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We Own the Night (James Gray, 2007)

2007-11-16 04:37:00 by Noel Vera in Critic After Dark
 
...fond of Coppola's gangster epic since I was but eight years old, catching snatches of the Cuba sequence in my grandfather's private viewing screen (long story), seeing part 1 several years later and revisiting both every year since. I grew up practically developing my sense of cinema on those pictures, learning about theme and character, the...
 
 
 
 
 
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Old School Indy Diet Coke Commercial

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2007-12-22 16:52:01 by Editor in Cinema Fusion
 
...fond memories of it, as every time I popped in my Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade VHS tape as a kid, this played before it. Obviously, its terribly cheesy, with the 80s synthesized version of the Raiders March, the obviously not Harrison Ford Indy, and the movie in the living room jumping around between the series. Anybody else have fond...
 
 
 
 
 
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The House Between 2.4: "Estranged" Director Notes

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2008-02-14 07:03:00 by John Kenneth Muir in John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Film/TV
...fond of, and which took me three days to cut: a slow-motion, Sam Peckinpah battle in the foyer between humans and Outdwellers. In the original script, there was blood splattering the walls, severed limbs hitting the floor, and other grotesqueries but again, Joe (wisely) reminded me that this was a rented location. We couldnt exactly be...
 
 
 
 
 
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2/25: Husbands and Wives; Le Corbeau

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2008-02-25 23:51:00 by Ed Howard in Only The Cinema
...fond memories of youth. This metatextual element, unusual in Allen's mostly self-contained films, is tipped off right from the very first shot, in which Woody's character, Gabe, watches a TV show about the philosopher who appeared in Crimes and Misdemeanors in fact, he is watching what was, in the earlier film, a documentary created by the...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Ghost & Mrs. Muir

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2008-03-06 12:17:00 by Jeff Duncanson in filmscreed
...fondness for this doppelganger The earthy sailor and the prim lady are therefore now living (sort of) under the same roof, and the film winks at the sexual possibilities that come with this situation. At one point as Lucy lies in bed, she hears Gregg intone, Dont let anyone tell you that you should be ashamed of your figure The exchanges...
 
 
 
 
 
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Sinatra at the Movies

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2008-04-28 00:39:00 by Variety.com * in Thompson On Hollywood
...fond memories (misted in 60s nostalgia) of Von Ryan's Express and The Manchurian Candidate. But that's about it. Jean-Luc Godard was fond of Vincente Minnelli's Some Came Running, which I need to look at again
 
 
 
 
 
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Peachy keen

2008-05-10 20:07:36 by Editor in Mission:Insane Fic Challenge
 
...fond of the questions we were asking You didnt say fond Her nose wrinkled and she shrugged. Sorry I couldnt give an exact quote You said keen. He raised his eyebrows. The only person Ive ever heard say that was my grandfather and he was eighty. How old are you You got me, detective. Im the most well preserved octogenarian in the history...
 
 
 
 
 
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CINEMA RETRO COVERS A.M.P.A.S. TRIBUTE TO GEORGE PAL

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2008-09-05 17:13:00 by Cinema Retro in Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s
...fond memories of one of the mediums great showmen One of the reasons for such fond memories was the character of the man himself, according to those who knew him. At the recent Academy tribute to Pal, held August 27 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, it was obvious that the warmth of the films began with the man himself....
 
 
 
 
 
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Christmas Feel Good Movies

2007-12-18 20:23:49 by Editor in Randomness
 
...fond of different Christmas Carol versions when i was younger but love the Muppets. With Michael Caine playing the starring role surrounded by the muppets it doesnt really get any better than that They also had Die Hard on the list Well a few movies which are my favorites at this time of year which did not make the MSN list . . . Love...
 
 
 
 
 
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The basics of home theater

2007-11-11 06:55:08 by Editor in arcanum13
 
...fond of over or underheated rooms, of fidgety neighbors, here is home theater. It will let you to recreate an experience similar to that of movie theaters, in an environment which we can expect to be reasonably under control (Kids and pets anyone With a good home theater system, it is possible to watch what you want, when you want, and most...