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omni
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response 77 of 229:
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Jan 17 19:41 UTC 2000 |
Double feature on cable:
I want to live!- Story of Barbara Graham played to excellence by Susan
Hayward. Graham was a woman who was a forger, check passer, prostitute, but
what got her was a charge of murder. She was accused of killing an old lady.
but she swears she was at home with her kid. Of course, there are no witnesses
that could place her there. The criminologist that was hired for the appeal
said that her personality was not of a killer, and that the killer was right
handed, Graham was a leftie which is something the LAPD chose to ignore.
Another one of those could be innocent things. Graham died in the gas chamber
at the Q in 1960 something. Very intense ending. worth renting. 3 1/2 stars.
Mr Blandings builds his dream house- Cary Grant, Myrna Loy and Melvyn
Douglas combine to make building a house in Conneticutt sound like the easiest
thing on earth, yet it turns into a money pit. Excellent script, acting and
photograpy by James Wong Howe. 4 stars.
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mary
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response 78 of 229:
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Jan 17 21:12 UTC 2000 |
I finally rented "Life is Beautiful". Ack. I'm probably one of
the few people alive who found the film tedious and way over-everything.
I wanted to smack the guy upside the head and eliminate all sugar from
his diet.
I did like "U Turn".
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mcnally
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response 79 of 229:
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Jan 17 22:29 UTC 2000 |
Was over at some friends' house Friday and rented "Out of Sight", which I
had initially ignored because George Clooney was featured prominently on
all of the promotional materials I'd seen. Despite the Clooney factor it
was a very enjoyable film. For those who haven't seen it, it's director
Steven Soderbergh's shot at filming an Elmore Leonard novel.
Not surprisingly the movie bears a strong resemblance to "Get Shorty" and
"Jackie Brown" (also based on Leonard's novels,) but that's not a bad thing..
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remmers
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response 80 of 229:
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Jan 18 00:43 UTC 2000 |
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remmers
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response 81 of 229:
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Jan 18 01:14 UTC 2000 |
Yeah, "Out of Sight" is my favorite excellent-movie-that-didn't-win-
any-awards from 1998.
Caught "Grand Illusion" today at the Michigan. I'd seen it before,
but not since the 1960's. Great film, beautifully restored.
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senna
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response 82 of 229:
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Jan 18 01:23 UTC 2000 |
I finally saw Mystery Men. It was wonderful. Two instances alone make it
worth the view.
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krj
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response 83 of 229:
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Jan 18 05:51 UTC 2000 |
Leslie and I saw the last showing of "Grand Illusion" at the
Michigan today. The new print is beautiful. I was glad to be able to
introduce Leslie to one of my favorite films, now I need to rummage
around and find my Renoir videotape collection.
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mcnally
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response 84 of 229:
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Jan 18 06:23 UTC 2000 |
re #80: I think that of those three films ("Get Shorty", "Jackie Brown",
and "Out of Sight") I liked "Get Shorty" best, but "Out of Sight" was
quite enjoyable.
But can anyone explain to me what the title has to do with anything in
the movie?
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md
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response 85 of 229:
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Jan 18 12:33 UTC 2000 |
I wondered about that myself. Is it "out of sight"
as in "fantasic, wonderful, etc." or as in "out of
sight, out of mind"? The latter doesn't fit, because
Clooney and Lopez's characters were never far from
each other's thoughts.
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remmers
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response 86 of 229:
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Jan 18 17:11 UTC 2000 |
I assumed that the title referred to the loot they were trying to
find toward the end of the film.
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remmers
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response 87 of 229:
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Jan 18 17:13 UTC 2000 |
And re the comparison of "Out of Sight" with "Jackie Brown" (which
I liked about equally) -- there's the trivia tidbit that Michael
Keaton has an unbilled cameo in "Out of Sight" playing the same
character that he did in "Jackie Brown".
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mcnally
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response 88 of 229:
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Jan 19 03:10 UTC 2000 |
Arrgghh! I *knew* there was something about his character's name in
"Out of Sight" that seemed familiar but I couldn't figure out what it
was since I only saw "Jackie Brown" once and while my memory is good,
it's not *that* good. That explains the frisson of deja vu..
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sno
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response 89 of 229:
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Jan 20 02:06 UTC 2000 |
Three Kings - what a waste of film and time.
Three opportunist soldiers with time on their hands at the end of the
Kuwait liberation war (a.k.a. Desert Storm) decide to stage a raid on
Hussein's stolen Kuwaiti gold. Of course things don't go according to
plans. Stale war afterthought.
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mcnally
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response 90 of 229:
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Jan 20 06:04 UTC 2000 |
An opposing viewpoint: I thought "Three Kings" was one of the best movies
I saw last year, and certainly one of the most thought-provoking war movies
I've ever seen.
My biggest problem with the film was that it builds up such emotional
momentum during the first 2/3 that the screenwriter and director
essentially paint themselves into a corner, leaving themselves nowhere
to go to finish the film on the same high note.
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jazz
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response 91 of 229:
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Jan 20 13:21 UTC 2000 |
Nowhere that I found believable, at least. The ending was a bit
forced.
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arabella
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response 92 of 229:
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Jan 21 08:38 UTC 2000 |
I mostly agree with Mike. Not a movie about opportunists
getting the goods at all. Very thought provoking. Visually
exciting. Amazing that it is the director/writer's first
film.
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senna
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response 93 of 229:
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Jan 24 01:16 UTC 2000 |
Wow. I finally saw American Beauty. It was wonderful. Kevin Spacey never
ceases to amaze me. So much one can take from it, too.
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remmers
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response 94 of 229:
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Jan 25 11:53 UTC 2000 |
Re resp:92 - Hm. According to my research, "Three Kings" is director
David O. Russell's third film, not his first. The previous two were
"Spanking the Monkey" and "Flirting with Disaster".
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mcnally
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response 95 of 229:
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Jan 25 19:14 UTC 2000 |
Perhaps Leslie is thinking of Spike Jonze, who has a major role in
"Three Kings". He directed his first major picture this past year
after years of shooting music videos. The result was the very
unusual (and quite funny) "Being John Malkovich".
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arabella
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response 96 of 229:
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Jan 26 21:52 UTC 2000 |
Hmmm, I got my info from Ken about the director of Three Kings...
Dunno where he got the idea. Maybe it was the Spike Jonze
connection.
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scott
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response 97 of 229:
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Jan 27 00:20 UTC 2000 |
Interesting interview with Tim Allen available at http://www.galaxyquest.co
m.
He's either a genuine SF fan or at least found somebody to give good answers
to the interviewer.
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bdh3
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response 98 of 229:
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Jan 27 04:42 UTC 2000 |
If you goto the http reference, you can't get back....
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md
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response 99 of 229:
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Jan 27 12:48 UTC 2000 |
??
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don
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response 100 of 229:
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Jan 27 15:37 UTC 2000 |
I'll give three:
???
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janc
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response 101 of 229:
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Jan 28 04:50 UTC 2000 |
Re #98: Click on the link with your middle mouse button to open the
page in a new window. If your mouse hasn't got a middle button, install
Linux.
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