tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post1710760098471223568..comments2024-01-04T04:01:35.574+08:00Comments on Wandering through the Shelves: Thursday Movie Picks #50: All in the Family Edition: Sibling Relationships (Biologically Related)Wandererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02942463921185187112noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-58297222895070826442015-07-02T03:17:54.707+08:002015-07-02T03:17:54.707+08:00Mrs Bennet is suppose to be very annoying, so is L...Mrs Bennet is suppose to be very annoying, so is Lydia. The movie may have toned it down. I think the movie has a Hollywood stroke to which is why I like it slightly less than the mini-series.Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942463921185187112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-5650193449661205812015-07-02T03:09:49.943+08:002015-07-02T03:09:49.943+08:00Oh I know how you like horror movies. guessed you ...Oh I know how you like horror movies. guessed you must be the few that have seen it. :)Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942463921185187112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-36236919896119763442015-07-02T03:06:21.704+08:002015-07-02T03:06:21.704+08:00Another Brad Pitt movie that I thought could fit w...Another Brad Pitt movie that I thought could fit was Legends of the Fall, but despite seeing both I just can't remember much.Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942463921185187112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-56073165009103274442015-07-02T03:05:19.020+08:002015-07-02T03:05:19.020+08:00You're Next - maybe that is the festival premi...You're Next - maybe that is the festival premiere year? It does feel more recent to me too.<br /><br />Oh definitely see The Savages. The two leads are great.Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942463921185187112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-34159671826463818682015-07-02T03:03:28.925+08:002015-07-02T03:03:28.925+08:00You're Next - Definitely...a reunion gone so t...You're Next - Definitely...a reunion gone so terribly wrong.Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942463921185187112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-22061192040999325782015-07-02T03:01:19.426+08:002015-07-02T03:01:19.426+08:00I don't think I've heard of You Can Count ...I don't think I've heard of You Can Count On Me, have to keep a look out for it. Yes You're Next is soo good.Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942463921185187112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-35445427759577017212015-06-29T06:36:51.180+08:002015-06-29T06:36:51.180+08:00Savages has popped up a few times so I'm incli...Savages has popped up a few times so I'm inclined to see. You're Next I have seen (didn't know it came out that long ago..Thought it was more recent) and it's a great pick. Would have never of thought of it.Myerlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00772428029534463716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-67943285733347996502015-06-26T03:34:31.376+08:002015-06-26T03:34:31.376+08:00As if you put You're Next, I literally conside...As if you put You're Next, I literally considered it myself. It's the family stuff that sells that makes this movie work. <br />I'm a fan of both Pride and Prejudice and The Saves and I even went so far as to pick The Savages myself. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-38113839949026765692015-06-25T21:06:53.332+08:002015-06-25T21:06:53.332+08:00LOVE The Savages. Such great performances from Hof...LOVE The Savages. Such great performances from Hoffman and especially Linney. I almost picked it, along with Linney's other brother-sister movie, You Can Count On Me with Mark Ruffalo. I've been DYING to see You're Next - heard a lot of good things.<br /><br />I swoon for this Pride & Prejudice. Keira. <3Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-54054389215936118912015-06-25T18:41:10.600+08:002015-06-25T18:41:10.600+08:00I love this version of Pride & Prejudice, I pr...I love this version of Pride & Prejudice, I prefer it to the 95 mini. It does a terrific job of showing the relationship between the sisters, especially Elizabeth and Jane. The Savages is a terrific pick, wonderful acting. I haven't seen You're Next but it sounds interesting.<br /><br />This week's theme was a cinch compared to last week for me. I ended up with two extras and could have come up with several more.<br /><br />A River Runs Through It (1992)-Set in a wide open Montana near the turn of the last century two brothers, Brad Pitt and Craig Sheffer, bond with each other and their minister father while fly-fishing. The film follows the brothers separate paths and is full of visual splendor. This pushed Brad Pitt over the top into full-fledged stardom. <br /><br />An Unremarkable Life (1989)-Two elderly sisters, Frances (Patricia Neal) a friendly and sweet self-described maiden lady school teacher and Evelyn (Shelley Winters) a bitter, prejudiced widow have shared a home for 20 years. Having settled into a rhythm of memories and companionship with Evelyn the dominant, or more accurately domineering, decision maker their life is in a steady pattern until Frances meets kindly Asian mechanic, Max (Mako). They slowly fall in love which sends Evelyn, already resentful of Max’s ethnicity, into a combative tailspin and she sets out to end the relationship regardless of her sister’s happiness. Finally a confrontation between the sisters reveals long suppressed resentments and a degree of understanding. <br /><br />This Is My Love (1954)-Linda Darnell's ironically named Vida Dove (peaceful life) is living anything but. Lonely and full of bitterness at having to live with her sister, Faith Domergue and brother-in-law the cruel, wheelchair bound Dan Duryea, Linda's former flame. Shackled to them and tortured by him she is desperate for any way out. Enter handsome Rick Jason and a possible escape until he gets a look at Faith, also seeking an escape from the viperish Dan, pitting sister against sister and setting the stage for unimaginable tragedy. Obscure, well made, tightly paced noir painted in the blackest shades but filmed in lurid Technicolor with a couple of great performances by Linda Darnell and Dan Duryea. Very hard to find but worth the effort.<br /><br />Honorable Mentions:<br />What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)-Blanche Hudson, once a great film star until she was crippled in a car accident, lives in her decaying Hollywood mansion with her slatternly alcoholic sister, former child star “Baby Jane” Hudson who is now her caregiver. Theirs has always been a tenuous relationship which ruptures when Blanche decides to sell the house and have Jane institutionalized, something that should have happened years prior. Jane finds out her plans and starts a campaign of fear and punishment that escalates to extreme proportions. A huge hit in its day which reinvigorated Bette Davis and Joan Crawford’s careers. A study of siblings broken by ambition and resentment. Both actresses are very good but Davis is quite brilliant.<br /><br />In This Our Life (1942)-Bette Davis stars as Stanley Timberlake a selfish impulsive schemer who dumps her fiancée and runs off with her sister Roy’s (Olivia de Havilland) doctor husband. After marrying she emasculates him, eventually driving him to suicide. Returning home she finds her fiancée has now fallen in love with Roy and they plan to wed. Jealous and spiteful Stanley tries to steal him back, in the process becoming involved in a hit and run accident which she attempts to let a protégée of the family take the rap for. As Stanley Bette is at her hellcat best tossing off lines like “What I want I go after-and get!” Olivia as Roy Timberlake is more docile but does proclaim “I’m going to be hard-just as hard as she is!” Good soapy fun.<br />joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-69419656551219631182015-06-25T11:56:46.204+08:002015-06-25T11:56:46.204+08:00I've only seen You're Next and I love it. ...I've only seen <i>You're Next</i> and I love it. What a brutal and twisted family, that is! Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-5377551618168373072015-06-25T07:37:11.417+08:002015-06-25T07:37:11.417+08:00I never like the 1995 version. Mrs. Bennet is too ...I never like the 1995 version. Mrs. Bennet is too annoying for me and I like Keira better than Jennifer.krhhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03350716036027710178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-45321610187460371232015-06-25T06:04:27.493+08:002015-06-25T06:04:27.493+08:00Pride and Prejudice was a lovely adaptation of the...Pride and Prejudice was a lovely adaptation of the novel. I haven't seen the other two; The Savages has been on my watch list for quite some time. Big Screen Small Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047376725272000920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-24891484481345070952015-06-25T06:00:23.349+08:002015-06-25T06:00:23.349+08:00The Savages was totally on my mind, but I just can...The Savages was totally on my mind, but I just can't remember enough of it to justify picking it this week. Great pick! Haven't seen the other two. Kevin Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219017960488448934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-6032462021034044412015-06-25T04:20:38.476+08:002015-06-25T04:20:38.476+08:00Nice picks! I also chose The Savages. I love the v...Nice picks! I also chose The Savages. I love the variety here, though I never saw You're Next.Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128401155527497521.post-60554487417355385702015-06-25T02:34:20.783+08:002015-06-25T02:34:20.783+08:00Ah, what range here! Love these picks!Ah, what range here! Love these picks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com