I first saw this little sleeper years ago when my video store owner (THAT many years ago) recommended it. I watched it, and then I bought it to watch over and over again. I love Danny's story of reinvention. Who hasn't wanted at some point to discard their life and put on another? Danny's got a pretty boring life in suburban Australia when he decides to take to the skies in a chair tied with helium balloons. Somehow he survives a thunderstorm, only to land safely in the lush green town of Clarence. In Clarence, he meets Glenda, the town's only parking cop. Of course Rhys Ifans (Danny), and Miranda Otto (Glenda) are sensational, but so too is the impossibly adorable revelation Justine Clarke (Trudy). A charming, feel good movie. And the scenery is fabulous too. It really is never too late to change your life.
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Anyone who has been married to a lawyer can relate to this one
25 June 2012
Warning: Spoilers
I saw this episode shortly after viewing the Betty Broderick movie and couldn't help but notice the similarities. Leora Dana as Naomi Shawn presents a subtle, telling portrayal of a woman wronged by her manipulative,controlling bastard of a husband. Arnold, a successful defense attorney (natch!), well-played by Brian Keith is having an affair with a younger woman. Used to deceiving those around him and getting away with it, Keith sees no reason why his wife shouldn't agree to an open marriage. After successfully destroying both his wife's soul and the character of the prime witness against his client, Keith gets his just desserts. Well written, well-acted. You'll be rooting for the wife.
Let's Make Love
(1960)
The worst Monroe movie ever made
14 February 2011
Marilyn Monroe' considerable on screen charisma is lost in Let's Make Love, a supposed romantic comedy that looks exactly like what it is: a contractual obligation. Monroe plays an actress named Amanda who is playing a role in a horrific off-Broadway show satirizing French billionaire Jean-Marc Clement played by an oddly subdued Yves Montand. Montand's character is alerted to the upcoming spoof and decides to pay a visit to the theater's. One look and he is smitten with Monroe, this despite the fact that everything conceivably possible has been done to ameliorate Monroe's beauty and luminosity. She's overweight, she's pasty, her hair's bleached to straw and she's filmed using the worst lighting imaginable.
After reading the mostly kind reviews here on IMDb, and being a considerable Monroe fan I decided to give this film another go despite being unable to watch it at least five times prior (hey! I said I was a fan!). Even her relatively strong singing (truly, she was well-trained - see Ladies of the Chorus) falls flat here. The film is a boring, tedious mess that can't be saved by either Monroe or the cameos of Milton Berle, Bing Crosby or Gene Kelly. All I could feel while watching this movie was a deep sense of sympathy for Monroe, who is abused by both Cukor and Miller (who apparently wrote some of her lines).
After reading the mostly kind reviews here on IMDb, and being a considerable Monroe fan I decided to give this film another go despite being unable to watch it at least five times prior (hey! I said I was a fan!). Even her relatively strong singing (truly, she was well-trained - see Ladies of the Chorus) falls flat here. The film is a boring, tedious mess that can't be saved by either Monroe or the cameos of Milton Berle, Bing Crosby or Gene Kelly. All I could feel while watching this movie was a deep sense of sympathy for Monroe, who is abused by both Cukor and Miller (who apparently wrote some of her lines).
State of Grace
(2001–2004)
Quality Show!
19 May 2005
State of Grace was a fabulous show and one I thought had more depth than Wonder Years (although I was a big fan of Wonder Years also). Perhaps I liked it so much because I am the mother of 2 daughters, perhaps because my daughters are the result of a mixed religion marriage. At any rate, the acting was sublime: both my girls and I adored both Hannah and Grace. The interactions between Hannah's parents and the growth of Grace's mother (played WONDERFULLY by Faye Grant) made the show a delight for parents as well. My little one still gets teary when she hears "Do You Believe in Magic?" Trust Eisner to f*&^ up again.
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