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Post by catdishy on Dec 19, 2008 17:41:35 GMT
I must look for these other films...not in my library, I know. Such a talent (Licia Maglietta )and a delight to watch, so warm.Is she also an architect?
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Post by peach on Dec 20, 2008 3:31:28 GMT
Not sure if anyone here likes the B & W films, a movie called "The Women" made in 1939; the recently remade version should be avoided at all costs. The original was a little gem of a flick and well worth renting. Almost any film directed by George Cukor should be in your viewing library.
There's something to be said about the early movies, so well made and acted, for the most part. Another film entirely different is "Sleuth" with Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine. hated the re-make. I'll watch most anything with Michael Caine, what a wonderful actor.
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Post by dreamer on Dec 20, 2008 9:31:58 GMT
I must look for these other films...not in my library, I know. Such a talent (Licia Maglietta) and a delight to watch, so warm.Is she also an architect? She took the Architecture degree but after she never sat for the Professional examination. Another film entirely different is "Sleuth" with Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine. hated the re-make. I'll watch most anything with Michael Caine, what a wonderful actor. I agree about the movie, the re-make is shorter and the end comes suddenly, it seems cut, but I liked very much the acting of Michael and Jude too. |
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Post by catdishy on Dec 21, 2008 22:00:46 GMT
I saw "Ira and Abby"(2006) last night, and it was cute and upbeat with a likeable cast.Well cut.You have to like Jennifer Westfeldt to watch it(she also wrote and starred in that Jessica Stein film).Jon Hamm has a small part in it, too...quite the hunk.
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Post by peach on Dec 25, 2008 21:36:40 GMT
The Deep End, is a goodie, was released I think in early 2001, Goran Visjnic and Tilda Swinton, really good and exceptionally well acted. Not sure how you'd describe it, thriller, mystery not sure, but it's a good film.
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Post by robbiesheik on Dec 26, 2008 6:25:37 GMT
Oh I liked that one (The Deep End) too!!
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Post by robbiesheik on Dec 29, 2008 6:53:48 GMT
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Post by peach on Dec 31, 2008 19:10:21 GMT
Just saw again "Dancer in the Dark" with Bjork, really good. Wonderful tour de force for her. Stay with it, it's a bit of a downer but try to stick with hit.
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Post by uncorked on Jan 10, 2009 4:59:28 GMT
The last two I saw were amazing--I just came back from "The Reader" and last week I saw "Doubt"
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Post by peach on Jan 11, 2009 0:55:52 GMT
I saw Benjamin Button last week, Brad Pitt was wonderful and as usual Cate Blanchett was a treat to behold. She is one of my favorite actors. Was directed by David Fincher, who also did Fight Club (also w/Pitt and Zodiac (Gyllenhaal version).
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Post by ambra on Jan 13, 2009 10:07:50 GMT
Don't know if this counts as a "little film" but I rented "Hamlet 2" last week and it's hilarious! It's not for the easily offended--the big musical number is called "Rock Me Sexy Jesus"--but a great story about a quirky high school drama teacher trying to save the drama department from being cut from the sports-obsessed school where he works.
Another fun movie is the Showtime production of the musical "Reefer Madness". I'd heard of the play, which is based on the 1936 anti-marijuana propaganda film and I really love the Showtime version which stars one of my favorite actors, Alan Cumming.
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Post by catdishy on Jan 14, 2009 2:39:08 GMT
I saw In the Shadow of the Moon, a documentary of the Apollo missions. Hard not to like these old geezers who walked on the moon . www.imdb.com/title/tt0925248/ |
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Post by peach on Jan 15, 2009 23:00:56 GMT
Cat, I just saw that too. The photography was amazing. I had seen it earlier but not from the beginning. Well worth seeing again.
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Post by quoll on Jan 18, 2009 22:03:59 GMT
One that I quite liked was Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont - just a nice gentle movie with some lovely acting. I am also a fan of Saving Grace with Brenda Blethyn - it's a very nice little comedy.
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Post by tipou on Jan 18, 2009 22:40:30 GMT
as a good little movie, i like "brassed off" with ewan mcgregor and a dozen of great british actors. the story happened in the same town as in "the full monty", and a couple of characters actually appear in both movies.
its a sweet story about survival, pride, love, and all that, and it's wickedly funny too - although the ending will certainly make you cry like a baby - but it's all good.
very highly recommended if you have not seen it yet.
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