What Swanky Things are you Watching?

[Boss Angeles]

That Flynn box set is worth it. Dodge City is good too. His documentary in the set is excellent.

Have some old casual pics of Nigel Bruce, he was quite a party animal.

This week I'm into artie shaw...

[libraryvixen]

I have Kung Fu Hustle and disc 2 of Dead Like Me. My request for Season 2 of Curb Your Enthusiasm has also arrived from the library. So much to watch!!

[Prudence]

Finally saw "The Brothers Grimm." For the most part, it was the visual treat I was anticipating. However, there were a few parts where the CGI was so jarring as to jerk one out of the story. But then again, that's fairly typical these days.

[AllyOops!]

I have a sore throat and cough.

So, curled up on the couch all day, I watched Season 3 of Sex & The City (one of my favorite seasons). I can watch it again and again.

[Snowflake]

Last night a tremendously wonderful documentary on the always swanky (even when she is suffering) Greta Garbo. Directed by my hero, Kevin Brownlow, it was well worth watching.

Their next opus for Turner Classic movies will be called I'm King Kong about the making of the 1933 film and of Merian C. Cooper who produced it with Willis O'Brien doing the superb (for 1933) minatures. Besides, Fay Wray had the best scream. It will be timely to the Peter Jackson remake, which should be awesome too!

Snow

[mousepod]

I just got a German DVD box set of Alfred Hitchcock - The Early Years, and have been making my way through these fantastic early (pre-US) films. I admit that I've only seen these before in horrible public-domain quality prints, and these are a revelation - I think I need to revisit the rest of the Hitchcock collection...

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

The Brothers Grimm, which I enjoyed a lot more than I expected to, even despite it's flaws.

My Bodyguard (on cable...hurrah!)

Satisfaction. Oh my suckage, and yet...I watch...for Liam Neeson.

The Elephant Man. Again. And again.

The Princess and the Warrior. For some reason, this is one of my all-time favorite movies. It's Twyker. It's not well known or well loved, as far as I can tell. And, yet, I have seen it many, many, many times and it never bores me. I'm riveted each time. I love the actors, the coincidences, the fairy tale aspects. I just want to kiss this movie all over its movie body.

[CoasterMatt]

The swankiest thing I've been watching? this

[Ghoulish Delight]

We've just finished watching Home Movie, from the director of American Movie

If you've seen and enjoyed American Movie, you'll likely enjoy this. It's a documentary profiling the residents of 5 very unique domiciles. A gator keeper that lives on a Louisiana house boat (sadly, we couldn't help but wonder what has become of said house boat), a technician who has created for himself the house of the future, a couple living underground in an abandoned cold war missile launch facility, an elderly retired American actress who used to have a #2 sitcom in Japan living in a treehouse in the remotest parts of Hawaii, and a couple with 11 cats who have given their home over to their furry family (3 guesses which one is from California).

It's saying something when you've got a bunch of people and the MOST sane, by a long shot, is the gator keeping hick on the Louisiana house boat.

I'd particularly recommend this film to € and NA. NA, the cat couple should serve as a cautionary tale , for €, the guy with the house of the future may very well become your hero after viewing. His entire house is automated using classic relay systems. He's got circular doors that iris open, dressers that split apart to reveal doorways, a rotating living room, a robot, Monsanto-style kitchen cabinets that lower and raise. And it can all be controlled reomtely from anywhere in the world simply by dialing into the phone and entering the pass codes. Sure, the old man's a little nutty and has a 33 year old girlfriend whose equally so. But damnit what a house!

And, as an added bonus, the DVD contains an extensive 12 minute promo for Monsanto's House of the Future. Sadly, the print they had has seen better days.

All in all, short but thuroughly entertaining.

[€uroMeinke]

I finally saw The Life Aquatic last night and loved it for it's twisted-hyper-reality, crayon sea ponies, candy crabs, etc. The closing scenes with the entire cast in a tiny submarine had me rolling. I loved the quirky characters and agreed with NA who thought it would be a perfect pairing with Buckaroo Bonzai. We own this one, now to pick up the other Wes Anderson pics.