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Huh. Interesting article on the flopping of Jennifer's Body [link] which in turn points to another interesting link [link] which points to someone who ran the numbers that matched my gut-glance at Rotten Tomatoes on the genderskew in reviews. [link]
(I maintain that, while uneven, it's the most thought-provoking movie I've seen in a long time.)
I pissed I didn't get it to see it with being sick, and I'm not sure it's around up here anymore.
I want to see Good Hair. The commercials crack me up!
I pissed I didn't get it to see it with being sick, and I'm not sure it's around up here anymore.
It'll play well on the small screen. I'm going to buy it on DVD as soon as it comes out.
It sounds like it's going to have a long, culty life on DVD, so. And it is still here! But I don't know if that'll be true this weekend.
It sounds like it's going to have a long, culty life on DVD, so. And it is still here! But I don't know if that'll be true this weekend.
Whatever online service sells advance tickets is your friend for things like this, though usually only the Weds. before Friday.
My Man Godfrey is on TCM right now. I've never seen it and come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen anything Lombard or Powell. So I will fix this, now.
That is one of my favorite screwballs. And both of them are great.
Not sure if it counts as screwball, but one of my very favorites from that era is Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.
Not sure if it counts as screwball, but one of my very favorites from that era is Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.
I think of it that way, but that's mostly because of Myrna Loy.
In one of my favorite scenes ever:
Muriel Blandings: I want it to be a soft green, not as blue-green as a robin's egg, but not as yellow-green as daffodil buds. Now, the only sample I could get is a little too yellow, but don't let whoever does it go to the other extreme and get it too blue. It should just be a sort of grayish-yellow-green. Now, the dining room. I'd like yellow. Not just yellow; a very gay yellow. Something bright and sunshine-y. I tell you, Mr. PeDelford, if you'll send one of your men to the grocer for a pound of their best butter, and match that exactly, you can't go wrong! Now, this is the paper we're going to use in the hall. It's flowered, but I don't want the ceiling to match any of the colors of the flowers. There's some little dots in the background, and it's these dots I want you to match. Not the little greenish dot near the hollyhock leaf, but the little bluish dot between the rosebud and the delphinium blossom. Is that clear? Now the kitchen is to be white. Not a cold, antiseptic hospital white. A little warmer, but still, not to suggest any other color but white. Now for the powder room - in here - I want you to match this thread, and don't lose it. It's the only spool I have and I had an awful time finding it! As you can see, it's practically an apple red. Somewhere between a healthy winesap and an unripened Jonathan. Oh, excuse me...
Mr. PeDelford: You got that Charlie?
Charlie, Painter: Red, green, blue, yellow, white.
Mr. PeDelford: Check.