Saving Private Ryan. Heavenly Creatures. 3096 Tage. Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Adore. The Girl. Jaws 2. Carrie. We Were Soldiers. Mary and Martha. Avenging Angelo. Bad Girls. Short Cuts. The Addams Family. The Addams Family 2. Curse of Chucky. Resident Evil 2. Revolutionary Road. Vampires. The Way Way Back. Ramona and Beezus

02 Saturday Nov 2013

Posted by Joanne in Julianne Moore, Madeleine Stowe, movies

Saving Private Ryan

A classic World War II film from Stephen Spielberg starring Tom Hanks. If you haven’t seen it by now, please do. And if you watch Castle, look out for Nathan Fillion’s cameo!

10/10

Heavenly Creatures

Two teenage girls plan a murder of one’s condensending mother. They fall in love along the way. What a beautiful story. Kate Winslet is cast as one of the girls in this not so ‘Picnic at the Hanging Rock’ Aussie teen thriller. I just love Australian cinema, and if everything is as good as what I’ve seen so far, than I’m really happy I moved over here.

10/10

3096 Tage

Incredible adaptation of Natasha Kampusch’s heartbreaking story of kidnapping, the 8 years of captivity and escape. This film was equally brutal and painfully honest as Natasha’s amazing autobiography.

10/10

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

One of the few teen classics I yet had to see, and now I have and I absolutely loved it. Onto Dazed and Confused.

10/10

Adore

Also known as Perfect Mothers. Naomi Watts goes back to Australia (she’s British but moved to AU with her mom and brother at 14) and along with Robin Wright sleep with each other’s sons. I adored it.

7/10

The Girl

Who would have thought this is how The Birds were made. This film shatters my view on one of my favorite directors.

10/10

Carrie

Rewatched the original before going to cinema to see Julie in the remake.

10/10

Jaws 2

I just love Jaws so much. One of my favorite horror subgenre, next to slashers and rape and revenge, is ‘shark and water creatures’ horrors.

10/10

We Were Soldiers

What a beautiful film from and starring Mel Gibson. Watch out for the talanted Madeleine Stowe, who plays Mel’s wife and helps deliver the shattering news of soldiers’ deaths to their wives. This is one of the very few films Madeleine starred in after retiring to a ranch in Texas 16 years ago.

9/10

Mary and Martha

A film starring Hilary Swank I never heard of until I turned on HBO and it randomly popped up today. The film depicts focuses on the problem of malaria in Africa, as Hilary Swank tries to learn more about circumstances of her son’s death and the last few weeks of his life.

8/10

Avenging Angelo

By know you may have realized that I had a Madeleine Stowe marathon. I never realized how many intriguing films she was in, especially back in the 90s! I recommend this thriller to everyone!

8/10

Bad Girls

Western with prostitutes. Yeah, if you’re a straight guy or a gay girl reading this, you’re already looking for this film in online shops. Watched it this week and then I ran to HMV to get it on DVD. It’s not about prostitution, it’s about girl power. Women have always had it harsh. Any era, any time there is a conflict, a violent man can always threaten women with rape and that’s it, that’s how abusive people win over women. Even as strong as Madeleine’s character in Bad Girls. Bad Girls is a fun western, be ready to see Madeleine Stowe kick ass, and be a little bit disappointed with the other three ‘bad girls’ (Mary Stuartson from my other favorite film Green Fried Tomatoes, Andie McDowell and Drew Barrymore) wait around and disappoint.

7/10

Short Cuts

Julianne Moore and Madeline Stowe in one film, yes please! I know that this film is partially famous for the scene where Julie recites a long monologue, naked from waist down. I am always very protective of actresses, because of how Hollywood works, and the certain things that are expected of them in order to go far in their career. I do not mean couch casting, I mean unessesary nakedness. But when I look past scenes like that one, (there’s quite a few of those), it’s a really good film. I cannot find it on DVD anywhere, but I will one day.

8/10

The Addams Family

Both films are amazing, I hope I’ll get to see the TV Series one day.

8/10

The Addams Family 2

7/10

Curse of Chucky

Certainly better than the third one, and I’m happy they’re still making Chucky films. There can never be enough of them. The other creepy doll I love is the ‘living dummy’ from R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps series from the 90s. But Chucky is creepy and hilarious! And he actually got kid’s soul this time.

The 80s were awesome.
Chucky, I’m scared.
And you fucking should.
Women. Can’t live with them, period.
Just keep your fucking mouth shut.

7/10

Resident Evil 2

Yeah ok, the third one was much better and it had little Spencer Locke in it. This one is not at all memorable.

7/10

Revolutionary Road

Leo and Kate back at it. Too sexual for my taste, and nowhere near as good as Titanic.

8/10

Vampires

If it’s not Nosferatu, The Lost Boys, Stake Island or The Hunger with Catherine Deneve, I don’t care for vampire films, but I loved everything about this one.

9/10

The Way Way Back

I love crying at family movies, here I could barely squeeze one tear when he was leaving.

5/10

Ramona and Beezus

I tried so hard not to watch it, even though it has Sandra Oh in it, but then it was on and it does have Sandra Oh in it.

4/10

Private Practice
Greys
SVU
Bones
Desperate Housewives
Gilmore Girls
Dexter
The Big C
Friends
Judging Amy
Parenthood
Brothers and Sisters
Cougar Town
Castle
Shameless
Full House
The Middle
Revenge
Bates Motel
Orange is the New Black
Lost
American Horror Story
Fuller House
Downton Abbey
The Killing
Chase
Sex and the city
The Good Wife
Six Feet Under
Switched at Birth
My So Called Life
Nashville
Party of Five
Suburgatory
Surviving Jack
Scandal
Big Little Lies
Camp
The Carrie Diaries
The Goldbergs
How To Get Away With Murder
Everybody Loves Raymond
Married With Children
Scream
Younger
Grace and Frankie
Freaks and Geeks
When Calls the Heart
Arrested Development
Pretty Little Liars
Past Life
The Simpsons
Bunheads
Puberty Blues
No Ordinary Family
Weeds
Sharp Objects
Bad Judge
Awkward
Go On
30 Rock
Dirt
Close to Home
Thirteen Reasons Why
This is Us
Modern Family
Riverdale
One Day at a Time
Top of the lake
The Leftovers
Ozark
Killing Eve
Good Girls
911
The Resident
Crikey! It’s the Irwins
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Veronica Mars
Dead to Me
Schooled
The Handmaid’s Tale
Station 19
Red Band Society
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
Little Fires Everywhere
The Act
The Morning Show
Everything Sucks
Mad Men
For the People
Unbelievable
Bloodline
Gypsy
Liar
The Insatiable
Carol’s Second Act
Chernobyl
When They See Us
The Society
Girlboss
When We Rise
Locke and Key
Russian Doll
The Loudest Voice
Soundtrack
Sugar Rush
V
Grandfathered
Faking It
Secrets and lies (only season 1)
Eye Candy
The Whispers
The Slap (AU)
The Good Place
The Good Fight
Hollywood Darlings
Off the Map
Scream Queens
Friday Night Lights
Thirteen
The Family
Absentia
F is for Family
Starved
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Fargo (only season 1)
90210
Dead of Summer
Amber
Degrassi Next Class
Looking for Alaska
The Catch
Mr Mercedes (only season 1)
Light as a Feather
American Crime Story
23.11.63
Divorce
American Crime
The Politician
Ravenswood
Save Me
Wet Hot American Summer

15.04.2011 ‘You forgot the number one rule about remakes: never fuck with the original.’ (Scream 4)

01.06.2011 ‘We need to become doers.’ 2×16 ‘You’re a doer, remember?’ 5×22 (Greys)

5.08.2011 “It’s just… Meredith always makes me think screwed up people have a chance.” (Greys)

9.10.2011 ‘You be wowed, I’ll be drunk.’ (The Big C)

10.11.2011 ‘George is dead and Izzie is gone and we’re all different. We’re different.’ (Greys)

17.12.2011 ‘I thought I was headed in the right direction. My Dark Passenger back behind the wheel. But if I was so sure I knew where I was going…How did I get so lost?’ (Dexter)

23.01.2012 ‘You’re drowning, Grey.’ (Greys)

18.11.2012 ‘You’re a serial killer and I’m more fucked up than you are.’ (Dexter)

7.05.2013 ‘I think my antidepressants just kicked in.’ (The Big C)

10.05.2015 ‘The sad widow is my friend. My best friend.’ (Greys)

‘When I lived in Porpoise Spit, I used to sit in my room for hours and listen to ABBA songs. But since I’ve met you and moved to Sydney, I haven’t listened to one Abba song. That’s because my life is as good as an Abba song. It’s as good as Dancing Queen.’ (Muriel’s Wedding)

‘I used to think about
your life in New York. I tried to imagine your room. I kept track of the time difference, so I knew when you were awake and when you were asleep.’ (Disobedience)

‘Nothing’s clean, Howard. But we do our best, right?’ (The Aviator)

‘No, I’m not quitting. I don’t quit things.’
‘No, actually you do. Your mother quit your father. Your father quit you. You quit your boyfriend and if I read your hospital chart correctly you quit your life momentarily on a couple of occasions. You quit. It’s what you know how to do.’ (Greys)

‘Where the hell was I that year?’
‘Your were watching television’. (Everybody Loves Raymond)

‘It’s impossible to worry about anything else when there’s blood coming out of you.’
(Short Term 12)

‘I wanted it to happen. And when we were girls… Even then, it was the same. It’s always been this way! I have always wanted it.’ (Disobedience)

‘Sometimes it’s easy, sometimes you play games in your head. You make up someone, someone good.’ (Greys)

‘There comes a moment when our lives change forever. The moment we admit our weaknesses, the moment we rise to a challenge, the moment we accept a sacrifice, or let a loved one go. And sometimes the change in our lives is an answer to our prayers.’ (Desperate Housewives)

‘Yesterday I went to the movies all day by myself. One after the other. I’ve never done that before. I had a really happy day.’ (Doing Time for Patsy Cline)

‘I just need something to happen. I need a sign that things are going to change. I need a reason to go on. I need some hope. And in the absence of hope, I need to stay in bed a feel like I might die today.’ (Greys)

‘She saved me my whole life. Without her, I’m nothing.’ (The Favourite)

‘Don’t wonder why people go crazy. Wonder why they don’t. In face of what we can lose in a day, in an instant, wonder what the hell it is that make us hold it together.’ (Greys)

‘Bree sobbed quietly in the restroom for five miutes, but her husband never knew, because when Bree finally emerged, she was perfect.’ (Desperate Housewives)

‘I am not food, you cannot just eat and eat.’ (The Favourite)

‘I don’t love him.’
‘Of course you do.’
‘No!’
‘Don’t take me for a fool Olive, I’m many things but I’m not a fool.’
‘I know that, you’re brilliant.’
‘Don’t you see, it’s over. Whatever this is, was, it’s over.’
‘I love You.’ (Professor Marston and the Wonder Women)

‘At the end of the day, the fact that we have the courage to still be standing, is reason enough to celebrate.’ (Greys)

‘Many years ago, a neighbour and a good friend of ours took her life, and that left us all heartbroken and perplexed. But somehow, when I was alone in that hotel room, I forget about all the pain that she caused. In those awful moments, I thought maybe she had the answer.‘ (Desperate Housewives)

‘What happened last year when you fell in the water?’
‘I almost drowned. Do you think I did that for kicks?’
‘You put your hand in a body cavity that contained unexploded ammunition.’
‘I was trying to save a patient!’
‘Why is it that every other person in that room had the sense to hit the deck? You know people run away from this line between life and death. You seem to stand on it and wait for a strong wind to sway you one way or the other. You’re careless with your life. You’re not slitting your wrists but you’re careless. Probably because your mother told you you were a waste of space on this planet. The problem is you believed her. And if you don’t want out one of these days you’re going to die because of it.’ (Greys)

‘This is the street where I used to live and these were the people with whom I shared my life. I met them the day they moved in. And I saw what they brought with them. Beautiful dreams for the future. And quiet hopes for a better life. Not just for themselves, but for their children, too. If I could, would I tell them what lies ahead? Would I warn them of the sorrow and betrayal that lie in store? No. From where I stand now, I see enough of the road to understand how it must be traveled. The trick is to keep moving forward, to let go of the fear and the regret that slow us down and keep us from enjoying a journey that will be over too soon. Yes, there will be unexpected bends in the road, shocking surprises we didn’t see coming, but that’s really the point. Don’t you think?’ (Desperate Housewives)

‘Was your life not working when you let that slip out from under you?’
‘When are you going to stop suggesting that I’m suicidal?’
‘When you start acting like someone that wants to be alive.’
‘Give me my chart.’
‘Why?’
‘Because I’m not suicidal, and if it says that I am, then it’s wrong.’ (Greys)

‘There is nothing wrong with me.’
‘Then show me your arm.’ (Degrassi)

‘Look, my whole life, I have been the freak. The girl who nobody picked for dodgeball. The girl who didn’t have a mom. The girl who dressed funny because it was her dad buying her clothes. And then, tonight I looked at these people, and I thought maybe there’s a future where I don’t have to be a freak. Maybe I can be who I am and that’s okay.’ (Everything Sucks)

‘Dr, I have been this way since…since I can remember. There is no cure.’ (American Horror Story)

‘He was so crazy about me, I couldn’t breathe. So we tried drinking our way back into love, but it never made sense in the morning. So I ran. And every time I came back, he was here. And he was still crazy about me.’ (My Blueberry Nights)

‘Bree van de Kamp had always wanted to live her life with elegance and grace. That is also how she wanted to die. Her plan was to pour herself a glass of her favorite chardonnay, put on her most stylish nightgown and leave behind a note on embossed stationery.’ (Desperate Housewives)

‘All we have is this moment. The future is just a fucking concept that we use to avoid being alive today. So be… here…. now.’ (Six Feet Under)

‘On the train coming here, we were in the same cart, I saw you, you were reading and you feel asleep. I didn’t dare to look at you, you were so beautiful, it was scary. Afterwards, I couldn’t stop thinking about you. It made me smile. Then I thought of all the men who would get to hold you, who’d make you laugh. How lucky they were.’ (Enemy at the Gates)

‘It was a good day. Maybe even a great day. Even when it was hard, I was the me in my head. There was a moment when I thought I cant do this, I cant do this alone. I close my eyes and imagine myself doing it, and I did, I blocked out the fear, and I did it.’ (Greys)

‘There comes a time when we must expose our weaknesses. When our secrets can no longer remain private, when our solitude can no longer be denied, when our pain can no longer be ignored, but sometimes we feel so alone that a weakness we thought we’d overcome suddenly becomes too strong to fight.’ (Desperate Housewives)

‘Why did you get married, Esti? Why didn’t you just leave? So everything was all right when I left?’
‘No. I was ill.’
‘What sort of ill?’
‘In my head.’
‘If I had to sleep with a man, why not with our best friend?’
‘Oh, Esti…’
‘It hasn’t been a complete disaster.’
‘And that’s enough?! Do you have to have sex every Friday?’
‘It’s expected.’
‘It’s medieval. What happened to you?’
‘Nothing. You happened to me. And then I started teaching and that became important. I give them ambition.’
‘To do what? Push out seven babies and be a good wife?’
‘Don’t. Don’t. I help them to value themselves.’
‘Okay, but what about you?’
‘That is me. And you? Are you happy?’
‘Yes, I am.’
‘Have you been with other women?’
‘No. Not really. And you?’
‘No.’
‘But, Esti… Do you still
only fancy women?’ (Disobedience)

‘OK, then, listen. Let’s not get caught.’
‘What are you talkin’ about?’
‘Let’s keep goin’!’
‘What d’you mean?’
‘Go.’
‘You sure?’
‘Yeah. Yeah.’ (Thelma & Louise)

‘She let me live at Nora’s house. She let me believe that I was a part of their family. I fell in love with that family. What am I supposed to do, just sit there, pretend I’m related to them? I was happy. For the first time in my life I was happy.’ (Brothers and Sisters)

‘You will be left all alone with your bitterness and your rage and your knowledge that you loved her and she loved you and you threw it away for them.’
‘Do you love her?’
‘Yes.’
‘And Have you always?’
‘Yes.’
‘So then ask her.’
‘Olive, will you forgive me?’ (Professor Marston and the Wonder Women)

‘No razors, no scissors, no fucking freedom.’
(Short Term 12)

‘You can’t take a picture of this. It’s already gone.’ (Six Feet Under)

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