Ooh, a vampire comedy from the director of Clueless?
That sounds like fun!
Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage, and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny.
Oz ,'Beneath You'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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sumi - Sep 24, 2010 1:25:01 pm PDT #11285 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Volans - Sep 25, 2010 4:48:22 am PDT #11286 of 30000
move out and draw fire
The pig has to be part of the reference for when it gets chopped, b/c the one-sheet for that movie was just the pig.
I'm thinking the falling cross isn't a movie and is just transition. But I still think there are two thongs that are clues that I haven't guessed.
megan walker - Sep 25, 2010 6:04:03 am PDT #11287 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The pig has to be part of the reference for when it gets chopped, b/c the one-sheet for that movie was just the pig.
Yes. I just meant that people thought the pig was Babe or something, but I think it's just a clue for what follows.
Hayden - Sep 25, 2010 6:16:39 am PDT #11288 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Last night was the Ophuls version of La Ronde, which was phenomenal. I mean, the opening tracking shot was a mindblower, but the scene where Simone Simon's character seduces her young charge was yowza-hot. I've dug her as a actress, but never found her quite as scorching as she was in this movie. Also amazing: she was 40 when she played this part. DAYUM.
Afterwards I watched Army Of Shadows, which leapt right into my list of top movies. It's an unrelentingly tense and grim portrait of the French Resistance which grapples with the very ideas of what it means to be free and to resist oppression. We never see our Resistance cell actually do anything that furthers their cause. Instead they seem to be constantly avoiding arrest, culling their numbers, brooding on the meaning of their lives, and reluctantly committing acts of brutality. An absolutely amazing movie, one that ranks with The Battle Of Algiers as a portrait of domestic terrorism.
Scrappy - Sep 25, 2010 9:24:29 pm PDT #11289 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Saw Easy A and it was totally charming with a fun script and some great performances. Emma Stone was womderful and the whole thing was just pure entertainment.
Hayden - Sep 26, 2010 10:46:46 am PDT #11290 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
TCM heads-upping: Upcoming in the next couple of weeks are both of Malick's 70s movies, Days Of Heaven and Badlands, which are also among my favorite films. In a bit of synchronicity after my viewing of La Ronde, two more extravagant, proto-feminist Ophuls flicks are in the offing: The Earrings Of Madame de... and Lola Montes.
quester - Sep 26, 2010 10:49:21 am PDT #11291 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I'm staying at my brother's for the weekend and we watched Serenity Friday night. It was the first time I'd watched it since the one time I saw it in the theatre and was so traumatized by it. Watching it again after all my issues with it have been worked out, it was very enjoyable and hung together well.
DavidS - Sep 26, 2010 12:09:03 pm PDT #11292 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
two more extravagant, proto-feminist Ophuls flicks are in the offing: The Earrings Of Madame de... and Lola Montes.
I don't love Lola Montes, but I've always wanted to see Earrings which is one of those movies that is on the short list of Greatest Movies Ever (along with Rules of the Game and Citizen Kane and whatever's in vogue that decade).
Hayden - Sep 26, 2010 3:22:46 pm PDT #11293 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Gorgeous movie. The scene where Darrieux and De Sica dance their way through weeks of social engagements has been copied often and for great reason: it's one of the best uses of visual language out there. The way that the meaning of the earrings continues to shift over time is also beautifully handled.
Jessica - Sep 26, 2010 5:33:04 pm PDT #11294 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Holy crap Justin Timberlake is adorable in person. And the movie was pretty good too.