I had a major problem with the retcon Alien Vs. Predator did. Predator stated that the predators only came to earth to hunt during the hottest of summers, so obviously they hated the cold. So why would they go to Antarctica? Didn't make any sense to me.

These movies are worthy of a recommendation to see:

Kingdom of Heaven

Cinderella man

World's Fastest Indian

alien = 3 stars

aliens = 4 stars (best sequel ever. bar none)

first terminator - best sci-fi ever.

man from earth = a pretty decent movie considering.

for tv series try, dexter.

Last night, pulled out Sabrina, the Billy Wilder original with Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden. It sent me all over again.

Linus Larrabee: [slow dancing with Sabrina] How do you say in French my sister has a yellow pencil?
Sabrina Fairchild: Ma soeur a un crayon jaune.
Linus Larrabee: How do you say my brother has a lovely girl?
Sabrina Fairchild: Mon frère a une gentille petite amie.
Linus Larrabee: And how do you say I wish I were my brother?

IMDb: Sabrina (1954)

Let's not forget the Movies, The Best and Worst thread.

Just watched Leslie Nielsen's Mr. Magoo the other night. Not his best comedy, but cute nonetheless.
"I am Ortega Peru. Who are you?"

I am currently watching season one of House. Great series.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059260/

Help! (on Sundance) I've always liked the sunken bed that John sleeps in, in this movie. And this movie is all about THE RING. In interviews they say they were high on marijuana most of the shoot. Lots of giggles. Lots of great Beatles songs in this movie. And the movie is hillarious to watch,







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Memorable quotes:

In elevator

Ringo: What was it that first attracted you to me?

John: Well, you were very polite.

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Eating lunch on the green

One of the members of the Eastern cult complaining about kids today: Sex is creeping in. They're turning up their noses to a mystical impulse.

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One of the scientists says:

"It's the brain drain. His brain is draining."

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From the title song:

"Help me get my feet back on the ground."

Great film, "Mortal Thoughts." This was Demi's first produced film. Saw it in the pictures. More like a Lifetime movie but grittier.

Demi has made a name for herself. I admire her tremendously.

I just learned today that Sid Sheinberg produced an entirely separate edit of Terry Gilliam's Brazil that is radically different. Making inquiries to see where I can possibly get my hands on it.

Meanwhile, Terry is doing his usual manic act to finish Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus after Heath Ledger's death in mid-shooting. Folks, this is a reunion of Gilliam and McKeown, who co-wrote Brazil with Tom Stoppard, so methinks this, along with Johnny Depp in the lead, is going to be a landmark film.

I happen to be one of those who really loved The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen and The Brothers Grimm, so will be a highly anticipated treat for me to see Terry Gilliam and Johnny Depp in collaboration.

Can't wait.

A big agreement here.
Saw the Indy film this weekend.
Awful. With lots of references to the earlier Indianna Jones stuff even the TV episodes.

The 2nd "National Treasure" film was light years ahead of the Indy film.

Ah, but if you watched the flashback sequence you may have seen the Aliens doing combat with the Predators.
Was that taking place in an arctic locale?

The surface of our planet has changed in the course of it's history.

Indiana Jone and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Good, entertaining movie. The latest and perhaps the last of the series.

Much criticized. It is good for what it is. Escapist fun.

I saw that too. It reminded me of this little bit o' fun, The Magic Christian:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ybQpfr2-1M

Trouble in Paradise (Universal, 1932) A pair of swindlers meet in Venice and fall in love and subsequently swindle the lovely yet silly owner of a French perfume company.

Features Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall, (a rather young) Edward Everett Horton.

Outstanding comedy and excellent production values for '32. The crooks win against the rich! This is, after all, the height of the Great Depression.

this ones pretty good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVnvilLFk2Y

A Scanner Darkly

Sex and The City, took the mater for her birthday. Don't think it's any major contribution to world cinema, but it sent me. So much fun to see those four together again, remarkable chemistry. Barring Candice Bergen's house-shaking Line of The Decade, La Cattrall had the best one-liners, Her Nixonity the most conflicted emotionalism, Ms. Davis the biggest character laughs, and, oh my goodness, that Sarah Jessica Parker has matured into a first-rate actress. Could have been a trifle shorter, Baby Jen Hudson was wonderful but underused as assistant Louise from St. Louis, and roughly half the couture made me woozy. Will also never look at sushi quite the same way. And I was hardly prepared for -- well, I'm not telling. You have to see it yourself. The girls are doing just fine.

Post-Scriptive Dept.:
And that's because they're not girls any more. They're women, and fabulous.

You've certainly peeked my curiosity, Brother.

Okay, they're no longer girls.

You know what? That's a great reminder. Thanks Ish. Honestly? I remember the soundtrack better than movie. Can't remember if I ever actually saw the movie. And if I did, I would not have understood it then. So . . . will have to see this movie.

I love that movie. Lubitsch's favorite of his films, Miriam Hopkins' best performance.


Waiter: Yes, Baron. What should we start with, Baron? Hmm?
Gaston Monescu: Oh yes. That's not so easy. Beginnings are always difficult.
Waiter: Yes, Baron.
Gaston Monescu: If Casanova suddenly turned out to be Romeo having supper with Juliet, who might become Cleopatra, how would you start?
Waiter: I would start with cocktails.


Nope, and peeps who loved the series should be sated.

If you want to see what Cindy McCain was like before she met John, watch this film:

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2213675289/

She's Tina Sabatini, Carmine "Jimmy the Toucan" Sabatini's only daughter.

Prepare for heresy.

Lessee, here. Cattrall? Always too obvious, too loud, works it too hard, and too self-impressed while remaining cripplingly insecure for my tastes. Nixon? Redhead. They're all insane, no exceptions. And if you're a redhead who's offended, you're probably about to prove me right. SJP, so sorry - long over THAT. (Hot in those white shorts in 1991's "LA Story" and white pants in 1992's "Honeymoon in Vegas," though) Frightfully self-aware without a modicum of insight. Finds herself far more adorable and desirable than I do.

Kristin Davis, far and away the hottest, far and away the smartest, far and away the best company. She is flawless.

Whatever - I liked Sex and the City.

Anyone going to see M. Night Shamalamadingdong's latest weirdness?

http://www.sorethumbsonline.com/

Me And You And Everyone We Know:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0415978/

A quirky little LA romance.

Season Three of Weeds, in prep for last night's Season Four return. Sensational show. Mary-Louise Parker is an astonishing talent, surrounded by possibly the best comic ensemble on the hypno-box, and the scripts are consistently unexpected. And now we get Albert Brooks as the Botwin patriarch, whoo-hoo, hoo-rah, hopla.

Oops. Trouble in Paradise was Paramount. My bad.

Norwood (1970) Attempting to cash in on Glen Campbell and Kim Darby's chemistry in "True Grit," as well as Campbell's affinity for younger women, Norwood is a tale of two-would-be lovers and an Edsel. The Edsel steals the show. Campbell sings the title song as well.



(For some unknown reason, the song popped into my head unbidden yesterday. Hopefully, this warning will serve to exorcise the memory and warn others as well)

"The Happening"



Watch the trailer here>>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fwccFTJIdo

GREAT movie! Very chilling!

An American Crime. A movie about real torture. The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murd...g/likens/1.html

What made this movie so incredible is that the actors and Production took what was basically comic-book super hero boiler-plate script and elevated it to the level of Shakespeare. Plus you add the fact that the movie did this by pure strength of acting ability, the skill of the director and respect for the source material--the Iron Man comic books this movie was based on. . Production didn't try to make the movie too cutesy or too campy.

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WALL-E. Go. See.



The link to the other thread about movies and DVDS and teevees, etc., for cross-referendum

http://forums.therandirhodesshow.com/index...?showtopic=3993

Some recent purchases:

Holocaust, NBC miniseries from 1978 which I don't remember seeing at all. Bought this as soon as it came out but my trip to "south Georgia" interrupted my viewing of it. Starring Meryl Streep, James Woods before they were household names. Helps to have some knowledge about the Holocaust, but I'm sure there were plenty of references I missed. Pretty amazing and recommended

"Andrzej Wajda, Three War Films", Criterion box set. Includes Kanal, about the Warsaw Uprising

Schindler's List, already seen but finally bought

And Big Lots had a massive sale of DVD's for $3. Got the following:

For Love of Ivy, Sidney, and Abbey Lincoln

One Day in September, documentary, narr by ikcy Michael Douglas, on 1972 Munich Olympics

To Live and Die in LA Dafoe and Turtrro, two of my faves

Vertical Limit in Superbit (usually a $27 movie)

Colgate Comedy Classics: Martin and Lewis 5 episodes including the one with Dorothy Dandridge! Never know what you'll find in the sale bins.

The Fall of the House of Usher, yep, the Vincent Price classic.

It's a good thing I was pressed for time when flipping through the Big Lots DVDs because I probably would have needed a 2nd suitcase to bring home all I found.

Now comes the fun part: making room for all of this in my already-topped-off DVD shelves :/

I just watched Season 2 last weekend...Netflix....OMG!!!!! She's a riot! and the brother in law....the kids...geez! I love that show! I just got Season 3 and have Tvo'd Season 4 so far....what a show! next we're watching Season one of Californication with David Duchovny.

I watched this film today, Moliere with Romain Duris in the title role:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3uZNnub0Xo

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796335/

The film covers a period of months in 1643 when Moliere was released from debtor's prison and later turned up touring the provinces with his Illustrious Theatre Troupe. For anyone familiar with his work, this is a delight. For those not familiar, the story incorporates many elements of his later comedies and stands alone as a funny, human story of love, sacrifice and the true wellsprings of art. I'm watching again in a half hour or so on the Starz west coast feed.

Too Funny!!!

I know this is old, but I only saw it recently and never in a million years thought I'd like it. Rent 300!

Talk about old, I watch the Adventures of Baron Munchhausen the other night. Terry Gilliam was such a good actor.

For those who enjoyed the guilty pleasure that is "The Lost Boys," the sequel, "The Lost Boys: The Tribe" offers everything a sequel should. Better effects, more gore, more sex, and more humor. Luna Bay is as decrepit as it ever was. Corey Feldman doing his best growling Rambo-cum-vampire hunter just cracked me up. Angus Sutherland may not have a chance to show off his skills as a serious actor in this comic book-like flick; but he does a good turn as the sleazy, arrogant head vampire. Vampire surfers! Who knew?

I loved that film - seems like I'm the only one. IMHO, Gilliam is a marvelous director, on par with George Pal, Tim Burton, George Stevens and Francois Truffaut.

I understand his Emporium of Dr Parnassus will likely get released despite Heath Ledger's death during production.

Have you seen Gilliam's Brazil and The Meaning of Life? IMO, Brazil is a landmark film, like Hitchcock's Vertigo.

Charlie Wilson's War
More here in blog section about the politics of this story:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472062/


The real Charlie Wilson:

Mark Walhberg "Shooter"

She looks like Katy Perry I kissed a Girl video


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAp9BKosZXs

i'm getting a lil obsessed with the boondock saints right now.

You get obsessed, LOL..

I liked this one.

nice!

Yep,eggy that was a great movie! Charlie Wilson was my congressman for almost a decade but until I saw the movie I never knew a lot about the guy because I left East Texas in 1978 long before his dealings in Afghanistan!!

More casualties of American conservatism.

Conservatives are torture-happy murderers.

F'n sickos.

Henry V This is the 1989 version. I like it a lot. It can be a little hard to follow iambic pentameter but the story is well acted. Kenneth Braunaugh was brilliant in his role as Henry, but all the roles were well done.

I guess asking British actors to do a good job in a Shakespeare play is asking them to do something they feel they have been born to do.

There was one segment that stuck in my mind. The English side looked warily at the dawn before the battle whereas the French looked eagerly for the day of the battle. My guess is that Shakespeare wanted to introduce the element of experience over inexperience.

If you look at the battle of Agincourt, this might have been overstated. But the movie and history indicates a decisive victory.

http://videoeta.com/movie/31931

this is a classic...makes you wonder what if...coming out in blu ray tuesday