<p>Anyone going to see Brave? Despite mixed reviews, my daughter and I want to see it. Don’t know if it will still be in town when she comes home in August.</p>
<p>I haven’t gotten to the movies lately but I visit the trailers on IMDB often. There’s a new version of “Anna Karenina” due out in November, starring Jude Law as Karenin, Aaron Johnson as Vronsky, and Keira Knightly as Anna. The production values look terrific and I’ll certainly go, but the the scenes selected for the trailer make me wonder. Law seems right (though surprisingly sympathetic) while Knightley seems in over her head. </p>
<p>I love the two classic Hollywood versions of this film: Garbo in 1935 and Vivien Leigh in 1947. I just don’t see Knightley in that league, though I hope she surprises me. Directed by Joe Wright, who did “Pride and Prejudice” in 2005, also “Atonement” and “Hanna” more recently. Screenplay by Tom Stoppard, which is not too shabby.</p>
<p>I’m going to see Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter in a couple of days. Anyone seen that yet? Because it will be around 100 degrees out that day. Also looking forward to Safety Not Guaranteed.</p>
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I saw it, and enjoyed it quite a lot. It has a lot of amusingly true-to-history details, along with the vampires. Don’t go unless you fully understand that the premise of this movie involves Abraham Lincoln hunting vampires.</p>
<p>Just saw Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Only one place in town showing it, and the theater was packed. Absolutely loved it.</p>
<p>Saw Moonrise Kingdom at a little single cinema theater. Wonderful film with good themes on adventure, love, and community. It had a whimsical feeling that made me smile.</p>
<p>^saw Moonrise Kingdom tonight as well…agree with you mdemvizi–whimsical, sweet. the 12 year old characters were excellent actors, charming look at first love. and surprisingly, (to me) Bruce Willis was very good…</p>
<p>This isn’t a new movie, but if it doesn’t rain tomorrow night I am going to celebrate the 20th anniv. of Singles in a local neighborhood parking lot.
It should be fun, they have games & prizes to entertain you until it gets dark.</p>
<p>[&</a> Matt Dillion is great in a wig!](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>
<p>Adding my voice to the chorus of people who loved Moonrise Kingdom.</p>
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<p>20th anniversary … hmm … I think I’ll find a way to celebrate it too.</p>
<p>The casting for Moonrise Kingdom sounds fantastic. Harvey Keitel, Frances McDormand, & Tilda Swinton?
I’ve seen a few of Wes Anderson’s movies though and they don’t really do anything for me.
I do like Bruce Willis though in small doses, he smirks very well.</p>
<p>Too bad Pearl Jam is touring in Europe right now, one of them might show, although it’s possible Cameron Crowe & Nancy might come.</p>
<p>I love how there are so many places now to see movies outdoors.
When I grew up in Kirkland we had two drive in movie theatres, now I don’t know if there are any in the county. But it was a lot nicer when it was held on the lawn, the parking lot is literally a PITA.
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<p>Saw Brave tonight with our 20 year old while visiting him for the weekend. Just loved it. Didn’t follow the usual Disney formula. The Pixar short was the best ever, IMO. Great previews as well.</p>
<p>Katliamom, I haven’t seen many of Jolie’s movies(I did like the one with Johnny Depp). But I did like her memoir of her year traveling as a Goodwill ambassador for the UN.
[Notes</a> from My Travels, by Angelina Jolie - English excerpt](<a href=“http://www.elros.altervista.org/aj/notesenglish.htm]Notes”>http://www.elros.altervista.org/aj/notesenglish.htm)
It’s very moving.
H & I saw The Marigold Hotel last night instead of Singles :(.
(I had worked in the yard all day & was too wiped out to sit in a parking lot for five hours–although the seats at the 1925 theatre where Marigold was playing might have been original!)
He liked it more than I did, I think I was in the mood for a story that went deeper, I probably would like the book better.</p>
<p>I saw a couple previews that I thought looked good.
Beasts of Southern Wild, a story of magical realism that seems to work with Quvenzhane Wallis who is a young actor to watch for sure & The Welldiggers Daughter, directed by Daniel Auteuil.</p>
<p>I was chatting with a woman at a grad party last night. We had both recently seen Moonrise Kingdom. Apparently, she was contacted during filming to see if her house might be suitable for the film. Unfortunately (for her) they were looking for a big old house with an original kitchen. She had recently had her kitchen remodeled.</p>
<p>Moonrise Kingdom is wonderful, especially loved all the young actors. Beautiful cinematography as well. Saw a trailer for a movie coming out next month called The Odd Life of Timothy Green that looks amazing. Stars Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton and Diane Wiest. It’s a Peter Hedges movie (What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Dan in Real Life) and I love his work so I can’t wait to see this one.</p>
<p>I enjoyed* Brave *- I wouldn’t say it’s the best movie ever, but I liked the way it avoided the usual Disney tropes. The Mom at least, gets to actually do the adult thing instead of the daughter. And the ending is refreshingly open ended.</p>
<p>I agree thought that (as usual) the Pixar short in front of the main picture was the highlight of the show.</p>
<p>Just saw “Take This Waltz” and Michele Williams was amazing to watch here. I think this might be a difficult film to watch with your partner especially if you’ve been drawn to a persistent smoldering fire while being “bored” in a stable, monotonous relationship. But it’s a good one for those who haven’t made the mistake yet so you know that “new one gets old too.”</p>
<p>Went to a film festival last weekend and saw some interesting movies. Not sure how widely they’ve been distributed, but I’d recommend three of them. First: Knuckleball–documentary about knuckleball pitchers in MLB, focusing on Tim Wakefield and RA Dickey. Wakefield was at a Q/A afterwards. Second: Your Sister’s Sister. Most of the film was improvised–actors didn’t have a script, just an outline. Here’s a review: [Your</a> Sister’s Sister | Rock of Ages | A Small, Vivid Gem | Film Reviews by Joe Morgenstern - WSJ.com](<a href=“Your Sister's Sister | Rock of Ages | A Small, Vivid Gem | Film Reviews by Joe Morgenstern - WSJ”>Your Sister's Sister | Rock of Ages | A Small, Vivid Gem | Film Reviews by Joe Morgenstern - WSJ)
Last one: Sleepwalk with Me. Independent film–director/producer Mike Birbiglia. It’s his story–he’s a standup comedian with a stalled career and a stalled relationship and a big problem with sleepwalking. His story was first on NPR’s This American Life. Ira Glass was one of the writers.</p>
<p>^^^OOh, I’d love the Knuckleball movie. Will look for that when it comes to cable, as there’s no way it will be shown in the Football South.</p>
<p>Saw “The Matchmaker”, an Israeli film set in 1968 about an unlikely alliance between a middle-aged smuggler who acts as a matchmaker in his spare time and a teenaged boy who is hired to do “spy guy” work checking on clients. Thumbs up from me and the spouse. D1 was seen to be enjoying it during the movie. She insists that I wouldn’t have enjoyed it as much if it’d been made in any other country. Possible, but there just aren’t a lot of countries or points in history where the constant presence of damaged people–here, Holocaust survivors–can be easily used as a backdrop.</p>