Recently watched movies

[BillyE]

I recently watched "My Life in Ruins" featuring Nia Vardalos with my wife. A surprisingly good movie. Mind you, I like Nia, but I wasn't expecting as good a movie as I got. A great choice to watch with your significant other.

[Doug Irvine]

The Dream Machine. William S. Burroughs thought that it could be used to storm the citadels of enlightenment.

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[Bloofer_Lady]

I finally saw Book Of Eli the other day. I love post-apocalyptic type films and I think that it was shot very well. The Hughes brothers are great directors in my opinion.

[Magpie]

I saw Tim Burton's ALice In Wonderful recently. Very nicely done--more than just a lot of eye candy (although lots of that too).

Ironically I'll probably been seeing it again tonight as a double-feature with Prince of Persia (yippee--Drive-in season is here!!)

[Baron of the High Rips]

Just been watching the 'Back to the Future' trilogy over the last few days for nostalgia reasons but have only wanted to watch Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere cos my girlfriend has suggested it.

R.I.P Gary Coleman

[c.d.]

"The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1945 version). I thought it was good. The actor who played Dorian did a particulary good job. George Sanders was given a lot of witty and cynical Oscar Wilde lines to deliver.

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[SteveS]

I watched Nobody's Fool (1995) the other day.
Paul Newman is perfectly cast as a neer do well father facing up to middle aged fatherly and personal responsibilities.
Great stuff
Also check out Where The Money Is, for an entertaining 90 minutes worth of nonsense.

[Steve S]

After years trying to get it on dvd,finally got to watch 'Across the Wide Missouri' on TV yesterday.....Gable makes a quite convincing Mountain Man!

[c.d.]

I just spent some time on amazon.com reading reviews of "Pulp Fiction." Wow. A lot of people absolutely hated that movie with quite a few calling it the worst movie ever made. As I said in my previous post, I thought it was good. Everyone is different and everyone is entitled to their opinion. But what really frosts my behind is that there are always people who will dislike something just because other people like it. The old emperor's new clothes routine. They will tell you that they don't follow the crowd and that other people like it because they are supposed to. But these people are rugged individualists who tell it like it is. Yeah right.

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[c.d.]

Just saw "Pulp Fiction." Never really had a desire to see it before thinking that it was just not my type of movie. It is definitely a like it or hate it movie and few people will be in the middle of the road. I thought it was good.

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[Magpie]

c.d. I agree wholeheartedly. I thought Sleepy Hollow was brilliant.

Finally got around to seeing Iron Man this weekend. Surprisingly good. That's twice that Robert Downey Jr. has earned my respect in the last couple of weeks (his brilliant Sherlock Holmes being the other).

[c.d.]

Just saw "Sleepy Hollow" directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. Very good with incredible sets. I recommend it highly.

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[doris]

I bought 'up' in HD for about 15 quid through my Playstation3. I had never bought a film in that way before, once I had downloaded it I own it forever on my PS3 HDD, or if I loose it by getting a new, bigger HDD I can simply download it again.

I bought it because one of my friends said that despite it being an animated motion picture it was still a sensible and well written movie.

Crikey they were right.

UP is a brilliant film, please don't let the fact that it is a 'cartoon' put you off.

give it a go.

doris

[c.d.]

I just watched "Sunset Boulevard" with William Holden and Gloria Swanson. Well not actually with them because they are dead but you know what I mean. Directed by Billy Wilder. I had always heard that this is a Hollywood classic and it definitely is. Great movie. If you've never seen it, do yourself a favor and rent it.

"All right Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close up."

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[Magpie]

I watched the new Sherlock Holmes last night.

Despite all the criticisms I heard, I rather likded it. There's definitely a chemistry between Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law, the plot is solid, and it looks great.