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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, July 25, 2008 - 3:06 pm 
We still butter our corn like they did on Wargames! LOL
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Sunday, July 27, 2008 - 11:01 am
arrrrrrrrrrgh! I lost 5 free movie rental coupons 
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Monday, July 28, 2008 - 3:26 pm
I was happy to read that Ben Mankiewicz from TCM will be one of the new co-hosts of At the Movies. I really like him on TCM even though I almost never see him since he only hosts on weekends during the day. The other co-host is some guy named Ben Lyons (who apparently works for the E! Channel - please don't let that mean that AtM is going to turn into a celeb gossip show).
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, July 28, 2008 - 5:50 pm
Ben Lyons is Jeffrey Lyons' son. Jeffrey has been doing reviews for a long time.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 5:52 am
http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/mtv-readying-rocky-horror-remake/
"It's just a jump to the left..."
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 8:27 am
OMG my bet is that it's bound to be dreadful. I mean the original was just that - original - in every way imaginable.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 8:52 am
The real world has caught up to the outrageousness of the original movie. Even the original is not that fun, unless you are at a midnight showing with all the audience participation.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 8:55 am
It's not so outrageous anymore with everything you can see on the internet. I think they just need to leave well enough alone. And noboby will ever be like Tim Curry!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 8:56 am
Some movies just need to be left alone. This is one of them.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 9:09 am
Do some studio people sit around and just throw out ideas? "I know! Let's remake Duck Soup, with Pauly Shore and Carrot Top!"
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 11:00 am
Does anybody know who won the How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria - Canadian Reality show? This probably isn't the best thread to ask that but I have no idea where else to put it.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 5:58 pm
*Shh* Don't give them any ideas, Darrellh!!! (Major Marx Bros. fan here.)
Oh and I know who Jeffrey Lyons is, just not familiar with his son.
Mameblanche: Sorry, I don't know.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 9:44 am
We saw Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3D yesterday. It may not be great but it's an entertaining, old-fashioned, hokey adventure movie with likeable (although hardly complex) characters. If you're the type to dwell on whether the actors' hair looks mussed enough or whether rail cars can really leap tracks, this isn't the movie for you. If you're looking for some escapist fun with a few scares and a little bit of wonder (I want to find out if those birds ever really existed), it's worth checking this out in the theater so you can see the 3D effects. The "dandelion" fluff floating in the air was my favorite bit.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 10:11 am
Will anybody help me remember the name of this old movie? I thought it was "The Day the Earth Stood Still", but looking at the posts about this movie remake, no way is the plot even close.
I'll try to describe what little I can remember.
I think someone (maybe a child) was run over by a milk truck or a delivery truck, and somehow the main character ends up back in time with time slowed down, and they somehow get the seatbelt wrapped around the shift of the truck, and they save the person about to be run over. I do remember time was moving very slowly instead of stopped.
It was in black and white, and the "feel" of my memory of it makes me think it was from the 50's. I do not remember who starred in it all.
Does this sound familiar to anybody? It's one of those things that is going bug me until I remember or find out somehow.
Thanks 
eta: I think there may have been a woman caught back in the slow time, too. She may have even been the one who saved the the run over person.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 11:04 am
I remember that as an episode of the Twilight Zone, Naja.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Friday, December 12, 2008 - 7:42 am
ahhhh, that makes sense, Darrellh. Thanks
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Mictay
Member
09-29-2006
| Monday, January 12, 2009 - 4:17 pm
I just lost A post somewhere??????
Anyways I saw Changeling today,I thought it was very good IMO,maybe A little long but well worth it.
Off topic wasn't sure where to put this,and didn't see a thread for it.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 10:39 am
The Reader -- has anyone here seen it? It's one of those movies that asks a lot of questions about morality, but doesn't seem to answer any of them.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 6:27 pm
I've read the book but not seen the movie yet. Loved the book.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Saturday, February 07, 2009 - 9:18 pm
You know what's funny? Since I have hit 40, I seem to view "time" differently than my little niece and nephew...LOL
For instance...I consider "Ratatouille" from 2007 to be a relatively recent movie, whereas they consider it ancient...LOL
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 2:04 pm
We saw Knowing yesterday. Well, except for the parts where I had my eyes closed and ears plugged. I hate spoilers and it hadn't been a film I was eagerly anticipating anyway so I didn't know much about the movie going in. But I was really caught off guard at how much I hadn't expected.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 7:58 pm
Without giving anything away, do you recommend the film? Did you love it? Hate it?
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 10:05 am
I didn't love it but don't think it deserves the critical drubbing it's received. I thought it was frightening, devastating, daring, and kinda crazy. My reservations about the film have more to do with how it affected me than what I thought of the movie itself, if that makes sense. Would I recommend it? Well, that depends.
Beware of:
- a pretty convoluted (others might call it ludicrous) plot that's a pastiche of other (some might say better) stories & ideas - so in some parts it's pretty predictable while in others it's rather frustrating and vague
- it's so loud that my seat was shaking the whole movie and my ears were hurting
- there are several shockingly graphic scenes & sounds that were extremely upsetting, traumatic, and haunting (and why I had my eyes and ears covered for a fair portion of the film) - apparently a clip of one of these scenes is in ads for the film, I didn't know about that though and so was unprepared for all the violence & mayhem
Good points:
- it has some genuinely spooky moments
- an intriguing & provocative premise
- there's some stunning shots in the movie (I especially liked the overhead view of Cage's backyard at night)
While it's PG-13, I don't think it's appropriate for kids as I was pretty shaken by it myself. It is for the most part a very dark movie. Granted, I'm a wuss but still. If you like "what if"-type stories loaded with signs, symbols, and portents but can avoid getting too bogged down in nitpicking details & flaws, I'd say see it on DVD and spare your ears and eyes the audio/visual overload. If you can't abide ambiguous, twisty "message" films, I'd say stay very far away from Knowing as it will irritate you to no end. I liked half of the ending and was not bothered by what seems to have divided audiences & reviewers. The other half I wish they hadn't shown. I hope this was non-spoilerish enough. It's difficult to describe this movie without revealing too much.
P.S. Oh just go see it 'cause I want to read your thoughts about it!
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 10:19 am
On and one other thing - I think we need a new MPAA rating: "N", as in "may give you nightmares - and not just while you're sleeping". There was some scary, horrifying stuff in that movie. Maybe it wasn't that bad to some people (in one review I read, the audience cheered during a part that had had me crumpled in my seat) but I was extremely disturbed by some scenes.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 12:37 pm
Submitted for your perusal.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RowGJtytQRE
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