KDD on Fantastic Mr. Fox

... is spoken is as well-crafted as the handmade sets that the handmade puppets occupy. It is the kind of film whose dialogue is so smart and witty that it harkens back to the comedies of Billy Wilder and Howard Hawks who made movies where every line was delivered perfectly and carried weight, humor, and intelligence. Throughout the film, the word “cuss” is used to replace any number of actual cuss ...

Marion Cotillard interviews Penelope Cruz for Interview magazine

...: Okay, now you have to organize a dinner: If you could have four guests, who would they be? The guests can be anybody—even Marilyn Monroe. CRUZ: This is very interesting. I would take Federico Fellini, Billy Wilder, Woody Allen, and Pedro Almodóvar, and I would make broken eggs, which is a Spanish dish. It’s all fried, and it’s very fattening, with a lot of oil, salt, eggs, and potatoes. I ...

Cleaning!

Who: AU Zelos Wilder, AU Mikuru Asahina What: Mikuru has kindly agreed to clean the bath-house! Zelos has come along to supervise. Where: Bath-House! When: After this BBS post. Zelos was no expert on keeping things clean. He was, after all, accustomed to having people do that for him! In this situation, however, it was pretty obvious even to him that nobody had thought to even try...

HAPPY H/D HOLIDAYS, SUGAREEY!

... trickery of the Muggle magicians, though, was a furtive shiver of real magic, on display where anyone could see it (although they generally didn’t); glamours cast to make the animals seem wilder and more fearsome; a whispered Wingardium Leviosa to keep the juggler’s batons spinning when he faltered; a sticking charm to keep the coconuts on their pedestals at the coconut-shy. No wonder the ...

... Dates. |.51| Eight Crazy Nights. |.52| Alien VS Predator. |.53| The Hey Arnold! Movie. |.54| The Wild Thornberry's Movie. |.55| Cheaper By The Dozen. |.56| Superbad. |.57| National Lampoon's Van Wilder. |.58| American Pie. |.59| Schindler's List. |.60| The Breakfast Club. |.61| The Outsiders. |.62| The Stand. |.64| Scarface. |.65| Rose Red. |.66| It. |.67| Rachel's Attic. |.68| Along Came...

Do you think you're conceited? Nah. Would you ever or have you ever disowned a family member? If yes, why? I might, depending on who it is. Have you ever been caught naked? Sure. Are you annoyed at anything right now? Yes, but trying to ignore that factor. Have you ever smoked weed? I haven't. Have you ever snorted cocaine? Completely out of the question. Do you have any ...

i am officially obsessed with this pairing.

... under the wheel together and cross their tails. as i'm writing this, draco just moved a little closer to harry. it's so damn cute. the man at the store said the darker-haired ones are a little wilder - haha. also, when we were picking the second one (we held harry first and loved him, and decided he needed a buddy to live with), when we picked up draco and let them look at each other, they did a...

Songs for your enjoyment

Ari (ariadne) mentioned the song Break My Stride by Matthew Wilder. This was always one of my faves. So, I bring you two versions: The first with Solid Gold Dancers: The other with Thomas the Tank Engine:

Where I Talk Shit About Prospective Award Nominees (A Single Man and Up In The Air Reviews)

... Trauma movie, awards-hopeful “Up In The Air,” which perfectly illustrates why it’s harder to make movies with a social conscience in today’s climate than it was in the less-connected era of Billy Wilder, or even Hal Ashby. To encapsulate the American experience, you have to take into account an audience’s modern cynicism, but you shouldn’t be feeding it, like Jason Reitman’s third film does. “...

A Single Man and Up In The Air

... Trauma movie, awards-hopeful “Up In The Air,” which perfectly illustrates why it’s harder to make movies with a social conscience in today’s climate than it was in the less-connected era of Billy Wilder, or even Hal Ashby. To encapsulate the American experience, you have to take into account an audience’s modern cynicism, but you shouldn’t be feeding it, like Jason Reitman’s third film does. “Up...