'Shindig'
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I do have two questions: Was the intimation that Oskar's father was gay, or was it that his friend was raping Oskar? I think it's the latter, but I'm interested in what other people think.
The impression I got was the former, and that some of Oskar's disassociation was due to his little bit of family time with his dad being hijacked by an outsider. I haven't read the source material, though.
I got the same vibe as Matt.
The book - as I understand it - is very disturbing and has a lot of references to pedophilia, but I don't think it had to do with Oskar.
I agree with Matt's take.
Caught the end Queen of the Damned waiting for True Blood to start, and the blonde vamp withe the curly hair has me stumped as to where I know him from. I swear I looked him up years ago and was surprised to find out who he was, but looking again none of the names on IMDB are standing out.
The guy who played Armand?
I never really recognized him, but I may have been distracted by the movie hiring Claudia Black and then doing absolutely nothing with her.
hiring Claudia Black and then doing absolutely nothing with her.
For serious.
Armand = Jothee from Farscape. I feel so much better now.
Armand = Jothee from Farscape. I feel so much better now.
Wait, which Jothee? The regular series Jothee or the Peacekeeper War Jothee?
Regular series, I do believe.
Regular series, I do believe.
That's Matthew Newton then. Son of Bert Newton, Australian TV icon, and from his appearances on Thank God You're Here, a seriously funny individual.
Just finished a silent that recently premiered on TCM -- The White Sister. Lillian Gish plays one of two daughters of an Italian nobleman. Daddy dies, the other sister cheats her out of her inheritance -- but her soldier fiance (Ronald Colman) promises to marry her after he returns from overseas duty. He's reported as dead, so she becomes a nun -- but he was really only captured, and he returns to try to convince her to renounce her vows. And Evil Sister warns the local priest that relations between the two are highly improper.
So far, we have a pretty decent melodrama. But then things get wild. The local volcano (did I mention this all takes place on the slopes of Vesuvius?) starts to erupt. Soldier runs into town to warn people. Evil Sister is badly injured when her carriage tips over, so she crawls her way to the church and starts confessing to the nun (thinking she's the priest). And then the dam bursts....
The first two hours (give or take a few minutes) is actually pretty absorbing. And Colman looks very good. It's just that the last 20 minutes or so gets so ridiculous.