New Sin City trailer! Very cool.
Lorne: Once the word spreads you beat up an innocent old man, well, the truly terrible will think twice before going toe-to-toe with our Avenging Angel. Spike: Yes. The geriatric community will be soiling their nappies when they hear you're on the case. Bravo.
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
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Kathy A - Mar 07, 2005 9:08:27 pm PST #9794 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Alibelle - Mar 07, 2005 11:41:52 pm PST #9795 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Does anyone have a copy of The Tango Lesson that I may borrow? Or should I just go ahead and buy it from Amazon?
Gris - Mar 08, 2005 12:03:35 am PST #9796 of 10001
Hey. New board.
New Sin City trailer! Very cool.
Mommy! The anticipation hurts!
Anne W. - Mar 08, 2005 2:26:42 am PST #9797 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
That looks amazing. Even if the adapation, acting, etc. suck, it's going to be beautiful to look at.
candyb - Mar 08, 2005 4:22:59 am PST #9798 of 10001
Sin City Looks very cool. I still need to see Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.
I got my DVD of the 2004 hit Japanese movie Casshern last week.
I had an ordering snafu and ended up with an extra unreturnable copy.
Anyone who wants it and has a DVD player that can play all regions email me at candyb_three@yahoo.com
It's the official HK release, not a bootleg, still shrink-wrapped. All my asian movie friends have seen it or have it already or can't play all-regions.
Casshern made a huge splash when the super-exciting unsubtitled trailer and images hit the internet last year. It's based on some old anime show and was almost entirely shot on a "digital backlot" like Sky Captain and Sin City.
First film by Kazuaki Kiriya, a music video director and husband of J-Pop star Utada Hikaru.
I think its a pretty but frustrating movie with a gorgeous cast. Has interesting elaborate & cool visual design. Some effects could've been better but what was done with a hard to believe budget of just US$6 million is astounding. Thought the first half was good, second half gets messier and not so good, maybe even bad. Too long and completely humor-free. Also too ambitious and melodramatic with lots of trite & pretentious exposition anvils like: "war only perpetuates a never-ending cycle of violence and hatred" and "man only exists to annihilate each other". Kazuaki Kiriya has some WWII issues he had to make us all work through with him in this movie.
But I'd still go see it in the theater if Dreamworks ever gets around to releasing it in the US.
Vonnie K - Mar 08, 2005 5:01:08 am PST #9799 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Why does the IMDb front page have "Passion of the Christ" under the 'opening this week' column? I didn't want to see it the first time. Yeesh.
Is it wrong the previews kind of make me want to watch the new Joan Allen/Kevin Costner rom-com? The one in which he's playing a retired ball player to boot, and she's got four perfect-looking blond daughters? (But I *like* Joan Allen, damnit.)
Under 'coming soon' column: "Oldboy" seems to be getting a limited release in US--I only know of this film because it was apparently a blockbuster in Korea and is supposed to be an incredibly intense psychological thriller. I actually have a DivX copy of the movie, courtesy of my brother who's more in tune with Asian cinema than I am, but I've heard it compared to Fincher's "Se7en", which makes me hesistant to watch it. I found Fincher's film incredibly hard to stomach. I don't suppose anyone around here has seen the film...
Nutty - Mar 08, 2005 5:02:43 am PST #9800 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Saw Infernal Affairs last night. Andy Lau is teh hott. Bedhead + $1000 suit = nice. (Tony Leung is always teh hott, so I needn't mention it, except that wearing his hair in his eyes makes him look a decade younger than he is.)
The movie itself, being 1/3 of a trilogy, didn't make very much sense, but it swanned about beautifully in its preposterously angsty storyline. Perfect use of cellphones and codes as plot devices; pity about the melodrama.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 08, 2005 5:04:07 am PST #9801 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Why does the IMDb front page have "Passion of the Christ" under the 'opening this week' column? I didn't want to see it the first time. Yeesh.
It's being re-released in a "special" edition (which is unrated). I guess Mel's trying to start an Easter tradition.
Nutty - Mar 08, 2005 5:15:03 am PST #9802 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
"special" edition (which is unrated)
What else can they possibly do to Jesus Christ? Electrical torture?
Kathy, I forgot to mention, I adore the movie Avalon. Mostly because of the opening scenes, at Thanksgiving. I love that family storytelling they do over the enormously long table.
Vonnie K - Mar 08, 2005 5:37:43 am PST #9803 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
It's being re-released in a "special" edition (which is unrated)
So, more buckets of blood and gruesome torture? I'm not particularly religious, but the whole thing is making me vaguely queasy.
I have "Infernal Affairs" DVD at home--can't wait to watch it. Plus, "Strayed", "The Barbarian Invasions", and "Time of the Wolf". It's like my own little foreign-film festival! God love the Netflix.