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Last Sunday night, C and I went with my uncle to see Wicked. We booked the tickets like 6 months ago and at the time, I was all, “You sure? That’s like soooo far in the future.” And C said, “We’ll still be together in June.” And so we are. In fact, I had spent the weekend ( Read more... )

Last night I saw Partir (Leaving) at the Somerville with some work friends. We have the routine down now - we prebook and preorder pizzas and then one group gets there at 6pm to reserve seats and the other goes past Broadway Pizza and arrives with hot pizza. I love the whole Somerville thing - picnicking first and then settling into the outdoor ( Read more... )

Last night kathrynlinge, mynxii and I went to the first movie of the season at the Somerville! Yay! I so love the Somerville! We saw "Please, Please Me" which was a french farce of hilarious proporions. I do not enjoy slapstick or situational humour so I was quite surprised to find myself screaming with laughter. I left with a headache from laughing so hard. It was ( Read more... )

Am off to immerse myself in the French Film Festival - about 40 films over one week. I'm trying to get to about 6 which will be a stretch for the schedule methinks.

This afternoon I am seeing "Seraphine".


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Yesterday we went to see War of the Roses - valeskah1, punkrocker1991, catundra, talmor, kathrynlinge and her boy. It took 10 hours to watch 8 Shakespearean plays, including a two hour break for dinner. It was very very very long. I went to see Cate Blanchette and it was worth it all. She was utterly brilliant as King Richard II. Just awesome to watch a truly talented actor act. The rest was less ( Read more... )

So I stayed up late last night and finally watched A Clockwork Orange and yeah, I think I only need to ever watch it once. And yes, "Singing in the Rain".

But am I wrong in wondering ( cut for spoiler )