The Falcon and the Snowman | John Schlesinger

Watched some of the season one disc from Arrested Development this past weekend.

One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

I ♥ Huckabees | David O. Russell

11'09''01 - September 11 | Various International Directors


11 directors and 11 short films. I liked France, UK, Israel, Burkina-Faso, and India films the best.

Ken Loach's piece regarding Allende/Chile/Pinochet was my favorite.

Red Light Go - (tonight)

Yours arrived today?

Dam, maybe my copy will as well

The Marriage of Maria Braun | Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Part of the Criterion Collection 'BRD Trilogy' of Fassbinder films (three film dvd set with supplemental disc and booklet), they all take place during post WW2 Germany. Veronika Voss and Lola are the other two films. The supplemental disk and booklet are pretty sweet too. Had this for almost a year, but I've been too busy to sit down and watch them.

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Kinsey | Bill Condon

Along Came Polly.......Very funny :lol:

American movie
Life Aquatic...
I, Robot

Friday Night Lights | Peter Berg

Phantom of the Opera 2004.

The Aviator | Martin Scorcese

The Aviator | Martin Scorcese
Fantastic movie.

A Fish Called Wanda

The Aviator | Martin Scorcese

I just watched it last night... I liked it, but it felt a bit anti-climactic at the end.

THX 1138

The Pianist. Loved every part.

Miranda | Marc Munden

Black Rain | Ridley Scott

Both good, I would definitely recommend Miranda, starring Christian Ricci, John Simm, John Hurt and Kyle Mclachlan.

Miranda | Marc Munden

Black Rain | Ridley Scott

Both good, I would definitely recommend Miranda, starring Christian Ricci, John Simm, John Hurt and Kyle Mclachlan.


I had forgotten Scott did Black Rain. I should watch that again.

Bullitt with Steve McQueen last night... boy what a slow and boring movie. Maybe it was all the rage in 1968, but yawn!

Tonight or soon will be Magnificient Seven, also with Steve McQueen and others, like Yul Brenner, Charles Bronson... based on the Samurai movie.

Steve Zissou and the Life Aquatic. Got the DVD the day it came out. It's probably the funniest movie to come out in the last 15 years IMO.

Steve Zissou and the Life Aquatic. Got the DVD the day it came out. It's probably the funniest movie to come out in the last 15 years IMO.

Please tell me you've seen Bottle Rocket, Rushmore and the Royal Tenenbaums---if not, go rent them now.

Bullitt with Steve McQueen last night... boy what a slow and boring movie. Maybe it was all the rage in 1968, but yawn!

Tonight or soon will be Magnificient Seven, also with Steve McQueen and others, like Yul Brenner, Charles Bronson... based on the Samurai movie.

local blockbuster has monte hellman's two-lane blacktop, I'll have to rent it next week

if anyone has some Lee Marvin recommendations please post them

FYI, Danger: Diabolik (dir. Mario Bava) is coming out on DVD next week (I lost my vhs copy 7 years ago, can't wait).

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Where do you all find the time to watch these movies????

Where do you all find the time to watch these movies????

I was kind of wondering the same thing, this is definitely a unique thread.

Bullitt with Steve McQueen last night... boy what a slow and boring movie. Maybe it was all the rage in 1968, but yawn!

Tonight or soon will be Magnificient Seven, also with Steve McQueen and others, like Yul Brenner, Charles Bronson... based on the Samurai movie.

I haven't watched it in awhile but Papillon is top notch.

please tell me you've seen bottle rocket, rushmore and the royal tenenbaums---if not, go rent them now!
I've seen The Royal Tannenbaums......it ws written by the same guy that wrote Steve Zissou and The Life Aquatic.

The other two I've not seen.

I've seen The Royal Tannenbaums......it ws written by the same guy that wrote Steve Zissou and The Life Aquatic.

The other two I've not seen.

Wes Anderson also directed Bottle Rocket and Rushmore, Rushmore was his first studio film. Bottle Rocket is good, but it's the odd one of the bunch and doesn't have the same attention to set design/costumes that his last three have had.

T2 (liquid metal) tonite. Just to throw out a few all-time favorites as well...

Dead Poets Society (Robin Williams was fantastic, as were all the young actors)
Chinatown (Launched Jack & Faye -- a classic script)
Bourne Identity (believeable action thriller perfectly suited for Matt Damon)
Mash (Far better than any of the shows ever were)
American Beauty (the sick truth about the real America in film form)
The Professional (best movie Natalie Portman ever did and she was only a little kid)
Good Fellas (don't tell me this was not a major inspiration for the Sopranos)
2001: A Space Odyssey (even today the story and effects never seem dated)
Apollo 13 (history from when we as a nation really were interested in space)
The Right Stuff ( when men were men and not "metrosexuals" )
ALL the Harry Potter films ( for tday's kids what Star Wars was when I was a kid)

Watched Aviator last night....goes for so looong, 170 minutes to be exact.

We're all going to watch "Strangers on a Train". I can't wait!

Koffee

Strangers on a Train is classic Hitchcock, good film. My favorites are Rear Window and Vertigo.

Secretary | Steven Shainberg

I really liked this film, it will be my next DVD purchase.

Picked up Millers Crossing for $10Aus at the supermarket!

Good flick. Love the Coen brothers.

I love the new TV series Battlestar Galactica. Recently rented
the DVD of the 2 hr series premiere, and it looked and
sounded even better. Gonna buy that one. If you like scifi,
see if a rental place has the premiere.

strangers on a train is classic Hitchcock, good film. my favorites are rear window and vertigo


I still love "The Birds". I never knew birds would freak me out as much as that movie made me freak. I also love "The Man That Knew Too Much". Doris Day singing Que Sera Sera was a highlight for me. But I really like Doris Day anyway...

Koffee

I'm having a brain fart. Which Hitchcock movie has the line, "...inch by inch, step by step...", in it?

Be Cool | F. Gary Gray

Wow, this was pretty bad. I read the book about 5 years ago, not my favorite Elmore Leonard book--but pretty good.

I liked the Italian Job and thought Gray was a decent director. He's definitely a "director-for-hire" as opposed to an auteur--and he was way out of his element with a genre piece like this. I really wish they could've gotten Sonnenfeld (Get Shorty) to helm this one as well.

Uma Thurman looks great, as always. Not her best role, but she did what she could given the material. Something very unique about her look.

Six Feet Under. Working my way through the second season.

Six Feet Under. Working my way through the second season.

I really like SFU, Alan Ball is brilliant--loved American Beauty too. I hope he writes some more films.

No matter what the situation is, no matter who the character is--there is always something "going on" in the background. That line from the Thora Birch character, (when she's about to run off with Ricky) "...And we'll always be freaks and we'll never be like other people..." pretty much sums up Ball's writing style to me. He shows -everything-

Our cable company just started running commercials for the second season--looks good (although I'm not paying for HBO, will wait for DVD).

After seeing American Beauty I wondered who the genius was, Sam Mendes or Alan Ball? After seeing Road to Perdition and Six Feet Under, it's obviously Ball.

SFU, my favorite too. Crap I missed Monday nights show.

Bulworth
treasure of the Sierra Madre
Fawlty Towers vol.1
Clerks
Near Dark
I Robot
Ali G Indahouse
Team America
Scratch(The documentary)
Road Warrior
The Raiders trilogy
Napoleon Dynamite
Iron Monkey
The Warriors
Paycheck
Taking lives
Bad Santa
The Man who wasen't there
Second Hand Lions
Identity
Harold and Kumar go to white castle
In the last month, I love Netflix

I'm having a brain fart. Which Hitchcock movie has the line, "...inch by inch, step by step...", in it?


I think Ziggurat mentioned 39 Steps, but I'm intoxicated so maybe I was seeing things. My mom used to scare the crap out of us(me and my brothers) by quoting from that movie. "Slowly I turn..." She would form her hands into claws as she turned around. Creepy, man....

Just watched Elf. Wasn't quite as good as I had heard, but I did laugh out loud here and there. I've definitely seen worse.

I'm having a brain fart. Which Hitchcock movie has the line, "...inch by inch, step by step...", in it?


Honestly, I remember the line from an Abbott & Costello movie, and one of the "Road" movies.
Always in a prison or some sort of cell. Old prisoner "Slowly I turned, step by step,inch by inch" and then proceeds to attack Lou or Bob. :lol: Cracks me up everytime.


[edit] I forgot the three stooges also "Gents without Cents" Moe says it to Curly

Anbody seen "City of God". It looks good - rented it, will watch it tonight.

Honestly, I remember the line from an Abbott & Costello movie, and one of the "Road" movies.
Always in a prison or some sort of cell. Old prisoner "Slowly I turned, step by step,inch by inch" and then proceeds to attack Lou or Bob. :lol: Cracks me up everytime.


[edit] I forgot the three stooges also "Gents without Cents" Moe says it to Curly


Yeah, I looked it up, and(if the internet is to be believed) it seems to have started as an old vaudeville act. I Love Lucy also made use of it. Always creeped me out so I somehow associated it with Hitchcock.

I'd like to watch The Chronicles Of Riddick tonight seeing that I've had it since Christmas.:rolleyes:

Ten discs from TR47 showed up tonight. Unedited StarWars trilogy, tons of extras(Including the only aired once holiday special), first cut of thx1138(Lucas first film) and Blade Runner. It is going to be a static weekend. Also still need to finish the Fawlty towers set.

Also still need to finish the Fawlty towers set.

I hadn't realized that, thats John Cleese's real wife in Fawlty Towers.(gotta love EW)
My Dad was a Fawlty Towers fan, he loved it. I only catch it at times on BBC america, but rarely.


The Incredibles, saw it a couple of weeks ago, Loved It! I thought it was smartly done.
I finally saw Sideways, really enjoyed it.

The Machinist | Brad Anderson

Born Rich | Jamie Johnson

Midgie, The Fawlty stuff is worth a rent. There are some good extras. Interview with John Cleese, and the mindocumentary about the Real Fawlty Towers and Basil, The Gleneagles and Donald Sinclair.