Tag Archives: DVD

Oh Say Shall We Dance?

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Lyle Verbilion

So I finally got around to watching the original Japanese version of Shall We Dance?. The US remake with Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez is remarkably similar. Even for a remake. Of course, it’s more Hollywood. That is, everything is … Continue reading →

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She’s New in Town

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Lyle Verbilion

Zellweger is such a great name! In New In Town she plays a Floridian corporate exec who’s transferred to frozen Minnesota. Hmmm. Doesn’t sound so good, does it? But think of it as Gung Ho meets A Prairie Home Companion‘s … Continue reading →

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Burn Simple Blood After Reading

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Lyle Verbilion

So I saw the broadcast TV version of Burn After Reading. (The first Coen brothers film I ever saw was Blood Simple. IMDB says it came out in ’84, but it seems to me I saw it earlier than that. … Continue reading →

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Waitresses and Depression

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Lyle Verbilion

When I was a teenager I was diagnosed with depression. Imagine my shock and surprise. I wanted to tell the doctor, “You’d be depressed too if everyone were out to get you!” But I was afraid he wouldn’t get the … Continue reading →

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Skeleton Trespass

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Lyle Verbilion

Over the last couple of years, both Amazon and Netflix have been telling me that I need to see Alien Trespass, a film that pretends to be a science fiction movie from 1957. It stars that guy from Will & … Continue reading →

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Scooby Who?

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Lyle Verbilion

I used to be a Scooby-Doo expert. That is, there was a time when I could say that I’d seen every Scooby-Doo show multiple times, and was knowledgeable about every single story. But somewhere along they way, they lost me. … Continue reading →

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What I Like About Foreign Films

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Lyle Verbilion

Some people have problems with subtitles in movies. Not me. 5 minutes into the film, and I don’t even notice that I’m reading subtitles any more. They become invisible to me, and somehow I just know what they’re saying. It’s … Continue reading →

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Loosely Speaking, Strictly Ballroom

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Lyle Verbilion

I first heard of Baz Luhrmann from his 1998 CD Something For Everybody. There was 1 song on there that I’d heard somewhere and desperately wanted. It’s the “Wear Sunscreen” one, the words of which were once attributed to Kurt … Continue reading →

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A Little Parking Lot Movie

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Lyle Verbilion

The Parking Lot Movie is a documentary about this place in a college town where you pay to park your car. But the lot is not affiliated with the university. Sounds exciting, huh? What makes it work is that the … Continue reading →

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Am I Right Or Am I Right Or Am I Right?

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Lyle Verbilion

Something tells me you want to see Groundhog Day again. And again. And again and again and again and again! You know you do. You miss Chris Elliot’s little dance. You miss the whole aura of Ned the insurance salesman. … Continue reading →

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