At the flicks

Drool is very hard to remove from the floor...

and the keyboard..

I am shocked by the tone of the discussion and have two words for you, girls. Eduardo Verástegui. Oh. My. God. Maybe the most beautiful man on the planet. Just saw Bella -- a perfect little movie. Only complaint is you only see Eduardo's (I'll never remember his last name) in the flashback scenes to the moments leading up to the event that changes the course of his character's life. For the rest of the movie they covered his face with two year's growth of untrimmed beard and mustach. I understood why, but it gave him the appearance of a glum terrorist. What a waste! HIGHLY recommend the movie.

Make that "you only see Eduardo's face." I must have been swooning as I was writing.

Totally agree about BDT. Made Things They Lost in the Fire totally worth the watch.

Also agree about Old Men, Andre. Billy says there's a point to the movie, but I sure didn't get it. Maybe I dozed through the salient moments.

Have to disagree about Jack Black. I think he's a comic genius. First saw him in High Fidelity, and he saved that movie. Without him, it would have been 2 hours of whining and dribble.

Sorry. Make that drivel. "Dribble" is what's on my chin after looking at Eduardo's page at imdb.com.

TERRY....on his site after his (indeed)gorgeous face..it had the magic words..'he loves to cook'OMG...how pefect can one man be!!!!!!!!

I liked HF..the British can do whining and drivelling very well...

I meant to refer to the book by Nick Hornby. I think the tone of the movie reflected the book which was VERY Brit.

I think it's John Cusack I had trouble with. I used to adore him, but after seeing him interviewed, I was put off by his sense of superiority and now have trouble buying into his characters.

Okay I'm getting shallow as I have no idea of his acting ability but yes he - Eduardo Verástegui is a little bit tasty, eyes that would slice through butter...

You're not shallow. Eduardo worked almost exclusively in Mexican television, then co-founded a production company with the writer/director of Bella, the first or one of two movies, I believe, that have had international distribution. Mary, I fear you'll find it twee (I remembered your word!), but perhaps the many shots of Eduardo chopping cilantro will make up for it.

What a pity to hear that about JC. I thought he was kinda cute.
But does EV clean the chopping board after? If so...he's mine, ladies!!!!

I saw him first!!!!!!!!!

yeah, but I fight dirty!!!

No kidding. I saw him but I didn't call him. Damn. Dirty or not, he's yours fair and square. Even though I DID discover him, so to speak.

Wait a moment. I've not been impeached, and there's a little thing called the Executive Order. By such Order I declare Eduardo mine. Hah! Go find your own!

but,but,but,but......

Deal with it, woman!

Oh, all right already. You've been bawling now for over a day. We'll share. The guy needs to work during the week (we need to see him on screen again!), so we'll alternate weekends, I get Thanksgiving, and you can have Christmas. There! Better now?

sniff sniff, thank you. Our Christmasses are in summer so he will be so hot and sweaty from cooking the Chrissy turkey...he'll have to take his shirt off...oh oh better take that cold shower now!!

AArrgghh. I had an opportunity to win free tix to a movie I wanted to see, so snapped off an email without thinking. I WON!!! But the tix are for TONIGHT and I CAN'T GO!!!!!!Have given them to my daughter, but am VERY ANNOYED. It was Children of the Silk Road with JONATHON RHYS MYERS (ok...for cheekbones like that I'd bend it like Beckham)and DAVID WENHAM (Ahh Diver Dan), so now I'll have to pay!!!!

August Rush considered silly by most critics, but I loved it. I could look at that little boy smile forever, and JRM .... Too gorgeous! The boy can sing as well. Sorry, Mary.

Thanx for the sympathy, Rolanda.
Does he still have his to-die-for Irish accent, Terry?

He spoke in his own voice in August Rush, but according to reviews I've been reading about Children, his educated English accent is very uneven in the film (who cares, as long as his eyes and cheekbones stay the same!). Weak story telling, great cinematography is the unanimous opinion of US critics, though imdb.com audience rates it relatively highly. The link below is to an article by the original writer (his screenplay version not used, though it was because of him movie got made at all). He tells the "real" story of Hogg, and following comments are quite moving and indicate the movie is worth the watch on more than one level. Enjoy, and please report after seeing. Thanks for brining it to our attention. My kind of story (particularly since its main theme -- There Once Was a Great Person Named George Hogg -- is true).
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/china/article1362720.ece

To answer your original question, "Oh, yes, Mary, [in August Rush] it was a darlin' voice."

oh, oh Terry.........I am such a sucker for accents...
My daughter (24)has just informed me that Children is good and well worth watching... she appreciated the free tix

As you say, so long as I can drool over the eyes and cheekbones....

Watched The Woodsman at last. It was on and off so fast I missed it at the pics. Enjoyed KB acting and thought it was an interesting take on a difficult subject. The offence was obviously at the lesser end of the scale, but the moment of realisation for the character seemed genuine. Not a monster, just a flawed human being.Eye-opening and thought provoking...explains why it was on and off so fast!!

hello loverly ladies...and gents, if lurking...yes, vaguely remember The woodsman but can't remember what i thought of it - fat lot of good that is I know... just wanted to say that i'm seeing Mongol this evening so that I can share my anticipation with you all - oooohhh, ahhhh, choc bomb, phn on silent, anticipation, jaffas, sshhhhhhh, darkness surrounds us, hot choccie...have i set the ambience ok???? I am good aren't I???

I liked the Woodsman a lot as well (DVD).

weeeellllll, I'm off to see Get Smart tomorrow. It may be absolutely naff, but I have to see it for myself.So many memories....

LOVED Get Smart. I don't know if anyone who was not raised on the tv show would enjoy it as much. It was updated and included the now obligatory car and/or aeroplane chases, but I felt it kept to the spirit of the original. It had a sweetness about it, you laughed WITH Max, not at him. Steve Carell was perfect as Max, made him a much rounder character.The original Seigfried had a cameo, and, as I read after, a lot of memorabilia was included in the background for people even more tragic than I to spot.Good fun movie for those who loved the original

"the Cone of Silence"???

yes, Billy
PS how was Mongol?

and who could forget the 'craw'???