What Movie Did You Watch This Weekend?

[brokebacktom]

The Dead

Zombies taking control of West Africa. It depicts an American missionary trying the leave the horror, but his plane crashes and he's back to horror. He main goal is to get to the one and only American station left in the area. However, he befriends a West African soldier and decides to help him finds his son, who escape on the last truck out of the most infected region. They struggle with the zombies, trying to find shelter, food and water. This film depicts the zombies like they should be slow with missing limbs. The acting was very good, the story was actually believable and the relationship between the 2 main characters was quite enjoyable to watch, first they couldn't trust one another but later they had complete trust even to the end when one dies from an attack. I enjoyed the movie, a bit bloody but what do you expect from a zombie movie. The ending could have been better, no resolution. Does the main character makes it?? Its out on DVD, so it might be hard to find. But worth it, if you like horror movies.

[Sandy]

I watched Whit Stillman's "Barcelona" over the weekend and really enjoyed it. I had seen snatches of it before, but was impressed this time by how funny it was. I watched in preparation for the debut of "Damsels in Distress", Whitman's fourth film. The Sunday NYT Magazine had an article on Stillman two weekends ago.

[Jeff Wrangler]

The second was an oldie...."Witness For The Prosecution " (1958)......starring Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich and Charles Lawton. Classic. Brilliant.

Agreed! I love that movie! And Elsa Lanchester as Miss Plimsoll, the nurse, and Laughton with booze in his thermos instead of hot chocolate. 

[Lyle (Mooska)]

I watched Whit Stillman's "Barcelona" over the weekend and really enjoyed it. I had seen snatches of it before, but was impressed this time by how funny it was. I watched in preparation for the debut of "Damsels in Distress", Whitman's fourth film. The Sunday NYT Magazine had an article on Stillman two weekends ago.

I had wondered what happened to him.  Wasn't his first film, Metropolitan,
in 1989 or '90?  I still quote a line from that on occasion.  He got an
oscar nomination for that film (screenplay).  He was supposed to direct an
adaptation of the novel Little Green Men which I was interested in, but that
seems to have been dropped.  I'm going to check if tyhat article is online.

(I always thought his name sounds like a country singer.)

[Sandy]

Metropolitan was his first film, Barcelona his second and The Last Days of Disco his third. I like all three. He's actually something of a posh WASP.

[chuckyv]

I would recommend the film "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." Saw it on Saturday, and what a delight it was. I had seen so little press on the film, and am so glad that I had a look. Great performances from Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Dev Patel, Celia Imrie, Tom Wikinson, & Penelope Wilton. The film is set in India, and now I want to go there.  Proof that excellent films are out there, among all the sequels, CGI, and vampire remakes.

[suelyblu]

                                                      ^^^^^^^

Exactly how I felt Chuckyv. Wasn't it just gorgeous? The film and the place.

[ingmarnicebbmt]

My Week With Marilyn (2011) on DVD, which I bought on the first day it was released (last monday) amazing performance by Michelle Williams, she is Marilyn, Eddie Redmayne is gorgeous and perfect as the love struck Colin Clarke. I found it much more emotional watching it this time round, maybe its cos I was in the privacy of my bedroom instead of the cinema but I cried my heart out, yes she was beautiful and a sex symbol but she had such a hard, sad life, she was a scared little girl, that wanted people to love her but was terrifyed everyone she loved was going to leave her (and most of them did) Michelle got that spot on, her performance was pitch perfect. backed by a strong english supporting cast, truly an amazing film

thanks for this review, Marzzzzz


the movie will be out next week here in Nice in theatres, I'm really looking forward to it!

[suelyblu]

Agreed! I love that movie! And Elsa Lanchester as Miss Plimsoll, the nurse, and Laughton with booze in his thermos instead of hot chocolate. 

Am I correct in thinking that Elsa was married to Charles Laughton, though I believe there were some stories going around about Charles and his sexual preferences ?

[Ennis Del Mark]

Yes, they were married from 1929 until his death in 1962.  She apparently didn't mind his taste for men.

[fofol]

A fan of CGI, I finally saw 'Tintin,' and really enjoyed it.  Mr. Spielberg states that the story interested him because Tintin's adventures (he is an investigating reporter) reminded him of Indian Jones' adventures, and - minus the hot-blooded love interest - he's right on the money.  The pictures are incredible and the story line a complex puzzle complete with cross-character, cross-time fades.  Maybe not an A+, but a definite A.

[Jeff Wrangler]

Yes, they were married from 1929 until his death in 1962.  She apparently didn't mind his taste for men.

Apparently Miss Lanchester was a very unconventional person with a very unconventional background.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006471/bio

Note the quote at the end about meeting Laughton's "young men" and having a "young man" of her own, "and Charles didn't even argue."

[Lyle (Mooska)]

That book that was published in February, FULL SERVICE by Scotty
Bowers, talks about both Laughton and Lanchester and some of their
sexual peccadillos.

[canmark]

Saw the very good documentary Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter in a theatre, although it's also been shown on PBS.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/charles-ray-eames-the-architect-and-the-painter/watch-the-full-documentary-film/1950/

[bubba]

We watched The Hunger Games, I thought is good, pretty true to the book.   Finished all three books, so can't wait to see the next movie.