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Comment by Pamela Drake on February 17, 2013 at 12:18am

Due to my local small theater's $5 Wednesdays, I saw ARGO this past Wednesday after seeing SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK the week before.  ARGO is excellent: a well-written, well-played, well-paced nail-biter of a true suspense story with a happy ending.  I can recommend it unconditionally.  The director-star is a very controlled Ben Affleck and all the supporting cast are very good.  A truly satisfying movie-going experience.

Comment by Pamela Drake on February 17, 2013 at 12:13am

Lisa, I saw SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK.  It's good in many ways, but that's because it bends over backwards to be about 6 different movies -- which is why it's also weird in many ways.  The script is uneven and sometimes even hackneyed, but the acting is very good, esp. the whole dysfunctional family centered uncomfortably around DeNiro as the compulsive gambler father and husband.  On the whole I recommend this movie, but expect an imperfect gem, not a polished one.

Comment by wiffledust on February 16, 2013 at 12:13pm

sorry, it's called "Sing YOUR Song" ..here's the trailer.

Comment by wiffledust on February 16, 2013 at 9:28am

If you have any access to HBO, watch "Sing My Song"...it's a documentary biography of one of the most inspirational lives ever...that of Harry Belafonte! I was so inspired by his courage and contributions to humanity!

Comment by Maryanne Mesple on February 11, 2013 at 3:01am

Robin, I've seen Rabbit Proof Fence and really liked it. Very sad and hard to watch at times and also maddening to know that it is indeed a true story and that people could and do treat people so horribly. I did not find out it was a true story until the end.

Comment by Robin Williamson McBrearty on February 10, 2013 at 8:35pm

I've occasionally caught a similar movie "The Lost Child", also based on a true story, about a Native American infant who, w/her twin brother, was hospitalized and subsequently give to an agency for placement for adoption; she discovers her family by accident after marriage, 2 kids, and returns to reservation to reunite' difficult for husband and one daughter. 

WHY do we do those things???????

Comment by Robin Williamson McBrearty on February 10, 2013 at 8:26pm

Watching movie in INDIE network - Rabbit-Proof Fence, about 3 mixed-race aborigine/white girls forcibly taken from family and relocated in a state-run training school under 1907-1969 policy to prevent aborigines from marrying anyone except whites to obliterate aboriginal bloodline; schools were to train them to be servants.  Girls escaped, walked 1200 miles home across desert, avoiding capture, following the rabbit-proof fence, a chain-link fence bi-secting Australia to keep rabbits out of farmlands.  True story, written by oldest girl's (Molly, about 14) daughter.  More research:  Molly married, at 20 or 21, was returned to the camp w/her 2 girls, escaped with one, an infant, that one eventually recaptued @ age 3 & Molly never saw her again.  Other daughter eventually re-united and wrote a 3-book story a la Roots.  Very, very moving story; all untrained actors, compelling soundtrack, incredibly difficult saga of what whites did to indigenous populations around the world.

Comment by wiffledust on February 8, 2013 at 11:41pm

thank you so much for these reviews, maryanne! i LOVE hearing what folks thing about movies...any movie. i'm hearing WONDERFUL things about "Silver Linings Playbook" with Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, and Robert DeNiro...Maryanne, I think it's your kind of movie.

Comment by Maryanne Mesple on February 8, 2013 at 10:40pm

Lisa, I saw Brighton Beach Memoirs years and years ago and can't tell you a thing about it! I should put it in my Netflix queu ... thanks for the suggestion.

Comment by Maryanne Mesple on February 8, 2013 at 10:35pm

Before having surgery I was treated to a movie night at the theater ... and my husband insisted on taking me to see Les Miserables. I was going to wait to see this big movie on DVD convinced my husband would be himself Les Miserables having to sit through a musical and a long musical at that. He survived and even said he enjoyed the movie so that in of itself is a 2 thumbs up!

I read Victor Hugo's Les Miserables in high school, being in an advanced literature class it came with the requried list of reads  along with several other prized pieces of literature that for me as a 16  year old were painful stories to consume. But, even with the sense of absolutely hating the story in high school I had this weird need inside to see this sad story come to life on the big screen and told through song. Wow. I am glad I accepted my husband's offer because I really enjoyed this big screen event. I was impressed with the acting, the singing, the settings, the costuming and AND I even accepted with a smile the moments I felt like I was seeing Sweeney Todd again with Helena Bonham Carter (staying in character) and Sacha Baron Cohen filling in for Johnny Depp. No I did not know that Russel Crowe had a band so yes I was surprised to hear him singing like he knew how to sing! I didn't recognize Hugh Jackman at all until he cleaned up a bit, even knowing the story line, it still did not register who I was watching because of how well character make-up was done ~ wow. Anne Hathaway did an amazing job with her character Fantine and her story telling vocals were a big surprise for me and her ability to pull tears from my eyes was also a surprise for me. All the actors did wonderful jobs with their assigned characters and all made Les Miserables a successful musical ... and did I say that my husband even like it? hahaha! he did!

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