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A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
My sister has become obsessive about seeing Oscar films and sending me mini-reviews. For some reason, The White Ribbon got a haiku. It was such an unknowingly Buffista moment, I had to share. Here's her message:
The White Ribbon by [megan's sister]
Look alike kinder
haunt creepy pre war village.
Who's really guilty?
Had tremendous fun at the Paramount in Oakland last night (a huge, beautiful art deco movie palace that shows classics and cult movies on Fridays). Javachik and I saw Wait Until Dark with Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin. So much fun. There was the Wurlitzer organ beforehand (last night they played Oscar-winning songs from the 1930s to the 70s) and a raffle with a Dec-o-win wheel. Also, old newsreels and cartoons before the show. I'm sorry it took me so long to get out there and see something, even though it's right at the BART station and super convenient.
Where is it? I've never been there either.
Aww, a bunch of us went there with Hec & JZ the night before (?) their wedding. Such a fun time, and I can't even remember what the movie was.
P-C: [link]
I can't even remember what the movie was.
Viva Las Vegas.
I was going to say -- even I've been there, and I live on the other side of the country!
The Paramount is spectacular.
ION, about forty minutes ago rottentomatoes.com led me to a review of Alice in Wonderland that contains a huge honking spoiler for the end (or, maybe, a huge honking spoiler for the resolution of the framing story? Anyhow, an Alice-in-this-world spoiler). And it's so weird and improbable and fraught with ginormous potential for lots and lots of brain-hurty problems that even forty minutes later I keep shaking my head and saying, bzuh? Whafuck? Surely, no?
I really want to want to be able to see it, but the spoiler sounds like the kind of thing that would make me throw up my hands and stalk away like Giles fleeing from Xander's monstrous stupidity.
I have a framed poster of the paramount I got on the pre-wedding visit. I love it.
And tickets are only $5?? I must check to see whether they're playing anything I want to see. Next up is Captain Blood.