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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
Meryl:
I posted an interesting article in the Movie Resources forum about William Pohlad, one of the producers of Brokeback. Y'all might want to check it out: http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,15173.msg292656/topicseen.html#msg292656
MaineWriter:
How did I miss this? I just read that "The Namesake," by Mira Nair, is coming out on DVD today (Nov 27). I loved "Monsoon Wedding," and read countless movie reviews and articles, but I totally missed hearing anything about this movie. I gather it was shown at the Toronto Film Festival in 2006 and also London. Was it ever in movie theaters? Did any of my fellow movie-lovers here at Bettermost see it?
Looks like a DVD rental is in store for me, but man, I would have loved to see this on the big screen! Any reviews from anyone....comments are appreciated.
Leslie
oilgun:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on November 27, 2007, 10:03:14 am ---How did I miss this? I just read that "The Namesake," by Mira Nair, is coming out on DVD today (Nov 27). I loved "Monsoon Wedding," and read countless movie reviews and articles, but I totally missed hearing anything about this movie. I gather it was shown at the Toronto Film Festival in 2006 and also London. Was it ever in movie theaters? Did any of my fellow movie-lovers here at Bettermost see it?
Looks like a DVD rental is in store for me, but man, I would have loved to see this on the big screen! Any reviews from anyone....comments are appreciated.
Leslie
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It played in theatres here in Toronto but I skipped it for some reason, probably because of mediocre local reviews. However, Rotten Tomatoes gives it an 86% fresh rating.
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: oilgun on November 27, 2007, 10:43:22 am ---It played in theatres here in Toronto but I skipped it for some reason, probably because of mediocre local reviews. However, Rotten Tomatoes gives it an 86% fresh rating.
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Yes, and people are raving about it on IMDb, too! I am surprised that this one totally slipped by me...I try to keep abreast of this stuff.
I guess I'll just have to blame it on being in the throes of Brokeback Fever at the time. LOL!
L
ednbarby:
I saw "The Namesake" when it came out here. It was wonderful.
The one I'm looking forward to seeing this weekend is "The Savages" (or is it just "Savages?") with Laura Linney and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. The subject matter looks like it'll hit especially close to home for me, having just come through the shitstorm that was my father-in-law living with us for two months while he recovered from a broken hip. Let me put it this way: If I ever see him or hear his voice again, it'll be too soon.
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