What I have watched so far and will soon right about
Touch of evil (Date??)
Super 8 (Date??)
psycho 10/31/13
rocky horror picture show 10/31/13
Elvira's Haunted hills 11/6/13
I fancy a marvelous movie, show, play or broadway production anytime dauling.... want to join me dearest just keep reading. - Rebecca
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Just watched "Man on a Wire"
9/30/13- “Man on Wire” (2008) directed by James Marsh
Featuring: Philippe PetitWhen this movie first started I was very confused because they was no real introduction, it was just non-diegetic sound (audio you could hear but not see) you could hear the heavy French accent of Philippe Petit with just a shot of someone fidgeting with a box. A few people amongst the class looked to me to figure out what was going on I shrugged with a look of slight confusion until I goggled (because no need to wait to see what would happen) when I read the first line of the Wikipedia page about the movie my jaw dropped in utter shock. “Philippe Petit the man who crossed a high wire between the two twin towers!” This film was a suspense builder, when Philippe and his men were hiding on the 82nd floor of the North tower hiding from security guards who would roam the buildings at nigh to check for un-usual activity (the security guards obviously didn’t check very often). I felt that me myself had to hold my breath in fear of blowing these high wire dare devils in, because once you watch this film unfold you want these French sirs effort to be put to go use to accomplish this undercover operation , that will eventually astound the public and Philippe’s team themselves. Well not only was the mission a success to cross the wire once between the towers he exceeded his own standers by crossing the wire eight times to tease the police officers at the top of the South tower trying to catch him to inevitably arrest him. Now he was a smart aleck so he “ran back out into the middle and began bouncing up and down. His feet were actually leaving the wire, and then he would resettle back on the wire again....Unbelievable really” (Sgt. Charles Daniels reporting his experience). Finally, when asked why he did the stunt, Petit would say, "When I see three oranges, I juggle; when I see two towers, I walk." I highly suggest this movie if you like high suspense and can tolerate subtitles because when the interviews with his helpers comes they basically only speak french which is another thing I loved because I love accents) but this to me was a feel good movie because you get to see someone accomplish a dream of theirs and just seeing that hard work does pay off. I absolutely adored this movie I was fully engulfed in this film from start to end.
Featuring: Philippe PetitWhen this movie first started I was very confused because they was no real introduction, it was just non-diegetic sound (audio you could hear but not see) you could hear the heavy French accent of Philippe Petit with just a shot of someone fidgeting with a box. A few people amongst the class looked to me to figure out what was going on I shrugged with a look of slight confusion until I goggled (because no need to wait to see what would happen) when I read the first line of the Wikipedia page about the movie my jaw dropped in utter shock. “Philippe Petit the man who crossed a high wire between the two twin towers!” This film was a suspense builder, when Philippe and his men were hiding on the 82nd floor of the North tower hiding from security guards who would roam the buildings at nigh to check for un-usual activity (the security guards obviously didn’t check very often). I felt that me myself had to hold my breath in fear of blowing these high wire dare devils in, because once you watch this film unfold you want these French sirs effort to be put to go use to accomplish this undercover operation , that will eventually astound the public and Philippe’s team themselves. Well not only was the mission a success to cross the wire once between the towers he exceeded his own standers by crossing the wire eight times to tease the police officers at the top of the South tower trying to catch him to inevitably arrest him. Now he was a smart aleck so he “ran back out into the middle and began bouncing up and down. His feet were actually leaving the wire, and then he would resettle back on the wire again....Unbelievable really” (Sgt. Charles Daniels reporting his experience). Finally, when asked why he did the stunt, Petit would say, "When I see three oranges, I juggle; when I see two towers, I walk." I highly suggest this movie if you like high suspense and can tolerate subtitles because when the interviews with his helpers comes they basically only speak french which is another thing I loved because I love accents) but this to me was a feel good movie because you get to see someone accomplish a dream of theirs and just seeing that hard work does pay off. I absolutely adored this movie I was fully engulfed in this film from start to end.
"Life should be lived on the edge of life. You have to exercise rebellion: to refuse to tape yourself to rules, to refuse your own success, to refuse to repeat yourself, to see every day, every year, every idea as a true challenge - and then you are going to live your life on a tightrope."
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Call for a revival- Tamara (play)
About a month ago I went to the Stormville flea market in New York state with my family for a day full of walking, haggling and buying stuff I really didn't need. When we got to the flea market I was already sore due to a pair of new insoles that I had received just the day before. Anyway, when walking in you could just see the sea of items that were just waiting to be pawed through and brought to a nice new home. Well at about the third stand that I went to right on the front table of this guys stand I could see a familiar face that I recognized well, the face looking back at me was Tamara de Lempicka herself (in a green Buggati, I might add) but on the most unusual surface, on a pack of playing cards! I took a deep breath not wanting to show the guy running this stand my excitement (because that’s when the price goes up) I casually walk over picked up the cards ,and glanced the other chotchkies he had for sale “nothing could trum this purchases” I though. “who much for the playing cards” I asked “for you $1” I smiled in delight while whipping out my crumbled dollar bill from my pocket. I gently placed them in the pocket of my bag I was carrying. That day I bought a few other things but nothing as cool as these cards. On our way home I couldn’t stop admiring Tamera’s sultry look that just stared at me and this very prominent seal on each of the cards covering a small corner of the card that read “A true story you follow Tamera from room to room” this phrase led me to google it. on the first page I opened this was the first sentence “Tamara is a 1981 play by John Krizanc about the painter Tamara de Lempicka. The play is based on the historical meeting of Gabriele d'Annunzio and de Lempicka.” Now what I also read on multiple different sites is that it was a play where the audience walks around through different rooms and follows what character they choose, so that each person sees a different version of the play and altered storyline, how cool right? so I beg of people of the internet please help to get the attention of who ever we have to, to bring this back to a stage somewhere, where the new generation will be able to see theater in a new light. Bring history to life again “Tamera” we cry out in desperation of a revival. Haven’t we had enough Cabaret revivals please lets try something new help me to this out their we can all enjoy this “new version” of theater.
- “Tamera” (play)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_(play)
(The picture that is on the playing cards)
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Late Watch - "The Seven Year Itch"
8/25/13-”The Seven Year Itch” (1955) directed by Bill Wilder
featuring: Marilyn Monroe ,and Tom Ewell
I watched this movie first of all because I want to watch every Marilyn Monroe movie because ever made. I just find her (like the rest of the world) fascinating. I liked this movie, to me it seemed to me to be a color version of the twilight zone with the main character Richard Sherman played by Tom Ewell going delusional since he sent his wife and kids out of town for the summer. Marilyn was just his fixation or was it his mind just playing tricks on him? I liked this movie, I would recommend it to someone. Just one question Champaign and Potato Chips?
Recent Watch - "Annie Get Your Gun"
9/14/13- "Annie get gun" (1950) directed by Charles Walters, George Sidney, Busby Berkeley
Featuring: Betty Hutton, Howard Keel
When I choose to watch this movie I was in the middle of watching "As good as it gets" on TV but with the commercials it became a 3 hour movie and I couldn't take it. Anyway, this was a musical movie production of the sweetest, gun sling-ing-ist , damsel of the West Ms. Annie Oakley. I just happened to find this movie on demand through Comcast on the "Turner Classie Movie" network. I choose to watch this movie when I saw it listed as FREE because I love the song "Anything you can do I can do better" at first I didn't like the movie when she was basically an out skirted townsmen talking in a southern twang, I could not believe this was how the movie started but I laughed at how much technology had changed by seeing the "accurately" painted backgrounds and convincible lighting. After I got over the initial shock of the beginning, the shoot out show started with Annie facing off her soon to be husband Frank Butler ,and shocker (sarcasm) she won! Leading her to start her new life on the road as a performance shooter and as people say "the rest was history". Overall the movie was ok I like the trick shooting (of corse by Annie and Frank) and some of the songs but I wouldn't watch it again anytime soon.
Recent Watch- "Now You See Me"
9/12/13 - "Now you see me" (2013) directed by Louis Leterrier
Featuring: Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson ,and Isla Fisher
I watched this movie because my dad turned it on (and I wanted to see it myself) I really like the movie it was about the above actors portraying magicians but their big trick was being able to rob banks, kind of. Anyway I won't give anything away but I honestly thought this crime,mystery, thriller was pretty good, it was not what I expected, but it is a exceedingly engaging movie "the closer you look the less you see".Now this movie is a little confusing (at least to me) and if you hate those camera shots where they slowly spin around a the actor or actress to make you understand the actors point of view or to represent their confusion then this might not be the movie for you (especially if you get easily motion sick) but if you can stand those few spinning scenes it is worth your time to watch. And just remember "all you have to be is the smartest person in the room".
A documentary I can't wait to see!- "Bert Stern Original Mad Man"
A documentary that I really want to see is "Bert Stern: Original Mad Man" (2011) directed by Shannah Laumeister (wife of stern 2009- 2013 widowed) I would like to see this docu-film because I love Bert Sterns work! This documentary examines the life and pictures of the late Stern (6/26/13) in the recent trailer I have seen where he says " There was only two women that interested me one I was married to Allegra Kent and Marilyn Monroe, I had no way of understanding her, her demons…." this documentary is "a story of self-creation: rise, fall ,and reinvention." exploring the avenues of "creativity, celebrity, and desires through the eyes of a man who got everything he wanted. Almost." I haven't seen this movie yet but someday I will. I will then hopefully thoroughly enjoy it.
A movie I can not wait to see!- "Saving Mr. Banks"
The movie that I can not wait to see is “Saving Mr. Banks” (12/20/13) directed by John Lee Handcock featuring Tom Hanks as Mr.Walt Disney and Emma Thompson as P.L. Travers (the author of Mary Poppins) this movie is centered on the production of the 1964 Walt Disney Studios film, Mary Poppins I want to see this film because first, I love disney in general (no particular aspect of it) in the few previews I have seen it seems to me that what we all think (or at least me) that Mary Poppins come to help the children and while doing that it helps the widowed father as well. This movie in what trailers I have seen shows us a different aspect that Mary Poppins doesn't really come to help the children, she comes to visit the father because she was/ is in love with in from what I would assume to be a previous meeting. I will have to go see this film to learn the rest.
Favorite Movies
My favorite movie(s) are “Cabaret” (1972) directed and choreographed by the beloved Bob Fosse, featuring Liza Minnelli ,and Joel Grey dealing with 1930’s Berlin and the Nazi’s rising to power it is a musical but it deals with real problems of the (supposed year) this is still a controversial movie and play (an exuberant amount of re-makes and revivals of this play have run and still running the “new” version with Michelle Williams starts previews in March and official opening in April running for only 24 weeks) because it deals with being gay and the idea of abortion. Still this is one of my favorite movies because the songs are so catchy ,and a few songs feature some german like the opening song "Wilkommen" meaning "welcome" a great opening number! and I personally love Liza's heart shaped hair through the whole film. Finally my favorite number from the whole movie is the pre-finale where Liza belts out the headlining number "Cabaret" basically telling people to just live your life to the fullest "what good is sitting alone in your room?, come to the Cabaret!"
My second favorite movie is “Chicago”(2002 version) featuring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zelweger Richard Gere ,and Queen Latifah. Directed and choreographed by Rob Marshall this is the “new” rendition of the multiple movies and again broadway hit productions based on the original play “Lets play ball” written by Maurine Watkins. This movie is about Roxie Heart and Velma Kelly both destined for stardom but “it all started with a bang” murder that is. This movie is based on the historical trials in 1924 of Belva Gaertner (model for Catherine Zeta Jones character Velma Kelly),and Beulah Annan (Model for Renée Zelwegger’s character Roxie Heart) through out this crime, comedy, musical you get to meet the woman on murderesses row in the Chicago’s crook county jail ,and follow Velma and Roxie’s journey to potential stardom. I love this movie not only because I love the twenties (but who doesn't?) ,and that its a musical, it also has amazing costume design for the "production numbers" this movie is aesthetically pleasing (most of the time) and it has a little bit of everything sex ,sequins ,murder ,music (with strong, memorable lyrics) I just could watch this movie all the time. Again I would highly recommend this film to anyone especially if they love musicals as much as I do.
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Why I started this blog
I decided to make this blog because I absolutely adore watching movies, plays, broadway productions anything and when I get to adulthood I would love to possibly do that for a living I figured the easiest way for that to happen is why not get my name out there I get to review movies for homework anyway.
- Rebecca
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