Comments on: When the Vampires Have Finally All Flitted Away

By: John

John — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:55:06 +0000

Jules:: As I think you know, I don't have kids. But I've resigned myself to knowing my movie-watching heyday is way beyond reach in my past. Thank God for DVDs! (I was reading a review the other day of that new Planet 51 animated film. I was curious about it because I wanted it to be good, even though the commercials made it seem a little too satisfied with itself. Anyway, halfway through the -- not good -- review, I suddenly thought, I haven't seen Wild Things yet! And I don't think Jules has, either! What's this world coming to?!?)

By: John

John — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:48:56 +0000

marta: But Alisa was not listening. She was zoning out, distracted, 100% restive under the weight of Walsh's attention or, indeed, the need to interact with people at all. She was still freaked out about the near-collision on the freeway last night, en route to her latest assignation. Traffic had been unusually heavy, all the drivers even more aggressive than usual. But even so, the tractor-trailer driver in the lane to her left was completely out of control. He'd tailgated her relentlessly for a couple of miles, and when he finally pulled over as though to pass her she thought her number had come up, the big rig's roaring wheels seemingly mere inches from her face: 0000.

By: Jules

Jules — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:03:54 +0000

John, yes, “Nine” looks intriguing. Daniel Day Lewis is profoundly talented. “My Left Foot” has always been one of my favorite movies.

“Up in the Air” looks good, too.

So many movies — and I haven’t even seen “Where the Wild Things Are” yet. I don’t think my husband and I TRULY believed folks when they told us how hard it’d be to see movies after kids.

By: marta

marta — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:06:12 +0000

That was supposed to be kingore plan. I am way too tired. @marta -

By: marta

marta — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:04:52 +0000

Lawrence Walsh failed to deliver, of course, even though he had clapped almost violently for Samuel's gamboling efforts. But Samuel didn't need to think about the violet-eyed Walsh. He now fixed the moonlighting Alisa with his gaze. The time was ripe to tell her of his plan. He called it his kingore to lend it a certain gravitas and panache.

By: John

John — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:02:41 +0000

marta: Don't know if you're still reading this thread, but here's my next addition: After all (Samuel tells himself), I have gone so far as to court the attention of former Special Prosecutor Lawrence Walsh. I once even gamboled on his front lawn, pleading for legal assistance in claiming the jewell which is -- rightfully! -- mine.

By: marta

marta — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:43:29 +0000

@John - use the next recaptcha? Samuel, who has leeched and bothered every remotely attractive moonlighting government functionary since 1971, hopes that this time the jewell will be his. Yes, the recaptcha: 1971 jewell Oh, and I loved The 10th Kingdom. Went out and bought it in fact. Huff-puff, I could watch him all day.

By: John

John — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:17:58 +0000

Jules: Yeah! We saw a commercial on TV last night for a soon-to-be-released movie version of Nine, the Broadway musical based on Fellini's 8½. Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Judi Dench, Sophia Loren, Kate Hudson... Yowza. Just yowza.

By: jules

jules — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:43:14 +0000

What a great cast they’ve got lined up!

By: John

John — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:24:54 +0000

P.S. Just noticed — Alisa is an anagram…

(And the recaptcha for this one: services twaddled. Ha!)