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Eric - 2009-01-09 18:18:25
Mine is also up here (www.thefilmviews.weebly.com.) There are a coupla overlaps.
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grigorss - 2009-01-09 18:43:06
Thanks for the plug, P. -- an especial recommendation for you: Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky. Perhaps not his best -- but anything from Leigh is a treat: this one's no exception!
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Steve - 2009-01-09 23:52:19
If, according to Price's article "The RIAA sold fewer CDs in 2008 than 1982", the music business is in bad shape. CDs didn't even enter the market until October 1982!
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Muleboy - 2009-01-12 14:32:12
I thought that grigorss's list was fun, and shared some of my own responses and sensibility. I thought that In Bruges, Wrestler, Man on Wire, and Let The Right One In were strong, strong flicks, but wanted to pipe up and recommend Happy Go Lucky -- only to find he had already done so! If you like those, I'd also recommend I've Loved You So Long and possibly A Girl Cut In Two, which I can't wholeheartedly recommend, but which features a layered and complex performance from Ludivine Sagnier. And keep your eyes open for Time Crimes, which is out now.
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grigorss - 2009-01-13 01:19:52
Thanks for your thoughts Muleboy; I actually got a chance to see Time Crimes when it played at a festival showing here in L.A. -- but it got such a half-hearted theatrical release in the U.S. that I decided to just wait on writing it up till it gets a DVD release (presumably later this year); it was one of the better films I saw in '08 though. There's a U.S. remake in the works -- with Cronenberg attached to direct, I believe.
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Paula - 2009-01-13 02:52:39
My coworker also heartily recommended Timecrimes, so that, too has been 'flixed.
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Eric - 2009-01-13 05:28:04
I missed that one too during its week release in NYC.
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Muleboy - 2009-01-13 13:34:51
Oh oh. The dreaded U.S. remake. Well, it was never really in doubt; the movie is too clever -- and too compelling and nicely paced -- not to invite a remake. I won't comment on Cronenberg; I'll just say that I found Karra Elejalde *so* watchable (fascinating, actually) that I feel sorry for whatever Hollywood name/face is tapped to take on the role of Hector. Hey, everybody -- queue up for Cronocrimines before Time Crimes hits the multiplex!
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Philip - 2009-01-13 13:52:05
I can't help but think that the ostensibly "random" Zip Code mentioned in the Jeff Price screed ("02134") had been seared into his brain from watching Zoom on PBS.
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Jestaplero - 2009-01-13 18:47:08
I used to live in the 02134 ZIP code - Allston, MA, where the Boston-based public TV affiliate WGBH is located. It was amazing how many people recognized my ZIP as the "Zoom" ZIP code.
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Paula - 2009-01-13 18:51:31
Some IHoP readers still live in that zip code, in fact!
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