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What Movies Have You Seen Lately?
[quote=""Ash""]Philomena is amazing, just have a box of kleenex for the first 20 minutes or so[/quote]
Saw this Saturday and loved it. The byplay between Philomena and Martin Sixsmith is precious. Loved the way she wormed her way into his hard-bitten journalist psyche with her niceness, honesty and courage.
Saw this Saturday and loved it. The byplay between Philomena and Martin Sixsmith is precious. Loved the way she wormed her way into his hard-bitten journalist psyche with her niceness, honesty and courage.
- wendy
- Compulsive Reader
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- Joined: September 2010
- Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
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I saw LONE SURVIVOR - a controversial true story about a botched attempt to take out a Taliban stronghold. It's one of those movies that stays with you long after the credits stop rolling because it raises all kinds of moral considerations.
Wendy K. Perriman
Fire on Dark Water (Penguin, 2011)
http://www.wendyperriman.com
http://www.FireOnDarkWater.com
Fire on Dark Water (Penguin, 2011)
http://www.wendyperriman.com
http://www.FireOnDarkWater.com
Saw American Hustle last night & nearly fell asleep. Maybe it was the wine with dinner before, but despite some great performances the plot just didn't hold my interest until the end, which was a nice twist. Can't imagine how this movie is one of the favorites for the Oscar, but then last year I would have picked Les Miserables over Argo, so what do I know. Loved Christian Bale's performance though, & also Jeremy Renner's.
- Nefret
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 2960
- Joined: February 2009
- Favourite HF book: Welsh Princes trilogy
- Preferred HF: The Middle Ages (England), New Kingdom Egypt, Medieval France
- Location: Temple of Isis
Watched The Avengers last night on DVD. Can't help it, Loki is funny.
Into battle we ride with Gods by our side
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
- MLE (Emily Cotton)
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 3552
- Joined: August 2008
- Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
- Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
- Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
- Location: California Bay Area
Watched Jaws on TCM with my oldest daughter the other night. She liked it. I had forgotten about the monologue about the USS Indianapolis. Shudders!
- Nefret
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 2960
- Joined: February 2009
- Favourite HF book: Welsh Princes trilogy
- Preferred HF: The Middle Ages (England), New Kingdom Egypt, Medieval France
- Location: Temple of Isis
[quote=""annis""]Finally got to see Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, 4 years after everyone else!
Oh dear, what a dog - improbabilities and historical inaccuracies abound. Not even the luminous Cate Blanchett could save this clunker.[/quote]
Saw that in the theater... it seemed liked a good idea at some point. I liked Men in Tights better.
Oh dear, what a dog - improbabilities and historical inaccuracies abound. Not even the luminous Cate Blanchett could save this clunker.[/quote]
Saw that in the theater... it seemed liked a good idea at some point. I liked Men in Tights better.
Into battle we ride with Gods by our side
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
- princess garnet
- Bibliophile
- Posts: 1465
- Joined: August 2008
- Location: Maryland