tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667410643073985006.post662381385008866634..comments2024-02-05T03:04:14.407+01:00Comments on A Film A Day: Thursday Movie Picks: Starring Real Life CouplesSonia Cercahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07313734872038610058noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667410643073985006.post-17652101965000058632019-03-02T22:05:16.805+01:002019-03-02T22:05:16.805+01:00I still can't believe they remade Guess Who...I still can't believe they remade Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Sonia Cercahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313734872038610058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667410643073985006.post-144705493435903202019-02-28T21:27:59.306+01:002019-02-28T21:27:59.306+01:00Nope, haven't seen any. I have only seen the r...Nope, haven't seen any. I have only seen the remake of the first one which I didn't really like. I do want to watch A Quiet Place since it has good buzz.Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942463921185187112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667410643073985006.post-22863223927588291432019-02-23T17:34:52.968+01:002019-02-23T17:34:52.968+01:00Can't wait to read your thoughts about it!Can't wait to read your thoughts about it! Sonia Cercahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313734872038610058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667410643073985006.post-16843870314377899672019-02-23T17:34:27.040+01:002019-02-23T17:34:27.040+01:00I'm with you on that, Guess Who's Coming t...I'm with you on that, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is still very relevant. Sonia Cercahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313734872038610058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667410643073985006.post-9375995417275113522019-02-23T17:32:32.949+01:002019-02-23T17:32:32.949+01:00Same here. I didn't even know some of the acto...Same here. I didn't even know some of the actors the others picks were a couple at some point lolSonia Cercahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313734872038610058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667410643073985006.post-90023085310574552952019-02-23T17:31:03.441+01:002019-02-23T17:31:03.441+01:00I haven't seen any of your picks but I'll ...I haven't seen any of your picks but I'll definitely check out Much Ado About Nothing since I love Keanu Reeves. Sonia Cercahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313734872038610058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667410643073985006.post-53739502872657815012019-02-23T17:29:36.176+01:002019-02-23T17:29:36.176+01:00I watched all the movies he directed 😅I watched all the movies he directed 😅Sonia Cercahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313734872038610058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667410643073985006.post-31074123240843522272019-02-23T04:36:42.073+01:002019-02-23T04:36:42.073+01:00Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is my blind spot ...Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is my blind spot pick for this month. I've already watched it. Hopefully, I'll get the review up soon. A Quiet Place is very good. Haven't seen your last pick.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667410643073985006.post-64175114112954112922019-02-22T17:32:52.704+01:002019-02-22T17:32:52.704+01:00I have only seen Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ...I have only seen Guess Who's Coming to Dinner which i do enjoy and still believe it is relevant even if I am one of the few. I am not sure about A Quiet Place as it sounds scary as hell. I still have to see Zelig but glad you picked Woody Freak Allen since he was involved with all his leading ladies until he teamed up with his step daughter (ewwww)Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667410643073985006.post-33693356298937913972019-02-22T17:15:10.530+01:002019-02-22T17:15:10.530+01:00We match on A Quiet Place! I almost had to resort ...We match on A Quiet Place! I almost had to resort to Google this week, I've learned a lot reading everyone else's posts!Often Off Topichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683076467959831961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667410643073985006.post-81610586315139080802019-02-22T00:22:06.844+01:002019-02-22T00:22:06.844+01:00Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is very much of i...Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is very much of its time and place and far from my favorite teaming of the pair but Tracy's performance is a beauty. However while Kate Hepburn is good her Oscar win is a puzzler. I think it was intended as a sort of benediction to her career since the Academy couldn't have realized she's come roaring back the next year with a worthy performance in The Lion in Winter.<br /><br />The same holds for Zelig with Woody and Mia as far as favorites go but it's the much better film of the two and both of their performances are solid.<br /><br />Haven't seen A Quiet Place but it's on my list.<br /><br />I started looking for picks and found so many choices I got very specific to narrow down, I went with adaptations of Shakespeare comedies and still ended up with four!<br /><br />The Boys from Syracuse (1940)-In the town of Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor two boys from Syracuse, Anthipholus (Allan Jones) and his servant Dromio (Joe Penner), search for their long-lost twins who, for reason of plot confusion, are also named Anthipholus and Dromio. Problems arise when the wife of the Ephesians, Adriana (Irene Hervey) and her servant Luce (Martha Raye), mistake the two strangers for their husbands. Complications and comedy ensue. Loosely based on Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors. Leads Jones and Hervey were married for over 20 years, their son vocalist Jack Jones is most well-known for singing the theme for The Love Boat.<br /><br />The Taming of the Shrew (1967)-Wealthy Padua merchant, Baptista (Michael Hordern), has two daughters-the fiery Katherina called Kate (Elizabeth Taylor) and younger sister Bianca (Natasha Pyne). Bianca loves Lucentio (Michael York), and wants to marry but can’t until the thorny Kate does which she shows no inclination to do. On the scene comes the raucous and magnetic Petruchio (Richard Burton) who sees Kate as a challenge and when her father forces them to marry the real combat begins. The infamously battling Burtons are perfectly cast as the warring lead couple.<br /><br />Much Ado About Nothing (1993)-After a successful campaign against his rebellious brother, Don John (Keanu Reeves), Don Pedro (Denzel Washington) visits the governor of Messina. With him are Benedick (Kenneth Branagh) and Claudio (Robert Sean Leonard). While there, Claudio falls for the governor's daughter, Hero (Kate Beckinsale), while Benedick engages in a war of words with Beatrice (Emma Thompson), the governor's niece. While Don Pedro tries to trick Benedick and Beatrice into falling in love, Don John tries to tear Claudio and Hero apart. Aside from married (at the time) couple Branagh & Thompson and the aforementioned stars the cast also includes Michael Keaton, Imelda Staunton and Emma’s mother Phyllida Law. <br /><br />The Taming of the Shrew (1929)-Same basic story as the Liz & Dick version above but with substantial cuts (and additional dialogue by Sam Taylor-???? WHY) served as a wrong-headed early sound vehicle for two of the biggest stars of the silent era, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Sr. who had notoriously left they spouses to marry each other (but whose own marriage was foundering by this point) in an echoing of the whole Brad Pitt Angelina Jolie episode of later years. Static and dated with both stars nearing the ends of their careers (Mary made 3 more films, Doug 4 before retirement) Pickford considered it one of her worst performances (she’s right) but Fairbanks, full of brio is suited to Petruchio and emerges okay. Still you’re missing nothing if you give it the skip.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667410643073985006.post-53270026254811413192019-02-21T18:29:15.028+01:002019-02-21T18:29:15.028+01:00The only one of these I haven't seen is Zelig,...The only one of these I haven't seen is Zelig, I've only managed to like one Woody Allen film ever. lolBrittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.com