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commented The Welcome Topic
Funny? Who sez? You sez.
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commented Images of films in posts
Why do we need images? The internet book club sites don't have images. Guess their members are smarter.
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commented The Quiet American (philip)
Excellent pic. Excellent Graham Greene.
If Tourneur had directed 'Curse' it would have been a different pic... I bet...
You forget that "Cat People" was dir x Jacques Tourneur, who dir the brill noir "Out of the Past." Robt Wise was a hack. I know nada about Fritsch.
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commented Mon Oncle (philip)
It has some hilarious scenes.
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commented Oscar Flashback: Inglourious Basterds (2009) (Pippin2010)
Mm-mashed.
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commented Oscar Flashback: Inglourious Basterds (2009) (Pippin2010)
Go to Idaho and wait.
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commented The Green Mile (ManyaKonkova)
Go to Miami and wait.
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commented God's Town (onil_pereyra)
Go to Montana and wait.
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commented Inception (onil_pereyra)
Ya only know 2 words, eh? Need an English course?
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commented Life Is Beautiful (onil_pereyra)
Feelgoodie cartoon for sentimentalists.
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commented Potiche (kkowalcz)
"Angel" - suggested by the life of novelist Marie Corelli - is lousy, too.
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commented Oscar Predictions and Commentary 2011 (2010 Films) (Pippin2010)
Pip -- Congrats on your correct calls Re Oscars. Those awards are horrendously predictable. I like to think there'll be a fabulous surprise -- for the good, and there never is.
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commented Oscar Predictions and Commentary 2011 (2010 Films) (Pippin2010)
Pip! 2night! Im predicting Fincher (dir) and Bening (actress) on my Osc party ballot.
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commented Academy Awards Best Picture 2011 (cliodhna)
Does anyone here remember "The Miracle Worker" ? The 2 stars - Bancroft, Duke - won awards. But neither the pic nor dir (A Penn) was nominated. It was about a woman teaching a kid how to say Wa-Waaah-Water!! It was far, far superior to this rubbishy schmaltz tagged "King's Stutter." It's an embarrassment to find it nominated as Best. Best Kaka.
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commented Oscar Predictions and Commentary 2011 (2010 Films) (Pippin2010)
1-week away: Editors guild cited 'Social.' Key group. Holly chums say it's Fincher - best director; v tight race for best pic. Harve the Whine in LA, opening every supermarket ...I really hated 'Stutter.' It's so fuken old-fashioned-tvee-HBO. But schmaltz is what 'those people' like --.
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commented Oscar Predictions and Commentary 2011 (2010 Films) (Pippin2010)
Will the "FB Revolt" in Egypt help Social?
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commented Sophia Coppola's "Somewhere"
For many cinemaddicts "Somewhere" belongs among the top 5 films of the year. It's an intelligent, sensitive European art house-styled look at the banality of life in Hollywood. With little dialogue and long, steadfast shots, "Somewhere" is cousin to the ennui films of Antonioni ("L'Avventura," "La Notte"). A likeable performance by Stephen Dorff as a Famous Actor and a knockout turn by Elle Fanning as the daughter he bonds with.
Pip, just saw Sophia Coppola's "Somewhere." One of the year's top pics.