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Comment on 323 – The Painted Veil by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:59:44 +0000

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Comment on 302 – Notes on a Scandal by Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » Oscars 2007

Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » Oscars 2007 — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:43:46 +0000

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Comment on 306 – Babel by Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » Oscars 2007

Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » Oscars 2007 — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:43:25 +0000

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Comment on AFI reveals new Top 100 list by Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » Musings on AFI’s list

Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » Musings on AFI’s list — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 05:12:25 +0000

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Comment on 196 – Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle by Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » 2008 Movies to Wait for

Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » 2008 Movies to Wait for — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 04:46:23 +0000

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Comment on I Love You Alice B. Toklas!, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), Lake Placid by Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » 341 - The Invasion

Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » 341 - The Invasion — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:12:17 +0000

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Comment on 204 – Closer by Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » Worst movies by Great (or at least Good) directors: Part II

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:36:25 +0000

[...] Closer, Mike Nichols. Take four pretty people who are otherwise annoying as hell, and make them fall for each other in various combinations. Hell, make one of them turn into a stripper. THAT would be pure movie magic. Such it was for Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Clive Owen, and Julia Roberts. Owen went on to better things, for sure, but here he – as well as the other four – comes off looking metaphorically awful. And Nichols is no slouch in the movie biz, having directed The Graduate, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and The Birdcage, among others. There’s no wit, there’s no charm, although there’s plenty of beauty, it’s barely skin deep. [...]

Comment on Black Sunday and Blind Side by Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » Worst movies by Great (or at least Good) directors: Part I

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:35:15 +0000

[...] Black Sunday, John Frankenheimer. This 1977 “thriller” is about a terrorist plot to kill a bunch of people during the Super Bowl, but it’s largely suspenseless and dull. This from the man who directed The Manchurian Candidate and Birdman of Alcatraz. What was he thinking? No, don’t answer that; it’s rhetorical, that means you don’t have to answer. Frankenheimer probably needed the cash. But at least you get to see Bruce Dern unhinged, and you know that never happens in movies. [...]

Comment on 127 – Signs by Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » Worst movies by Great (or at least Good) directors: Part II

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:28:14 +0000

[...] Signs, M. Night Shyamalan. M. Night suckered me into watching this crop-circles flotsam when it came out. Hey, the man did The Sixth Sense, which was fantastic, and Unbreakable, which was moderately awesome, but this one fell completely flat. Stupid kids, pious-to-a-fault dad, dopey brother – who’s really making those circles in the field, anyway? Lowlight? The rubber-suit alien who looks RIGHT out of 1954’s Creature from the Black Lagoon. Poorly written, badly acted, and a completely nonexistent special effects budget. Characters change from wacky to serious and back at the blink of an eye, thereupon jettisoning all you knew about them – or cared to, thankfully. [...]

Comment on Worst movies by Great (or at least Good) directors: Part I by Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » Worst movies by Great (or at least Good) directors: Part II

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:26:53 +0000

[...] In our first installment, we covered some real humdingers: Match Point, Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things, Vanilla Sky, and Internal Affairs, among others. We continue our look here, as I move down the list of directors alphabetically. [...]

Comment on 47 – Gladiator by Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » 344 - 300

Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » 344 - 300 — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:31:20 +0000

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Comment on 306 – Babel by Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » 2008 Movies to Wait for

Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » 2008 Movies to Wait for — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:36:36 +0000

[...] 20. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (November 26). In this David Fincher film based on an F. Scott Fitzgerald story, Button (Brad Pitt) is a man who ages backwards, which causes trouble when he falls for Cate Blanchett. Fincher’s films are always a bit different and entertaining, and Pitt and Blanchett were wonderful together in Babel. [...]

Comment on 203 – Finding Neverland by Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » 2008 Movies to Wait for

Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » 2008 Movies to Wait for — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:36:14 +0000

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Comment on 149 – Kill Bill Vol. 1 by Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » 344 - 300

Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » 344 - 300 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:12:58 +0000

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Connecting News, Commentaries and Blogs at NineReports.com - — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:59:52 +0000

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Comment on 289 – Casino Royale by Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » 2008 Movies to Wait for

Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » 2008 Movies to Wait for — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:08:00 +0000

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Comment on 235 – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » 2008 Movies to Wait for

Frothy Ruminations » Blog Archive » 2008 Movies to Wait for — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:07:36 +0000

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Comment on 367 – Eastern Promises by Steve

Steve — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:42:33 +0000

I wasn’t that impressed with Eastern Promises. I thought it was gratuitously violent. Naomi Watts is beautiful with her delicate femininity, so I don’t mind watching her. The story is kind of hard to follow. There is a lot of style in the movie, but not a lot of substance. This is definitely not the first movie to have that issue.

Comment on 366 – Cloverfield by politzania

politzania — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:01:12 +0000

I’m not under 30 and don’t normally watch a movie specifically for “things that blow up”, but FWIW – I got totally sucked in by what was happening & had a great time.

Comment on 366 – Cloverfield by frothy

frothy — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:49:29 +0000

Most people who go to the movies are under 30. When I was under 30, I was also enamored with things that blow up, too.

Comment on 366 – Cloverfield by wabbs

wabbs — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:47:46 +0000

Its sad to say, but apparently this movie is setting new box office records.

America has apparently dumbed down THAT MUCH?

Comment on 366 – Cloverfield by frothy

frothy — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:08:12 +0000

You might, if you saw enough of it.. Actually, I was thinking along those lines as I watched it, early on. After a while, I just wanted it to end.

Comment on 366 – Cloverfield by wabbs

wabbs — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:44:51 +0000

Sounds like the kind of movie that I would end up rooting for the monster to hurry up and waste them all!

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Cloverfield » 366 - Cloverfield — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:44:01 +0000

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Movie Quotes » 2008 Movies to Wait for Frothy Ruminations — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:36:38 +0000

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Comment on 364 – Spider-Man 3 by frothy

frothy — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:24:55 +0000

On the other hand, compare the movies to the comic strip (not the comic book), and they’re worlds apart in terms of excitement. In the strip, PP whines at the TV set.

Comment on 364 – Spider-Man 3 by Ray

Ray — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:17:09 +0000

Yeah…this whole series has been a major disappointment for me. Not a single one of the Spider-man movies captured the same excitement level from a number of the animated versions. There was one Spider-man animated series that was airing just before the release of the first Spider-man movie and that cartoon always had me on the edge of my seat. It was fast-paced, unpredictable and exciting. And best of all, Mary Jane wasn’t such a poor-me drama queen. Compared to that series, the movies are downright boring.

Comment on Delinquent Daughters! booga booga by frothy

frothy — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:43:13 +0000

Yeah, it’s campy, but badly. I’m willing to sacrifice for my art – it’s just a shame the makers of this movie were not similarly inclined!

Comment on Delinquent Daughters! booga booga by wabbs

wabbs — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:41:19 +0000

Sorry that you sat through this one, but at least nobody should be tempted to rent it to see if its any good.

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Comment on 240 – Wedding Crashers by trancefixed

trancefixed — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:10:44 +0000

Good review.

I have to say I love this film – it’s not intelligent, you just have to sit back a laugh it up. Slapstick comedy at it’s best.

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History » 311 - Rocky Balboa Frothy Ruminations — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:28:51 +0000

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2008 Movies to Wait for « Frothy Ruminations — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:24:59 +0000

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2008 Movies to Wait for « Frothy Ruminations — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:24:37 +0000

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2008 Movies to Wait for « Frothy Ruminations — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:08:55 +0000

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2008 Movies to Wait for « Frothy Ruminations — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:08:33 +0000

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Broadover.Com » 360 - Charlie Wilson’s War — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:24:27 +0000

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Tommy Lee » 359 - No Country for Old Men — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:53:15 +0000

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blonde pamelablog — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:59:47 +0000

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Comment on Trouble in Paradise with Zombies by facts mammal

facts mammal — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:24:14 +0000

Had some thoughts about this a couple of weeks ago, but..as always i tend to forget things like this.

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скачать хитмен — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:39:23 +0000

These are all great!

Comment on 318 – Mr. Brooks by Todd Braley

Todd Braley — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:42:25 +0000

Well, not being a fan of Costner myself I loved this movie! I was hooked from the opening and never walked away from this flick. I thought that Hurt was outstanding and I was just mesmerized when he was on screen. It was nice to see Demi Moore back on screen. I thought that her role (thouigh not real significant) was played with vigor and she had some nuts. I think that Moore should have her own action movie (one that she’s not bald headed in). The movie on the whole kept me guessing and the ending was great. Nice job to the filmmaker for making this without a studio behind them. This movie could have been a complete disaster if a studio had gotten a hold of it.

Comment on 10 Weirdest Movies by frothy

frothy — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:17:57 +0000

That’s kind of the point, about the song’s appearing in ACO. It was the juxtoposition that made it work. Playing a hard-ass heavy metal tune would have been boring and uncreative.

Lists like these are supposed to be personal. They can’t be objective, certainly, because “weird” is subjective unto itself.

Comment on 10 Weirdest Movies by wabbs

wabbs — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:01:43 +0000

Weirdest? Not really, have seen some that were weirder, but I think that some of these are among the worst movies ever made.

A Clockwork Orange, while acclaimed, was a BAD adaptation of the novel that never quite made the point, IMO. I do have to laugh when I think about the licensing of the song “Singing In The Rain”, did the rights owner have any idea of what they were going to do with it when they took the cash? lol Not exactly the kind of exposure I would have wanted for MY song, if you get my drift. (Not exactly Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, was it?)

As for the others, most are “B” (or even lower) grade movies, IMO, so kind of hard to say that the article’s picks are any better than any one else’s. I think your pick of Jacob’s Ladder is better suited for being weird. I think there is too much personal taste reflected in this list to be more than just “interesting.” I, personally, would put most of the “chick flicks” in the “weird movie” category, but then again, thats just me.

Comment on Guilty movies by Ray

Ray — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:41:28 +0000

Of course, I haven’t seen any of the Lord of the Rings films, any of the Harry Potters, any of The Godfathers, any of the Shreks, or pretty much anything that was released in the last 5 years, unless it could be classified as a “Summer Blockbuster.”