Double Happiness is playing on IFC today - it's on now and then is repeating at 1:30 central.
Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
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ftr DOA stands for Dead on Arrival, not Dead or Alive. I'm probably the only one who cares but it had to be said.
I saw Waitress this afternoon and loved it, although I was getting teary eyed a few times thinking about Adrienne Shelly, at times when the movie wouldn't have produced tears by itself.
She'd come a long way since bossing Timmy around, huh?
I saw Day Watch last night. Very stylish and visually arresting like the first one, but I couldn't tell you what the plot was if my life depended on it. Assuming there actually was a plot.
Also saw a 3-minute-long extended recruiting ad for the Army on the front of it. Yeah, I'm sure the audience of a subtitled Russian action-horror movie is just full of potential recruits.
I loved Night Watch. Glad to hear Day Watch isn't entirely a waste of time.
It was enjoyable, but I was going "wait, WHAT?!?" at about 10 minute intervals throughout the movie. And not in the rewarding surprise It's-Darla-in-the-box way.
I was proud to figure out that Gesser was switching Anton and Olga into each other's bodies as soon as he apologized to her. And I loved how Konstantin Khabensky became confident, aloof, and about 10x as sexy the instant he began playing Olga, while Galina Tyunina lost those qualities and started bumbling. They did a very good job portraying each other's characters.
Also saw a 3-minute-long extended recruiting ad for the Army on the front of it. Yeah, I'm sure the audience of a subtitled Russian action-horror movie is just full of potential recruits.
just fyi- The ads before a movie are part of an advertising pack that shows on every film (unless it's a Disney product) at every theatre (except Arclight.)
Interesting. Because I'd not ever seen that ad or the V-cast music vieo/ad that preceded it before.
FWIW, I watched the Ratatouille trailer on my TiVo and I'm so very much in love with it. Not the least because the Pixar animators respected the ratliness of the hero.