Recommend a DVD you've watched recently

[Zomby Woof]

We watched one of our favorites the other night, "Little Big Man", starring Dustin Hoffman. Directed by Arthur Penn and released in 1970, it's the story of a 121 year old survivor the Battle of Little Bighorn, and his adventures during the heyday of the wild west. Great drama and comedy, and featuring Chief Dan George in his best role.

[BlueIris]

1. "Julie Johnson." Suburban NJ stay-at-home mom discovers she's a math/science genius.

Kicks her husband out after he forbids her to go back to school, which sets off a chain reaction of female empowerment throughout her community. Based on the play of the same title, also stars Courtney Love.

[mitchum]

5. That is a fantastic movie...

both Taylor and Love are excellent in it

[Mutley]

2. Hot Fuzz.

It's just too amusing to pass up. :D

[Beausoir]

3. Seconded. Hot Fuzz is the best movie I've seen in a year. P. I. Staker.

[DS1]

33. NOOOOOOOOO

*bang* *bang* *bang* *bang* *bang* *bang* *bang* *bang* *bang* *bang*

[Skittles]

45. I sent Hot Fuzz to Iraq

the soldiers loved it!

[ghostsofgiants]

4. Inland Empire

[gmoney]

15. That's funny, I JUST bought that

Haven't had a chance to see it yet...

Listened to the audiobook of Lynch's book "Catching the Big Fish" -- quite interesting.

[ghostsofgiants]

16. I've listened to half of that so far. Haven't had time to listen to the other half yet.

I loooove Inland Empire though.

[sarge43]

6. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Takes place in France just before the Revolution. A young man with a hyper sense of smell will stop at nothing to make the ultimate perfume. Ben Whishaw plays the man and he is absolutely shunning. And for your viewing pleasure, Alan Rickman has a featured role.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

7. Jumanji, The Big Lewboski, One Flew Over the Coo-coo's Nest

My kids love it --- (so do I)

it is just light and fun... The effects are oo-la-la to boot.

I love Little Big Man

Also, I watched One Flew Over the Coo-coo's Nest -- but that really isn't kid friendly --- and of course, I love, The Big Lewboski

Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon are two scary films that I could watch once a week for ever....

[Zomby Woof]

8. Cuckoo's Nest and Lebowski are in our library

Both among my very favorites. :D

[QueenOfCalifornia]

19. Have you seen

The Big Lebowski?

Gotta love The Dude

[Zomby Woof]

25. Read my subject line again

In the reply to you above. ;-)

[QueenOfCalifornia]

30. oops....

I needed some sleep when I wrote that... I am sort of all awake now...

:rofl:

[sarge43]

28. He will abide. n/t

[skygazer]

9. I just watched The 300

Which was certainly... um.... visually stimulating. :wow:

Actually, it was better than I expected, though I probably wouldn't feel a need to see it again. I LOVE Little Big Man and its been too long since I've seen it. Faye Dunaway was great in that movie.

[Frank Cannon]

23. We just saw 300 last night

I didn't go into it with high expectations, but overall I thought it was a pretty decent movie. Certainly a lot better than most of the "epic" garbage that comes out these days.

[stuntcat]

10. Grey Gardens

I know I know, anyone who watches tv has seen it, my friend told me it's on one of those stations that plays things 100 times :eyes: But I had to order the dvd and now I've watched it twice I love the 2 Edies so much :loveya:

[mitchum]

22. That is my favorite documentary

it is endlessly fascinating

[RushIsRot]

11. I have been checking DVDs out of the library. A couple that I have

really enjoyed recently have been A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Singin' in the Rain. I own a copy of Fly Away Home and love watching it as well.

[Droopy]

12. The Corporation

The blurb on the back of the DVD case:

"In this acclaimed documentary the co-director of Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, 40 corporate insiders and critics- including Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, No Logo author Naomi Klein, and Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman- explore the nature and spectacular rise of the most pervasive institution of our time. Combining analysis with footage from advertising, television news and industrial films, The Corporation is an entertaining and provocative look at the inner workings, curious history, controversial impacts and possible futures of the modern global conglomerate."

[bridgit]

13. hm, Little Big Man is tough to be beat, but h likes Kingdom Of Heaven...

the director's cut, as do i :thumbsup:

[Deep13]

36. That really is a great film. nt

[Tian Zhuangzhuang]

14. Recently watched Airplane again.

Own it always cheers me up


No way that movie would get a PG rating nowadays though. :silly:

[stuntcat]

17. it will never not be funny

I don't even think there is a funnier movie :silly:

[havocmom]

18. Mrs Henderson Presents

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Mythsaje]

20. Monster...

Much better than I expected.

[Oeditpus Rex]

21. You and Nini would love this

"Los Angeles Dodgers Vintage World Series Film: 1959, 1963 & 1965." I got it from Netflix. They're the original highlight reels, narrated by Vinny. He didn't sound the same back then. :D

I loved the '65 highlights because that was the first Series I ever watched. I remembered Earl Battey smacking into the Dodgers dugout roof chasing a pop foul, but I thought he hit his forehead and he actually hit his neck.

Man... Koufax, Drysdale, Podres and Osteen, with Perranoski and Miller in the bullpen. Parker, Lefebvre, Wills and Kennedy in the infield, Fairly, Willie Davis and Sweet Lou Johnson in the outfield. It was like yesterday. :D

The '59 highlights were a blast, too, because that's the first time I've seen film from games played in the Coliseum. Man, what a messed-up yard for baseball.

[Zomby Woof]

26. *swoon*

I guess all we've got is yesterday. :nopity: :D

Definitely will check it out.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

24. McCabe & Mrs Miller, and The Man Who Would Be King

a couple moldy classics.

[THUNDER HANDS]

27. Flushed Away

animated movie with Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslett and Ian McKellum.

It was shocking how smart and funny this movie was.

[CBHagman]

29. Lantana

I'd been hearing about the Australian drama Lantana for years, and it surpassed my expectations when I finally viewed it.

Short recap: Lives, loneliness, and heartbreak intersect in Sydney when a police detective (Anthony LaPaglia) investigates the disappearance of a psychiatrist (Barbara Hershey), and the psychiatrist's husband (Geoffrey Rush) isn't proving much help. A very human story about love, lies, and the ways we are all interconnected.

[ceile]

39. Very good.

Surpassed my expectations, too.

[MissMillie]

31. Same Time Next Year

I love that movie

[bikebloke]

32. Cashback

The last one I watched. An art student, after breaking up his his girlfriend, has insomnia. So he takes a job at a supermarket to kill time at night. While others are trying to speed the hours, he stops time. Then he walks around sketching the frozen-in-motion people.

*There's a lot nudity, in case it bothers anyone.

[jus_the_facts]

34. Steel Magnolias....bought and watched it again.....

...the day I had to get my diabetes meds filled...so yeah...it could be much worse...

:hug:

[Zomby Woof]

40. You know I love you more than my own luggage!

Nini has the DVD, and I admit that the scene where Olympia Dukakis asks Sally Field to hit Shirley MacLaine cracks me up EVERY time! :hug:

[Initech]

35. Season 3 of The Office

[ceile]

37. Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others)

Fucking amazing! THe best movie I've seen in years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lives_of_Others#Plot

[MountainLaurel]

47. Incredible film

Definitely worthy of the Oscar. And did you know that the main character died recently of cancer?

[ceile]

50. Yes, I heard that!

So young....

[catmandu57]

38. Harold and Maude

I've been educating my wife again she didn't understand the nuances of this movie at first, then she really got into it. Freespirit maude, concentration camp survivor teaching Harold how to live. I like it's very strong anti war message, it's a must have movie.

[CBHagman]

42. A classic.

Note that I didn't even bother to attach "cult" to "classic." I don't think anyone had any idea of how enduring that film would be. It was marketed as a pure black comedy, but there's a core of sweetness within it.

"If you want to sing out, sing out..."

[Bullwinkle925]

43. HEY!!

Have you viewed "Following" yet?????

[CBHagman]

48. Still in Netflix queue.

I'm really behind in my movie viewing. It's been that sort of a year...:crazy:

[Bullwinkle925]

52. I know . . .

same here. i've had a netflix movie here unopened for the past month. don't know when i'll get to it.

[Skittles]

46. when he's pointing the gun at his mom

and she's answering the question YES she believes in life after death, ABSOLUTELY - he turns the gun on himself :rofl:

[stuntcat]

60. a must-have

I love it, I watch it about once a year. The soundtrack is THE BEST too :headbang:

[Pale Blue Dot]

41. Short Bus

Loved it. But read some online reviews before you try it - you've been warned.

[Mojambo]

44. Gotta go with Black Books

Hilarious Britcom.

http://www.amazon.com/Black-Books-Complete-First-Second/dp/B000HC2LY4/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-1164434-4500067?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1190688507&sr=8-1

[sakabatou]

49. Any MST3K film

[bif]

51. "Dirty Pretty Things" "Amaracord" & "The Station Agent"

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[alphafemale]

54. "Chronos" it was breathtaking.

It was time lapse photography in various geograpic and mand-made landmarks.

Blew me away on a simple old 19 in TV.

If you have decent equipment I'm sure it's 10 times better.

It was originally an IMAX film if that gives you any idea.

[Xipe Totec]

55. House of Cards

Think of it as I Claudius in the XXth Century.





In it, the fictional Chief Whip, Francis Urquhart (the entire concept came from the initials, 'F.U.'), played on TV by Ian Richardson, is seen engaging in all the skulduggery of power politics in his efforts to become Prime Minister.

House of Cards starts with Francis Urquhart sitting at a desk, commenting that 'Nothing lasts forever. Even the longest, the most glittering reign must come to an end someday.' He is referring to Margaret Thatcher, who in the House of Cards universe has just left office. This then requires that the Tories (for whom Urquhart is an M.P. and Chief Whip) elect a new leader. This new leader is Henry ('Hal') Collingridge, a decent man of whom Urquhart is secretly contemptuous ('no background and no bottom').

Their new leader chosen, after a year the Conservatives then face the next election. They win by a narrow majority of around twenty-four seats and Urquhart expects to be given a senior position in the Cabinet afterwards. However, citing the political demise of Harold Macmillan after he sacked half his Cabinet, the newly elected P.M. effects no reshuffle at all. Being stuck as Chief Whip antagonises Urquhart, who then resolves to get rid of Collingridge. Significantly it is his wife, Elizabeth, who convinces Francis of his ability to take the job as P.M. and to begin a campaign to destabilise Collingridge's leadership. To do this, he enlists the services of one of the Tories' P.R. consultants, Roger O'Neill, a former Irish rugby international who now has a cocaine habit that had been funded by his Tory expense account. Urquhart, as Chief Whip, threatens to expose this unless O'Neill does as he says.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Cards

[triguy46]

56. SCTV Season 4.

[bluhoodie]

57. Central Station (foreign)

What an excellent movie!! It won several film awards. Amazingly good. The characters are very well developed. The little boy is very appealing; the main actress is superb at playing the role of a very flawed, unsentimental older woman.
One of my favorites! -- I had to watch it again this past week.

[carly denise pt deux]

58. Dazed and Confused

If you were around during the 70's, this movie will bring back sweet memories.
Carly

[w8liftinglady]

59. good will hunting,forrest gump,my favorite year

[abq e streeter]

61. V For Vendetta

[Inchworm]

62. Holy Smoke

Kate Winslet gets nekkid.. if that a seller :)

:hi:

[Broken_Hero]

63. Bury my heart at Wounded Knee

its about two and a half hours long, its an HBO flick...I thought it was pretty good...I hope, that someday a film maker takes on the task of making a Trail of Tears movie....

[MissHoneychurch]

64. Stranger than Fiction

great movie, great cast.

[meegbear]

65. "Live Freaky Die Freaky"

A retelling of the Charles Manson / Helter Skelter murders using stop animation.

Nuf Sed.

[Beer Snob-50]

66. the godfather trilogy

still one of the best movies of all time.

[Tyler Durden]

67. "Pasqualino Settebellezze," commonly called "Seven Beauties" in the U.S.

Lina Wertmuller, Giancarlo Gianinni...any more comment is utterly redundant.

If you collect film and you don't have this one, you've got a hole in your inventory.

[trof]

68. Johnnie English was pretty funny.

Rowan Atkinson as inept James Bond type.

[u2spirit]

69. U2 Popmart Live from Mexico City

[Lost4words]

70. Motorcycle Diaries! nm

[Courtesy Flush]

71. Art documentaries

Anything by Sister Wendy is worth seeing.

Simon Schama's "Power of Art" series is excellent.