Helen Mirren (so young!) and Diana Rigg from 1968 production of Midsummer Night's Dream.
I remember that production! they showed it on PBS when I was a tween. Also, note the very young David Warner.
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Helen Mirren (so young!) and Diana Rigg from 1968 production of Midsummer Night's Dream.
I remember that production! they showed it on PBS when I was a tween. Also, note the very young David Warner.
Beau and I just watched The Fall and I have to say that I enjoyed it more than Pan's Labyrinth. I think I just typed heresy, but I'm putting it out there. Tarsem isn't exactly my favorite director, I found The Cell to be beautiful, but a broken movie. I liked The Fall a lot better. It isn't wonderful, but I found it enjoyable - and needing maybe an additional scene or 2. Lee Pace was excellent.
For a movie about twelve dudes stuck in a room yelling at each other, 12 Angry Men sure is good.
Now I'm sad you saw Veronica Mars first. The episode where she has jury duty is a total tribute.
As is the Cupid episode "Hung Jury."
I [Rob Thomas] remained convinced that I could handle a 12 Angry Men-style bottle episode, but I ultimately proved myself wrong by attempting it on Veronica Mars and failing once again. I am unilaterally banning myself from any more attempts at a bottle episode in a jury room.
The "Charmed" version of 12 Angry Men is hilarious also.
I really enjoyed Burn After Reading - it's not up there with Fargo, but it's sharp and fast-paced and hysterically funny. JK Simmons is fantastically wonderful. Clooney does a great job parodying his Syriana character. Brad Pitt cracked me up.
What's a bottle episode?
An episode where all of the action takes place in one location, generally written to save money after a vfx or action-heavy ep.
I'm finally watching Casino Royale. I'm a bit disappointed that the best they could come up with for the villain banker is "Le Chiffre". Lame.