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Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape
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Connie Neil - Jun 27, 2008 12:49:38 pm PDT #6740 of 10000
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Kathy A - Jun 27, 2008 12:51:58 pm PDT #6741 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Hee!!
I just bought the DVD for The Untouchables a few weeks ago, and watched it for the first time in a while. Damn, that's a good film, but the Union Station stairwell scene was just screaming Classic Film Homage!!!
Kathy A - Jun 27, 2008 2:08:00 pm PDT #6742 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I really have been on a DVD-buying spree this past month or so. I just pulled out the Best Buy gift card my sister gave me for Christmas and made an online purchase of Holiday Inn, Gosford Park, Heart and Souls, A History of Violence ($5!), and Green Street Hooligans (which has been on my Netflix queue for a while, but since it's only $5 as well, I figured I might as well buy it. It was well reviewed locally and the producer is a Chicagoan, one of the Pritzkers, so it was promoted relatively heavily here when it was released).
After the gift card, I only had to spend $25 for all those movies, so not a bad haul! Most of the $5 films were action films, but they also had a decent number of good films for 20% off, which is where I found the first three titles.
DavidS - Jun 27, 2008 2:16:52 pm PDT #6743 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
How convenient: A.V. Club runs a Pixar Primer.
Hey, folks we've got Netflix now. I've missed a ton of not-kid movies in the last several years.
What should I see first? Eastern Promises? No Country for Old Men? That movie with the thing and the guy that did the stuff and there was a Burger King tie-in?
Polter-Cow - Jun 27, 2008 2:21:34 pm PDT #6744 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That movie with the thing and the guy that did the stuff and there was a Burger King tie-in?
le nubian - Jun 27, 2008 2:35:55 pm PDT #6745 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I'm very pissed at netflix still. I can't believe they are getting rid of profiles.
Strega - Jun 27, 2008 3:28:09 pm PDT #6746 of 10000
What should I see first? Eastern Promises? No Country for Old Men? That movie with the thing and the guy that did the stuff and there was a Burger King tie-in?
I'd vote for No Country. But that's probably a given, and it's not like I've seen a lot of recent movies. If you'd like to be very tense for about 2 hours, I definitely recommend it.
le nubian - Jun 27, 2008 3:32:14 pm PDT #6747 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
NCFOM is more entertaining than EP, IMO.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 27, 2008 5:14:58 pm PDT #6748 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Anything Coen or Cronenberg is a must see for me, so I'd say both (and I liked both movies a lot, though Naomi's character in EP has some serious naivete issues - I suspect Jess would say "too stupid to live issues"; I didn't have quite that many problems, especially when it involves her disregarding her uncle).
DavidS - Jun 27, 2008 5:15:33 pm PDT #6749 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
If you'd like to be very tense for about 2 hours, I definitely recommend it.
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