Oh, Vonnie, that really does look great.
I love the look and the style.
Angel: Is that what you think you are--a hero? Spike: Saved the world didn't I? Angel: Once. Talk to me after you've done it a couple more times.
'Destiny'
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DavidS - Sep 14, 2016 5:38:46 am PDT #266 of 3455
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Fiona - Sep 14, 2016 6:14:40 am PDT #267 of 3455
Reading this...
...and this...
...should give you an idea of how much I'm looking forward to La La Land. The short version: very, very much.
Vonnie K - Sep 14, 2016 4:51:54 pm PDT #268 of 3455
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
OK, hold your horses, I have a NEW favourite film from the festival -- Kenneth Lonergan's Manchester by the Sea, about which I knew next to nothing going in. All I heard was that Casey Affleck was the lead and it was about a man who had to deal with his brother's death. I basically spent the entire second half of the film silently weeping. It might be the best film I've seen about grief since... maybe The Sweet Hereafter? Which is a high bar. And it's not dreary or depressing at all, but raw and heartbreaking and surprisingly funny throughout. Affleck is stupendous in it, playing someone almost entirely interior and withdrawn.
SO MANY GREAT MOVIES, Y'ALL. I can't wait for these to come out so that I could talk about them here.
DavidS - Sep 14, 2016 7:42:39 pm PDT #269 of 3455
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So glad Lonergan got to make another movie!
Jesse - Sep 15, 2016 1:10:28 am PDT #270 of 3455
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I love Lonergan's other stuff, so am definitely looking forward to that.
Vonnie K - Sep 19, 2016 4:48:21 am PDT #271 of 3455
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Got back from Toronto International Film Festival yesterday. 25 movies in 9 days -- no shabby, huh? (Oy. I need another week of vacation to recuperate).
Queen of Katwe was a delight, even though it hit every single sports movie beat along the way. I had more mixed feelings about David Oyelowo's other movie in the festival, A United Kingdom by Amma Asante (who did Belle a few years back), a very handsome historical biopic about Seretse Khama, the royal successor then the first democratically elected president of Botswana, who was involved in a storm of controversy for marrying a white English girl. Oyelowo is very fine, as is Rosamund Pike as his wife. It's a well-intentioned, well-acted film about worthy subject matter, but I kept wishing throughout the film that Asante would do more interesting things with the narrative structure or filmmaking style. Ah well.
megan walker - Sep 21, 2016 9:26:31 am PDT #272 of 3455
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Saw The Dressmaker last night. Tonally it's a bit of a mess, but the dresses are very, very pretty. If you like quirky/twisted comedy, think a dark Cold Comfort Farm, this may be for you. Judy Davis is superb.
lisah - Sep 21, 2016 3:47:11 pm PDT #273 of 3455
Punishingly Intricate
OOH I'm always looking for Cold Comfort Farm -esque movies!
megan walker - Sep 23, 2016 7:15:44 am PDT #274 of 3455
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
OOH I'm always looking for Cold Comfort Farm -esque movies!
Well, with a sharp edge mind you.
ION, I'm sad to report that Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children was rather disappointing. I didn't know anything about it going in but was hoping my Eva Green girl crush would at least carry me through. It didn't.
Consuela - Oct 09, 2016 8:24:22 pm PDT #275 of 3455
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So Queen of Katwe is well worth seeing if you want to see an inspirational sports-type movie about an illiterate kid triumphing over desperate poverty and a difficult family situation. Lupita Nyong'o and David Oyelowo are both great, as is Madina Nalwanga, who plays Phiona. Heartwarming and beautifully-made by Mira Nair.
Much better for my emotional state than watching the debate.