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remmers
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response 250 of 290:
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Sep 7 01:39 UTC 1998 |
[Re resp:247 - omigosh, you're a Wally Wood fan? Me too. Loved his
stuff in Mad Magazine, Weird Science/Fantasy, and other E.C. comics.]
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md
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response 251 of 290:
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Sep 7 02:23 UTC 1998 |
[He was amazing. My favorite Mad 'toonists were Wood, Kurtzman,
Elder and Davis, in that order. I bet James Cameron's a Wallace
Wood fan, too.]
THE BORROWERS (B-) -- It kinda put me to sleep. I loved the way
it inhabited its own weird little world. It reminded me a bit
of Altman's POPEYE (A) in that one respect.
Re SLUMS again: Whenever I see Alan Arkin in a movie like this,
I think, "What a waste." But then I start trying to think of
anything he ever did that wasn't a waste and I come up with
WAIT UNTIL DARK (A). Why do I think he's so good, when he's
obviously so bad? Are there some choice movies he's done that
I'm forgetting?
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omni
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response 252 of 290:
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Sep 7 04:45 UTC 1998 |
Michael, are you forgetting such classic Arkin films as Big Trouble, and
The In-Laws? Arkin's big thing is being Joe Normal, who is just waiting for
some outside influence to muck it up.
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katie
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response 253 of 290:
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Sep 7 04:46 UTC 1998 |
I liked him in "Popi." What was the name of the one he was in with Sally
Kellerman?
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krj
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response 254 of 290:
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Sep 7 05:38 UTC 1998 |
THE PEACEMAKER: Essentially an average James Bond movie, minus the
humor. George Clooney was fun to watch.
I was glad that Clooney and Nicole Kidman were too busy saving the
world from stolen nuclear weapons to have time to leap into bed.
A little on the slow side, but worth a rental if you are into the
nuclear-weapons-thriller thing.
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remmers
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response 255 of 290:
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Sep 7 11:16 UTC 1998 |
Current rental:
ZERO EFFECT: Quirky mystery comedy with Bill Pullman as a modern-day
eccentric, reclusive private investigator (with traits borrowed from
Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Nero Wolfe, etc), Ben Stiller as his
perpetually exasperated front man, Ryan O'Neal as the rich client, and
Kim Dickens as an object first of investigation, then affection.
Cleverly written and directed by Jake Kasdan (son of director Lawrence
Kasdan of "The Big Chill", "Accidental Tourist", "Grand Canyon", etc)
with likeable performances all around. I enjoyed this a lot.
Recommended.
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jazz
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response 256 of 290:
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Sep 7 12:09 UTC 1998 |
I rented that too earlier last week, because I'd heard the reviews.
It was intellectually interesting, and I found myself pulled along by the
desire to see how the story turned out, but I found the movie itself
emotionally uninvolving.
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md
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response 257 of 290:
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Sep 7 12:33 UTC 1998 |
Pullman and Stiller seemed miscast to me. The movie suffered from
the "Ben Stiller Curse," which seems to have lifted recently in
Something About Mary. For a while there, Stiller was the thinking
man's Corey Feldman.
The Arkin / Kellerman movie was Last of the Red Hot Lovers. Arkin
was in GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (A), although he might not be the name
that springs to mind when you think of that movie.
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mary
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response 258 of 290:
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Sep 7 13:48 UTC 1998 |
I first noticed (and enjoyed) Arkin's quirky style in
Catch 22. He was perfectly cast.
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md
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response 259 of 290:
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Sep 7 16:27 UTC 1998 |
THE APOSTLE (A) -- Robert Duvall is just amazing in this movie.
Granted, the Oscars are more for entertainment than anything
else, but still, I'll never understand why he didn't win for
this role.
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remmers
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response 260 of 290:
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Sep 7 19:04 UTC 1998 |
Re resp:256 - "Zero Effect" is definitely on the cerebral side.
But I found myself interested in the characters and their
motivations.
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lilmo
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response 261 of 290:
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Sep 7 20:22 UTC 1998 |
Re #259: The Oscars go mainly to films that make a LOT of money. Whether
this is b/c the best performances bring in lots of paying customers, or b/c
the Accademy is honoring "what works", or b/c they "hop on the bandwagon",
I have no idea.
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beeswing
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response 262 of 290:
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Sep 8 04:52 UTC 1998 |
THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK (B-), starring boychild Leonardo DiCaprio, and
freaky Gerard Depardieu. The movie holds your attention. Humor is
frequent but is quite bawdy and crass in some places. DiCaprio does not
do it for me, sorry. He looks like he is 17. Some excellent
cinematography. I liked it ok, but it didn't change my life or anything.
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md
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response 263 of 290:
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Sep 8 10:58 UTC 1998 |
This item is from the Zentertainment webzine:
Legendary director Akira Kurosawa died in Tokyo Sunday,
at age 77, from a stroke. Kurosawa leaves behind such
classics as THE SEVEN SAMURAI, RASHOMON, RAN,
IKIRU, YOJIMBO (Sergio Leone's inspiration for FISTFULL
OF DOLLARS), and THE HIDDEN FORTRESS, (George
Lucas' inspiration for STAR WARS).
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remmers
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response 264 of 290:
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Sep 8 14:48 UTC 1998 |
Yep, Kurosawa's death is a great loss to world cinema.
His historical Samurai epics are his best-known works, but I am fond
also of some of Kurosawa's "small" films with a contemporary
setting: "Stray Dog", "High and Low", and "Rhapsody in August".
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lilmo
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response 265 of 290:
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Sep 9 01:25 UTC 1998 |
RASHOMON is, I believe, considered his masterpiece. It shows the same events
through multiple points of view, and is considered the quintessential piece
of that style. Any art that has a vaguely similar MO has the word
"RASHOMON-like" in 100% of its reviews. Reviewers ignoring this rule are
banished from journalism. :-)
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maeve
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response 266 of 290:
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Sep 9 04:41 UTC 1998 |
Ever After: better than expected, if you don't expect much..good peasant
costumes, german puff and slash!) but a lot of period mixing with everyone
else...all in all...amusing, and with a very silly trip to meijers afterwards
with friends I haven'tseen in a while, worth the ticket price
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johnnie
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response 267 of 290:
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Sep 15 13:42 UTC 1998 |
For those of you who might be interested:
Movie director Peter Bogdanovich premiers the Toledo/Lucas County Public
Library's 1998-1999 Authors! Authors! season on Tuesday, September 22,
1998 at 7 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Stranahan Theatre on
Heatherdowns Boulevard. He is not only the recipient of film critic
awards and Oscar nominations, but is also the author of "Who the Devil
Made It," an intimate look at filmmaking through a collection of
interviews with sixteen legendary film directors. He has also written
nine other books,including "This is Orson Welles" and "John Ford." His
own role as a movie director has included "The Last Picture Show,"
"What^Rs Up, Doc," "Paper Moon" and "Mask." His presentation includes
clips from his own films and those of the directors in his book, as well
as his dead-on impersonations of everyone from Alfred Hitchcock to Cary
Grant.
Tickets for Authors! Authors! programs cost $8. The doors of the Great
Hall open at 6:15 p.m. For more information, call the Library at
(419)259-5207.
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iggy
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response 268 of 290:
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Sep 18 00:58 UTC 1998 |
i saw 'rhapsody in august' and really liked it, despite rechard gere.
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bjorn
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response 269 of 290:
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Sep 18 05:17 UTC 1998 |
What's the name of the movie that's coming out about a man searching for his
wife after he himself has died? I think it stars Robin Williams. I think
that the background for that movie kicked ass when I saw the preview before
Ever After started.
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anderyn
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response 270 of 290:
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Sep 18 13:06 UTC 1998 |
We saw "Kiki's Delivery Service" last night -- three thumbs up. The
Prices loved it.
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maeve
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response 271 of 290:
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Sep 18 16:08 UTC 1998 |
I saw 'The Captain's paradise' with Alec Guinness, it was very..old, but it
was mildly amusing for it to be better than packing..
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katie
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response 272 of 290:
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Sep 18 21:18 UTC 1998 |
Re 269: "What Dreams May Come." It was supposed to be out in August, now
apparently it will open Oct 2. I bought the book (same author as "Some-
where In Time) and on the cover it says ~THE BOOK MADE INTO THE HIT MOVIE" even
thought there`s no way they could yet call it a hit yet. Ah, marketing.
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bjorn
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response 273 of 290:
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Sep 19 05:16 UTC 1998 |
Cool. Thanks for the info. Yeah, marketers are dumb.
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anjon
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response 274 of 290:
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Sep 19 07:11 UTC 1998 |
Well guys you alll are saying of bullshit movies.I think thats because you
havent seen "There is something about Mary" or "The mask of Zorro".I hope
whoever has seen it liked it very mich.I am great fan of Salma Hayek.Can
someone please send me some photo from Salma 's Gallery
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