A total blast from the past memory.....

Party Monster

... I remember those days. In fact, when we'd go out clubbing we would make it a point to pass the Limelight just to check them out.

Yeah, I think Lady GaGa jacked the Club Kids for sure.

Black Swan
 

I love Natalie Portman. Been watching her since she was in the movie "The Professional".:thumbsup:

"The Help"
 

Boots you are so right about the tissues!!!


Just went and saw THE HELP yesterday
I rarely (maybe every couple years) go to a movie theater but I read the book a few years ago and ...movie excellent, keeps to the book very well and the message comes thru loud and clear. Highly recommend this extraordinary movie...even if u have to sit in a movie theater....Dont wait for the dvd.

I'm a major documentary fan. I just watched the companion documentary "If God is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise" by Spike Lee, his follow-up to "When the Levees Broke." The latter deals with the immediate after-math of Hurricane Katrina. The former deals with the after-math five years later, compounded by the BP oil spill in the Gulf.

Spike Lee is one of those filmmakers -- you either hate him or love him. I've often liked his work, but not all of it. However, in my opinion, I think he has crafted two of the more socially relevant documentaries in recent memory.

If you have not watched either of these and like documentaries, I highly recommend them. Both are available on DVD. However, be prepared to get mad all over again about the Bush administration's anemic response to New Orleans post-Katrina.

Oldies but goodies
 

Ebon had not seen Over the Hedge, so we rented that since Netflix didn't have it. We also saw The Crew. I'd seen both, but really enjoyed seeing them again and seeing Ebon's response to parts of them.

It was an incredible movie! It had a big impact on me too. One of my all-time favorites.

The most recent movie I saw was "The Help". I just finished the book last week; both were wonderful.

The girl who played with fire :)
Great movie!

Netflix or PBS
 

Frontline: The Released(2009) NR

Five years after their landmark documentary The New Asylums, filmmakers Karen O'Connor and Miri Navasky return to the Ohio prison system to chronicle the next chapter in the journey of mentally ill inmates: what happens when they leave prison. The film traces the stories of six mentally ill offenders who face daunting obstacles and slim odds as they struggle to transition from life behind bars to life on the outside.

I'm in the middle of BBC's 'Life' series (nature documentaries). It's not quite a movie, I know, but I've not watched a new movie since Captain America a few weeks ago.

Just Go With It and Something Borrowed!

Red Riding Hood




and Arthur.

Re-watched "Ocean's 11" before work today. I love that through the whole film Brad Pitt's character is constantly snacking but never gets a stain on those wild suits he wears. (Best line in the film comes at the end: "Ted Nugent called. He wants his shirt back.") Julia Roberts irritates me in that film -- which is sad 'cause I normally like her. But they put her in high heels and she just can't walk like a lady -- stomp stomp stomp -- walks like a linebacker through the whole film. LOL.

:1femme:

The movie theater is expensive and I've stopped buying movies OnDemand at home. Cable TV is lame right now. Every movie channel is showing the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise... omg I've seen them a thousand times now. *laughs* We bought a new (to us/used) TV recently, but I haven't had time/energy to figure out how to hook up the DVD player (We are not electronically inclined in my home.). I'm at a loss for entertainment. :( Oh wait... I'll go finish one of those books I'm reading ... *laughs*

Happy Endings

"Soul Surfer"

I loved loved this girls perseverance, she's a strong, never give up bad ass woman hero!

I've rented Rio and The Gruffalo, hoping it will cheer me up a bit. :hangloose:

Ditto... and maybe even on the same day lol


Love an import that is so engaging that you forget your reading the subtitles. Don't think the US version will be as good but I'm sure we'll see it... even if just to see a train crash.

OMG I totally agree!!! The movie that won me over for subtitles was "Indochine."

I have said, "I love it when subtitled movies are so good that I forget I am reading along."


:sparklyheart:

I say almost the same thing about Showtime. You can turn it on at any given point in the day and one of their stations WILL be playing a "Twilight" movie.

:sparklyheart:

This last week-
 

Mao's Last Dancer - it was Excellent. I got it from Redbox on a whim, and wow - much, much better than i hoped for. See it.

Black Swan - very well done.

Just Go With It - eh.

The Green Hornet and Dylan Dog.

..... when is Green Lantern coming to DVD?????

The Matrix Sat. night...kinda overrated, imo. lol.

The Help .... very good

La Mission.
Brilliant.

Growing up in the Mission district of San Francisco, Che Rivera (Benjamin Bratt) has always had to be tough to survive. He's a powerful man respected throughout the Mission barrio for his masculinity and his strength, as well as for his hobby building beautiful lowrider cars. A reformed inmate and recovering alcoholic, Che has worked hard to redeem his life and do right by his pride and joy: his only son, Jes, whom he has raised on his own after the death of his wife. Che's path to redemption is tested, however, when he discovers Jes is gay. To survive his neighborhood, Che has always lived with his fists. To survive as a complete man, he'll have to embrace a side of himself he's never shown.

Paul
LOVED it. I would recommend the unrated version.
This actually made me laugh out loud more than once.
Keep your eyes and ears open for various sci-fi references.
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3516832537/

Priest
LOVED it. Can't wait for the sequel.
Vampires, sci-fi backdrop, and a rogue holy man ... gotta love it.

I've seen too many movies lately...

Apollo 18
The Help
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

(Sadly, I am not that big of a scary movie fan. They are ok if I can curl up with someone but... when your 13 year old asks you to take them, you do. Those days of actually wanting to spend time with me will soon be over.)

:sparklyheart:

I love, love action flicks, especially if they have a brain and no; they are not mutually exclusive!

Just tonight streamed "Hanna" from Amazon to my TiVo to watch on my TV. outstanding cerebral action/thriller! Main character is a teenager but it is anything but a teen movie. It also had very good critical reviews.

For fun, yes Paul was very entertaining.

Also loved The Lincoln Lawyer with Matthew McC.

DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK. ***

Apollo 18.........don't waste your money.

Limitless
Loved it. Thought it was a really good movie.
Wish I could get a few of those pills. ;)

Suspect Zero
Eh.

http://images.icanhascheezburger.com...8458893841.jpg

Oops. It is called The Grace Card not the State of Grace.

Fagbug
 

Great documentary available on Netflix streaming. If you do not know the story, it is about graduate student Erin Davies and her cross-country trip, leaving the word fag on her drivers side window and "ur gay" on her front hood spray painted on her car. Rather than have the vandalism fixed, she chose to keep it as a statement.

She also stopped in cities in which gays were murdered due to hate. All together she drove 55,000 miles