PRACTICAL MAGIC
This movie is special to my sister and I... It's a nice little fairy tale about sisterhood.
13 GOING ON 30
I started writing a similar story about ten years ago that would have starred me and probably Christian Bale or Russell Crowe (my crushes at the time) and wish I could have acted Jennifer Garner's part. Mark Ruffalo is the romantic lead and is moving and has a cutesy chemistry with Ms. Ben Affleck. The beginning is hilarious with the 6 Chicks and that whole look at being 13 in the 80s... Again, gives geeky, lonely, laughed-at-teenagers hope that one day, they'll be popular and successful and all those high school prom queens and handsome jocks will be losers...
JUST LIKE HEAVEN
Based on the french book "Et si c'etait vrai..." which was stranslated in English, and stolen by Hollywood and starring two of America's Sweethearts: Mark Ruffalo and Reese Witherspoon, I saw it with my father, he cried, I cried... We had a good time talking about it on the way home.
BIG FISH
Saw it with my father. I love Albert Finney and this was the perfect movie to watch with my dad. He cried, I cried.
BON COP, BAD COP
This American formula unique to Quebec and especially the West Island of Montreal's Frenglish culture is so funny and far from a waste of time. A first bilingual comedy that really works and is really funny. Patrick Huard and Colm Feore have a fun-loving chemistry that is just that: fun to watch
THE BARBARIAN INVASION
Quebec movie, sequel to that hyped-up 70s THE DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE, actually had me moved and crying... It's a good film about family, a bit long, but funny at times
MONSTER
I got up one morning before work and decided I was going to go see this movie down at the AMC after work (I worked as a barmaid) I got stupid drunk and couldn't walk straight when I got home, denied being drunk to my mom which begun an argument about my determination to take a bus and see this movie, I slipped down the stairs and drunkily made my way to the bus and fell asleep. I remember this movie, which was great and made me want to go for my dream of becoming a writer even more. I ate a whole large bag of popcorn and drank a large soda and never had such a great time, drunk by myself at the movies
TRANSAMERICA
Weird movie. Very strange. And the boy, Kevin Zegers, used to be so cute in Air Bud and plays a little brat... I don't know how to feel about this movie, but I keep thinking about it
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
I wish I had written this movie. It's just great and just like following people you get to know and really like, I could have kept watching these people. Again: great chemistry and that Abigail Breslin is just a delight and I hope she goes far.
PLAYING BY HEART
Ensemble cast made up of Gena Rowlands, Sean Connery, Jon Stewart, Gillian Anderson, Angelina Jolie, Ryan Philippe and Dennis Quaid in a story about love, family. I like the chemistry the actors have in this movie.
AND THE BAND PLAYED ON...
A must-see movie, based on actual events, an ensemble cast of people, characters who stay with you.
Surprising performances from Richard Gere, Steve Martin and Jay Mohr...
HONEYMOON IN VEGAS
I must have watched that movie twenty-five thousand times, I don't know why I liked it so much... I saw it again recently and I could still mimick the lines and still laughed at all the same places... Stars Nicolas Cage, James Caan and Sarah Jessica Parker... Kind of a spoof of Indecent Proposal
THE CURE
Brad Renfro starred alongside Joseph Mazzello two years after "The Client" and actually showed potential and promise, he still had innocence and "bad boy with a heart of gold" look to him... Before cocaine and alcohol... It's a good movie about two boys who become friends even if they have nothing in common. Joseph Mazzello is touching and endearing as a young, fragile aids patient boy... It's a good story, came out in the 1990s
A movie starring a young Elijah Wood (Frodo) and Joseph Mazzello (Jurassic Park) about two boys who lean on each other through a difficult time in their lives. Tom Hanks has a cameo and Linda Hamilton also guest star. Find this movie and watch it... It's just good. For the child in all of us...
LOVE ACTUALLY
Just see it. It's just good. Lots of big names: Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Keira Knightley and characters you wish you were friends with: The Rock Star (Bill Nighy) the stand-ins, the little boy who will be a household name if he plays his cards right... It's about all types of love---unrequitted, pure lustful debauchery, marriage and infidelity, first love, political and undeniable love, platonic.. It's just LOVE!!
John Cusack is good, but he always plays the same kind of character... But I liked him in this one, Jeremy Piven plays his buddy (the comic relief) and Molly Shannon plays Kate Beckinsale's comic relief friend... Bridget Moynahan and John Corbett play small but likeable roles... Actually, I don't really like Bridget Moynahan, so she was kind of transparent to me until she had that whole love triangle with Tom Brady and Gisele Bundschen... But, about this movie, I think love stories are more like this one, where you can't always tell at first sight.
I think I'm the only one who actually remembers and really likes this 1997 romantic comedy starring Dylan McDermot and Jeanne Tripplehorn and co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Jennifer Aniston before they were famous for their tv aliases... It's a guilty pleasure!
This independent movie features John Cusack, Julianne Moore, John C. Riley among other unknown actors I've never seen before or since. It was based on a play, and is kind of like a "day-in-the-life" of a cab driver. It's good, but you won't find it in regular video stores. If you live in Montreal, "La Boite Noire" would have it, or you can order it at Cine Maison Royale - 948 Begin, Saint-Laurent, Quebec, H4M 2N5, Canada
514-956-7482. I definitly recommend it and it wouldn't be expensive to order...
I want to see it again, I didn't know what to expect and it really is funny to me. But I have a very unusual sense of humor and find humor in everything. Why is it good? Because the actors are actually acting, even if it's a completely ridiculous dialogue, they pull it off. John C. Riley is a character actor who deserves his spot in the spotlight. He's been in MAGNOLIA, THE GOOD GIRL, NEVER BEEN KISSED, BOOGIE NIGHTS and a great independent movie called CHICAGO CAB. This movie does for him what FARGO did for William H. Macy.
I was a teeny-bopper when I was 14, cutting out posters and gossiping about my favorite star's life and wishing that if I could only have one day with whomever I loved, it would be heaven. Well, I love it when Hollywood makes fun of itself. Nathan Lane and Sean Hayes (Will and Grace) are hilarious as Josh Duhamel's agents both named Richard Levy and Josh Duhamel is perfect as Tad Hamilton... He really didn't take himself too seriously. Topher Grace is.. well... Topher Grace, the geeky, softy, ordinary guy who over-explains himself and can't tell the girl he likes that he actually loves her. And, also, in this movie---being a fan of "Crossing Jordan", the girl who plays Lily in the show is playing the part of Angelica, a background character which really clashes with what I'm used to seeing on "Crossing Jordan"... What else? It has interesting dialogue, realistic and not too cheesy.
Plus Kate Bosworth is just adorable. And, if you remember OFFICE SPACE... You'll love him in this one!
My favorite film, I smile every time I think about it and watch it at least once a month. It's just cute and everyone can relate... Michael Vartan is just too hot in this film and Drew Barrymore makes being a geek something to aspire to. Plus the soundtrack is fun and engaging. The actors looked like they had fun making this film. Even my man's-man boyfriend liked it!!!
I HATED IT! Just because Stanley Kubrick died while making it doesn't make it brilliant. Plus, there was this annoying piano music that was just bugging me and it was trying to be deep and shocking when it was just boring. I don't really like Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman just looked bored with the whole movie. I didn't get it, but then again, I'm not a huge Kubrick fan
I had to watch it for screenwriting class and I found it kind of boring and obvious in its format. I don't really understand why it's supposed to be so brilliant, but I guess people won't understand why "Pulp Fiction" was so-called genius...
"Durka-Durka" "Arec Bardwin" "Matt Damon! Matt Damon"... The puke scene, the drunk guy in the bar, the weird puppet sex scene... It's brilliant because it makes fun of all those movies with action stars and perilous terrorist attacks. It makes fun of Americans. It really takes a stab at movie stars and even Michael Moore... There's nothing taboo anymore.
I liked it because Richard Gere plays a good guy, a cuckoled (i'm not sure of the spelling, but I'm not writing this for the New York Times, so fuck it) a husband who gets cheated on by his wife, Diane Lane with spanish lover Olivier Martinez. It's kind of long and pointless and doesn't really have an ending. Good premise, but they could have done more with it. Maybe I'll write a new version for it.
I liked it. My parents didn't. They were disappointed and I didn't admit to them that I actually liked it. The director also wrote the screenplay, it's a good first film. It's unique and kinda messed up. Fun
My parents came back from this movie completely loving it and kept talking about it and insisted I go see it. Knowing my mother's taste for slightly boring intellectual movies that I don't really like, I didn't go see it. Then everyone told me it sucked. One night, I couldn't sleep, I rented it along with three other films and I watched it and liked it.
Why? Because it's believable and a lot is happening to the characters below the surface. It's one of those movies where two people who otherwise wouldn't be friends find each other and revive the life and passion they'd lost...
I love those kind of stories and Bill Murray is just good. He can be touching, serious and funny. He looks like he's bored and it entertains you... And Scarlett is just watchable... she can say nothing for twenty minutes and you'll keep watching. (And she looks like 40 even if she's only 21)
Another Quebec movie starring Michel Cote, but really good and realistic about what it was like in Quebec in the 60s.
It's an instant classic and a must-see for anyone living in Quebec. MUST. This is the kind of movie that made me love movies in the first place. Character driven, no explosions or car chases or boy-meets-girl... No, just real people and people you could keep watching
The perfect stupid movie to watch when you're hung over and not in the mood to think. It's like the Simpson's or Family Guy or South Park. I never liked the Beavis and Butt-Head show, but the movie is just funny if you really aren't a movie snob and open to plain idiotic dialogue.
My favorite quotes
"I am Corn-holio, I need TP for my bong-hole"
It's stupid, but I think about it and I laugh
My favorite Quebec film by far, I watch it time and time again. It stars Michel Cote who plays 4 very different guys on a night out to find a girl. It's funny and very visual, you don't really need to speak french, you'll catch on.
This is the movie that made me have faith in French Canadian films, which used to be kind of boring, but this one---even if it has a slightly American theme---gives a charming even funny and touching story with characters who move you and stay with you. My English boyfriend enjoyed it, not as much as I did, but he liked it.
This very funny French comedy will surely have its American remake in a year or two is about a 28 year-old grown man who still lives with his parents (a common lifestyle for most upper middle children of baby-boomers) who eventually both get fed up with him living with them and not wanting to actually kick him out, come up with all kinds of schemes to make him leave. It has interesting twists and turns, funny and not too sentimental, you really should have a good knowledge of french to fully appreciate it. I saw it in the theaters with my parents when I was 25 and still living with them. They were looking at each other mischieviously and I just rolled my eyes "Are you trying to send me a message? Is this why we came to see this film?" They laughed and quoted the movie, walking away, giggling like children.
This french movie is an enchanting fairy tale, visually poetic and lyrical in its dialogue, the characters who populate this unique "conte de fee" intrigue you and have a watchable quality. Well casted and with a soundtrack you will make a "must have" in your collection, this is a film that is timeless and probably will become a "Citizen Kane" or "Chinatown"... An "Indochine". Let me put it in non-pretentious terms: After watching "Shrek" 3 times with this 4 year-old boy Riley, I decided to put on "Amelie", completely ignoring what he would think of it and this boy who did not speak one word of French watched it 2 times and calmed down and just watched.
It makes you want to believe in something we lose along the way to becoming grown-ups.
This movie left me shellshocked and I felt high after watching it... It is an intense movie experience, if you can watch it on a big screen tv and lights dimmed and no interruptions, it's a movie that will stay with you.
This movie influenced my life and changed the way I see random kindness from strangers. I could describe it, but just watch it and let me know what you think
A downward spiral screenplay, probably will make you want to commit suicide but brilliant performances from Jennifer Connely and Ben Kingsley, watch it with Marakesh tea and a box of kleenex, watching it with a friend is preferable, but keep your cell phone close.
Totally goofy and light dumb chick flick, a fun watch on a Tuesday afternoon with a Haagen-Daz ice cream or a bottle of wine and some snacks with a girl pal on a snowy night. Full of quotable dialogue.
Set in Hollywood, a satirical look at the show business industry, brilliantly acted by Frank Whaley (Swing Kids) and Kevin Spacey
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