I loved Peter Lorre in M.
I loaned my tape of it to two of my co-workers, German twins born in the last year of WWII (one of the twins was lucky to survive since there were no working incubators at the hospital when they were born, due to Allied bombing). Since they grew up in post-war West Germany, I expected them to at least be familiar with the film, even if they hadn't seen it. But, they'd never even heard of it! When they finally got around to watching my tape, they were both blown away by it, especially Lorre's performance.
Another Peter Lorre fangirl here!
When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it!
Is
March of the Penguins
out? It's not playing anywhere in Chicago.
Saw Mysterious Skin today. It was very disturbing, and had some consistency issues, but was mostly very well done. The acting was especially notable, especially the main guy whose name I'm currently forgetting.
MT should always be a goth girl, but next time it should be in a movie I can enjoy the look, less surrounded by the pain.
Penguins is opening relatively slow, according to their website. Chicago's not getting it for two more weeks--it's only in NY and LA right now.
Tommyrot - That article forgot some of the (admittedly few) actually good ones. The Addams Family movies were spectacular - better than the show ever was. And, of course the Star Trek movies.
I also hear there's something coming out in September, based on some little watched quickly cancelled sci-fi show. It's gonna bomb.
And it's only at 2 theatres in NYC. Sadly, neither is the independent theatre with the comfy seats, big screens, and convenient-to-my-subway-line location, so DH and I went to a double feature of Film Forum's "Paramount Before the Code" series. Which was fabulous. This week is Trouble in Paradise and Blonde Venus. I hope we'll have time to go back at least once more.
I finally saw
Night of the Living Dead,
the 30th Anniversary Edition with added footage. It was pretty good, and I'm so glad it ended the way it did, with
the very last survivor being shot because he was mistaken for a zombie.
I didn't know if the movie would go there, and it
did.
Rock.
There was some baaaaad acting, though (even in the added footage), and that one guy looked like Rob Corddry. Barbra is like the most annoying character in the history of ever.
