Zoe ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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The funny part of The Last Samurai was that Spiritually Awakened White Man Tom Cruise is not spiritually awakened enough for ritual suicide. So, according to the social rules he has adopted, he's kind of tattooed LOSER on his forehead, don't you think?
I have nothing remotely funny to say about Lost in Space. It was not remotely funny.
Oh, Matt. You are absolutely right. My gymtastics are blurring together.
I'm pretty sure I saw RAD too...same effect.
Still can't see how the Equilibrium folk didn't expect that particular nom de martial arts to cause derisive snorts from movie-goers of a certain age.
On Collatoral: My experience of Tom Cruise is that he is greatly enhanced by the landscape. Beyond his charming smile, his acting is more a reflection of the surrounding elements like co-stars, concept and dialogue. Not so much with the actual "emoting". Which makes me wonder, if in fact a lot of action takes place in a cab, how he'll fare being closely scrutinized in a small space.
And what looks like a nightclub assasination in the preview was pulled off really well in the Replacement Killers. I don't have high hopes for it here.
with the woman who played the evil Diana (?) on X-Files
Mimi Rogers, who used to be married to Tom Cruise.
Yes! Mimi Rogers!
Why do decent actors pick such horrible films?
The whole time I was watching Lost in Space, all I kept thinking was, "This *seems* like an acting gig for Joey Tribiani...."
The whole time I was watching Lost in Space, all I kept thinking was, "This *seems* like an acting gig for Joey Tribiani...."
Yeah. It made Wormhole Extreme on SG-1 look good.
Strangely enough, I'm on-topic.
I just saw Magnolia. Oh my God. All 188 minutes of it, there was just a big "Wow" inside me. I want to write something about it, but I can't find the words. Just, wow.
Heh. P-C, this fills me with relief, as I've been pimping Magnolia to Hec for the last year and a half. Since in pop-culture-consuming sensibilities sense you are frequently Hec and he is frequently you, this bodes well for his impression of the object of my mania.
I fear, however, that you may now be dead to Steph.
If he even existed, he'd be dead to me. But he doesn't exist, so that's fine.
t resumes Magnolia hatred
Tep will love me, as I saw De-Lovely on her rec and enjoyed it.
Then she'll hate me, as I join P-C and the splendiferous JZ in Magnolia love.
It's going to be hard on her, I fear.
The NYT says if Catwoman dies, it'll take African-American actresses' bankability down with it.
[Hmm. My first reading was that they were generalizing about all AA actresses, but on second reading maybe it's just Ms. Berry who'll crash and sink.]