Rented today:

Bridge to Terabithia
Big Bad Wolf
The Host
The Lookout
Hot Fuzz
Eulogy

Ace in the Hole
The Virgin Spring

Hey mark, I just watched Ace in the Hole for the first time the other day.
What a brilliant movie. Groening and the Simpsons boys in the early days sure knew it well.
And with that film tucked away, I've seen all the Billy Wilder movies...save a couple of dogs.

I watched it again about two months ago, but since it came out recently on the Criterion Collection, with a bonus disc of features, I rented it to show to my daughter. We haven't watched it yet.

I've seen all the American Wilder films, except for some obscure documentary short he made, so I'd be interested in hearing which ones you think are the dogs not worth seeing.

Well, re: poor Wilder films, I started watching both The Fedora, and Buddy, Buddy, but I couldn't stay with them.
I found them so sub-par that it broke my heart to watch for too long.
Perhaps I should return and finish them as I hate leaving movies unfinished, but because I love Wilder so very much, I didn't want to have these scar my perfect movie capsule of his works.

Yeah, I'd watch Fedora and Buddy Buddy all the way through next time. I'm not saying they're great at all, but I thought they weren't dogs by any stretch. That reminds me that I haven't seen them lately, so I should track those down now.

Yep, dogs is too strong a term; you're right.
I was just thinking about how high Wilder reached, and those last few, including Avanti....I just can't see them as Billy films. They come over like b grade tv, but still, they rrock harder than most everything else out there.

I know that a lot of people hate his version of The Front Page, but it might actually be my fave; yeah even better than Hawks' His Girl Friday! I DO have a tendency to fight history's and critic's cliches!

Oh, I also really like The Front Page, but I am on history's side here: His Girl Friday gets me right in the smacker, but good!

Prince of the City
The Lives of Others
Masquerade (1988)

Black Snake Moan as it was recommended to me and Winter Passing as Zooey Deschanel stars in it.

Smiles of a Summer Night
The Wild Bunch

Airplane as last week I watched Zero Hour, the Dana Andrews film that was spoofed
for Airplane.

The Big Lebowski as I have yet to see more than 5 minutes of it (that was on cable).

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Originally posted by crazed:
The Big Lebowski as I have yet to see more than 5 minutes of it (that was on cable).

Phew! With as many times as they say the "F" word in that one, cable doesn't do it justice. I hope you like it crazed.

The Killing Fields
Bull Durham
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Death Proof

Knocked Up
The Lookout

Under the Roofs of Paris
Chinese Roulette
An Almost Perfect Affair

Just saw "American Werewolf in London," with my son. He saw it for the first time, I, for about the fourth. Amazing how well it holds up.

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Originally posted by kendocubano:
Just saw "American Werewolf in London," with my son. He saw it for the first time, I, for about the fourth. Amazing how well it holds up.

I love "American Werewolf in London". It was one of the first movies I remember seeing that really blended Horror, Comedy, and Drama really well.

"Mummy, a naked American man stole my balloons."

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Originally posted by ericg75:
It was one of the first movies I remember seeing that really blended Horror, Comedy, and Drama really well.

Better than "Shaun of the Dead." Worlds better than "Scream."