Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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I don't know if Danny Glover is bringing home the bacon.
I just finished watching The Code with Morgan Freeman, which makes the second recent direct-to-DVD Freeman movie I've watched in as many months. He's a big name, but he's really indiscriminate. And his last big role was racially specific, so maybe...I dunno. He put Tyler fucking Perry in the damned article.
Saw Fish Tank last night. It's deeply bleak, but a really nuanced portrait of a girl trying to figure out sexuality in a truly fucked-up environment. I saw it in a theater, but I think it is available on pay-per-view right now. It does co-star Michael Fassbender, who is not only a good actor, he is sex on a stick.
Okay, I hate to do this, but I'm coming up dry on the beta front.
Any Pitch Black fans want to beta a vid for me?
Oh my Lord, somebody thought it would be a good idea to make a knock-off of Transformers, and Bruce Boxleitner was so desperate for work he said yes!
I'm happpy to announce Dead Again is still awesome. I miss Branagh/Thompson.
One of the best kisses in film, ::sigh::
I looooove Dead Again! I remember seeing it in the theaters with my dad, and we both were huge fans of it. I didn't even get the big connection until that night, when I was washing the dinner dishes and all of the sudden went "ooooh, yeah--her first line after the hypnosis was 'Somebody help me!', and that was Roman's line afte finding his wife's body."
It is actually cool to rewatch when you know the twists, they are actually a number of little references.
I remember loving that when it came out, but if I've seen it since, it's been a lonnnnnng time. I should put in the NetFlix queue.
Saw Inglourious Basterds (or however they spelled it) last night, and really loved it. Kill Bill struck me as self-indulgent in the extreme, and I had less fun with Death Proof than I did with Planet Terror (or the trailers, to be honest), so I wasn't in a rush to see it. But I thought it was great, even if it does sort of boil down to revenge fantasy porn.
Also saw Up In the Air today, which was just ... sad in the end, but really well done. The opening, strangely enough, struck me as very Fight Club- esque, with the narration and the lists. Really good performances, but I'm still not exactly sure what you were supposed to take away from it, aside from a sense of melancholy for him.
I saw An Education this afternoon. I quite enjoyed it. Carey Mulligan was great. My friend and I both agreed that her looks and manner reminded us of Katie Holmes, but with better acting skills.