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Speaking of Winchesters, I bit the bullet and bought the first four volumes of Adèle Blanc-Sec today. Hope I like them (and that the movie eventually gets here)!
Of course, since I was paying ridiculous amounts for shipping anyway, I also got some Astérix, the 3rd and the 4th volumes of Persepolis that I couldn't afford when last in France, and the final volume of Le Chat du rabbin, which is apparently coming out as an animated feature next month.
hmm. I hadn't heard of Adele Blanc Sec before. It looks to be right up my street and the movie is Luc Besson! Excellent.
I hadn't heard of it either until flea (I think) mentioned it here. The first volumes appeared in the 70s, so I think, for me, it fell in the cracks between old-school favorites like Tintin and Asterix and the more recent bande-dessinées.
I was kinda' meh on Iron Man II. Sure, there were lots of pretty explosions, but I found it difficult to care about them.
eta: I guess it was worth my $5, though.
Watched three great movies today: The Station Agent, Dial M for Murder, and Double Indemnity.
The last two made an interesting double-header. The perfect murder never goes right, you guys! Stop trying!
Those movies are just like textbooks!
All excellent movies.
All excellent movies.
And all based on essentially three actors.
Ooh, good point. And in all three movies, someone dies in the first act!
Matt Reeves to genre fans: 'Let Me In'
He's probably best known as director of 'Cloverfield.' That has some fans worried he'll go flashy on a remake of 'Let the Right One In.' He makes the case for giving him a chance.
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The casting alone should help quell fan trepidation that this is some sort of smash-and-grab adaptation. The central trio of characters — the boy, the girl and the man who takes care of her — are played by Kodi Smit-McPhee ("The Road"), Chloe Moretz ("Kick-Ass") and Richard Jenkins ("The Visitor").
Spoilery as to the basic premise of Let Me In / Let The Right One In.