Oh no! Tim Burton's Secret Formula is horribly accurate.
Haven't you killed me enough for one day?
Mal ,'War Stories'
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DavidS - Mar 10, 2010 7:22:01 am PST #7206 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
msbelle - Mar 10, 2010 7:25:13 am PST #7207 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I have a vague memory of being told I'd like Myrna Loy movies. Can't remember if that was here or not. Am not sure if I've seen anythign with her. Off to Netflix.
JZ - Mar 10, 2010 7:25:37 am PST #7208 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Vonnie, it was Zacharek - and her review is actually top of the "External Reviews" list on IMDB; Holiday was languishing for years with two sad links consisting of old TV Guide "Pretty good for an old movie, or anyhow better than the other version from a couple years earlier" blurbs, and when I found Zacharek's gorgeous essay I started poking the Contact Us email addresses on IMDB pleading with them for someone please, please to read her essay and then to link it. I never heard back from them, but it went up a week or two after my plea. So, I preen just a bit.
Oh, Neddie. Poor lamb. God knows Hepburn could be cringingly stagey and stilted, but she was utterly at her best, most emotionally naked and tender, in that quiet drunken New Year's Eve conversation with Ayres.
DavidS - Mar 10, 2010 7:28:52 am PST #7209 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have a vague memory of being told I'd like Myrna Loy movies.
In Sex Tips For Girls Cynthia Heimel's ethos in life was: When in doubt, do what Myrna Loy would do.
Sometimes this involves downing four martinis in succession and doing a fantastic pratfall.
Did you know that Myrna Loy grew up as a childhood friend of Gary Cooper? And she worshipped him because he was a big, ol' beautiful cowboy? Also, she was tall and a redhead, but in her early career in Hollywood she was frequently cast as an "exotic" (i.e., gypsy girl).
erikaj - Mar 10, 2010 7:35:53 am PST #7210 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Joyce Millman? I miss her column...Heather thinks she's too damn clever. And one day, she's gonna call me "chicken" just that one time too many.
Fred Pete - Mar 10, 2010 7:45:56 am PST #7211 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
But her best performance was in Lion in Winter.
She plays that role like it was made for her -- the snappy, acid one-liners. Tracy Lord grown old enough not to give a damn about the Hayes Code.
Daisy Jane - Mar 10, 2010 9:13:54 am PST #7212 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I have a project for work wherein I am looking for movies set in different European countries (basically a movie tour of Europe). I am loving finding gems from some of the tinier countries.
Estonia [link]
Georgia [link]
Tom Scola - Mar 10, 2010 9:25:35 am PST #7213 of 30000
hwæt
§ ita § - Mar 10, 2010 9:30:19 am PST #7214 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, bless, Tom.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 10, 2010 10:07:01 am PST #7215 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
It would be weird to see Chris Evans play Captain America after he's already been Johnny Storm in two movies, but aside from that issue I think he'd be a lot better in the role than Vogel or Hedlund.