I've seen both Cat People movies and bits of the others -- this will give me something to record for the long long writers strike rerun season.
Wesley: All right. I'm going to let you all in on something you may have trouble comprehending. I assure you however-- Gunn: Vampires are real. Wesley: I was telling!
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape
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Theodosia - Jan 08, 2008 8:19:54 am PST #3244 of 10000
'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"
§ ita § - Jan 08, 2008 1:04:17 pm PST #3245 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
More background about Chocolate: [link] (and the trailer again).
Java cat - Jan 08, 2008 3:59:37 pm PST #3246 of 10000
Not javachik
whether they actually had Straitharn smoking them for the sake of the movie
It was in an interview somewhere that they used cigar tobacco because it makes such thick swirly smoke. It photographs beautifully in B&W.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 08, 2008 4:19:14 pm PST #3247 of 10000
"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
If Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life was made 5 years ago, why does Gerard Butler look 15 years younger in it?
Strega - Jan 08, 2008 4:44:37 pm PST #3248 of 10000
On another note: Dave White defends Uwe Boll
[T]he complaints usually follow along predictable lines: Boll’s movies are poorly written; based on video games; cheaply produced; full of well-known, sometimes Oscar-winning actors slumming to get a check paid out in Euros; make little narrative sense; and feature plots that include zombie massacres at raves on remote islands, scientific experiments performed on orphans, breast-implanted archeologists, floating eyeballs, Sapphic vampires and blood orgies.
I don’t know what kind of movies you like, but they had me at “zombie massacre.”
DavidS - Jan 08, 2008 5:39:16 pm PST #3249 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Of these, I've only watched I Walked With A Zombie, The Seventh Victim and Cat People. Colour me excited!
I am also excited on your behalf. Like Frank I own the box set as I've been a Lewton fan since forever.
The sleeper in there might be Body Snatcher, which has: (a) a fantastic performance by Karloff; (b) some fascinating grey moral dilemmas; (c) is genuinely scary and creepy in places.
I'm also a fan of the Seventh Victim for it's proto-goth protagonist and it's ending.
Sean K - Jan 08, 2008 6:09:54 pm PST #3250 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
S and I just finished watching Waitress, Which was beautiful and sweet and heartbreaking as a movie, and also very sad-making and difficult to watch, because of poor Adrienne Shelley. There's a bunch of special features on the DVD that I want to watch, but I can't. I'm too broken.
Polter-Cow - Jan 08, 2008 10:08:11 pm PST #3251 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
So it turns out Juno actually beat I Am Legend at the box office this past weekend, despite being in a little over half as many theatres. It made $15.9 million, putting it at #2. Criminy. It sure is a hit.
Kevin - Jan 09, 2008 12:26:07 am PST #3252 of 10000
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
It's a massive hit. However many weeks into release, and this weekend it made more money than Serenity did on it's opening weekend (plus change).
And it's still not out for another month here. Wah.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 09, 2008 3:07:16 am PST #3253 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The sleeper in there might be Body Snatcher, which has: (a) a fantastic performance by Karloff; (b) some fascinating grey moral dilemmas; (c) is genuinely scary and creepy in places.
Was that Wise's first movie as director, or was that Curse of the Cat People?