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- Wed May 25, 2005 10:10 pm
- Forum: The People
- Topic: Tom Cruise is a real jerk
- Replies: 240
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I had the same feeling, Pamela-Marie, when I saw him tonight on Access Hollywood. He was being belligerently opinionated, which is not like him (his most noticeable general trait is a desperate need to be approved of by all). And he seems ready to become a full-out proseltyzer for Scientology, whic...
- Sun May 15, 2005 3:17 pm
- Forum: 2000 - 2007
- Topic: The Official Review Thread of 2005
- Replies: 272
- Views: 46543
Crash is the sort of movie many of us would LIKE to like -- it's a grown-up drama with a mainstream feel, and it certainly aspires to seriousness. And I think it starts off well (disagree with Sabin here). The first, say, 45 minutes have some strong scenes (Ludacris and Tate; Phillippe with Keith D...
- Thu Apr 28, 2005 12:35 pm
- Forum: The Damien Bona Memorial Oscar History Thread
- Topic: 1974 Oscar Shouldabeens
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9202
What I mean, Reza, is that the reviews for Sugarland were quite good, seeming to suggest the arrival of a new exciting talent, but the film's utter inability to draw an audience was deemed likely to set his career back -- something about which there was regret expressed at the time. I mean to sugge...
- Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:39 am
- Forum: The Damien Bona Memorial Oscar History Thread
- Topic: 1974 Oscar Shouldabeens
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9202
Badlands I believed had played a festival (NY?) in '73, but opened officially in February or March of '74. Unfortunately, it hit theatres at almost precisely the same time as The Sugarland Express and Thieves Like Us. This pile-up of outlaws-on-the-run films had a similar effect to the farm trilogy...
- Sun Feb 27, 2005 1:39 am
- Forum: The Damien Bona Memorial Oscar History Thread
- Topic: Network
- Replies: 43
- Views: 7573
Magilla, I think Bernard Herrmann's loss to The Omen the same night indicated at least some level of pure anti-Taxi Driver feeling. Like you, I thought Talia Shire was the solid choice, until she was ludicrously bumped to the top category. After that, I just thought Jodie Foster had by far the most...
- Sat Feb 26, 2005 3:56 pm
- Forum: The Damien Bona Memorial Oscar History Thread
- Topic: Network
- Replies: 43
- Views: 7573
I saw Network probably within a few days of you, Damien, also at the Sutton. And then I just saw it again last weekend, with no viewings in between. I was a fan of the film at the time, finding alot of the comic invention fexciting (a big improvement over Chayefsky's previous The Hospital), much of...