Pretty much sums up my whole day ( Read more... )

Uch. Got a bad haircut last week. It was clear within the first five minutes that the woman cutting my hair not only didn't know how to cut curly hair, but she didn't know how to cut hair at all. I now have a somewhat um... square haircut that makes my very fine curls splay out into what looks like a frizzled bad perm. Uch ( Read more... )

La Cyn and I saw "Coraline" last night. Awesome movie! Made all the more fun by the two totally charming kids that adopted us when we came in. Rushauna (10) and her little brother Christopher (6) were sitting with their parents when we arrived, and quickly came down to our seats to pepper us with questions. Then Rushauna asked her mom if she could ( Read more... )

The other night, Young Zed and I saw Milk ( Read more... )

Fuck you, Diane English.

There are plenty of films out there that oh... just missed the mark which would really benefit from a remake, y'know? Why remake perfection*? Or things that are perfect in their imperfection?

*Yes, I know the 1939 version is a remake itself, as is the Cary Grant/Deborah Kerr version of An Affair to Remember; but ( Read more... )

The very best homage to my lifetime heroine, Miss Bette Davis, that I have ever read.

An amuse bouche for you:For instance, what to do when dumped? Go out in a blaze of glory. Though her demise was devastating in Of Human Bondage, she pulled off a stunning, final fuck-you to poor Leslie Howard. Bette, who insisted on looking the damaged strumpet ( Read more... )

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There are six movie quotes left to guess at here.

I'll give you some hints:

1. The last line in the film. And then a shot rang out.

4. Was a film that many thought to be out of character for its director, but it starred a city that is inextricably linked with said director's work. -- wonderlanded7. Really? No one gets this one? And to think some on my f' ( Read more... )

1. Pick 15 of your favourite movies ( Read more... )

Watching Mary Stuart Masterson* play drums through the opening credits of this movie reminded me that she was the only one who looked the right age for her part (like me, she was 21 in 1987, so not too far out in age) -- and the only one who really seemed to care about her acting. Eric Stoltz was so layered with pancake to cover his plethora of red ( Read more... )