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Post by ilovewinona on Jun 22, 2010 8:23:40 GMT -5
I just checked Amazon.com for Madmen. The show must be really great, not only are all seasons on DVD, they are also on Blu-Ray. I rarely see TV shows on Blu-Ray when I do my DVD shopping. I'll consider buying the show if I hear more great reviews on it. ----- And I'm ashamed for us, I just checked our members only forum and I didn't see a celebrity Obituary from last December. Unless I missed it. ----- Brittany Murphy was great in "Girl Interuppted" ----- Rusty
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Post by imayne on Jun 22, 2010 8:49:32 GMT -5
You missed it cos Brittany Murphy is spelt with two "t"s. I just checked Amazon.com for Madmen. The show must be really great, not only are all seasons on DVD, they are also on Blu-Ray. I rarely see TV shows on Blu-Ray when I do my DVD shopping. I'll consider buying the show if I hear more great reviews on it. ----- And I'm ashamed for us, I just checked our members only forum and I didn't see a celebrity Obituary from last December. Unless I missed it. ----- Britany Murphy was great in "Girl Interuppted" ----- Rusty
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Post by ilovewinona on Jul 5, 2010 5:39:06 GMT -5
Mistake corrected, Imayne. --------------------------- I also want to single out Lisa Moss before I move back to the safe targets of Jolie and Ryder. Moss plays Polly, a young woman who is scarred on one side of her face due to setting herself on fire as a child. By playing this character as upbeat as possible, something shines through the layers of make-up caked on the girl. The spirit is unmistakable and yet tragic despite it all. ----- Rusty
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Post by ilovewinona on Jul 13, 2010 5:50:32 GMT -5
I found a page from "Entertainment Weekly" that I clipped from the magazine years ago. ------ "Winona Ryder - The Wondrous Waif" ----- AGE - 25. WHY HER? - She possesses a versatility none of her peers can claim: Gen-X has called her one of its own since 1994's seminal "Reality Bites", but Ryder was equally at home as Jo March in "Little Women" and made Arthur Miller proud as a devilish Puritan in his film adaptation of "The Crucible". Whether corseted (In 1993's "The Age of Innocence" and 1992's "Bram Stoker's Dracula") or grunged out, Ryder looks and acts the part. - WHAT INSPIRES HER: "A lot of research, of course," she says. But when she closes the books, Ryder retreats into her trailer and turns up the volume. "On "The Crucible", I would put on Victoria Wlliams song "Psalms' and Wilco's 'Dash 7' before certain scences. They had quite an effect on me. Her musical tastes change with the job. -- she listens to "whatever suits the mood of the piece" and helps her find her groove, she says. Ad if the tunes wear thin, alas, there's no magic spell to make those 18-hour days anything less than grueling; as soon as the director yells CUT for the last time, "then" she jokes, "I have some sort of nervous breakdown." - CREATIVE CRUTCHES : Constructive dialog with the director and "The support of my family." WHAT'S NEXT - Taking on her first action role, as a gang of smugglers in the fourth "Alien" installment, "Alien Resurrection", with Sigourney Weaver this fall. ----- Rusty
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Post by ilovewinona on Jul 18, 2010 7:01:36 GMT -5
Back to "So-So Movie, Interrupted" ----- Still, the underlying problem is the story. I know it's based on Susanna Kaysen's book, which is based on her 18 month stint in the institution. The events just don't fly her though. Maybe it's the adaptation by James Mangold (who does double duty here, directing the film as well) but none of the sequences jell together. So what we are left with is just a lot of 'things' that happen without much meaning or relevance. ----- Rusty
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Post by Charles on Jul 18, 2010 11:44:59 GMT -5
I happened upon "Girl, Interrupted" on television yesterday and watched it. For me, it gets better with each viewing . . . I enjoyed it very much.
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Post by ilovewinona on Jul 18, 2010 19:38:43 GMT -5
I happened upon "Girl, Interrupted" on television yesterday and watched it. For me, it gets better with each viewing . . . I enjoyed it very much. ----- Me too! ----- "Girl Interrupted" is in my top three most viewed of all movies. Soon to take over second place. ----- "Girl Interrupted" is a Winona Ryder treasure for all of her fans to enjoy forever. ----- Rusty
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Post by ilovewinona on Aug 8, 2010 6:52:20 GMT -5
More of the article -----What is interesting about "Girl Interrupted", is watching Angelina Jolie stealing a movie away from her co-star (and executive producer) Winona Ryder. Jolie, who has already received a Golden Globe nomination and is undoubtedly in line to receive an Academy Award nomination as well, just walks all over every scene she is in. Whether she is in tears, which there are of it in this film, or rebelling against the rules, she has a way of making sure all eyes are on her. ----- Rusty
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Post by ilovewinona on Aug 15, 2010 8:58:28 GMT -5
I have to be honest though, I was going in not expecting much from this film and that's essentially what I feel I received. It didn't involve me, I became bored and felt at times that Jolie was just going over the top. Though how one goes over the top with a psychotic character is beyond me. It's not a bad movie, but it's not a good one either. One of those ones that you see, you tell your friends you saw it and then when asked how it was, you shrug your shoulders and say "'s okay I guess." ----- End of the article. ----- ----- You can't please every critic. ----- Rusty
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Post by ilovewinona on Oct 3, 2010 7:05:28 GMT -5
Now ----- Director's Chair : Janusz Kaminski - On the Film "Lost Souls" - by Anniee Ellingson ---------- "Schindler's List" , "Amistad", "The Lost World"", "Jurassic Park" and "Saving Pvt. Ryan". An impressive filmography, but it's not whose you think it is. Janusz Kaminski has the distinction of being Steven Spieberg's cinematographer of choice, winning two Oscars for their frequent collaborations, but he's stepping out of the shadows this month to direct for the first time. ----- Appropriately, "Lost Souls" in which Winona Ryder stars as an exorcist determined the bodily reincarnation of Satan, first attracted Kaminski presumably for its visual qualities. "It seemed really dark and bleak," he says, "amd I'm really interested in dark and bleak." But for him. "dark and bleak" doesn't have to just mean scenes lit by candlelight. -------- Rusty
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Post by imayne on Nov 4, 2010 23:41:48 GMT -5
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Post by imayne on Apr 29, 2012 1:45:30 GMT -5
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Post by bigdaddy on Apr 29, 2012 20:30:36 GMT -5
I think every generation gets the vampire they deserve...even in Bela's day, I think that his Dracula wasn't always the best one...the Spanish version they made at the same time on the Universal lot at night is pretty stiff competition...but there is something about Bela that keeps them coming back...Christopher Lee and the Hammer films work for the 60's, and the Mexican vampire films that Churubusco Azteca are still worth staying up for late at night...and a lot of the times, Winona's version of DRACULA is the only one they've heard of...she's made film history even if she only did that...
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Post by imayne on Oct 5, 2012 11:26:54 GMT -5
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Post by imayne on Dec 13, 2012 4:30:22 GMT -5
Check out the only music video that Winona ever directed.
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