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Post by S.C. on Nov 28, 2005 14:48:28 GMT -5
The Original Sin
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Post by S.C. on Nov 29, 2005 19:29:02 GMT -5
L'Auberge Espagnole
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Post by shavonfan on Nov 30, 2005 18:10:43 GMT -5
"A Simple Plan" - if you haven't seen this film, check it out!
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Post by shavonfan on Dec 3, 2005 15:32:37 GMT -5
"A Simple Plan" (1998) Directed by Sam Raimi
Genre: Crime / Thriller / Drama
Tagline: Sometimes good people do evil things. (more)
Plot Outline: Two brothers and a friend find $4 million in the cockpit of a downed plane. The pilot is dead. No one is looking for the money. To keep it, all they have to do is wait. IT ALL SOUNDED SO SIMPLE...
**Here is one person's commentary about the film:
Simply one of the best films of the year, perhaps the decade! A Simple Plan is about three men who find a huge amount of money in a plane wreck. They decide to keep the dough. It's like winning the lottery. It's the American Dream except that " you're supposed to work for the American Dream. But that just makes this better" replies one of the characters.
A Simple Plan stars Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton as two Minnesotan brothers Hank and Jacob who find the money with Jake's friend Lou played by Brent Briscoe.
The film is directed by Sam Raimi, the creator of the Evil Dead movies and there are some suitably macabre and funny Evil Dead touches to this masterpiece, although Raimi doesn't botch A Simple Plan up as he did with Sharon Stone's The Quick And The Dead a couple of years ago. This is a restrained, delicate Raimi.
A Simple Plan instead is on one plane a wry incisive comment on the human condition, but it's also a cautionary tale about the evil good men can do.
The characters are fascinating. Paxton as Hank is the brainy one of the three. He's been to college and has a wife (Bridget Fonda) who's just about to have a baby. Jacob is slow and sad with a big touch of goodness about him. His hair is lank, his teeth are dirty, he's in his thirties and has never had a girlfriend.
Jake gets drunk most days and nights with his boozing friend Lou, and both are unemployed. The prospect of a ton of money is as unsettling and exciting to this lot as it would be to any honest person who becomes suddenly very rich unexpectedly and illegally. This find is guaranteed to turn their lives up side down.
But things take increasingly violent turns until A Simple Plan has the air of a Shakespearian tragedy solidly biased by Hitchcockian twists. Add to this Raimi's weird sense of humour and a Coen Brothers, Fargo like frozen air and you have a superb film that will have you laughing uncomfortably as you ponder the extent to which men and women will go nuts and nasty when greed overcomes them.
Quite rightly both Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton are being touted for big acting awards as a result of their work in this marvellous film.
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Post by shavonfan on Dec 28, 2005 11:06:44 GMT -5
"The Exorcism Of Emily Rose." This film is much better than the trailors for it would have you think. It is not just another horror flick, but rather a courtroom drama. Based on actual events (exactly what does that mean anyway?) A priest is on trial for the death of Emily Rose, who experienced epileptic-psycotic seizures during her first year college term. Or was it demon possession? Prosecution claims that the priest performed exorcisms becuase he was treating the problem as spiritual, when what she needed was medical treatment, that the priest failed to provide. That claim of negligence is what he is being tried for. I don't want to give away the whole story, but what I like about it is that it exposes and raises the question about the spiritual world, of whether or not it exists. More than a movie about the darkness overpowering the light (such a rediculous notion), it is more about belief and doubt, spiritual and practical, and reasonable doubt and possibility. I think I can safely recommend this one as good food for thought!Check it out!
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Post by achebeautiful on Feb 11, 2006 11:58:24 GMT -5
"Cinderella Man"....this is a great film. I'd have to say that it easily fits somewhere in my top ten films of all time!
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Post by achebeautiful on Feb 12, 2006 10:29:10 GMT -5
"Say Anything" - Just watched this again. I love it! John Cusack is cool!
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Post by achebeautiful on Feb 23, 2006 17:19:36 GMT -5
"Dangerous Liaisons- (1988)" - Wow! What an incredible film! Starring Glenn Close, John Malcovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Uma Thurman. Great dialogue, costumes, storyline and performances. If you have not seen this one - - it is a must!
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Post by achebeautiful on Feb 26, 2006 15:54:45 GMT -5
"Some Like It Hot"- What a fun movie!
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Post by achebeautiful on Feb 27, 2006 19:18:25 GMT -5
"Cruel Intentions" A modern day take "Dangerous Liaisons" and nowhere as good, but still a cool film to see.
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Post by achebeautiful on Mar 1, 2006 20:18:04 GMT -5
"Walk The Line"- One tough flick!
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Post by achebeautiful on May 20, 2006 17:01:37 GMT -5
A Love Song For Bobby Long
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Post by achebeautiful on May 21, 2006 17:31:43 GMT -5
"Malena"
This is a great film! I highly recommend it along with "A Love Song For Bobby Long."
I realize that there is little time for watching movies sometimes, but when the opportunity comes up these are the ones to get.
"Malena" is an Italian film with English subtitles and may be a little harder to find, so if there is any interest in seeing it let me know and I'll send a copy.
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Post by achebeautiful on May 28, 2006 18:08:41 GMT -5
"Match Point"
My friend and I watched this film this afternoon. Both of us agreed that it was so intense that it left us feeling uncomfortable all the way throughout. The ending was amazing!
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Post by achebeautiful on Jul 8, 2006 11:44:02 GMT -5
"Life Is Beautiful"
Foreign film with sub-titles.....great movie!
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