For Damian Lewis fans, I can definitely recommend the updated version of Much Ado About Nothing shown as part of the ShakespeaRetold miniseries on BBCAmerica, in which he was delightfully snarky as Ben(edict), which also costarred Billie Piper as the smeared ingenue.
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Kathy A - Oct 15, 2007 6:24:02 am PDT #1694 of 10000
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Dana - Oct 15, 2007 6:25:27 am PDT #1695 of 10000
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which also costarred Billie Piper as the smeared ingenue.
And as Beatrice, a woman whose name I forget, but who was the female lead in "Blackpool", which David Tennant fans may have seen.
flea - Oct 15, 2007 6:40:40 am PDT #1696 of 10000
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I just realized I had been accidentally unsibscribed to this thread for about 4 months. Oops. No wonder I have no idea what movies are out.
So, what movies are out? Specifically, I am in the market for a movie that my husband and I can go see together and both enjoy. He likes independent artsy movies, I like chick flicks and wordy british things, we both dislike boring action movies. Anything out right now where we could find common ground? Preferably not depressing.
Vonnie K - Oct 15, 2007 6:45:28 am PDT #1697 of 10000
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He likes independent artsy movies, I like chick flicks and wordy british things
I've heard marvellous things about Once, although I haven't seen it yet myself. It's a love story about two musicians and the man is played by Glen Hansard of The Frames. It's got big indie cred, and from what I hear, some really great music.
Tom Scola - Oct 15, 2007 6:46:11 am PDT #1698 of 10000
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Once, if it's still playing in your area. [x-post]
Jars - Oct 15, 2007 6:46:56 am PDT #1699 of 10000
It's got big indie cred, and from what I hear, some really great music.
And Dublin! The Bestest Place on earth!
Kathy A - Oct 15, 2007 6:48:28 am PDT #1700 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Glen Hansard has really gotten all sexy as he's matured--I remember him in his only other film role, as Outspan Foster in The Commitments, and he was just a cute ginger-haired geeky guitar player there, but in Once, he's smoking hot with that beard and those sad eyes.
Vonnie K - Oct 15, 2007 6:48:30 am PDT #1701 of 10000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
HA! Great minds, etc., Tom.
I've heard that Hansard and the girl who played the love interest are dating in real life.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 15, 2007 7:47:52 am PDT #1702 of 10000
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If Death at a Funeral is still on in your area it might be a good overlap movie, flea. The Jane Austen Book Club is also good,but might fall too far on the chick-flick side of things.
Sue - Oct 15, 2007 8:13:11 am PDT #1703 of 10000
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I'd vouch for Once. I thought it was a great movie. Funny and touching. And it was made guerilla style on the streets of Dublin for only a few hundred grand, so it's go the indie cred.
I was waiting for Death at a Funeral to come out on DVD, since I thought it missed us, but it seems it's being release in Canada in November. It's strange because generally they release things in Canada at the same time as the US. (Except for Canadian movies.)
I've heard that Hansard and the girl who played the love interest are dating in real life.
They are. They claim they only started dating while doing publicity, but I wonder if they just waited until she was legal. (She was 17 when they made the film.)