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Highway61 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 09:44 AM
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Anyone recommend a GOOD movie to rent this weekend?
No world series tonight and it's cold and damp. Hankerin down to a good movie...my favorite...Scent of a Woman...what is yours?
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 09:45 AM
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1. well bif says
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 09:50 AM
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2. We have movie night with another couple every week
Here are some of the ones we liked:
The Station Agent (One of my favorite movies of the last five years)
The Beach House
Almost Heaven
Crash
Hotel Rwanda
The Queen
The list goes on and on, but those come to mind.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 09:53 AM
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3. I saw Hotel Rwanda
:thumbsup:

great film....
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 09:59 AM
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5. have you seen Sometimes in April...much better account of the genocide
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:00 AM
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7. I haven't
thanks for the tip.

I have to confess, I don't watch many movies. I'm hoping that the meds for RLS help enough for me to sit still through a whole movie.
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 09:54 AM
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4. I love the scent of a woman too
now about movies...

I hear that one remake of Rear Window is good. Its called Disturbia.

:hi:
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bikebloke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:00 AM
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6. The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Black Book
Antibodies
Cashback
The Flying Scotsman
The Lives of Others
He Died With a Falafel in His Hand
http://www.filmmovement.com/trailers/videoplayer.asp?CLIP=3

La Haine
Bobby
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:03 AM
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9. "He Died With a Falafel in His Hand"
:wtf: Is that about Bill-O?
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:01 AM
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8. "Year of the Dog" with Molly Shannon is out this weekend.
It's gotten glowing reviews.

I have it on the top of my Netflix queue.
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kay1864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:12 AM
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10. "Rabbit Proof Fence"
Amazing movie.

"The Illusionist" is good too. (Edward Norton)
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CBHagman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:24 AM
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11. I liked all of these.
Nine Lives
Things You Can Tell Just By Looking at Her
Cradle Will Rock
A Mighty Wind
My House in Umbria
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Silver City
Matewan
La Buche
The Painted Veil
The Saint of 9/11

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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:27 AM
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12. Seen V for Vendetta yet?
I enjoyed that... politically feel-good, too :)
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Highway61 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:29 AM
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13. Some great suggestions here
Thank you all...will be renting quite a few of these, especially with winter around the corner :popcorn:
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:31 AM
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14. I just saw "Sean of the Dead" for the first time a couple of weeks ago.
Hilarious!
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:36 AM
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15. Have you seen the series "Weeds" on Showtime?
Edited on Fri Oct-26-07 10:36 AM by LynneSin
If not - rent seasons #1 and #2 - the show is extremely funny and well done
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 02:19 PM
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16. The African Queen! Uplifting in these trying times...nt
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