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ulkis- 08-01-2007
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Also Supernatural, which I'm still not feeling. I watched the first 4 or so episodes when they originally aired and kind of faded away from the show at that point. I figured I'd try again, because it has many of the ingredients I like in a tv show (creepy, genre, arc-y, good music), but it's just not working for me. Yet. I'll finish the first season, even though I already know how it ends.


I enjoy watching Supernatural when it comes on, but I'm not a die-hard fan. Everything about it is pretty much mediocre except the actors' looks, and cinematography and atmosphere. Oh, and the acting is good, although I don't think it's anywhere near as good as other fans do.

Urplepay- 08-01-2007
I rented Zodiac recently. I don't usually like David Fincher's movies all that much, but I thought this one was very good.

isiscloud- 08-01-2007
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Last night we finally got to watch Hot Fuzz. (someday I will see a movie in a theater again) Mr. Jenner and I agreed that it is probably one of the grea-*test*-('") films in the history of cinema. By the power of grayskull that was awesome.
We may have to buy it.

I have to see this. Glad to hear it was great.

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William Hurt is an up-and-down actor in my opinion ( I haven't quite forgiven him for The Village yet) but this was one of his good performances. Hot movie, too.

Body Heat is the only movie that I like him in, but he plays such a stooge, that you can't help but feel bad for him. A little. Otherwise, he's so wooden. Haven't seen all of The Village.

Skyblade- 08-03-2007
I think William Hurt was kind of sluggish all thoughout the nineties, and even he must have noticed that Matt friggin' LeBlanc outacted him in Lost in Space, so he's kind of infused a couple of performances with ham lately. But he's been pretty interesting and alive at least. William Hurt was the shit in the eighties. He was kind of the transition from Robert DeNiro to Daniel Day Lewis.

The Dude- 08-03-2007
Accidental Tourist is the shit.

Fraoch- 08-03-2007
Accidental Tourist is fabulous--especially if you watch it soon after seeing Kathleen Turner and William Hurt in the aforementioned Body Heat (which always reminds me of the scene in the pilot episode of Cheers where the guys are debating which movie is the sweatiest ever made, because damn).

I should be getting Zodiac in the mail today from Netflix, which I'm pretty excited about. I also borrowed Marie Antoinette from a friend--I'm pretty meh on Sofia Coppola's film output thus far, but I really wanted to see the pretty, pretty costumes in this one.

mokey75- 08-03-2007
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Last night we finally got to watch Hot Fuzz. (someday I will see a movie in a theater again) Mr. Jenner and I agreed that it is probably one of the grea-*test*-('") films in the history of cinema. By the power of grayskull that was awesome.  We may have to buy it.


I think this is the best movie I've seen all year. I told my boyfriend that it reminded me of From Dusk Til Dawn, just because it starts off as one thing, and then takes this completely other wtf-laden turn.

I've been working my way through the first few seasons of Entourage, and I've just started the second season. It's good, but I'm not bowled over by it.

This weekend, we'll be watching Summer Rental, because my boyfriend has never seen it, and I am trying to rectify all of the gaps in his viewing history. (He'd never seen Arthur, either, so we rented that a couple of weekends ago. I still thought it was damn funny, but he just thought it was mildly amusing. John Gielgud kicked ass, and I bawled when he died, even though I've seen it at least 10 times.)

Kiran- 08-03-2007
Seriously, 1980s William Hurt was AWESOME (he didnt start regularly acting well again until the late 1990s though). "Kiss of the Spider-Woman"? Is awesome.

And "Accidental Tourist" is heartwrenching.

Also, I watched "Sweet Land" after hearing many a good thing, and LOVED it.

I thought the second season of Entourage was much better than the first.

Skyblade- 08-03-2007
I'm actually hearing that they want to make a Shaun of the Dead sequel entitled From Dusk 'til Shaun.

cinnamon- 08-03-2007
Bent absolutely killed me ded. Clive is so amazing. Tonight is Distubia, and then Waiting For Guffman sometime soon.

isiscloud- 08-03-2007
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(which always reminds me of the scene in the pilot episode of Cheers where the guys are debating which movie is the sweatiest ever made, because damn).

Ha, because Ted Danson was in Body Heat, too.

Ok, I just bought Hot Fuzz sight unseen because of you guys. It better be great! I'm sure it will be, though.

From Dusk 'til Shaun - Priceless; Kill Shaun, vol. 20...

sallamandersam- 08-03-2007
Oh man, I'm renting Hot Fuzz tonight and hearing these reviews makes me more anxious to see it.

Binky- 08-03-2007
What's Eating Gilbert Grape.

Wow, I barely even recognize Johnny Depp. I know it's only 14 years old (making Johnny around 30 when it was made), but wow does he look young. He's really aged into his face; I'm much more attracted to 44 year old Depp than the babyfaced Gilbert Grape. Also, that orange hair is atrocious on him.

Leonardo Di Caprio and Depp were both fantastic in this. I'd love for them to another film together, now that they are both actual adults. It's interesting to see the way their acting has changed. Depp was much less mannered, gave his character far fewer tics. I think I'd like to see him in a role like this now; he much prefers things where he gets to wear a fake nose or be bizarre. I'd like to see something subtle like this role.

It's also be nice if Leo took a role where he A) survived and B) got to be a least a little happy.

Kiran- 08-03-2007
Well...there is....um..."This Boys Life" isnt happy, but Thomas Wolf is alive. You could also buy the final season of Growing Pains...and...."Marvin's Room"!

Young Mickey Rourke and Ted Danson totally made me go "Hey!" the first time I saw "Body Heat".

jcpdiesel21- 08-03-2007
Hot Fuzz is fantastic. It's very funny, a little gory, lovingly pokes fun at the standard action movie formula, and also contains an interesting mystery tying everything all together. Plus, it references Point Break, which makes it a winner in my book.

I saw the TNT TV movie James Dean earlier this week, which was great. At first I was skeptical of James Franco playing James Dean, but he pulled it off really nicely. I had no idea that James Dean was such a strange guy in real life, and it was interesting to find out that most of his work in East of Eden was improvised.

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