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[Mary]

There are a lot of cultural referrences in Gran Torino that were vital to the story and that wouldn't have made sense if Eastwood had chosen another minority group. Just sayin'.

[Sarah]

We went to see the Runaways this weekend. It was ok. Awesome soundtrack is probably the most positive thing I can say.
Is Kristen Stewart physically incapable of smiling?
And when did Dakota Fanning get so old? She must be forty!

[Félix]

Jim, if you missed the end of Darjeeling, you missed a lot. The plot, if I recall correctly, was pulled together right at the very end.

@Cambridge: OBTUSE? I am never obtuse. Deep and complex, maybe .... :)

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Larry wrote: "Jim, if you missed the end of Darjeeling, you missed a lot. The plot, if I recall correctly, was pulled together right at the very end.

@Cambridge: OBTUSE? I am never obtuse. Deep and comple..."

I'll have to try to rewatch it. Not sure what happened that I didn't see the ending.

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Please tell me they didn't rerecord any Runaways songs with either Dakota Fanning or Kristen Stewart singing.

Please?

I know this dates me terribly, but I have some fond memories of seeing the Runaways with Tom Petty AND Cheap Trick opening in 1976 @ Royal Oak Music Theater.

[Sarah]

Clark wrote: "Please tell me they didn't rerecord any Runaways songs with either Dakota Fanning or Kristen Stewart singing."

Alas, I can't tell you that. Kristen Stewart didn't do too badly, though she's no Joan Jett. I've read all this stuff about how JOan Jett picked her personally, and heard Stewart's recordings and thought they were her own. I can't believe that's true. Also, I can't help thinking there might have been another actress who could get the swagger right AND move her lips.

The soundtrack was full of Iggy & Bowie & Suzie Quattro.

[Cambridge]

Larry I love how you say deep and complex with Homer Simpson as your profile pic! Hahaha . . . classic! :)

[Félix]

Doh!

[Cambridge]

Is there is Donut in a 'word bubble' over your head right now and a Duff beer in your hand ;) ?

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Railsback was incredible as Manson. Wonder what Railsback's up to lately? He seems to have dropped off the face of the Earth.

[Sarah]

I finally saw Ponyo, but I wouldn't count it up there with Miyazaki's best work.
The song at the end keeps getting stuck in my head. Try it: pick any tune and just start saying "ponyo ponyo ponyo ponyo ponyo ponyo".

[RandomAnthony]

I had Ponyo from the library but my kids didn't want to watch it. Boogers.

This afternoon I saw Date Night...very funny, including an excellent credits ad-lib reel. And Tina Fey is, ahem, Tina Fey.

[Sally, la reina]

What's the deal with the Tina Fey hate? People hate her!

[RandomAnthony]

I don't hate her. Who hates her? She's cute, smart, and funny.

[Sally, la reina]

Oh right, you don't hate her. You luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuves her.

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"2012" - Over-the-top CGI + John Cusack as hero - Clash t-shirt = Zzzzzzzzz...

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"Good Hair" - Chris Rock documentary about weaves, extensions, love, peace and hair grease.

Interesting, but $1,000 and up for a weave? I guess I'm still new to this planet.

[Joy]

Clark wrote: ""Good Hair" - Chris Rock documentary about weaves, extensions, love, peace and hair grease.

Interesting, but $1,000 and up for a weave? I guess I'm still new to this planet."

I saw Good Hair - it wasn't as funny as I thought it would be.

[Mary]

Clark wrote: ""2012" - Over-the-top CGI + John Cusack as hero - Clash t-shirt = Zzzzzzzzz..."

So...if I wear a Clash T-shirt while I watch it, would that help? 'Cause I just got this from Netflix and I have to admit that though I know it is lame I still want to watch it.

[Heidi]

I watched Woody Allen's Scoop this morning on my laptop while I was at the laundromat.

Older Woody Allen movies just don't appeal to me, but everything after The Jade Scorpion has been a winner in my book. It's like Umami... only not in food terms. :)

[Cambridge]

Random my kids watched Ponyo and I finally saw The Blind Side way later than everyone else in this country. Ms. Bullock definitely earned the Oscar and I went through a box of tissues, enough said.

[RandomAnthony]

My friend Dan says Kick Ass is one of the best movies he's ever seen. Now I must see Kick Ass.

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Mary wrote: "Clark wrote: ""2012" - Over-the-top CGI + John Cusack as hero - Clash t-shirt = Zzzzzzzzz..."

So...if I wear a Clash T-shirt while I watch it, would that help? 'Cause I just got this from Netfli..."

No, I was referring to the Clash t-shirt Cusack wore in "Say Anything."

[Heidi]

I can't WAIT for Ridley Scott's Robin Hood to come out! I'm panting and swooning already over Russell Crowe in the trailers.

On a somewhat related note - he makes regular appearances in my dreams (Russell, I mean). He was in my dream on Saturday night. I was pissed when I had to wake on Sunday morning because my dog was kneading my bladder so he could go out.

[Sarah]

Heidi, I liked Scoop too.

I love Tina Fey & Steve Carrell, and want to see Date Night.

I had thought that Kick Ass looked fun, but I'm less excited about it after reviews saying it's another hyper-violent fantasy from Mike Millar.

[Heidi]

Sarah Pi wrote: "Heidi, I liked Scoop too."

:)

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I went and saw Date Night about a week ago. It was pretty funny, but some parts of it were really stupid.

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Welcome to TC PaperWerewolf.

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Haha, thanks. :-)

[Mary]

Finally watched 2012. OMG it was loooooooong. Chock-full of every lame Hollywood cliche in the book and I counted at least 5 Tear-Jerker Moments which is like 3 too many. What the hell was John Cusack thinking, he used to be a respectable actor.

We also watched Blind Side and, while it was enjoyable, I'm surprised it garnered Academy Award status. It was like buttercream icing, sweet and fluffy.

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Mary wrote: "Finally watched 2012. OMG it was loooooooong. Chock-full of every lame Hollywood cliche in the book and I counted at least 5 Tear-Jerker Moments which is like 3 too many. What the hell was John Cus..."

Maybe a Clash t-shirt would've helped. You could have pulled it over your head.

[Kevin]

we watched Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs yesterday on a rainy sunday afternoon and it was really fun and very funny. def two thumbs up

[Mary]

I, too, watched it purely for the CGI. Misha, but there was just so much of it.

[L.J.]

One of the best (non-comedy) movies I've seen lately was The Visitor. Understated and moving. My husband loved it too.

[Heidi]

I just watched Little Ashes (re: Salvador Dali/Federico Garcia Lorca). Wow. It was a big surprising wow.

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“She’s got some guts, that girl, apart from a great pair of tits.” - Keith Richards

Indeed she does and me likey. The amount of cleavage Marianne Faithfull displays on the short, intimate 2000 club set which follows the documentary section of this DVD is nothing short of staggering. At the tender age of 53 (she’s now in her 60's), she accomplishes more with a simple white suit and a tight, low-cut top than a thousand Pamela Andersons or Carmen Electras do with augmentation, liposuction, Botox, skanky tattoos, pierced navels, smoke, and mirrors. The boobs and THAT voice are three of nature’s greatest special effects. Somebody run me a cold shower.

Those laboring under the impression that Faithfull, the daughter of a spy father and dancer mother, was kidnapped from the convent she was attending, dragged off to London, and corrupted by Mick Jagger and the Stones may be surprised to learn that she lays all the blame for her heroin addiction at no one’s feet but her own, explaining it away with rambling discourses and rationalizations that putting a spike in your arm was what London’s young and rich did, the tired cliché “because it was there,” and, well, nothing much else.

Faithfull cooked up her last spoonful of heroin in 1985, but her actual healing began in 1979 with the cleansing yet disturbing “Broken English” album, eight songs brimming with anger, frustration, tension, beauty, and a hailstorm of bad language, all delivered in a voice that had been bent, folded, spindled, and mutilated so much it made Linda Blair’s Regan MacNeil sound like Enya.

Available from Amazon for less than a buck.

[Rebecca]

Hi, I'm new and maybe I should post an introduction somewhere else, but I appreciated this review and was moved to comment. I guess you mean Broken English is available for a dollar, rather than this DVD (I have the first, don't have the second)? I'll never forget Mike Nesmith's comment about her years later that she was a "stone cold fox" and apparently time stopped when she walked into a room. Sure wish I had that power, but alas. I still have to take my hat off to those who do.

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Rebecca wrote: "Hi, I'm new and maybe I should post an introduction somewhere else, but I appreciated this review and was moved to comment. I guess you mean Broken English is available for a dollar, rather than t..."

The DVD's start at 89 cents for a used copy.

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Welcome to TC Rebecca, thanks for jumping in.

[Phil]

Hi, Rebecca. Welcome.

[Rebecca]

thanks, guys!

[RandomAnthony]

AHHHH! AHHHHH! AHHHHHH!

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movien...

(Hank Azaria as Gargamel in the new Smurfs movie.)

[Cambridge]

Wow and on the other end of the spectrum from a remake of the Smurfs (who never had a feature length movie to begin with, just 1/2 hour Saturday morning lessons :) ) I watched the "The Departed" for the billionth time tonight . . . never gets old.

[Lori]

Heheheh I had the delight of hanging with Marianne starting in 80 right after Broken English and during production of A Child's Adventure when I worked with Island Records. The best anecdote I have is walking down Madison Avenue with her wearing a see-through white blouse to the bank, can't remember if she was wearing a bra or not, hahahaha MADISON AVENUE! The other thing I remember most is her asking for some skin treatment and I sent her over to Mario Bedescu but forgot to tell her that they will basically pop your zits so your skin will be a wee bit red in areas upon leaving. Still she forgave me later because in fact her skin looked better.

I love her, and what's more can attest that she is one sweet lady. Unfortunately she was still using sometimes back then.

[Félix]

Finally watched Gran Torino last night. Very well done, Clint.

[Cambridge]

Thank goodness Larry!! Glad you liked it! Was hoping you would appreciate ole Clint! Now what are your thoughts on "The Departed" :), not that I care ;) haha.

[Félix]

I have not seen The Departed. I guess you could substitute about 90% of the films of the past 10 years in that sentence, actually.

Tell me about it, please.

[Cambridge]

Larry, Larry, Larry, I could quote it word for word just about . . . but that being said, you having lived in Somerville you will at least be able to relate to the corrupt MA statie and organized crime thriller plot. It is unbelievably so well written and really really well acted. With Marty Scorcese directing and a plethora of actors like Jack Nicholson, Alec Baldwin, Mark Walhberg, Martin Sheen, Leo DiCaprio and Matt Damon . . . well and won the academy award, just saying :) *beware of the F bomb, but that's no shock to anyone who has lived anywhere near Boston :)*

[Félix]

Ah okay well I'll look to get it on Netflix.

[Cambridge]

I look forward to your review, albeit I am guessing not for a bit, as poor Clint had to wait for-eva! ;)