturday, March 14, 2009 - 6:22 pm
I saw it and then bought it too! It's a great movie. 
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 6:47 pm
"Blindsight"--we rented it from Netflix and watched it last night. I highly recommend this documentary of an expedition of 6 poor, blind, socially outcast Tibetan teenagers who set out to climb Mt Everest. Awesome, fascinating true story, wonderful scenery, too.
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Lycanthrope
Member
09-19-2002
| Saturday, July 25, 2009 - 9:55 pm
I was loaned a few DVD's by a friend I go to school with, and his only comment was "don't watch Martyrs with your girl or any kids"... I'd never heard of Martyrs, but since it was free, I took the loan. I watched it, expecting some explicit sex stuff, but that wasn't the case...it was a very brutal, violent movie, and all of the violence was against kids and young women, so I understood the warning of my friend...at the end of the movie, the reason for the brutality is revealed, and it's so commonly pedestrian, it pi#%ed me off...but it is worth one viewing if you ever get the chance...it's French, and it's subtitled, but it's easy to follow, because most of the dialogue is screaming...and the visuals are extremely striking...
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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Friday, February 12, 2010 - 12:29 pm
I don't know if this was under the radar as it is a couple of years old but I really enjoyed "Into the Wild". It was not what I expected. And it was long. While the character is young and the story is in the 90's, his travels take him on some of the roads less taken. Roads some of my friends took in the 70's. Nice to know they are likely still out there. I understand it was a book. Maybe some of you have read it. Anyway it was a really well done movie. And I was surprised to learn Sean Penn was at the helm. That boy is interesting.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Friday, February 12, 2010 - 1:40 pm
I watched that recently too, Gidget. It was very interesting. I plan to read the book sometime, too. I hadn't realized Sean Penn was at the helm of it. Great job.
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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Friday, February 12, 2010 - 7:51 pm
Boondock Saints. If you like action and offbeat like Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels, you might like this. I watched it a few weeks ago because "II" is coming out soon. After looking it up, I read it is kinda a cult classic. I really liked it. But it is not for the feint of heart. I can't wait for the sequel. Glad I just saw the original now instead of 10 years ago. Long wait.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 1:41 pm
I went to see A Single Man, directed by Tom Ford and starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore. It's simply incredible. The direction is the best I saw in a film this year, which means, of course, that it got no nominations--they'd rather give those nominations to big super duper 3D films without much plot. Anyhow, if you like small films and you don't mind not being knocked out of your seat by special effects, see this. I won't give away the plot, but I will say that the film takes place in 1962 and examines one day in the life of a college professor whose partner recently died.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 8:21 pm
Colin Firth is incredibly gifted in this role. I'll have a hard time choosing between him and Jeff Bridges on Oscar night. Excellent movie.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 11:00 am
Anyone seen The Brothers Bloom? We rented it from Netflix and really enjoyed it. It's very quirky, original and fun. I recommend it if you like a good story.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, March 05, 2010 - 1:38 pm
Anyone see A Serious Man? I borrowed a friend's screener copy last weekend and finally got around to it. I liked it quite a lot--it's by the Coen brothers. It has the look and sound of one of their films, but it feels quite different.
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