He probably lost a lot of weight filming those segments!
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The Time Traveler’s Wife
Interesting concept that unfortunately went too much into the realm of chick flickdom. But intriguing enough that I’ll have to read Audrey Niffenegger’s novel.
Interesting concept that unfortunately went too much into the realm of chick flickdom. But intriguing enough that I’ll have to read Audrey Niffenegger’s novel.
Two James Franco movies (I started watching Freaks and Geeks and now I'm on a Franco kick):
Every Thing Will Be Fine - very slow-moving, but the cinematography and pay-off at the end are worth it. Loved Franco's performance.
Wild Horses - Robert Duvall wrote, directed and starred. Josh Hartnett, whom I hadn't seen in a long time, was enjoyable, as was Franco.
Last night, also watched a film titled Suite Francaise with Michelle Willliams. She's always good, and I enjoyed it. Suite Francaise was based on a book that was written in secret as the Nazis occupied France. It was never completed because in 1942, the author, Irene Nemirovsky, was arrested for being Jewish and died in Auschwitz. Her handwritten manuscript lay unread in a suitcase for nearly sixty years until it was discovered by her daughter. The novel was finally published in 2004, and the film is based on part of the book.
Every Thing Will Be Fine - very slow-moving, but the cinematography and pay-off at the end are worth it. Loved Franco's performance.
Wild Horses - Robert Duvall wrote, directed and starred. Josh Hartnett, whom I hadn't seen in a long time, was enjoyable, as was Franco.
Last night, also watched a film titled Suite Francaise with Michelle Willliams. She's always good, and I enjoyed it. Suite Francaise was based on a book that was written in secret as the Nazis occupied France. It was never completed because in 1942, the author, Irene Nemirovsky, was arrested for being Jewish and died in Auschwitz. Her handwritten manuscript lay unread in a suitcase for nearly sixty years until it was discovered by her daughter. The novel was finally published in 2004, and the film is based on part of the book.
You must read it, Danie! It is one of the great novels from that era. A great read!!! One of the alltime great warnovels. In spite of not taking place in the battlefields.
I bought it last night for my Kindle! Only $5.39 too. Thanks for putting it at the top of the TBR pile, Kurt!
Her daughters has said that it was her plan to write a series of 5 novels called Suite Francaise but she only managed to finish two of them. They were published together after discovery. (the daughter thought it was a journal, diary kind of thing and so did not look at them until at the end of the 90-ties because to painful but when she realised it was novels she had them published). There exist a short sketch of how she had planned the third novel to go. Nemirofsky is a good author. I can recommend The Wine of Solitude. Its fictional but has a lot of autobiographical parts in it. About a girl growing up in Ukraine, just like Nemirofsky did. Not a happy family......
I liked Split as well. You did notice
A last-minute cameo from Willis revealed that Split is set in the same universe as Unbreakable. In January, Shyamalan revealed to Heat Vision that Split villain Kevin Wendle Crumb (McAvoy) was actually included in his first drafts of Unbreakable, but had to be cut out. He also revealed he was hoping to write and direct a third film that would include characters from both films.
Shyamalan revealed Wednesday that both McAvoy and Taylor-Joy will return for Glass. Here's the logline Universal has released: "Following the conclusion of SPLIT, GLASS finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating encounters, while the shadowy presence of Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men."
Shyamalan revealed Wednesday that both McAvoy and Taylor-Joy will return for Glass. Here's the logline Universal has released: "Following the conclusion of SPLIT, GLASS finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating encounters, while the shadowy presence of Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men."
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Bull Durham
A fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him.
Knock Knock
A devoted father helps two stranded young women who knock on his door, but his kind gesture turns into a dangerous seduction and a deadly game of cat and mouse.
(Don't let wet, scantily-clad, young women in your house when you've been hitting the blunt and your family is out of town. Just saying.)
Trilogy of Terror
Three bizarre horror stories all of which star Karen Black in four different roles playing tormented women.
(I love Karen Black and I really enjoyed watching this for the gazillionth time.)
Misery
After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.
(Yassss)
Rosemary's Baby
A young couple move into an apartment, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins to control her life.
(I despise Rosemary's husband. Muther muther.)
The Dirties
Two best friends are filming a comedy about getting revenge on the bullies at their high school. One of them isn't joking.
(I really liked this movie.)
Southbound
Five interlocking tales of terror follow the fates of a group of weary travellers who confront their worst nightmares - and darkest secrets - over one long night on a desolate stretch of desert highway.
(I'm pretty good at watching scary scary movies but...I had to stop midway through this because it was late at night and I wanted to be able to go to sleep eventually. Finished it the next day. skimom2, fljoe0 , kingricefan , Doc Creed I think y'all would enjoy this movie.) (Not for young people.)
A fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him.
Knock Knock
A devoted father helps two stranded young women who knock on his door, but his kind gesture turns into a dangerous seduction and a deadly game of cat and mouse.
(Don't let wet, scantily-clad, young women in your house when you've been hitting the blunt and your family is out of town. Just saying.)
Trilogy of Terror
Three bizarre horror stories all of which star Karen Black in four different roles playing tormented women.
(I love Karen Black and I really enjoyed watching this for the gazillionth time.)
Misery
After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.
(Yassss)
Rosemary's Baby
A young couple move into an apartment, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins to control her life.
(I despise Rosemary's husband. Muther muther.)
The Dirties
Two best friends are filming a comedy about getting revenge on the bullies at their high school. One of them isn't joking.
(I really liked this movie.)
Southbound
Five interlocking tales of terror follow the fates of a group of weary travellers who confront their worst nightmares - and darkest secrets - over one long night on a desolate stretch of desert highway.
(I'm pretty good at watching scary scary movies but...I had to stop midway through this because it was late at night and I wanted to be able to go to sleep eventually. Finished it the next day. skimom2, fljoe0 , kingricefan , Doc Creed I think y'all would enjoy this movie.) (Not for young people.)
I'll have to add it to my viewing list.
Guardians of the Galaxy, Part 2.
We enjoyed Part 1. We enjoyed this one as well.
Wait Until Dark. A decent 1967 movie, although the title sequence makes you think of a television show. Audrey Hepburn plays a winsome (well, she can't help that) blind woman and does so pretty convincingly. Alan Arkin makes his appearance as a surprisingly good bundle of menace and malice. I thought I was going to bail in the first 20 minutes, but it picked up, and I was glad I stayed. The plot development came together, and the last 20 minutes were truly suspenseful.
The Street with No Name, 1948. It was... all right. A decent enough plot but somewhat contrived and artificial in the telling. Richard Widmark turned in a solid performance with fairly mediocre material. I can't say I was sorry I watched it, but if we hadn't, I wouldn't have missed it.
This is one of those movies I can plug in anytime, at any place in the movie, and watch it. We have the DVD with Costner's and Robbins' narration, and that was thoroughly enjoyable too.
We enjoyed Part 1. We enjoyed this one as well.
Don't ask me why, but I get Jeff Bridges and Kurt Russell mixed up sometimes. For that reason, at the start of the movie, I thought they were tagging off the old Starman movie with Bridges and Karen Allen. But they're not.
Wait Until Dark. A decent 1967 movie, although the title sequence makes you think of a television show. Audrey Hepburn plays a winsome (well, she can't help that) blind woman and does so pretty convincingly. Alan Arkin makes his appearance as a surprisingly good bundle of menace and malice. I thought I was going to bail in the first 20 minutes, but it picked up, and I was glad I stayed. The plot development came together, and the last 20 minutes were truly suspenseful.
When the guy says something to the effect of, "No! Let her come to me," or whatever, I actually yelled out, "You're a d!ck!" Good thing we were watching at home.
The Street with No Name, 1948. It was... all right. A decent enough plot but somewhat contrived and artificial in the telling. Richard Widmark turned in a solid performance with fairly mediocre material. I can't say I was sorry I watched it, but if we hadn't, I wouldn't have missed it.
This is one of those movies I can plug in anytime, at any place in the movie, and watch it. We have the DVD with Costner's and Robbins' narration, and that was thoroughly enjoyable too.
Grandpa, you're starting to remind me of me.
As long as it doesn't flow the other way, because I wouldn't want to wish being like me on anyone.
Just finished Lion based on the book A Long Way Home: A Memoir. Excellent film. Highly recommend. Performances by Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, and the little boy who played Patel's character as a child, Sunny Pawar, are all mesmerizing. Love Rooney Mara too. I immediately downloaded the book to my Kindle.
Sorry for the delay! My full review:
Frank is bringing up his 7-year old niece Mary, following the suicide of her mother, Diane. The trouble is that Diane was a mathematical prodigy, and so is Mary, and Frank is minded to give Mary as normal a childhood as possible. When Frank’s and Diane’s mother Evelyn turns up, determined to ensure that Mary’s full potential will be realised, it is clear that trouble lies ahead.
There are some lovely character dynamics here. The relationship between Frank and Mary is at the heart of the story and is beautifully realised. But, cleverly, Evelyn is not entirely the monster she initially appears to be. Though she and Frank are very much at odds, there is still a mother/son relationship at work. And despite Diane’s death over 6 years before the film starts, her relationships with her mother and brother are both crucial to the events of the film.
Chris Evans is excellent as Frank, in a performance with not a hint of Johnny Storm or Steve Rogers in it. And British veteran Lindsay Duncan, not an actress given to sympathetic portrayals, gives us a beautifully (and often very funny) Evelyn. Jenny Slate plays Mary’s teacher Bonnie, bemused at finding this extraordinary child in her class, and rapidly discovering the consequences of getting far more involved than she had expected to, and Octavia Spencer plays Frank’s next door neighbour Roberta.
But Mckenna Grace, as Mary, owns this film. Aged 9 at the time of filming, she gives a performance of subtlety, control, emotion and power. She is undoubtedly a 7-year old child, but she is also a genius, and the conflict between the two – and how it factors into all her relationships – is extraordinarily well-handled by this self- assured child..
The script is very good. It isn’t full of dazzling wordplay, but it tells the story deftly and entertainingly.
I loved this film, and it moved me frequently.
Hampstead - geriatric romcom bolted onto adaptation of true story about tramp claiming squatter's rights on expensive real estate
Churchill - high-powered but boring and inaccurate telling of the few days before D-Day
Baby Driver - stylish romantic crime thriller, good fun
Despicable Me 3 - Enjoyable: if you've seen 1 or 2 you will know if you're going to enjoy it
Spider-Man: Homecoming - Spidey enters the Marvel cinematic universe, Tom Holland is best Peter/Spider-Man yet
The House - very crude, violent and silly Will Ferrell comedy: couple open casino in the basement to pay daughter's college fees
Churchill - high-powered but boring and inaccurate telling of the few days before D-Day
Baby Driver - stylish romantic crime thriller, good fun
Despicable Me 3 - Enjoyable: if you've seen 1 or 2 you will know if you're going to enjoy it
Spider-Man: Homecoming - Spidey enters the Marvel cinematic universe, Tom Holland is best Peter/Spider-Man yet
The House - very crude, violent and silly Will Ferrell comedy: couple open casino in the basement to pay daughter's college fees
I really liked the book - much more detail about the search than in the film.
Mild divergence of view about the film. I commented:
From a poor rural Indian family, 5-year old Saroo ends up in Calcutta, over 1,000 miles from home. Unable to explain where he comes from, he is ultimately adopted by an Australian family. Still troubled by the memories of his first family as an adult, the invention of GoogleEarth enables him to look for the childhood home he lost.
This is a great, great epic story, and I really wanted to like this film rather more than I did.
There is a lot which is good about it. Dev Patel as adult Saroo is excellent, Nicole Kidman and David Wenham are both good as his adoptive Australian parents (I had to put to one side my feeling that they are the “go to” Australians for these sort of parts in recognition of box-office clout) and Sunny Pawar as young Saroo is also very good. So the performances all work.
The location work, both in India and Australia is also good although, again I had to put a lid on a strong feeling that I had seen Indian youngsters suffering hard times in slums not so long ago in Slumdog Millionaire.
But two things meant that this film was not the success for me which I had hoped it would be. One was the fact that I think it would have worked much better as a dramatisation rather than an adaptation – if the narrative had not featured Saroo’s fellow adoptee, his troubled “brother” Mantosh, or his American girlfriend Lucy, both of whom were major obstructions to the narrative flow without having any dramatic purpose (other than that they actually existed), the film wouldn’t have felt quite so bumpy.
And the other thing is that much of it took far too long to make its point or, having made it, lingered far too long before moving on. I understood the purpose of showing us the enormity of 5-year old Saroo vs Calcutta – how huge, how daunting, how terrifying for a small child. But I think the audience – or this member of it, at any rate – got the point a good 10 minutes before it stopped being shown to us. Ditto the train journey to Calcutta. Ditto Saroo moping around Melbourne.
The film is 2 hours long, and would have been a much more involving experience at half an hour less.
I wouldn’t discourage anyone from seeing it – the final sequence is worth seeing on its own – but, for me, it was a worthy effort which didn’t quite succeed.
I did catch that! Hadn't read these details but definitely assumed it meant more to come...
That's a great movie. Every time I come across it on cable I end up watching it...
CHiPs
Utterly stupid, pointless, and tasteless. So, it's good for a chuckle or three!
Utterly stupid, pointless, and tasteless. So, it's good for a chuckle or three!