MacGruber red band trailer (NSFW)

I gotta say, it actually looks like it might be funny. Assuming they didn't show us all the funny parts in the trailer....

I love when I see an old movie I'd never even heard of and it just tickles me in all the good ways. That happened yesterday with People Will Talk, a 1951 play adaptation starring Cary Grant and Jeanne Crain. A fantastic follow-up (as in next collaboration, not a sequel or anything) by Mankiewicz and Zanuck to All About Eve. Eve is, of course, far superior but People Will Talk has many of the same elements (adult adults, crisp dialog).

Plus a lot of themes and ideas that resonate well in today's world, and it is nice that the movie does not at all flinch from or condemn Crain's character for being pregnant out of wedlock.

I don't think they put all the funny parts in that trailer.

Saw "A Single Man" yesterday. An odd mix of fashion photography closeups and long conversations with not terribly sharp dialogue. Perhaps that's what life's supposed to be like in the film's view, but it doesn't make for great entertainment. Colin Firth was good though.

These are funny. But I must admit, I like the LOTR quote. That moment makes me all teary.

The 100 Cheesiest Movie Quotes of All Time

I played a "Lord of the Rings" pinball machine today. It was oddly heavy and ponderous. I even came to resent the fact that it gave me five balls for my fifty cents.

Almost caught up with the Oscar potentials. Three more to go. Up is still my favorite by a long shot. Second year in a row with little that I really loved.

Heather and I saw a bunch of the Oscar potentials recently, and the only two that I'd consider watching multiple times are Up and Inglourious Basterds. Still have several to go, though.

We finally signed up for Netflix (don't judge!) and streamed some "His Girl Friday". Not sure how I felt about that one, really.

Oh, the joy of His Girl Friday is the ease and alacrity of the dialogue of Roz Russell and Cary Grant. One of Howard Hawks best, I think. Really, the film moves like lightening. Great, snappy and very biting dialogue and a message buried in there, too. I love this film.

"She's no albino. She was born right here in this country."
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