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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
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 Posted - 11/21/2005 : 06:32:38
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The Devil's Rejects.
Pure slop. 
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 11/21/2005 : 08:24:13
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I liked "The Devil's Rejects."
I just got the new Wizard of Oz DVD set for my birthday, so I watched the movie with commentary last night. It was pretty cool. There are also some of L. Frank Baum's own silent movies in the set.
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 11/21/2005 : 09:54:12
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Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
Anchor Man is way, way better.
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
What?!! Anchorman is great but Better Off Dead is a pure comedy classic. "Look! I can't move my right arm!" |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 11/21/2005 : 10:00:11
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Hmmmm, you yanks are easily pleased when it comes to comedy ; )
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
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Posted - 11/21/2005 : 10:56:11
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Originally posted by VoVat
I liked "The Devil's Rejects."
Did you like when he fucked that lady with his pistola too? 
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 11/21/2005 : 12:37:23
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Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
Hmmmm, you yanks are easily pleased when it comes to comedy ; )
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
I'm probably biased because I remember the movie from my days as a youngster, but so many classic lines.
"Now that's a damn shame, when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that." |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 11/21/2005 : 14:14:32
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I liked "The Devil's Rejects."
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Did you like when he fucked that lady with his pistola too?
Well, I don't think you were SUPPOSED to like that.
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 11/21/2005 : 14:55:03
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Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
Hmmmm, you yanks are easily pleased when it comes to comedy ; )
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
we don't understand sophisticated humor like Benny Hill and Mr. Bean |
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Broken Face
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USA
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Posted - 11/21/2005 : 18:28:47
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JARHEAD
quite good. sam mendes impresses yet again.
-Brian
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 11/22/2005 : 05:04:05
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9 Songs last night.
What a pile of shite.
Thank goodness there was loads of gratuitious sex to fill out the utterly non existent story line. Might have helped if I found either of the actors attractive too.
Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.
Yeah, there was'nt a whole lot to that. I suppose it was a mood piece more than anything, but some of the voiceover dialogue was cringe worthy. I have a bit of a crush on the actress (Margo Stilley).I was surprized to find she had a part in Nathan Barley:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1626256/
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 11/22/2005 : 06:22:20
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Was she? What part?
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Surfer Rosa
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Posted - 11/22/2005 : 06:27:04
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Originally posted by Carl
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Originally posted by Surfer Rosa
9 Songs last night.
What a pile of shite.
Thank goodness there was loads of gratuitious sex to fill out the utterly non existent story line. Might have helped if I found either of the actors attractive too.
Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.
Yeah, there was'nt a whole lot to that. I suppose it was a mood piece more than anything, but some of the voiceover dialogue was cringe worthy. I have a bit of a crush on the actress (Margo Stilley).I was surprized to find she had a part in Nathan Barley:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1626256/
"Join the Honeycult!"
Oh crap - I'd forgotten how awful the voice over was. Now I've been reminded and it's there in my head again. Damn you Carl.
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 11/22/2005 : 06:31:17
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Hmmm, I don't remember any voiceover.
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 11/22/2005 : 06:44:37
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I liked "The Devil's Rejects."
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Did you like when he fucked that lady with his pistola too?
Well, I don't think you were SUPPOSED to like that.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares."
And besides the warped amount of sex mixed with violence there wasn't one original idea in the movie. It may as well have been called the Texas Chainsaw ripoff.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 11/22/2005 : 07:24:11
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Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
Hmmm, I don't remember any voiceover.
The guy chirped up occasionally, like at the parts that show him in the antartic.
Oh yeah, saw Silver Bullet last night. A Stephen King adaptation, some of it was good, other parts were corny and stupid. The music was awful, really generic 80's synth-pop rock. Gary Busey, Laurence Tierney, Everett Mcgill (from Twin Peaks) and Terry O'Quinn (The Stepfather movies, Lost) were in it. Carlos Rambaldi, the guy who created ET, did the werewolf.
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 11/23/2005 : 06:14:12
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Originally posted by Carl
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Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
Hmmm, I don't remember any voiceover.
The guy chirped up occasionally, like at the parts that show him in the antartic.
"Join the Honeycult!"
Aaah yes.
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cassandra is
> Teenager of the Year <
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hWolsky
= Cult of Ray =
France
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Posted - 11/23/2005 : 07:51:01
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"The Holy Mountain" by Alexandro Jodorowsky
Indescriptible.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 11/23/2005 : 10:29:29
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The only film of his I've seen is Santa Sangre. Weird and enjoyable.
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zub_the_goat
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 11/23/2005 : 16:33:09
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| Just got back from harry potter....actually really enjoyed it, there are less of the 'oohh look at me im famous' cameos....finally evceryone seems to be getting into their roles....the people i went with moaned that loads had been taken out of the book, which is fair enough, but as entertainment it was just right |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 11/23/2005 : 17:32:47
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Here's a converted critic:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2101-1864699,00.html
The Sunday Times
November 13, 2005
Film: Finally wild about Harry
At last, a Harry Potter film that’s scary, sweaty and, yes, really dark — converted Cosmo Landesman is all fired up
I have disliked all three Harry Potter films. And I expected to dislike the next 346,000 Harry Potter films. So, with poison pen in hand, I sat in the cinema ready to practise the dark arts of film criticism. This time, Potter, I gleefully told myself, I will destroy you with my withering one-liners and sadistic acts of sarcasm. You’re finished, Potter, finished! Then something strange and unexpected happened: the lights went down and I fell under the spell of Harry Potter.
Mike Newell, the first British director of a Harry Potter film, had the difficult task of following in the admired footsteps of Alfonso Cuaron and his Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. But I think this is the best Potter film yet, for one simple reason: it’s not like a Harry Potter film.
Past Potters were exclusively focused on the trials and tribulations of our young hero. And yes, there are plenty of displays of Harry’s heroism here, too. But the narrative focus of this film isn’t confined to his story. This one is more about the trials and tribulations of being young, and taking those first nervous footsteps into the sweaty swamp of adolescence. It’s more teen film than fairy tale. If John Hughes (The Breakfast Club) were to do Harry Potter, it would look like this.
For the first hour, Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) is really just a spectator of events. After a quick dream sequence, the film really gets going with Harry, Ron (Rupert Grint), Hermione (Emma Watson) and co going to a huge stadium to watch the Quidditch World Cup. In the past, I’ve always thought Potter’s big set pieces and special effects never had that shiny American Star Wars dazzle. They were always so British: a Wimpy burger in the age of the Super Size Me mega-Mac. But Newell makes George Lucas look like Mr Low Budget. The opening stadium scene, with its massed crowds and teams on display, is a vibrant and brilliant spectacle by any standard. When an awed Harry looks around and says “I love magic!”, you know what he means.
Back at Hogwarts, everyone is excited about the forthcoming Triwizard Tournament, involving three European schools of wizardry. Whereas opening scenes set in Hogwarts usually involve silly supernatural pranks and a gaggle of great British thespians hamming it up, Newell lets rip with a terrific pageant of the different school champions who will become Harry’s opponents. And he has managed to make Hogwarts look like the greatest school in the world, one that any kid would gladly sacrifice their parents on a bloody altar to get into. (On the other hand, Harry has been there for three years, and as far as I can tell, the only thing he’s learnt to do is fly on a broomstick and cast two spells, one of which doesn’t prove very effective.) Anyway, when the Goblet of Fire chooses Harry to enter the competition as well, the whole school turns against him. Once again, Harry has to face a familiar foe: celebrity. “I don’t want eternal glory,” he says. But eternal glory wants Harry, and it nearly costs him his friendship with Ron, and his life.
The Triwizard Tournament involves three dangerous challenges, providing Newell with three big set pieces that he pulls off with gusto. The first involves stealing a dragon’s egg. Here the CGI dragon looks fantastic, although its egg looks like one of those Terry’s All Gold chocolates. But the best scene involves Harry growing gills, having to go underwater to rescue friends and encountering scary mermaid creatures along the way. It’s a beautiful and haunting scene you won’t forget.
Ever since the Potter series was launched in 2001, we’ve been told that the following Potter film is going to be really “dark” and “edgy”. And they never have been, at least till now. This is the first Potter film to raise the question: is it too scary for under-12s? Yes, definitely. But the scariness is never shocking, gratuitous or bloody. It’s scary because you can’t go into the dark world where evil, in the form of Lord Voldemort (wonderfully played by Ralph Fiennes), lurks and leave ’em smiling. A central message here is that you can’t wrap kids in cotton wool: they need challenges that are scary, even dangerous.
There’s also another Potter first, in the form of sex. Nothing overt — unless you count a topless Harry in a soapy tub, but we see the boffinish Hermione (Emma Watson) turn into a beauty, and Harry has eyes for the foxy Cho Chang (Katie Leung). Fighting evil is one thing; asking a girl to a the school ball proves far tougher.
Radcliffe’s performance as Potter is the film’s weakest link. Yes, he can grunt and groan with the best of them, but conveying any kind of mood, be it fear or happiness, is just beyond his grasp. What Radcliffe can do is stand there and look ordinary, and this he does rather well. But Newell has used his Great British Thespians (Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Michael Gambon, Miranda Richardson, Brendan Gleeson et al) sparingly, and has allowed this to be the youngsters’ film. For me, Watson is the best of the bunch, and in Grint we have a new Dennis Waterman in waiting. I never thought I’d say this, but I’m actually looking forward to the next episode of Harry Potter.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 12A, 157 mins,
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Edited by - Carl on 11/23/2005 17:34:50 |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 11/23/2005 : 20:42:31
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I watched the Family Guy movie last night, and "Cry-Baby" the night before that. Both very funny films.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 11/26/2005 : 06:40:18
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ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
nothing to write home about. not one of Scorsese's best.
-Brian
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
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Posted - 11/27/2005 : 12:46:50
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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. From what I understand it hasn't been released in the USA yet. It's a movie by and with Tommy Lee Jones. It won 2 awards at the last Cannes Festival, and I think it's a bit overrated but it was pretty good anyway. It starts like your typical nice landscapes/good morals movie but it's actually more than that. I liked it.
Denis
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Broken Face
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USA
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Posted - 11/27/2005 : 14:09:11
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VIDEODROME
The first 2/3s were great, but it really ran out of steam about 20 minutes from the end.
-Brian
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cassandra is
> Teenager of the Year <
France
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
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Posted - 11/28/2005 : 09:07:46
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Originally posted by vilainde
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. From what I understand it hasn't been released in the USA yet. It's a movie by and with Tommy Lee Jones. It won 2 awards at the last Cannes Festival, and I think it's a bit overrated but it was pretty good anyway. It starts like your typical nice landscapes/good morals movie but it's actually more than that. I liked it.
Denis
"You know what? You know what? You know what? Shut the fuck up!"
Forgot to add some Frank-related trivia: Levon Helm stars in the movie. He plays an old blind man in a short but excellent scene.
Denis
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fbc
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 11/28/2005 : 15:22:49
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I'm watching a documentary about the massacre at Columbine High.
My friend's just asked if this is the consequence of school uniform not being compulsory in the States.
He has no tact. |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 11/30/2005 : 13:14:08
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I watched "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" last night. I hadn't seen that since...well, last December.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 11/30/2005 : 19:33:27
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Yesterday I watched Notting Hill. I did'nt find it very funny, it had it's moments. It kind of tries to make a comment about stars and the media, but ends up being a bit cringe worthy. It had some nicely done scenes, but ultimately it turns into an annoying bucket of romcom vomit. Julia Roberts is always nice to look at, though.
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Broken Face
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USA
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Posted - 11/30/2005 : 21:38:38
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about 10 minutes of BLUES BROTHERS 2000 on Starz! and i wanted to slit my wrists
-Brian
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The King Of Karaoke
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
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Posted - 12/02/2005 : 08:02:48
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I just watched "Unleashed" with jet Li and Morgan Freeman. Pretty good! I would recommend.
I just watched george Romero's "Land of the Dead" This movie sucked ass beyond thunderdome.
Then I watched "Mountain Walking With Homer" This a coming of age story about the epic struggle between a boy, his bike, a 30 pack of Coors and 4 Bud light's he stole from his buddy, when he wasn't looking. Highly recommend!
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
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Posted - 12/02/2005 : 08:30:36
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Uh... I think you mixed the DVD cases, KOK. Land Of The Dead = good. Unleashed = bad (though I haven't seen it).
Denis
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Broken Face
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USA
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Posted - 12/02/2005 : 08:57:18
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SHATTERED GLASS
how did the same guy who played Stephen Glass play Anakin Skywalker? Haden Christiansen was QUITE good in this. a very enjoyable film, especially for a trio of 'movie savers' - Peter Saarsgard, Hank Azaria, and Steve Zahn (who will never play a role over 30 i'm convinced)
-Brian
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PixieSteve
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Posted - 12/02/2005 : 08:59:21
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the warriors!
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