Where'd they get CAT scan from?... I mean, did they test it on cats? Or does the machine sort of look like a cat?

Dawn ,'Sleeper'


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Frankenbuddha - Oct 28, 2004 3:51:49 pm PDT #5308 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

You mean Star Wars, not American Graffitti?

No, didn't you hear - he really meant Cindy Williams to shoot first.


Fred Pete - Oct 28, 2004 4:52:35 pm PDT #5309 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.

Or was that The First Nudie Musical?


Thomash - Oct 28, 2004 6:06:32 pm PDT #5310 of 10001
I have a plan.

You mean Star Wars, not American Graffitti?

Hee, they both have Harrison Ford.


sumi - Oct 29, 2004 8:59:31 am PDT #5311 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Michael Chabon is writing a screenplay for a version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs set in 1880s British Colonial China.


sumi - Oct 29, 2004 9:18:56 am PDT #5312 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Michael Gambon as Jor-El?


DavidS - Oct 29, 2004 10:59:03 am PDT #5313 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Cintra Wilson does a piece on Christian Bale in her ongoing series of cult actors


§ ita § - Oct 30, 2004 7:51:22 am PDT #5314 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I just watched Frailty, and it lived up to my every "But what if..." quite neatly.

Which surprised me. What if he's the other brother? Or he's really seeing wrongdoers? Maybe he's the sheriff? It would be so cool if he was receiving some sort of otherworldly protection, wouldn't it? Some of the what ifs got confusing -- I admit I thought he killed his father, it was just which "he" that actually was became tangled.

Did them all.

I don't remember it in theatres -- what sort of reception did it get?


Sean K - Oct 30, 2004 7:57:02 am PDT #5315 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I just watched Frailty

I really enoyed Frailty. It kept me guessing, and I wasn't able to call the twists, but I really liked where the twists went.

I don't remember it in theatres -- what sort of reception did it get?

If I remember correctly, it was critically well received, and was released on a slower weekend, so, while it didn't quite clean up, it owned its weekend (I think), and did fairly admirably, with decent, though not terribly long-lived legs.


Polter-Cow - Oct 30, 2004 7:59:46 am PDT #5316 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

so, while it didn't quite clean up, it owned its weekend (I think)

IMDb's box office data puts it at about three. It was up against The Sweetest Thing, which made 17 million to its 4 million. I have yet to see Frailty, though I did hear good things.


Dana - Oct 30, 2004 9:08:44 am PDT #5317 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

We saw it in the theater and enjoyed it. It wasn't water-tight, but they actually put thought into it, which puts it way ahead of many movies.