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]]>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:05:39 GMTThe DocumentarySun, 02 Apr 2006 00:58:55 GMT49453Group Spout Group:Sound on Sight - Podcasts, movie reviews, interviews, news and more. http://www.spout.com/groups/Sound_on_Sight/529/default.aspx Group Name: Sound on Sight - Podcasts, movie reviews, interviews, news and more.
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Sound on Sight proudly brings you two podcasts each week. Voted best podcast in 2008, these hard working hosts cover everything from mainstream Hollywood films to noir, horror, science fiction, cult cinema, documentary film making and more. Look out for a new show added every Tuesday and Thursday morning.

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Anyone can start a marathon and marathons can be organized in many different ways to showcase the films of a director, actor, genre, theme etc...

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]]>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:33:02 GMTMovie MarathonsWed, 22 Jul 2009 01:35:58 GMT15022Group Spout Group:Movies we do not want to see - Try to convince us to see these movies! http://www.spout.com/groups/Movies_we_do_not_want_to_see/70/default.aspx Group Name: Movies we do not want to see - Try to convince us to see these movies!
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]]>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:31:56 GMTMovies we do not want to seeWed, 22 Mar 2006 14:27:50 GMT203190Group Spout Post: What? Who? Where? Duh? http://www.spout.com/blogs/nancan/archive/2007/2/23/5719.aspx Post By: NANCAN
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Post Date: 2/23/2007 5:28:00 PM
Body: I was sooooooooooo disappointed by this film - how did it even make it to the theatre? Was there no test audience done on this picture? Let's start with the cast: Hilary Swank has two Oscars - did she just want to wear something black in any 'ol movie? Scarlett Johansson, bimbo du jour, struts around looking way too perfect for the 1940's and then there's Josh Hartnett. How does this guy keep getting acting jobs? It's as though he went to the James Brolin School of Wooden Acting. He's horrible! And then there's the convoluted story about how and why the murder happens ... there's family rivalries, suggestions of incest, who's stabbing who? huh? And, then it seems to go on and on and on. If you don't believe me, go ahead and rent this piece of crap and you, too, will wish you'd done something better with this week's Netflix mailing. I notice that this film is currently selling for OVER a dime on this site - shame, shame on you!
]]>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:28:00 GMTNANCANNANCAN Blog2/23/2007 5:28:00 PMI was sooooooooooo disappointed by this film - how did it even make it to the theatre? Was there no test audience done on this picture? Let's start with the cast: Hilary Swank has two Oscars - did she just want to wear something black in any 'ol movie? Scarlett Johansson, bimbo du jour, struts around looking way too perfect for the 1940's and then there's Josh Hartnett. How does this guy keep getting acting jobs? It's as though he went to the James Brolin School of Wooden Acting. He's horrible! And then there's the convoluted story about how and why the murder happens ... there's family rivalries, suggestions of incest, who's stabbing who? huh? And, then it seems to go on and on and on. If you don't believe me, go ahead and rent this piece of crap and you, too, will wish you'd done something better with this week's Netflix mailing. I notice that this film is currently selling for OVER a dime on this site - shame, shame on you! Spout Post: Much Better Version http://www.spout.com/blogs/nancan/archive/2007/2/23/5718.aspx Post By: NANCAN
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Body: I think I've seen all the major films regarding the Clutter murders including the poor remake of "In Cold Blood" with Eric Roberts and Anthony Edwards ... and I thought this film was going to be in the same category when compared to "Capote". First of all, I really, really like Phillip Seymour Hoffman and thought he definitely deserved his Oscar .... but I really wish he'd received it for "Boggie Nights" and that "Infamous" had come out in another year because Toby Jones IS the very best Capote I have ever seen. This Capote is one very talented and troubled man, all wrapped in a wry, cynical, hilarious and campy outside persona. Not only does Toby Jones physically resemble Capote, he's captured what makes him the worthy subject matter of two films. Different from "Capote", "Infamous" shows you who Capote was before and after writing "In Cold Blood". Capote may have used and abused the two murderers for his book, but it cannot be denied that the many years it took to create his "novel based on fact" didn't take a serious toll on him. The details of how he actually wrote the book, wording phrases by bouncing them off his friends, is particularly interesting. I loved the interviews with his socialite friends, particularly Juliet Stevenson's terrific portrayal of Diana Vreeland. What petty people they were! This film suggests a more complex relationship between Capote and Perry Smith, which most probably was the case since Smith actually left Capote all his worldly belongings when he was executed. Hoffman's Capote was out of place in Holcomb, Kansas ... by the Jones Capote stood out like a neon sign ... and his dialogue about this reality is simply wonderful. Supporting cast includes Sandra Bullock (finally in something worth watching) as Harper Lee, Bogdanovich as Capote's agent, Jeff Daniels as the DA and Signorney Weaver as Babe Paley complement Jones as Capote very nicely indeed. The only flaw of this film would be the casting of Mark Ruffalo as a beefy Perry Smith, but who could top Robert Blake's unforgettable performance anyway?
]]>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:07:00 GMTNANCANNANCAN Blog2/23/2007 5:07:00 PMI think I've seen all the major films regarding the Clutter murders including the poor remake of "In Cold Blood" with Eric Roberts and Anthony Edwards ... and I thought this film was going to be in the same category when compared to "Capote". First of all, I really, really like Phillip Seymour Hoffman and thought he definitely deserved his Oscar .... but I really wish he'd received it for "Boggie Nights" and that "Infamous" had come out in another year because Toby Jones IS the very best Capote I have ever seen. This Capote is one very talented and troubled man, all wrapped in a wry, cynical, hilarious and campy outside persona. Not only does Toby Jones physically resemble Capote, he's captured what makes him the worthy subject matter of two films. Different from "Capote", "Infamous" shows you who Capote was before and after writing "In Cold Blood". Capote may have used and abused the two murderers for his book, but it cannot be denied that the many years it took to create his "novel based on fact" didn't take a serious toll on him. The details of how he actually wrote the book, wording phrases by bouncing them off his friends, is particularly interesting. I loved the interviews with his socialite friends, particularly Juliet Stevenson's terrific portrayal of Diana Vreeland. What petty people they were! This film suggests a more complex relationship between Capote and Perry Smith, which most probably was the case since Smith actually left Capote all his worldly belongings when he was executed. Hoffman's Capote was out of place in Holcomb, Kansas ... by the Jones Capote stood out like a neon sign ... and his dialogue about this reality is simply wonderful. Supporting cast includes Sandra Bullock (finally in something worth watching) as Harper Lee, Bogdanovich as Capote's agent, Jeff Daniels as the DA and Signorney Weaver as Babe Paley complement Jones as Capote very nicely indeed. The only flaw of this film would be the casting of Mark Ruffalo as a beefy Perry Smith, but who could top Robert Blake's unforgettable performance anyway? Spout Post: Better Than I Thought http://www.spout.com/blogs/nancan/archive/2007/2/21/5662.aspx Post By: NANCAN
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Body: The day I rented this film, I rented "Infamous" and the first season of "Weeds". I only rented this film because it looked like one of those stupid joke movies like "Old School" or "Talledaga Nights" that my husband enjoys ... so I figured I'd be killing two birds with one stone: placating my husband's taste in films and getting in a short nap about midway through the movie. Well, I was pleasantly surprised here. Don't get me wrong, this will never be on your top 10 must see list, but it's not a complete write-off. Jon Heder manages to rise above his Napoleon Dynamite persona as an average guy who would be considered a bit namby-pamby by the average he-man male. His job as a "meter maid" isn't exactly putting extra hair on his chest either. And then to make his situation even more desperate, he's also in love with a neighbor who is roommates with the acidic Sarah Silverman. After being rejected for the third time as a Big Brother by a 9 year old, he's given a telephone number to call from a confident David Cross who tells him he, too, was once a reject. Heder calls the number and reaches a Billy Bob Thornton, who immediately berates him to being a loser. Intriged that the class may improve his prospects with his neighbor, Heder follows "Dr. P's" instructions and finds himself in a classroom with other guys in the same predicament. Dr. P (Thornton) and his sidekick, Lesher, portrayed by a menacing Ving Rhanes, begins to school the hapless group in the fine art of being respected by men and women alike. Because Heder does well in the class, he becomes the rival of Thornton and all hell breaks out. I think this is where the movie (and the characters) got interesting. A tennis match between Heder and Thornton generates laughs. There's a cameo at the end of the film by Ben Stiller as a former unsatisfied student of Dr. P's that could have been better - or even left out of the film altogether. Overall, most will find this film a pleasant surprise vs. what the trailer leads you to believe. You could do worse.
]]>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:52:03 GMTNANCANNANCAN Blog2/21/2007 8:52:03 AMThe day I rented this film, I rented "Infamous" and the first season of "Weeds". I only rented this film because it looked like one of those stupid joke movies like "Old School" or "Talledaga Nights" that my husband enjoys ... so I figured I'd be killing two birds with one stone: placating my husband's taste in films and getting in a short nap about midway through the movie. Well, I was pleasantly surprised here. Don't get me wrong, this will never be on your top 10 must see list, but it's not a complete write-off. Jon Heder manages to rise above his Napoleon Dynamite persona as an average guy who would be considered a bit namby-pamby by the average he-man male. His job as a "meter maid" isn't exactly putting extra hair on his chest either. And then to make his situation even more desperate, he's also in love with a neighbor who is roommates with the acidic Sarah Silverman. After being rejected for the third time as a Big Brother by a 9 year old, he's given a telephone number to call from a confident David Cross who tells him he, too, was once a reject. Heder calls the number and reaches a Billy Bob Thornton, who immediately berates him to being a loser. Intriged that the class may improve his prospects with his neighbor, Heder follows "Dr. P's" instructions and finds himself in a classroom with other guys in the same predicament. Dr. P (Thornton) and his sidekick, Lesher, portrayed by a menacing Ving Rhanes, begins to school the hapless group in the fine art of being respected by men and women alike. Because Heder does well in the class, he becomes the rival of Thornton and all hell breaks out. I think this is where the movie (and the characters) got interesting. A tennis match between Heder and Thornton generates laughs. There's a cameo at the end of the film by Ben Stiller as a former unsatisfied student of Dr. P's that could have been better - or even left out of the film altogether. Overall, most will find this film a pleasant surprise vs. what the trailer leads you to believe. You could do worse. Spout Post: You Should Be So Lucky http://www.spout.com/blogs/nancan/archive/2007/2/17/5573.aspx Post By: NANCAN
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Body: Every actor should be so fortunate as Warren Beatty to debut in a film as good as this one is. As hapless Bud Stamper, he stutters and stumbles his way through his turbulent teenage years during the 1920's where he and his family are very large fish in a very small Kansas town. Overpowering father, Pat Hingle, is at his peak as attempts to live his lost youth through young Bud. And, then there's Natalie Wood who is smitten with Bud and he her, but this is the 1920's and poor Bud has a good devil and and bad devil on his shoulders pushing him forward and pulling him back. Poor Natalie goes crazy and is sent away to what seems like a very sanitized asylum for a few years to "get over Bud." After Bud's life comes crashing in on him in the early dawn of a gritty NYC morning, the two lovers are briefly reunited years later only to shrug their shoulders at what boils down to much ado about nothing. It's no wonder that Beatty went on to do as many good films as he did because he's just a natural here. (Oh, yeah, that really is a young Phyllis Diller doing a Sophie Tucker in the nightclub scene.)
]]>Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:12:20 GMTNANCANNANCAN Blog2/17/2007 8:12:20 AMEvery actor should be so fortunate as Warren Beatty to debut in a film as good as this one is. As hapless Bud Stamper, he stutters and stumbles his way through his turbulent teenage years during the 1920's where he and his family are very large fish in a very small Kansas town. Overpowering father, Pat Hingle, is at his peak as attempts to live his lost youth through young Bud. And, then there's Natalie Wood who is smitten with Bud and he her, but this is the 1920's and poor Bud has a good devil and and bad devil on his shoulders pushing him forward and pulling him back. Poor Natalie goes crazy and is sent away to what seems like a very sanitized asylum for a few years to "get over Bud." After Bud's life comes crashing in on him in the early dawn of a gritty NYC morning, the two lovers are briefly reunited years later only to shrug their shoulders at what boils down to much ado about nothing. It's no wonder that Beatty went on to do as many good films as he did because he's just a natural here. (Oh, yeah, that really is a young Phyllis Diller doing a Sophie Tucker in the nightclub scene.) Spout Post: Now He's Just Plain Creepy http://www.spout.com/blogs/nancan/archive/2007/2/17/5572.aspx Post By: NANCAN
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Body: What is it about Woody Allen that prevents him for watching his films and possibly seeing what is so apparent to the rest of the world? You know, that he's just getting creepier and creepier when he insists on being in FRONT of the camera as well as behind it. I thought I'd never say he's ruining his films, but he is. Hey, Woody, loved you in the 70's and 80's, but when you stand next to young nubiles such as Johansson and Jackman, it's like we took a left at Yikesville! Remember "Match Point" and how really, really good it was? It's because you weren't in it! Duh! Oh, yeah, and stop putting other actors in your persona (i.e., Will Ferrell?) Run, Run, Run from this movie and then take a good hot shower to remove any of its remains.
]]>Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:54:31 GMTNANCANNANCAN Blog2/17/2007 7:54:31 AMWhat is it about Woody Allen that prevents him for watching his films and possibly seeing what is so apparent to the rest of the world? You know, that he's just getting creepier and creepier when he insists on being in FRONT of the camera as well as behind it. I thought I'd never say he's ruining his films, but he is. Hey, Woody, loved you in the 70's and 80's, but when you stand next to young nubiles such as Johansson and Jackman, it's like we took a left at Yikesville! Remember "Match Point" and how really, really good it was? It's because you weren't in it! Duh! Oh, yeah, and stop putting other actors in your persona (i.e., Will Ferrell?) Run, Run, Run from this movie and then take a good hot shower to remove any of its remains. Spout Post: Loved This One http://www.spout.com/blogs/nancan/archive/2007/2/15/5522.aspx Post By: NANCAN
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Post Date: 2/15/2007 6:22:49 PM
Body: There's almost nothing I don't like about this film about a garage band's one hit wonder. Written, directed and produced by Tom Hanks, it's a wonderful slice of the early 60's in middle America. The cast is believable because you feel you met a few of these people while growing up. Hanks captured a moment in time when things were just beginning to change on many levels in our lives. Plus, Liv Tyler delivers one of the very best movie lines ever about "wasting thousands of kisses" on her self-absorbed boyfriend, perfectly portrayed by Johnathon Schaech. Funny, sad, poignant - and the song ain't bad either.
]]>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:22:49 GMTNANCANNANCAN Blog2/15/2007 6:22:49 PMThere's almost nothing I don't like about this film about a garage band's one hit wonder. Written, directed and produced by Tom Hanks, it's a wonderful slice of the early 60's in middle America. The cast is believable because you feel you met a few of these people while growing up. Hanks captured a moment in time when things were just beginning to change on many levels in our lives. Plus, Liv Tyler delivers one of the very best movie lines ever about "wasting thousands of kisses" on her self-absorbed boyfriend, perfectly portrayed by Johnathon Schaech. Funny, sad, poignant - and the song ain't bad either. Spout Post: About As Good As It Gets http://www.spout.com/blogs/nancan/archive/2007/2/15/5521.aspx Post By: NANCAN
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Body: Sometimes when Hollywood tries to do a retro film, it's just too slick and off the mark. The characters are just too perfect and the sets are too pristine. Fortunately, they got it right here. Characters are believable and the story is good. There's a couple of nice twists and the bad guys are really bad. Kevin Spacey does a nice job here; as good as he was in The Usual Suspects. I'd even go as far to say he may have peaked with this film, because a few of his films that followed certainly fell short of expectation. Danny DeVito is cast perfectly as a sleazy gossip monger, and you'll almost like Russell Crowe, too. (Again, before he was huge star and maybe less of a jerk overall). The only criticism I'd make is that Kim Basinger's performance may not have been Oscar-worthy, but then again, you decide.
]]>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:15:58 GMTNANCANNANCAN Blog2/15/2007 6:15:58 PMSometimes when Hollywood tries to do a retro film, it's just too slick and off the mark. The characters are just too perfect and the sets are too pristine. Fortunately, they got it right here. Characters are believable and the story is good. There's a couple of nice twists and the bad guys are really bad. Kevin Spacey does a nice job here; as good as he was in The Usual Suspects. I'd even go as far to say he may have peaked with this film, because a few of his films that followed certainly fell short of expectation. Danny DeVito is cast perfectly as a sleazy gossip monger, and you'll almost like Russell Crowe, too. (Again, before he was huge star and maybe less of a jerk overall). The only criticism I'd make is that Kim Basinger's performance may not have been Oscar-worthy, but then again, you decide. Spout Member:The_MOW - Mickey Micklon http://www.spout.com/members/148616/default.aspx Identity: The_MOW
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