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   billy  From Perth
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Hey ho Terry and Mary - i had to google JG - she's one of those actresses that flies under the radar until they do something so good then all of a sudden everyone goes " oh...her..." when you name the films she's been in, a bit like Frances McDormand...

now that i'm firing on all cylinders - also remember seeing The Visitor. Beautiful film, lovely to watch the metmorphosis of a buttoned-up (anally retentive) prof who befriends an 'illegal' couple, who are trying to make a go of it in the US. I know the argument for and against illegal immigrants, but the way they are treated in the detention centres (and not just in the US) is just plain sad - not all are criminals...

...and I'm sad about Paul Newman too, even sadder when my girls said they had never seen Butch cassidy and the sundance kid...I have failed miserably as a mother.... :(((
29/Sep/08 10:06 AM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA    Supporting Member
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yep..'fraid so Billy.....but don't worry...it will now be on tv every few months for the next couple of years.....along with all his other hit movies...
29/Sep/08 6:08 PM
Terry  From Eugene
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Time for a movie night, Billy. If "Who ARE those guys?" isn't in their lexicon, then they're only half educated.
01/Oct/08 9:08 PM
Terry  From Eugene
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I think I missed The Visitor, in spite of its receiving rave reviews here in the US and making a note to see it.
01/Oct/08 9:08 PM
Terry  From Eugene
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Francis McDormand under the radar? I think not! Who can forget, "So, that would be your pahtner in the wood chippah?" from Fargo. Two great McDormand characters are in Almost Famous and Laurel Canyon.
01/Oct/08 9:13 PM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA    Supporting Member
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a few years ago my son was in his teenage-completely-non-communicating phase and wanted me to tell him the name of a movie we had all seen and liked. After much gentle coaxing he came out with 'a Canadian bank robbery'. Eventally through sheer genius I came up with the correct answer,Fargo!He could have mentioned pregnant sheriff, body in woodchipper, ANYTHING ...now I am thinkng of negotiating peace in the middle-east...cos if I can get Fargo out of that I can do anything!!!
01/Oct/08 10:59 PM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA    Supporting Member
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PS He survived and is now reasonably articulate..
02/Oct/08 8:06 AM
Terry  From Eugene
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I would never have made the connection, Mary, though I can totally relate to those lovely teenager years. I'm just on my way out, now, as well. I maintain Nature made infants so adorable so we would bond enough we'd let them survive those later years.
03/Oct/08 4:54 AM
   Angie  From Wisconsin    Supporting Member
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uhh..... I still haven't seen anything

Hoping to remedy that tonight. Will let you know!
04/Oct/08 3:16 AM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA    Supporting Member
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Hey Terry, when I asked him why he thought it was Canadian, he said 'snow'...then eventually it clicked...
Angie
04/Oct/08 8:11 AM
   billy  From Perth
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Yes Terry, adorable they were, and then it hit me after pouring $$$$$'s into private schools/ ballet/music/netball/gym/ and kilometres/petrol/time it took to get to the said places...the investment is just too high! so that is why mine have survived, that and the fact someone will have to do up my shoe-laces for me one day and wipe the dribble off my chin - pay back!!

but I digress, yes Mary - sheer genius for you to have picked it. You can be on my pictionary team any time!
04/Oct/08 12:57 PM
Terry  From Eugene
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That's a good way to look at it, Billy, in terms of the investment. My husband and I, as we struggled through the "middle" years, sniping about whose turn it was to drive somewhere, or sit through the music lesson, realized single parenthood was a good enough reason not to get divorced. We'd have been in court screaming back and forth that we each wanted the weekends and holiday visitations. "No, YOU take the weekdays and do the homework and get them to soccer, tennis, band practice, and guitar lessons. I'll do the zoo trips and movies!!!"
06/Oct/08 3:54 AM
Terry  From Eugene
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Mary, just rewatched Dog Park. An insipid little movie but JG stole every scene she was in which, luckily, were quite a few.
06/Oct/08 3:58 AM
   billy  From Perth
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well Angie???

anyone seen the Duchess yet? heard Kiera is bloody good in it...
07/Oct/08 1:28 AM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA    Supporting Member
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Saw a review for a brilliant-sounding movie (won awards at Cannes-I think) that is playing over East and I checked with Luna-nothing! Then I remembered...... PIAF!!!Guess we will just have to wait It's called Waltzing with Bashir if anyone outside of WA has access to it
07/Oct/08 11:29 AM
   Angie  From Wisconsin    Supporting Member
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Saw a movie!!! In a theater!!! With no kids!!!

Went to American Carol (Kevin P. Farley, Kelsey Grammer, Trace Adkins, Leslie Nielsen, and a bunch of others that I don't remember) this past weekend.

I thought it was hilarious. Very right-wing and made fun of Michael Moore. Main character wants to abolish 4th of July (the celebration, not the actual calendar date) by use of rallies. It then takes on a sort of "A Christmas Carol" movie idea with the 3 ghosts. While I thought it was funny and expressed many of the same ideas that I have (sorry liberals), I vote this movie a renter.
08/Oct/08 10:34 AM
   Angie  From Wisconsin    Supporting Member
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The next movie I see in the theater will be Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. Most people with small kids will remember the first movie and it's catchy tune "I like to move it, move it". The kids can't wait. As the first one ranks high on my list of cartoon movies that I actually enjoy to watch over and over, I am looking forward to it to!
08/Oct/08 10:39 AM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA    Supporting Member
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Whoo hoo Angie....congrats. Nothing wrong with good kid's movies...I sometimes feel like borrowing some kids so as not to feel embarrassed in the queue to see some of the better stuff on during the hols. One day I'll have grandkids and have to fight the other set for the right to take them to the flix.
09/Oct/08 7:17 PM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA    Supporting Member
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Saw Welcome to the Sticks, a French comedy that pokes fun at stereotyping. The lead Kad Merad had an expressive 'sad clown' face that reminded me of the humour of Jacques Tati. It was funny and warm and provided an enjoyable way to spend an evening.
11/Oct/08 10:58 AM
Terry  From Eugene
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Go Angie! Go Angie! Even-though-you're-conservative. Go Angie!
13/Oct/08 5:23 AM
Terry  From Eugene
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Wake up, flick folks. I'm watching the John Adams HBO series on DVD. My husband and I disagree with the NY Times about casting, and think the Emmies were justly deserved. The segments are slow at times, but so was nation building. There's a lot of great history packed into the drahmah.
18/Oct/08 3:09 PM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA    Supporting Member
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Okay, how about telling the scariest stuff you've ever seen at the flix (other than the price!). I still get the shivers thinking about Robert Mitchum in The Night of the Hunter. Likewise the silhouette of the big cat in the original Cat People(?)I am a great believer in less-is-more in the horror genre; but maybe that's just my mind
18/Oct/08 8:10 PM
   billy  From Perth
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I am very smelly...however, I did see the most greatest film last night - Burn After Reading (Coen Bros) with some of my favouritest actors - John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and a hilarious Brad Pitt, however, it won't be everyone's fav cuppa as the humour is quite black and not everyone was larfing in the theatah when I woz. It was so good I may even go and see it again - not often a film does that to me...
19/Oct/08 4:32 PM
   billy  From Perth
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First time I saw the Shining...and Poltergeist...and the exorcist...and Rosemary's baby...
Definitely a dracula movie, but not sure which one.
Wolf Creek gave me the heebiejeebies too.
19/Oct/08 4:37 PM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA    Supporting Member
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The trailer for WC scared me witless......
19/Oct/08 5:10 PM
   Angie  From Wisconsin    Supporting Member
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Mary, I don't watch horror movies, at the theater or at home. I tend to have some horrible dreams about my kids for weeks after, so it's not worth it to me.

Billy, going to see Burn After Reading, perhaps next weekend. NOT my typical movie, but looking forward to it.
20/Oct/08 12:18 PM
Terry  From Eugene
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Duh dah. Duh dah duh dah. Duh dah duh dah. I did that to my mother when we were floating about 100 yards from shore in the Atlantic, and I thought she was going to kill me.
22/Oct/08 1:35 AM
   CynB  From Redlands Qld Aus    Supporting Member
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Billy, I went to see Burn after Reading yesterday with my sister and BIL. We all loved it. And the main cast were superb - Brad Pitt doing a comedy turn was great. Tilda, Frances and John were wonderful as onw would expect. For those who haven't seen it - look out for what's in George Clooney's basement. Still laughing! I have to go back with hubby, sure he would like it too.
22/Oct/08 10:57 AM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA    Supporting Member
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Terry!!!! I don't blame her!!!!
I don't 'do' horror, 'cos I'm a screamer. I have not seen any of Billy's movies. My 'horror' days are long in the past, but the impact of them remains. Still wary of the ocean.....(and preachers ).
22/Oct/08 11:22 AM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA    Supporting Member
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Hey CynB, glad you liked BAR. It sounds like a good'un. I loved GC in OBWAT..he can do humour so well.
22/Oct/08 11:26 AM
   CynB  From Redlands Qld Aus    Supporting Member
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Yes, Mary, OBWAT is one of my all time faves. I even love the CD.
22/Oct/08 1:34 PM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA    Supporting Member
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I agree CynB, the music was fantastic...hope BAR is up to that standard....
22/Oct/08 5:15 PM
   billy  From Perth
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The last song during the credits roll Mary...CIA Man...
22/Oct/08 5:34 PM
Terry  From Eugene
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The CD from OBWAT was a fave with my kids. The guys in the family all loved themovie, and we all enjoyed the CD for years after.
24/Oct/08 11:25 AM
   RolaDahlia  From Perth W Aust
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I think we need a glossary on this page!!

okay someone ( Mary) tell me. OBWAT =
24/Oct/08 12:29 PM
   Gail  From Cockatoo Vic AU    Supporting Member
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Oh Brother Where Art Thou
24/Oct/08 4:01 PM
   RolaDahlia  From Perth W Aust
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Thanks Gail..
Havent seen the movie or heard of it !!

Poor didums me, doenst get out much
24/Oct/08 4:15 PM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA    Supporting Member
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RolaDahlia, one needs to follow the thread m'dear...those of us typing-challenged people need all the help we can get
24/Oct/08 6:54 PM
   Angie  From Wisconsin    Supporting Member
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Saw "As Good As It Gets" this weekend. Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt; love them both! Old, it came out in 1997. Was a good movie. Look it up if you haven't seen it and like drama's that leave you occasionally bursting out with laughter.
27/Oct/08 12:31 PM
   Angie  From Wisconsin    Supporting Member
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Didn't care for OBWAT, glad I only rented it and didn't waste the money in the theater. Was a shame too, as I heard really good reviews and just couldn't get into it. Glad some of you love it!
27/Oct/08 12:32 PM
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