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New/Rented movies: Here comes the movie to change all movies

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Brenthoven said:
Added note: the Russian boss (the old guy) was magnificient, in a very understated way. He really carried himself whenever he was on-screen.
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Agreed. Those were my favorite scenes of the movie. I like my villains chilling.

I got the Criterion DVDs of "Vampyre" and "M" for my birthday. Lots of fun extras, I haven't had a chance to watch them yet, but a cool wife is a joy forever.
 
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We watched "Righteous Kill" last night. I never knew DeNiro and Pacino were that hard up for money. What a righteous pile of crap.
 
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ScottM said:
We watched "Righteous Kill" last night. I never knew DeNiro and Pacino were that hard up for money. What a righteous pile of crap.
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That movie sucked. I was expecting it to be decent since it was DeNiro and Pacino.
 
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Kepler said:
I take it you haven't seen any of Pacino's movies the last 20 years? :D
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I liked Pacino in The Devil's Advocate, and Scent of a Woman. He was pretty good in Heat too, but I thought DeNiro ruled that flick.
 
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ScottM said:
I liked Pacino in The Devil's Advocate, and Scent of a Woman. He was pretty good in Heat too, but I thought DeNiro ruled that flick.
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Heat was a perfect combo of the two along with just the right amounts of the supporting cast.

I thought Righteous Kill was fine until the end. The ending was stupid and ruined the movie. Carla Gugino (or however you spell it) was nice though :D
 
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The Paragon of Virtue said:
I was happy to see that my theater actually got Crazy Heart this weekend, and I was even happier after watching it. Fantastic performance out of Jeff Bridges, great music, good supporting roles out of Gyllenhaal (better than I expected out of her), Duvall, and Farrell. Jeff will completely deserve it if he wins Best Actor.
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I had been looking forward to Crazy Heart, and finally caught it yesterday. Bridges made a pretty good story an excellent movie. Absolutely deserving of the award if he gets it. Agree on the supporting cast, they all did a very good job, and there was nothing overdone in the movie. It was pretty simple and driven by Bridges' performance.
 
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Slap Shot said:
Finally saw Rear Window and it is worth every bit of the hype and praise it's received. Part drama, thriller and romance I thought the Steward/Kelly combo was perfect and I'm inspired to check into other Hitchcock movies I haven't yet seen.
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One of my favs...

ScoobyDoo said:
You pretty much can't go wrong with Vertigo, Psycho, The Birds, or North By Northwest. Usually considered his peak since all 4 were made in succession. That being said there are quite a few other gems out there to see if you look.

Strangers on a Train
Notorious (Ingrid Berman's best Hitchcock performance)
Rebecca
Dial "M" for Murder (Grace Kelly's best Hitchcock IMO)
Lifeboat
EDIT: How did I forget Frenzy?

Many consider Shadow of a Doubt his best film. I'm not one of them, but I'll list it anyway cause other opinions certainly are valid. Some like Suspicion as well but I wasn't that into it.

And if you really want to run the Gauntlet you can do what I did and watch 33 of the 53 films he was the director on. Totally up to you. :)
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The newly renovated Collins Center for the Arts on the UMaine campus has been showing classic Hitchcock movies for $6 on Saturday nights. Haven't had a chance to make it up myself yet, but wish I could.
 
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Maineiak said:
One of my favs...



The newly renovated Collins Center for the Arts on the UMaine campus has been showing classic Hitchcock movies for $6 on Saturday nights. Haven't had a chance to make it up myself yet, but wish I could.
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I looked.

Alfred Hitchcock Film Series

Psycho - 1/9 Frenzy - 1/13 Rear Window - 1/30 Topaz - 2/6 Vertigo - 2/3 The Trouble with Harry - 3/6 Torn Curtain - 3/13 The Birds - 3/20 Tickets are $6 AT BOX OFFICE ONLY
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Interesting choices sprinkled in with the classics. The two spy/espionage/coldwar movies Topaz and Torn Curtain leave much to be desired. The Trouble with Harry is a black comedy that has at least some great cinematography and is Shirley Maclaine's first film.

Still, I wish someone around here would do something like that. Watching them on the big screen in a theater would be a new experience.
 
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Watched "Catch and Release" - little flick, part romantic comedy, part drama. Stars Jennifer Garner, Kevin Smith, and Timothy Olyphant. I really enjoy it and think it's overlooked. :)
 
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I'm looking forward to watching "The Invention Of Lying" this weekend. Something's wrong with me, I think.
 
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Rented Pandorum tonight. It actually turned out to be better than I was expecting. Decent twist and turn in story. Some predictable, some not. Solid Sci-Fi.
 
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Brenthoven said:
I'm looking forward to watching "The Invention Of Lying" this weekend. Something's wrong with me, I think.
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Depends. Are you a single, late-20s, decent looking but no great shakes, middling-achievement career woman worried about your rapidly fading attractiveness and reproduction chances?
 
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Kepler said:
Depends. Are you a single, late-20s, decent looking but no great shakes, middling-achievement career woman worried about your rapidly fading attractiveness and reproduction chances?
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:eek: Is there something wrong with that?
 
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Kepler said:
Depends. Are you a single, late-20s, decent looking but no great shakes, middling-achievement career woman worried about your rapidly fading attractiveness and reproduction chances?
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No. Crap.:(

After seeing the trailer, it looked funny: dude gets ahead in life by lying his arse off. And gets some from a girl he shouldn't be getting any from.
 
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