Richelieu, the idiom in English is "it falls between two stools". Exactly the same meaning.

Yes. There was a review of The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe that compared her to Bowie, actually. Something along the lines of "both are ideally suited to playing characters that aren't quite human".

Exhibit B: Mark Wahlberg in Boogie Nights and I Heart Huckabees.

I just copy/pasted the guy's name from imdb in an attempt to not get pulled up by the grammar/spelling nazis. Now, no doubt, I'll get called out for using too many strokes/forwards slashes. Or not capitalising "Nazi". Or using an 's' in the word "capitalising".

I think Babel's weak point was the script. The scene in the Tokyo nightclub was stunning on the big screen - it's just a shame that obvious talent was was in the service of a fairly uninspiring story. I'm glad Inarritu and Arriaga have parted company, and I'll be interested to see Inarritu's next film now.

Latinist - I totally agreed with your original post, and wasn't sure about this trailer overall. It looks a bit over-the-top-actiony to me. But I have to agree with everyone else that it's only the trailer.

@Siggy - I saw a Bollywood comedy in the cinema where the subtitling seemed a bit off to me, as there was a marked delay in the subtitle appearing each time. I realised this could have been a concession to comic timing, as if the delay wasn't there the largely Asian audience would have had the punchline ruined for…

I was going to say the same thing. For me - and this is oddly specific - the four chords in the chorus of "Bottle Rocket" was the most exciting piece of music I'd heard in ages. I still find it very difficult to keep still while listening to it. Fortunately, my friends mostly agreed.

I'd second the recommendation to read, rather than watch Death Note. The adaptation to the screen was excellent, but the logic puzzle aspect of it is sufficiently complex that being able to flick back a couple of pages (or volumes), or read the occasional line twice really helps.

It's not really a remake, so much as a quasi-sequel. Nicholas Cage isn't playing the Harvey Keitel character, either. So why even call it Bad Lieutenant? Er…pass. But it's Herzog!

Aha, here's the Pizzicato Five one, probably the best (ignore the first 15 secs):

@Miller and Salmon, and anyone else who likes the Lupin III music. Check out the album "Readymade Records Tokyo: Remixes" - half of which is made up of top notch remixes of various bits of the theme music:

As far as I know, Ant-man is actually being directed by Edgar Wright, and being co-written by Wright and Cornish. Hopefully this translates as Joe Cornish being co-director in all but name (the DGA are notoriously against having two directors on a movie - unless they're brothers, for some reason).

@Evel - during the break from the Adam and Joe show last month, Joe was in LA, so I'm guessing he and Edgar Wright are very much still attached to Antman. I approve of this new trend of super-low-budget-effects film-makers getting their hands on insect-themed superhero movies.

Grant Morrison - see the earlier thread mentioning him, to which I'd add Zenith, his earliest series, which is a very 80s British take on the superhero genre with added Lovecraft.

"I had a lot of material about just… [Chuckles.] Non-living things, I guess? They're kind of like discrete, designated things. Well, I don't know if they're designated, but they're discrete, like an umbrella. A table. It's just an object that exists. "

Perkins was perfect casting as the Chaplain in Catch-22, as well.

If anyone still cares, I'd like to disagree that a film studies course is "a complete waste of time" compared with just watching films that you like.

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