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Forum: Games and Tabs 10-13-09
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Posted By Mrs. Darcy
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I was home sick today, and up early, so I self-medicated and watched crap movies while drifting in and out of consciousness.

House of Wax - not the cool, Vincent Price version, but the gnarly,...
Forum: Games and Tabs 07-09-09
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In the Heat of the Night 4

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A very good film about racism in a small town in Mississippi when a big city African-American...
Forum: Games and Tabs 06-17-09
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I watched this this week, too, Mark. Everyone I...

I watched this this week, too, Mark. Everyone I knew told me to skip it, that it was depressing and scary, and as I watched it, it occurred to me that it was probably scary and sad to some people...
Forum: Games and Tabs 06-17-09
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Posted By Mrs. Darcy
The Wild Bunch (Peckinpah, 1969) 2.5 I'm a...

The Wild Bunch (Peckinpah, 1969) 2.5

I'm a little steamed that I watched this whole movie and it's not even on the top 100 westerns list? I don't get any credit for watching it? I'm not a western...
Forum: Games and Tabs 06-05-09
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Posted By Mrs. Darcy
The Long, Hot Summer (Ritt, 1958) 3 I liked...

The Long, Hot Summer (Ritt, 1958) 3

I liked this movie, but the whole time I watched it I thought to myself how similar Faulkner and Tennessee William's characters were. Faulkner's were almost a...
Forum: Games and Tabs 05-30-09
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A Streetcar Named Desire 3.5

Williams' characters are dysfunctional and shouty. I didn't care for the characters in this movie, but I never really like any of his...
Forum: Games and Tabs 05-26-09
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Posted By Mrs. Darcy
Aguirre, The Wrath of God (Herzog 1972) 3 ...

Aguirre, The Wrath of God (Herzog 1972) 3

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This was the story of Lope de Aguirre leading some men in search of El Dorado in the Amazon. This...
Forum: Games and Tabs 05-24-09
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Posted By Mrs. Darcy
You Were Never Lovelier (Seiter, 1942) 3 ...

You Were Never Lovelier (Seiter, 1942) 3

This was a fun, light romantic comedy/musical with Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire. This is the first movie that I had seen Hayworth in where she wasn't...
Forum: Games and Tabs 05-23-09
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Far From the Madding Crowd John Schlesinger 3

Julie Christie plays Bathsheba Everdene, a beautiful, young girl that inherits a farm from an uncle. She has three men that...
Forum: Games and Tabs 04-15-09
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My Darling Clementine -John Ford 1946-- 3.5

This was a very good movie about Wyatt Earp and the Clanton family. I'm assuming the more recent Tombstone was based on this earlier film. Henry Fonda...
Forum: Games and Tabs 04-10-09
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Teenagers From Outer Space 1959 2

A old 'B' movie that was innocuous, and forgettable. We had picked up some old movies on VHS a million years ago, and decided to watch it again. Some aliens land...
Forum: Games and Tabs 03-30-09
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Bottle Shock
Randall Miller 2008 3.5

A smart little movie about the French/California wine competition in 1976. Based on Jim Barrett's Chateau Montelena and other Napa vintners who went up...
Forum: Games and Tabs 03-28-09
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Brief Encounter (David Lean 1945) 3.5

Laura is a housewife that takes a train to town on Thursdays to shop and watch a movie. She has a nice home with two children and a...
Forum: Games and Tabs 03-14-09
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Deathbed: The Bed That Eats (George Barry 1977)1

I watched this as a lark because the guys on my radio station said it was so bad it was good. Nope. It was just bad...

A house out in the...
Forum: Games and Tabs 03-05-09
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Notorious 4

I saw this movie on the big screen at the Arclight in Hollywood last night. AFI is doing a series of Hitchcock films, and I thought I'd see this. My first observation is that this...
Forum: Games and Tabs 02-10-09
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Room at the Top (Jack Clayton 1959) 4

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This movie was very good. It starred Simone Signoret as Alice Aisgill and Laurence...
Forum: Games and Tabs 02-07-09
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Milk--4

I really liked this movie. It was warm and humorous while showing us the life of Harvey Milk on his climb into politics and political activism. I thought Sean Penn was so good, I'm...
Forum: Games and Tabs 02-04-09
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 4

This has been reviewed by several Mofo's, so let me just talk briefly about why I liked this film. Although it has been compared to Forrest Gump, I felt this...
Forum: Games and Tabs 01-31-09
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The Wrestler 3.5

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Aronofsky's Wrestler was a gritty look at a guy on the downside of a life that wasn't all that great to begin with. Alone,...
Forum: Games and Tabs 01-24-09
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Slumdog Millionaire 3.5

I'm a sucker for love. And Jamal Malik's love and devotion to Latika never wavers from the time they meet when they're youngsters, throughout all the drama that unfolds...
Forum: Games and Tabs 01-19-09
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Posted By Mrs. Darcy
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I haven't cried during a Fincher film either. And I cry at the drop of a hat.
Forum: Games and Tabs 01-14-09
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Death and the Maiden 3.5

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This was a tight little drama. Weaver and Kingsley were exceptional.
Forum: Games and Tabs 01-03-09
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
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I tried to work up some enthusiasm for this movie, but I can't. It just left me feeling, 'meh'....
Forum: Games and Tabs 12-30-08
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http://www.aolcdn.com/mf_movies/33336_p_m

Clint Eastwood, as old as he's gotten, can still make a fine movie. Gran Torino is long on amusements, and light on the schmaltz. Eastwood's Walt...
Forum: Games and Tabs 11-05-08
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Il Resto della Notte
The Rest of the Night 3.5

This is a film being shown at the AFI Festival, the sophmore effort of Italian director Francesco Munzi.

Maria is a Romanian immigrant in...