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Old 03-18-2007, 09:37 AM   #436
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Cannibal the Musical. Wonderfully funny, especially if you were an RTF major in college. It's like Salieri and Mozart--only once you've experienced enough mediocre junior-year college films can you appreciate the genuine talent and potential hiding behind this one.

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Old 03-18-2007, 11:41 AM   #437
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Sympathy for Lady Vengence - Third film in the revenge trilogy. Not my favorite of the three. Oldboy is the best of them.

(I also enjoyed Cannibal. You could see the signs of later greatness in those boys ...)
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Old 03-19-2007, 11:19 PM   #438
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I saw Ridley Scott's new film (new here anyway) "A Good Year" - featuring Russell Crowe.

Do your self a favour and sont see this movie. Time could better be spent eating or sleeping.

Ridley scott is a great action director (black hawk down/ gladiator etc) but this movie doesnt know weather its a comedy (no laugs though), a drama, a romace or a mystery. It the end, it ends up being none of the above.

Looking forward to Bra Boys though..
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Old 03-24-2007, 11:48 PM   #439
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The Departed

Wow. Just wow. There are so many intriciate twists that it's not possible (or allowable, because of spoilers) to describe.

Wow.
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Old 03-26-2007, 02:28 PM   #440
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Please do not think any less of me because I watched The Ringer and actually enjoyed it.
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Old 03-26-2007, 02:38 PM   #441
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Tutankhamun Official exhibition dvd.
I wish I had watched this before going to the exhibition... LJ didn't go with us though, so maybe we'll go again, now that we know what all the stuff is.
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Old 04-01-2007, 01:38 PM   #442
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Spider is one of those strange sorts of movies that you don't know immediately if you like it. It both compels and repels, and gives you a lot to think about. The story unfolds like a spring flower opening it's petals, or it unpeels itself like an onion, I'm not sure which. Ralph Fiennes can sit on a bare stage and fidget for two hours and I'd find it fascinating. He does more than fidget in this movie, but has very little actual dialog, but still manages to give full expression to the character he plays.

Spider is a David Cronenberg film. So you're ready to be interested and grossed out at the same time. There's very little actual gore, no monkeys turned inside out or televisions spewing animal intestines at inopportune moments. The horror is all inside Spider's head, and ultimately, in yours as well.
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Old 04-08-2007, 09:29 PM   #443
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The Departed

Wow. Just wow. There are so many intriciate twists that it's not possible (or allowable, because of spoilers) to describe.

Wow.
Yeppers. Good 'un.

Just saw Saints and Soldiers. Very good stuff. I was afraid we were gonna drft into one of those WWII platoon across America fliks but no this was solid. All thumbs up.
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Old 04-09-2007, 10:44 PM   #444
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Today, I saw bits and pieces of Empire Records. Seemed more of an '80s style flick than 1995, with a fun soundtrack--I'll have to watch the whole thing one of these days.
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Old 04-10-2007, 12:46 AM   #445
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Spider is a David Cronenberg film. So you're ready to be interested and grossed out at the same time. There's very little actual gore, no monkeys turned inside out or televisions spewing animal intestines at inopportune moments. The horror is all inside Spider's head, and ultimately, in yours as well.
Oh oh....a cronenburg I haven't seen! That's a must.
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Old 04-10-2007, 12:46 AM   #446
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Has anybody seen 'Stranger than Fiction' yet? I am thinking i might give that a go.
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Old 04-10-2007, 12:51 AM   #447
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I've been wanting to, but it's too popular at the store, so I can't take it home yet. I hear it's really funny.
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Old 04-10-2007, 01:44 AM   #448
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Over the past year, Depeche Mode has remastered their catalog. The remasters come with DVDs that include mini-movies in which the band and their peeps (producers, record company folks, etc.) reflect on the album. The latest ones (Black Celebration and Construction Time Again) came out 2 weeks ago. I think these two particular mini-movies are the best ones yet, though there are still 2 more releases to come out (Ultra and Exciter).
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Old 04-10-2007, 01:00 PM   #449
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Saw Lawrence of Arabia over the weekend. Took two nights to watch. Decent movie. Really gives you a sense of the place. I wish I had a larger TV screen though. Lots of sweeping desert scenes. It starts off with a lot of promise and is really good, but then kind of dies off in a whimper. We got a Netflicks membership for Christmas, and I'm trying to catch up on the classics I've never seen.
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Old 04-10-2007, 02:09 PM   #450
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I got my lad Borat for easter so just watched that with him, not as funny as I was hoping
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