movies

[Tambourine Man]

Gotta fess up. I watched "My Sister's Keeper" last weekend and wept like a baby. It's critically panned but I just can't handle movies about kids dying and not have it punch me in the gut.

[lukethedrifter]

Sonovabitch! Tried to watch at least the first disc of GWTW last night but netflix sent us 2 disc 2s.

[Freed Roger]

And my bro says his tween and him are digging the Alfred Hitchcock Presents Tv series. Not sure where to get that.

netflix. They're on my list for us.

I don't know how my tween niece is enjoying the Hitchcock TV series, with nary a happy ending in sight. (I know this is the movie thread).

But I am enjoying the heck out of it. Good suspenseful stories with the trademark Hitchcockian dark humor. I have no idea to extent of Hitch's actual involvement with production other than his intros and exits. A great display of actors

[SHOW]

Cloris Leachman, Darren McGavin, Everett Sloane, Peter Lawford, Charles Bronson, Barry Fitzgerald, John Cassavetes, Joanne Woodward, Thelma Ritter, Joeseph Cotten, Vera Miles

of that era, storytelling, and fun to watch. Lots of noir elements. And for 1955 -they let Hitch get away with murder. Amazing production quality for 1955 when much of America had only grainy Tv reception if any at all.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047708/

[JL21]

Couldn't agree more, Freed.

[Leroy]

I just started The Brain Eaters. I have high hopes.

[Jocephus]

the guy who played Tim on the british version of the office is gonna play bilbo baggins in the hobbit

[lukethedrifter]

Made it through the first half of GWTW. Pretty entertaining and the kid is interested in the Civil War backstory. Gotta say though that I really didn't see the appeal of Vivian Leigh, esp early in the flick.

[Jocephus]

[Freed Roger]

Just saw Winter's Bone-- outstanding.

Watched Winter's Bone. Excellent movie. The gal who played Ree Dolly -just great. Some of the people in the movie looked pretty damn authentic as redneck crank-heads. Comparable to the book - though I dare say the book was harsher - the situation and people more desparate, and even further off the map than the folk depicted in the movie.

[JL21]

Just saw Winter's Bone-- outstanding.

Watched Winter's Bone. Excellent movie. The gal who played Ree Dolly -just great. Some of the people in the movie looked pretty damn authentic as redneck crank-heads. Comparable to the book - though I dare say the book was harsher - the situation and people more desparate, and even further off the map than the folk depicted in the movie.

Yeah, it lands a little close to home.