Movies, Mom & Me

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  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Matthew McConaughey	Mud	Reese Witherspoon	Juniper	Tye Sheridan	Ellis	Jacob Lofland	Neckbone
  Sam Shepard	Tom Blankenship	Ray McKinnon	Senior	Sarah Paulson	Mary Lee	Michael Shannon	Galen
  Joe Don Baker	King	Paul Sparks	Carver	Bonnie Sturdivant	May Pearl	Stuart Greer	Miller

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2012
    Directed by Jeff Nichols.

Labels: coming-of-age2, reese-witherspoon, sam-shepard

# posted by gail @ 07:17    0 comments    email......this post

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    Well, this one's a surprise that jumped right out at me. I've been scouting this out for some years, now, and have been unsuccessful at finding it for a ridiculously cheap price. But, tonight, just as I was about to close down my movie journal labors, perusing some unrelated stuff by Mira Nair, pop, up this came for a more than reasonable price, widescreen to boot, with bonus content. I had to grab it before someone had the sense to take it off the shelf.
    Back when it was released, I saw this in the theater by mistake. I went to the theater with a friend who was in to hard core horror. I wasn't, really, but it was interesting to watch her watching these movies. As well, I learned enough about horror to develop an appreciation for some of it, the better stuff, not the spear-through-the-belly-on-the-bed stuff my friend loved. Anyway, one evening we both thought she was ushering us into yet another horror flick. This is the movie that was playing, instead. Luckily, my friend took an immediate interest in it because of its lavishness. I did because, well, it was a historical drama, it starred Reese Witherspoon, it was based on a book I had read years previous and I had just about come to the end of my dour-shitty-horror-films rope. Sad to say, this did not turn my friend's interest away from horror, but it allowed me to slink away from indulging her interest. Did our friendship survive? No, but it wasn't a sour break up, either. She simply found someone else to haul to horror flicks. Which pleased me, and, I'm sure, her, as well.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Reese Witherspoon	Rebecca Sharp Crawley	James Purefoy	Col Rawdon Crawley	Rhys Ifans	Major Dobbins	Geraldine McEwan	Countess of Southdown
  Gabriel Byrne	Marquess of Steyne	Bob Hoskins	Sir Pitt Crawley the Elder	Jim Broadbent	Mr. Osborne	Sian Thomas	Lady Darlington

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2004
    Directed by Mira Nair.

Labels: dramaF, historical5, reese-witherspoon

# posted by gail @ 22:47    0 comments    email......this post

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  Commentary:  Okay, I was wrong a few posts ago. I don't have easy, free access to this movie on any of my few streaming services. So, I found an inexpensive copy of it and have added it to my collection. Will I watch it much? You bet!
    More later, once it's arrived and I've luxuriated in it, again.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Reese Witherspoon	Elle Woods	Luke Wilson	Emmett Richmond	Selma Blair	Vivian Kensington	Matthew Davis	Warner Huntington III
  Victor Garber	Professor Callahan	Jennifer Coolidge	Paulette Bonafonté	Holland Taylor	Professor Elspeth Stromwell	Raquel Welch	Mrs Windham-Vandermark
  Ali Larter	Brooke Taylor-Windham	Jessica Cauffiel	Margot	Alanna Ubach	Serena McGuire	Francesca P. Roberts	Judge Marina R. Bickford

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2001
    Directed by Robert Luketic.

Labels: comedy3, courtroom, legal, reese-witherspoon

# posted by gail @ 20:23    0 comments    email......this post

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    Never seen this one. Always wanted to. Stay tuned.
    Peculiarly, although I've seen most of her filmography and enjoyed most of what I've seen, I have very, very few films that feature Reese Witherspoon. I mean, for instance, I love Legally Blonde but I don't own a copy, mostly because I haven't thought to own it, mostly because it remains imminently available on even the few streaming services to which I have access and through my local library system, as well. Looking over her filmography, though, there are at least a few more I'd like to add to my collection, including the sometimes-difficult-to-appreciate Vanity Fair. Say what you will about the production, Reese Witherspoon, in my opinion, is devastatingly good in the role of Becky Sharp, at least as good, if not better, than Miriam Hopkins, whose version I also love (and own).
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Matthew Broderick	Jim McAllister	Reese Witherspoon	Tracy Enid Flick	Chris Klein	Paul Metzler	Jessica Campbell	Tammy Metzler
  Phil Reeves	Principal Walt Hendricks	Molly Hagan	Diane McAllister	Colleen Camp	Judith Flick	Nicholas D'Agosto	Larry Fouch

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1999
    Directed by Alexander Payne.

Labels: black-comedy, Criterion6, political5, reese-witherspoon, satire3, teaching

# posted by gail @ 22:02    0 comments    email......this post

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  Commentary:  My father was the Johnny Cash fan when I was a preteen and teenager, not I, although I can't say I disliked his music. Being securely encased in the heyday of sixties rock, I just didn't notice him, except for his monster crossover hits. My father was, as well, a down and dirty old time Country Western fan, which probably figures, since he hailed from North Carolina. He didn't play hardly any of this music at home, but his conversation was peppered with phrases like The Great Speckled Bird and Ring of Fire. So, when I stumbled upon this movie some years ago on TV, finding nothing else in that night's line-up that I wanted to watch, I tuned in. I still have memories of being blown away by the story, the music and the spot on performances of the stars.
    I just received the movie and haven't yet rewatched it. I'll be doing that momentarily. So, any kind of a write-up is going to have to wait on me refreshing my memory as to why, when this movie popped into view at an unbelievably low price, I felt the urge to procure it. Let's just say, until later this evening, or, possibly, tomorrow, this write-up is still Under construction.
    In the meantime, here's an article, Finding the Voice of Johnny Cash, written by Roger Ebert, that is based around a short but revealing interview he conducted with Joaquin Phoenix about playing the part of Johnny Cash.
    Back later.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Joaquin Phoenix	Johnny Cash	Reese Witherspoon	June Carter	Ginnifer Goodwin	Vivian Cash	Robert Patrick	Ray Cash
  McGhee Monteith	Reba Cash	Dallas Roberts	Sam Phillips	Dan John Miller	Luther Perkins	Larry Bagby	Marshall Grant
  Shelby Lynne	Carrie Cash	Tyler Hilton	Elvis Presley	Waylon Payne	Jerry Lee Lewis	Shooter Jennings	Waylon Jennings
  Sandra Ellis Lafferty	Maybelle Carter	Johnathan Rice	Roy Orbison	Johnny Holiday	Carl Perkins	Lucas Till	Jack Cash

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2005
    Directed by James Mangold.

Labels: §4, biography3, historical4, joaquin-phoenix, musical2, period7, reese-witherspoon

# posted by gail @ 17:35    0 comments    email......this post