tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post6967330786457220793..comments2024-03-22T14:48:09.697-04:00Comments on Dell on Movies: Thursday Movie Picks: Movies with Strong Female CharactersDellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-18021492233377804362017-11-23T14:09:36.758-05:002017-11-23T14:09:36.758-05:00I've seen Sunshine Cleaning, but that was a lo...I've seen Sunshine Cleaning, but that was a long time ago. I do remember liking it.Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942463921185187112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-39295187143286133502017-11-22T21:21:53.007-05:002017-11-22T21:21:53.007-05:00Hope you can get your hands on it.Hope you can get your hands on it.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-13212178063945991112017-11-22T19:29:57.235-05:002017-11-22T19:29:57.235-05:00I wasn't a fan of Sunshine Cleaning... a yad t...I wasn't a fan of Sunshine Cleaning... a yad too depressing for me. Not seen American Violet but I want to see this now!Katie Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01176992567322682222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-53827209393435776132017-11-18T13:42:14.826-05:002017-11-18T13:42:14.826-05:00Yes, it's a very good movie.Yes, it's a very good movie. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-42770682005830099572017-11-18T13:41:37.386-05:002017-11-18T13:41:37.386-05:00Chocolate is nuts. And yes to Michelle Obama.<i>Chocolate</i> is nuts. And yes to Michelle Obama. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-10214160174248610422017-11-18T13:40:50.780-05:002017-11-18T13:40:50.780-05:00Fair enough. Fair enough. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-17104673764016562302017-11-18T13:09:45.283-05:002017-11-18T13:09:45.283-05:00You're right about AV. It can be a frustrating...You're right about <i>AV</i>. It can be a frustrating watch. <i>SC</i> is not quite as dark as it sounds, but it is a quirky picture. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-23603945243036061092017-11-18T13:05:51.259-05:002017-11-18T13:05:51.259-05:00Not familiar with any of these, but the first and ...Not familiar with any of these, but the first and last sound all sorts of intriguing. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-2552039955813296002017-11-18T12:59:23.626-05:002017-11-18T12:59:23.626-05:00Haven't heard of these. From the sounds of it,...Haven't heard of these. From the sounds of it, I'd be more likely to watch the second one. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-74560833362911250242017-11-18T12:57:19.178-05:002017-11-18T12:57:19.178-05:00I'm familiar with all three of these, though I...I'm familiar with all three of these, though I have not seen any of them. <i>Tammy and the Bachelor</i> is highest on my watchlist. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-29398604352908097292017-11-18T12:52:22.359-05:002017-11-18T12:52:22.359-05:00I think they are. A What If... could be really fun...I think they are. A <i>What If...</i> could be really fun. Maybe they can do it as an anthology film. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-90339986118519279342017-11-18T12:49:52.620-05:002017-11-18T12:49:52.620-05:00I hope you get to watch AV. It deserves to be seen...I hope you get to watch <i>AV</i>. It deserves to be seen by more eyes. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-20607030815143599852017-11-18T12:46:20.911-05:002017-11-18T12:46:20.911-05:00Glad to see some love for it. Glad to see some love for it. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-60555881072735169452017-11-16T18:29:28.932-05:002017-11-16T18:29:28.932-05:00Cool picks! I haven't seen Sunshine Cleaning s...Cool picks! I haven't seen Sunshine Cleaning since it was first released, but I loved it at the time. Great performances and characters by Emily and Amy.Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00287429151542133314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-67483640800646929812017-11-16T17:55:35.833-05:002017-11-16T17:55:35.833-05:00I've seen Sunshine Cleaning, I liked that film...I've seen <i>Sunshine Cleaning</i>, I liked that film. I definitely want to see <i>Chocolate</i> and if we're in a more sensible world. Michelle Obama would be our president. Look at her guns. She could fucking rip a man in half if she wanted to. thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-85750792601480835712017-11-16T13:53:47.136-05:002017-11-16T13:53:47.136-05:00Sunshine Cleaning was so so but Emily elevated the...Sunshine Cleaning was so so but Emily elevated the movie as usuals.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13987831438787776712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-25758107267436744982017-11-16T12:32:48.905-05:002017-11-16T12:32:48.905-05:00Your first movie sounds frustrating and tragic sin...Your first movie sounds frustrating and tragic since she is innocent but considered guilty. It would be a good movie to watch. I'd like to see your 3rd choice as well since it sounds quite funny in a dark way. I don't know the first book but I did hear about the baseball player because my brother is an expert in sports. He told me about this baseball player and always felt he needed more recognition. Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-90502628635215604602017-11-16T11:48:12.193-05:002017-11-16T11:48:12.193-05:00As for your adaptations...you know me and comics/a...As for your adaptations...you know me and comics/animation and I'm suffering somewhat of a superhero burnout on top of that so your last choice is something I'd probably skip if it were made but your other two sound like they would make fine films. <br /><br />I had a lot of fun with this particular theme since it was a chance to look at it from a different angle and I could propose three books I'd love to see on the screen.<br /><br />How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater (2005)-Comic novel by Marc Acito tells the tale of young sexually confused Jersey teen Edward Zanni and the lengths he goes to his senior year when his divorced father marries gold-digging shrew Dagmar and she blocks his way to attending Julliard. Helping Edward are his group of very resourceful and game friends, free spirit Paula D’Angelo, enterprising Natie Nudelman (affectionately called Cheesehead), Edward’s sometime girlfriend, perky blonde Kelly, exotic Persian transfer student Ziba and football jock Doug Grabowski who’s more at home with the theatre geeks than his sport cronies. Together, with the sometime reluctant help of Paula’s dotty Aunt Glo, they scheme to defeat the rapacious Dagmar and make Edward’s musical dream come true.<br /><br />The Queen’s Man (2000)-In the year 1193 young Justin de Quincy witnesses the murder of a tradesman on the road from Winchester to London. As he lies dying the man hands Justin a letter and begs him to find a way to get it to the queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Letter in hand he’s brought into Eleanor’s presence and her confidence leading to a world of intrigue and danger as Eleanor plots to save her favorite son, Richard the Lionhearted whilst her grasping younger son John schemes to seize the throne. Great historical detail and an engaging lead character makes a good adventure.<br /><br />A Cast of Killers (1986)-In 1982 author Sidney Kirkpatrick is commissioned to write a biography of King Vidor, director of classics The Big Parade and Stella Dallas among many others. Delving into Vidor’s papers he discovered a trove of research that the director and his good friend former silent star Colleen Moore had compiled on the unsolved 1922 murder of film director William Desmond Taylor. Putting the Vidor bio aside for the moment Kirkpatrick built on the existing research and plunged into the jazz mad world of the twenties where men with vague pasts such as Taylor’s could rise to the level of respected film director. Along the way he acquaints the reader with the many people, shaded by Vidor’s intimate knowledge of the film community of the time, involved in the case including the two stars, comic legend Mabel Normand and supposedly innocent Mary Miles Minter, whose careers were destroyed in the scandal and the massive cover-up and graft that protected the killer, whom Vidor deduced, for decades. A fascinating story begging to be filmed.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-56419413863102505582017-11-16T11:35:09.552-05:002017-11-16T11:35:09.552-05:00I’m also using this week to re-recommend two films...I’m also using this week to re-recommend two films I’ve chosen before but they fit right in and both are terrific somewhat obscure films that deserve a look.<br /><br />Cry “Havoc” (1943)-As WWII rages in the Philippines a group of women volunteer to help the army nurses in a hospital unit on Bataan. Set mostly in their protective bunker and the switchboard that brings increasingly more dire war news this focuses on the struggles and hardships endured by the women as the front moves ever closer. The cast is comprised almost exclusively of great actresses, Margaret Sullavan, Ann Sothern, Joan Blondell and Fay Bainter among them, with only very brief glimpses of men, including a young Robert Mitchum. A compelling heavy drama leavened by doses of gallows humor.<br /><br />Westward the Women (1951)-Unvarnished look at the hard road faced by a group of women settlers on a wagon train to California. Robert Taylor, weathered and hard is the rough but fair wagon master and has the only significant male role. Hope Emerson stands out as a plain speaking, no nonsense traveler but all the performances are very good. The cost of the trip is honestly depicted as heavy with human lives. Written by Frank Capra and directed with an unflinching eye by Wild Bill Wellman, an involving, unusual picture. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-80952805820635992232017-11-16T11:08:40.527-05:002017-11-16T11:08:40.527-05:00Haven't seen your first two and the second doe...Haven't seen your first two and the second doesn't really sound like my thing but I'm intrigued by the first. I'll have to track it down. I wasn't a fan of Sunshine Cleaning but then I find Amy Adams quite risible on the whole. <br /><br />I reached back for my three this time (I know big surprise) and even managed to come up with a trio of strong women for my first.<br /><br />Three Secrets (1950)-When a private plane crashes in the remote California Mountains the only survivor is a 5-year-old boy. As word spreads that the child had been adopted at birth from a certain orphanage the three possible mothers, housewife Susan Chase (Eleanor Parker), newspaper reporter Phyllis Horn (Patricia Neal) and ex-con Ann Lawrence (Ruth Roman), gather at the mountain base to discover the truth drawing on their strength to endure the ordeal of wondering “Could that be my boy?” Solid drama with three excellent lead performances was directed by Robert Wise.<br /> <br />Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)-Young Tambrey "Tammy" Tyree (Debbie Reynolds) lives with her grandfather (Walter Brennan) on his houseboat in the swamps of the South. One day young pilot Peter Brent (Leslie Nielsen) crashes nearby and during his recovery Tammy develops a crush on him. He heads back to his family’s mansion telling Grandpa if anything should happen to have Tammy come to his family. Shortly after Gramps is arrested for making corn liquor and Tammy heads to town. Once there she shakes the place up with her common sense approach to all things relying on her strong sense of self to ride out any bumps along the way. Meanwhile Pete sees her in a new light. Debbie carries this with a light touch and scored an enormous hit with the theme song. <br /><br />His Girl Friday (1940)-Ace reporter Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) is sick of the cutthroat world of the newspaper game and tells her editor and ex-husband Walter Burns (Cary Grant) she’s quitting to get married to someone Walter considers a dolt (Ralph Bellamy). Walter tries every trick in the book to get Hildy to stay finally dangling a carrot he knows her aggressive take charge reporter’s heart can’t refuse-a murderer’s execution. Despite her protests the resourceful Hildy jumps into action and when the chance for a scoop comes along all else is pushed aside. Manic screwball comedy is noted for its extremely fast dialog patter between the leads. This set Roz on the path as THE boss lady of the movies for most of the decade. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-38329145189103469112017-11-16T08:58:17.657-05:002017-11-16T08:58:17.657-05:00I haven't seen any of your picks but they soun...I haven't seen any of your picks but they sound interesting. I'd love a What I...? adaptation.Sonia Cercahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313734872038610058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-75324867497719699792017-11-16T08:10:26.553-05:002017-11-16T08:10:26.553-05:00I liked Sunshine Cleaning, that's the only pic...I liked Sunshine Cleaning, that's the only pick of yours I've seen. American Violet sounds like something I would watch though.Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-87347531844962201312017-11-16T01:53:35.893-05:002017-11-16T01:53:35.893-05:00Sunshine Cleaning is a good movie, really liked Ad...Sunshine Cleaning is a good movie, really liked Adams and Blunt in it. Big Screen Small Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047376725272000920noreply@blogger.com