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What Movies Have You Seen Lately?

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Post by Ash » Thu February 5th, 2009, 11:32 pm

Beckett really does white wash his character, but it is a wonderful movie to watch.

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Post by SonjaMarie » Fri February 6th, 2009, 12:30 am

[quote=""LCW""]Cool! I didn't know there was a movie about that whole escapade. I'll have to check on the Netflix site and see if they have it.[/quote]

Peter O'Toole is the only actor to play the same character twice and to be nominated for Oscars for both. Henry II in "Becket" and in "The Lion In Winter".

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Post by Ellie » Fri February 6th, 2009, 9:15 am

Yesterday I saw Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang for the first time and thought it was great.

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Post by EC2 » Fri February 6th, 2009, 12:10 pm

Legally Blonde - brain candy but fun and managed to stay the right side of annoying.
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Post by nona » Fri February 6th, 2009, 2:15 pm

Lakeview Terrace> not great but really made me wonder about my neighbors, afterwards I told my husband you couldn't pay me to live next to a cop, lol.

Pride and Glory> I'm an Edward Norton fan and I like Colin Farrel as a bad guy but it was an eye opener, once again you really don't know those around you. Have to say I really liked this one.

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Post by diamondlil » Fri February 6th, 2009, 9:59 pm

I watched The Pirate King this morning! What a trip down memory lane!
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Post by alice » Sat February 7th, 2009, 4:32 pm

Moliere. It was really enjoyable, giving an imagined insight to what may have happened to him when he disappeared from sight for a while. It cleverly used characters which appear in his plays. I thought the actors were very good, and I really liked the lead actor, (Romain Duris) and the buffoonlike Monsieur Jourdain (Fabrice Luchini). But in fact, I liked all of the actors. Excellent.

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Post by MissMarplestein » Sat February 7th, 2009, 4:59 pm

This wasn't at the movies, but I watched An Affair To Remember, with Cary Grant and Deborah Carr; what an utterly romantic flick!

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Post by Vanessa » Sat February 7th, 2009, 6:46 pm

We watched Hancock on DVD last night. I thought it was good fun.
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Post by Alaric » Sun February 8th, 2009, 3:38 am

Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

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