Zoe ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Good to hear. This weekend I watched "Duplicity" "Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist" and "The Secret Life of Bees" enjoyed them all, but not as much as last weekend's "James & the Giant Peach" "Taken" and "Milk" Next week Looks like, "Slumdog Millionaire" "The Duchess" and "Adventureland" depending on whether or not I swap out "Bottle Shock" for one of those.
New job has its perks.
I just watched "Nick & Nora" also and I literally covered my eyes during a particular bathroom scene. I just could not accept that someone (no matter how drunk) would go back for gum.
Nope.
Not gonna imagine it or see it.
I just saw a trailer for a movie called Bottle Shock that I think I'm now going to have to rent. It's about the upstart California wine business vs. France in the 70's with Alan Rickman and Eliza Dushku.
Yeah, not great, but fun. And pretty. I'd put that ahead of The Duchess.
Oh yeah. I can see the cell phone, but...no.
Also, I really did like "The Secret Life of Bees" a little movie of the weekish, but good enough to spend a Saturday evening.
I was surprised by my reaction to her dad showing up at the honey farm. I was not just scared for Lilly, but for the Boatwright women. It felt like such a protected place, and the thought that this white male, regardless of his social or economic status could come in and ruin the whole thing creeped me right out.
It also makes much of Mad Men way creepier for me.
I really enjoyed Bottle Shock. It has its hokey moments, but I lived in CA during the period and remember the events being a huge deal to my father and other wine lovers. The commentary made it even more fun, including the nugget that Rickman had his first bite of KFC on screen.
A Lobo movie? By Guy Ritchie? Seriously? Wasn't he only cool for sixteen minutes? Just because print needed a Wolverine parody doesn't mean that film does too.
But I can't help but wonder at casting...
DJ, I assumed you were Netflixing all of those - what's the job perk related to watching them? I is intrigued!
Bottle Shock was awesome.
So my 1980's cartoon movie ignorance has come through. I had not seen nor read Rats of/Secret of NIMH.
This was not a good choice for Em. Oops.