This is scheduled for Oct 20, 2010, but I realized I had already seen this before. And I couldn't resist setting it down here because it may not have been noted in this blog earlier.
The reason why I couldn't resist noting it here is we enjoyed this Hitchcock like film adaptation of Stephen King's novel. This movie had won an Oscar, not mention several others. To refresh my memory of this film I have copy-pasted below an IMDB SUMMARY.
"Best-selling novelist Paul Sheldon is on his way home from his Colorado hideaway after completing his latest book, when he crashes his car in a freak blizzard. Paul is critically injured, but is rescued by former nurse Annie Wilkes, Paul's "number one fan", who takes Paul back to her remote house in the mountains (without bothering to tell anybody). Unfortunately for Paul, Annie is also a headcase. When she discovers that Paul has killed off the heroine in her favorite novels, her reaction leaves Paul shattered (literally)..." IMDB summary
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
The Duchess (2008)***
Seen on 18-10-10
Keera Knightley played the 18th century Duchess while her husband, Duke of Devonshire was played by Ralph Fiennes. Reviled for her extravagant political and personal life, the Duchess emerges yet as a person of conviction and boldness to face up to things and assert her free spirit in revolt.
Keera Knightley played the 18th century Duchess while her husband, Duke of Devonshire was played by Ralph Fiennes. Reviled for her extravagant political and personal life, the Duchess emerges yet as a person of conviction and boldness to face up to things and assert her free spirit in revolt.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Significant films seen in October 2010
04/10/10 THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER. Based on the bestselling novel by Kim Edwards. Cast: Emily Watson, Dermot Mulroney. About a doctor who abandons his just born mongoloid (down syndrome) daughter and suffers guilt his whole life.
06/10/10 THINGS BEHIND THE SUN. Dir.: Allison Anders. Abt a singer whose signature song is about having been raped. She goes about drunk singing this song. The LA mag takes notice and the writer Own Richardson recognizes her as the girl on whom his older brother orchestrated the assault involving him. Owen tries to put his own demons at rest.
06/10/10 RAISIN IN THE SUN (2008). Film adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's famous play about the state of black-white relationship, about how a poor black family struggles to own a house in the white neighborhood.
06/10/10 THINGS BEHIND THE SUN. Dir.: Allison Anders. Abt a singer whose signature song is about having been raped. She goes about drunk singing this song. The LA mag takes notice and the writer Own Richardson recognizes her as the girl on whom his older brother orchestrated the assault involving him. Owen tries to put his own demons at rest.
06/10/10 RAISIN IN THE SUN (2008). Film adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's famous play about the state of black-white relationship, about how a poor black family struggles to own a house in the white neighborhood.
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