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by danfrank
Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:28 pm
Forum: 81st and Other 9th Decade Discussions
Topic: The Post-Festival Landscape
Replies: 31
Views: 2020

Thanks Mr. Tee for keeping us abreast of the festival buzz and for your insights. Your posts help me anticipate the films to look forward to. As for Penelope Cruz, I thought she was a knockout in VCB. The film itself is slight and a bit rough around the edges, though entertaining enough. About 95% ...
by danfrank
Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:32 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: The 2008 Fall Campaign
Replies: 867
Views: 34224

But how did it play to all those "older white women" who are allegedly so impressed by her? On the discussion thread on the ABC News website, huge numbers of posters keep saying how "mean" and "biased" Charlie Gibson was, and how well Sarah did. And these are people wh...
by danfrank
Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:11 pm
Forum: Broadcast Media
Topic: Mad Men
Replies: 326
Views: 37674

Imdb has a soundtrack browser. Looks like "Song of India" is in several other films as well.
by danfrank
Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:03 pm
Forum: Broadcast Media
Topic: Mad Men
Replies: 326
Views: 37674

It's on the soundtrack to Atlantic City.
by danfrank
Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:03 pm
Forum: Broadcast Media
Topic: Project Runway - Make it work, bitches
Replies: 37
Views: 2003

Flipp, since you find Wesley adorable, you might be interested to know that he and Daniel are an item: Check it out.
by danfrank
Sun Jul 20, 2008 1:02 pm
Forum: 2008
Topic: The Official Review Thread of 2008
Replies: 232
Views: 38629

Just saw Chris and Don: A Love Story, a sweet, funny, poignant documentary about the relationship between Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy. There's a lot in this documentary for film buffs, as Isherwood was very much a part of the Hollywood set starting in the 1940s. I laughed out loud when B...
by danfrank
Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:29 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: The 2008 Fall Campaign
Replies: 867
Views: 34224

As someone who was employed as a telephone pollster when I was a teen, I feel compassion for pollsters and will cooperate with them if it's convenient. I like having my opinion counted, since I so often find myself in the minority. Beware the insidious push polls, though, which are disguised as opi...
by danfrank
Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:04 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: The 2008 Fall Campaign
Replies: 867
Views: 34224

Here is an article in Salon about the cell phone/polling issue.
by danfrank
Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:05 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: The 2008 Fall Campaign
Replies: 867
Views: 34224

A huge and growing problem with the polls is that the pollsters contact potential voters only on land-line numbers. Apparently there is no technology to use automatic dialers with cell phones. Younger folks in particular are trending toward having only cell phones, and of course this demographic st...
by danfrank
Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:08 pm
Forum: Broadcast Media
Topic: The American Idol 2008 Thread
Replies: 303
Views: 13046

Did they really make them all sing that Jesus song at the top of the show? Watching this show is usually just a guilty pleasure, but tonight I feel totally creeped out. Get me to rehab fast!
by danfrank
Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:20 am
Forum: 2008
Topic: Paranoid Park
Replies: 6
Views: 790

Paranoid Park is a thing of beauty. If it's playing in your area, go!
by danfrank
Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:32 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Our Primary/Caucus Votes
Replies: 70
Views: 4090

I don't think Clinton is unelectable, just less electable. If she were a much better candidate than Obama, I might be willing to take that chance. But she's not. She's far too hawkish and pro-corporate. And, whether it's her fault or not, she's divisive. This country needs some serious healing righ...
by danfrank
Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:02 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Our Primary/Caucus Votes
Replies: 70
Views: 4090

An unapologetic vote for Obama here in California. Voting for him is a bit of a risk, because we don't really know him. His speeches may be "vacuous," to use OscarGuy's word, but I don't think Barack is vacuous at all. I think his strategy is to play it safe by not saying much, and it app...
by danfrank
Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:21 pm
Forum: The 8th Decade
Topic: BAFTA nominations
Replies: 36
Views: 2720

I guess they really hated Sweeney Todd. It didn't even get a nomination for Production Design.

Edit: Oops, I see that you already mentioned that, OG
by danfrank
Thu Dec 27, 2007 5:37 pm
Forum: 2000 - 2007
Topic: Sweeney Todd: The Poll
Replies: 466
Views: 12789

But thank God they didn't give more than one solo to that girl who played Johanna. Her voice--as annoying as the sound of a fork sliding across a porcelain plate--brings a new definition to the word shrill. I concur. I had the thought that perhaps Judge Turpin was doing the world a favor by sequest...

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