Regular series, I do believe.
A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.
Wash ,'The Message'
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Juliebird - Jun 15, 2009 2:06:30 am PDT #2448 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
billytea - Jun 15, 2009 2:24:00 am PDT #2449 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
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.
Fred Pete - Jun 15, 2009 5:53:36 am PDT #2450 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
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.
tommyrot - Jun 15, 2009 10:49:19 am PDT #2451 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Tom Scola - Jun 15, 2009 10:53:05 am PDT #2452 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
It's a giant Hollywood conspiracy to DESTROY EVERYTHING YOU LOVED ABOUT YOUR CHILDHOOD, tommyrot. Land of the Lost was only the first step.
Polter-Cow - Jun 15, 2009 10:54:01 am PDT #2453 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
or another George of the Jungle that nobody wants to call out
Hey, I loved George of the Jungle.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 15, 2009 10:57:09 am PDT #2454 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It's a giant Hollywood conspiracy to DESTROY EVERYTHING YOU LOVED ABOUT YOUR CHILDHOOD, tommyrot. Land of the Lost was only the first step.
Oh hell - Howard started on that crusade with HOW THE OPIE STOLE THE GRINCH. I suspect because Howard never got a real childhood he's determined to ruin everyone else's.
erikaj - Jun 15, 2009 11:01:08 am PDT #2455 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
I think he can't help it...he just doesn't know he isn't good. Not that I used to give film directing much thought till hanging out with y'all.
Tom Scola - Jun 15, 2009 11:02:18 am PDT #2456 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Apollo 13 was a damn fine movie.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 15, 2009 11:04:46 am PDT #2457 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Apollo 13 was a damn fine movie.
I was going to say, he's done some good work (see also Night Shift, Splash). And I don't think he's fallen as far as, say, Rob Reiner has in his last several movies. But DAMN, Ron.