Late to the party, but let me put in a vote for Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down as my favorite Almodovar.
This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?
Dawn ,'Never Leave Me'
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Theodosia - Feb 28, 2007 12:49:00 pm PST #7669 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Scrappy - Mar 01, 2007 9:15:07 am PST #7670 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I saw Starter For 10 yesterday. Frothy but loads of fun. My new crush, James McAvoy is a working class Essex kid who goes off to Bristol University, propelled by his love for quiz shows, and University Challenge in particular. I don't want to say any more, but it is romantic and well-acted and smart and funny and a lovely way to while away an afternoon.
Laga - Mar 01, 2007 9:34:52 am PST #7671 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
That sounds right up my street. I loved him in Last King of Scotland.
Scrappy - Mar 01, 2007 9:46:05 am PST #7672 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
He has an amazing scene where he is talking casually about his father's death when he was a kid and is trying to appear cool and and suddenly his eyes well up with unexpected tears. It's so real and vulnerable and just KILLED me.
Vonnie K - Mar 01, 2007 10:02:54 am PST #7673 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
James McAvoy! Usually I'm not into fey young men type, but he's lovely. I think I caught him first in the Children of Dune miniseries, but I recall being pleasantly surprised at how charismatic he was in the modernized Macbeth that aired in BBC a couple of years ago.
I've seen the trailer for Starter for 10, and it looked v. good. The brunette love interest was played by the actress who played Boden's wife from The Prestige, if I recall.
lisah - Mar 01, 2007 10:05:23 am PST #7674 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
it is romantic and well-acted and smart and funny and a lovely way to while away an afternoon.
Oh! That's good to know. The trailer made it seem like a total flashback to a vintage John Hughes movie (with a British twist) which could mean loads of fun or totally skipable.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 01, 2007 11:39:54 am PST #7675 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I thought McAvoy was horrible in that Dune sequel miniseries, but he rivaled Tilda Swinton for Best Thing About the Movie in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and IMHO won the title outright over Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland.
Laga - Mar 01, 2007 2:58:52 pm PST #7676 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I think y'all can skip The Black Dahlia if you haven't seen it yet. Or maybe I just don't care for De Palma.
DavidS - Mar 01, 2007 3:00:53 pm PST #7677 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think y'all can skip The Black Dahlia if you haven't seen it yet. Or maybe I just don't care for De Palma.
Nah, it kind of sucked and was incoherent.
Makes me appreciate LA Confidential all the more. Not easy turning Ellroy into a movie.
Holli - Mar 01, 2007 3:56:22 pm PST #7678 of 10001
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
James McAvoy's Mr. Tumnus is tied with Gary Oldman's Jim Gordon for my personal "stepped off the page, onto the screen, and into my heart" award. Totally, eerily, perfectly the way I had visualized him, reading the Narnia books as a kid.