The best movie to watch during the new year. This is a funny, nostalgic memoir of the New York of Woody Allen's childhood. A world without adopted daughters and possible comebacks (is Match Point really going to be good?), but Mia's still there – and Dianne Wiest. The music is amazing – my song of the week comes from this soundtrack.
If you haven't seen this movie you should.
Extremely charming, pleasurable, and clever mystery comedy
starring Myrna Loy and William Powell as witty, carefree, martini-soaked aristocratic sleuths. The entire collection (six movies in all) was just released on DVD. All are good, and they are movies “you can watch with the whole family” this holiday and actually enjoy it.
To say this is a comedy about two actors who leave the city to go to the country where hilarity ensues would be misleading. Even though this statement is true – this movie is much more than you might expect. Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann are flawless and I laughed out loud during this movie more than any other; but it is also an extremely bittersweet story about an end of an era (the sixties) and the inevitable end of the friendship between two men growing up. Please watch this movie. See a trailer here.
Joe Don Baker (I don't know if you've ever seen “Mitchell”–if you haven't, rent the MST3K skewering right away) wants to close down a video arcade run by a guy who can't have sex or play video games because of what he saw reflected in the darkened screen of a broken Miss Pac console one terrible night. The theme song “Totally Awesome Video Games” brings a smile to my face every time I hear it, as does another awesome song from the soundtrack, “Vidiots”.
Characters called Dorfus and King Vidiot are involved in a video game contest with the future of the arcade on the line. There's a scene where a hot dog gets stuck between a girl's' tits and no one really does anything for like 2 minutes. “Joysticks” is a little hard to find, it will probably never make it to DVD, but we usually watch it at least once a year.
The Maysles bothers document Big Edie and Little Edie, high society drop outs and relatives of Jackie O, as they go to seed in a delapitated mansion overrun by cats and raccoons.
Here's an excerpt:
Big Edie: Oh look that cat's going to the bathroom right behind my portrait.
Little Edie: Oh how awful!
Big Edie: No, I'm glad. I'm glad somebody's going something they want to do!
If this picture doesn't make you want to see this movie
And this amazing trailer doesn't make you want to see this movie, then how do I even know you?
This was my absolute favorite movie as a kid. And it's still amazing.
Similar to Hoegaarden but even better.
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“It's not just a movie for women, anyone will enjoy it.”
I know, it's the same speech they gave you to try and make you see “In Her Shoes”. But this is Scorsese when he was really really good.
And it's got Kris Kristofferson! In his best roll (barring Abraham Whistler, of course).
The call is coming from inside the house.
Olivia Hussey looks amazing.
Margot Kidder plays a drunk named Barb.
“You can’t rape a townie”
Watch this movie, you will love it.