"The Truman Show" has been on television all weekend ( Read more... )

"It begins with the king as a boy, having to spend the night alone in the forest to prove his courage so he can become king. Now while he is spending the night alone he's visited by a sacred vision. Out of the fire appears the holy grail, symbol of God's divine grace. And a voice said to the boy, 'You shall be keeper of the grail so that it may ( Read more... )

The Rules:
1. Pick 15 of your favourite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie. (I'll put the guessed ones in italics.)
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search functions.

( Cut, because there are only so many of these that anyone should be subjected to... )

I am a huge fan of Isak Dinesen, I won't lie. I think that she is a tremendous storyteller, and a genius in the portrayal of human nature.


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My DH and I were considering a trip to the movie theater to see "Sweeney Todd".

It's been a long time since I was actually in a movie theater (I think the last time was to see "Frida" at the Colonial in Phoenixville on the "cheap, not-first-run" movie basis), and that's strange because the movies were once my sole source of entertainment. I'd go ( Read more... )

At the Thanksgiving table, we were discussing why my father hates the holidays, and my mother's lack of appreciation of that attitude. But being retired and spending the greater portion of his day in the house with the television, my father is more exposed than most of us to the relentless wave of holiday advertising that some of us are at least ( Read more... )

We finished up a good bit of the Thanksgiving leftovers tonight, early in the evening so that we could spend some serious time digesting before bed.

After dinner, we watched A Prairie Home Companion, which I recommend to anyone who enjoys the radio show, or actually anyone within the sound of my voice ( Read more... )

Last night, dinner and a movie featured "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind".

It's a very strange little movie, but one I enjoyed very much.

And it's an interesting premise...and gave me some ideas...

( Which I will cut here, in case you haven't seen it and don't want any spoilers. )

"Gone With The Wind" is on...

I've seen that movie dozens of times, and I never get tired of it.

No matter how advanced movie technology gets, I'm old enough to still love the garish, wildly unnatural look of Technicolor, especially in this movie....

I know it's silly--I know that it's a cartoonish and unrealistic portrayal.

But I DO LOVE this