105 minute running time … the story of a bank manager from Toronto who had a gambling problem and embezzled from the bank to cover his debts … until he got caught. Philip Seymour Hoffman is pretty good and Mini Driver is definitely cute … it wasn’t good enough for me to recommend, though John Farr did. John Hurt plays a good sleazy casino man; his best role of course was in The Elephant Man.
I promise.
In Swedish. 114 minute running time so at least 20 or 30 minutes too long. A vampire story combined with an early teens revenge fantasy … isn’t 12 too young for romance? It wasn’t terrible, but I also wasn’t thrilled with it. This was a John Farr reco.
Artful flecks of blood
Why was I asked these questions before an upcoming appointment with my doctor? Can anyone explain to me?
Within the past 12 months, you worried that your food would run out before you got the money to buy more.
Within the past 12 months, the food you bought just didn’t last and you didn’t have money to get more.
In the past 12 months, has lack of transportation kept you from medical appointments or from getting medications?
In the past 12 months, has lack of transportation kept you from meetings, work, or from getting things needed for daily living?
In the last 12 months, was there a time when you were not able to pay the mortgage or rent on time?
In the last 12 months, how many places have you lived?
In the last 12 months, was there a time when you did not have a steady place to sleep or slept in a shelter (including now)?
“For more immediate support related to food, housing, transportation and other social services, call 2-1-1.”
I had no idea this existed, but I do pay 38% of my income to the tax man….
In Spanish. 86 minute running time. The story of a girl was was born with BOTH female and male sex organs, which must be like a one in a billion thing … further muddies the gender confusion/dysphoria debates that now abound … Director Lucia Puenzo is an Argentinian nepo-baby (her dad is Luis Puenzo) … I wasn’t too thrilled with this … there was a brief “Boy’s Don’t Cry” scene which was much milder than BDC — that one scarred me for life. This was NOT a John Farr recommendation and I have no idea why it was in my queue. You can give it a miss for sure.
I’ll show you mine if you show me yours … hold up! wait a minute! somethin’ ain’t right!
In Danish. 118 minute running time so at least 20 minutes too long. I got this in part because John Farr recommended it, but mainly because I was so blown away by Trine Dyrholm’s performance in Troubled Water that I wanted to see more of her acting (and her great tits). It also starred Kai Proctor (from Banshee), whom I’ve always liked. Anyway, the story was sort of contrived, I wasn’t too thrilled with it … it’s not bad, in the old days I’d give it a “yellow” consider seeing it rating. But it ain’t a green-go for sure. Yes, “the ethics of nonviolence in the face of sociopathic evil and rage” is interesting, but this was made by a woman…. it won the Oscar for best foreign film in 2010.
You killed him you psychopathic monster…
In French. 125 minute running time so at least 30 minutes too long. Kidnapping movie. I wasn’t thrilled with this. Boring and you kind of wanted the kidnappers to kill this guy. I did laugh when the cops would open ransom envelopes with their bare hands and run to drop box locations in train stations. Pointless in the end. No idea why John Farr recommended it. I certainly don’t.
Vie difficile
High-polish black is kind of neat, but I wouldn’t buy this. 10,000 units.
Not thrilled with this design, wouldn’t buy it. 10,000 units. Duplicate post. High polish brass. (Retired 2024)
I found this nice list of college selectivity and thought I’d re-present it by state. You should NOT consider attending any college below these top two tiers, unless it is your state university and cheap. There are fewer than 100 “selective” colleges in the entire United States.
California:
California Institute of Technology
Claremont McKenna College
Harvey Mudd College
Pomona College
Stanford University
University of Southern California
Connecticut:
Yale University
Illinois:
Northwestern University
University of Chicago
Maine:
Bowdoin College
Colby College
Maryland:
Johns Hopkins University
Massachusetts:
Amherst College
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tufts University
Williams College
Minnesota:
Carleton College
Missouri:
Washington University
New Hampshire:
Dartmouth College
New Jersey:
Princeton University
New York:
Barnard College (womens’ college)
Columbia University
Cornell University
North Carolina:
Duke University
Pennsylvania:
Swarthmore College
University of Pennsylvania
Rhode Island:
Brown University
Tennessee:
Vanderbilt University
Texas:
Rice University
Washington, DC:
Georgetown University
California:
Scripps College (womens’ college)
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
Colorado:
Colorado College
Connecticut:
Trinity College
Wesleyan University
Florida:
University of Miami
Georgia:
Emory University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Indiana:
University of Notre Dame
Iowa:
Grinnell College
Louisiana:
Tulane University
Maine:
Bates College
Massachusetts:
Boston College
Boston University
Brandeis University
Northeastern University
Smith College (womens’ college)
Wellesley College (womens’ college)
Michigan:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
New York:
Colgate University
Cooper Union
Hamilton College
New York University
University of Rochester
Vassar College
North Carolina:
Davidson College
Wake Forest University
Ohio:
Case Western Reserve University
Oregon:
Reed College
Pennsylvania:
Bucknell University
Carnegie Mellon University
Haverford College
Lehigh University
Villanova University
Texas:
Trinity University
Vermont:
Middlebury College
Virginia:
University of Richmond
University of Virginia
Washington and Lee University
In French. 94 minute running time. A movie about tragic death and grief and guilt and troubled children and lonely adults and public school politics and the French language and refugees and bureaucrats, etc… definitely wouldn’t fly in Murka, but I really liked this (yes, a green-go). I probably saw it a decade ago and just re-watched it and still liked it (a little heavy-handed in parts, but that’s ok). Bring your tissues.
Menteur!
