Saturday, September 25, 2010

Movie Night!

First of all, if you're into that sort of thing, there's Sharktopus on Syfy tonight. They've been pushing this movie for several months and I gather it's awesome. Me? I may briefly have a gander, but there are other movies airing tonight that are more my sort of thing.

TCM is having a Tennessee Williams' fest. It all starts with A Streetcar Named Desire, moves on to Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, then Suddenly Last Summer, Sweet Bird of Youth, and Period of Adjustment. So from 7 PM until 5:30 AM CDT, it's a Tennessee Williams film festival extraordinaire. I've seen all of these films save the last and I'm not sure I want to watch it. Of course, it's to be followed by a Carole Lombard movie, Nothing Sacred, and that I really want to see. I love her! Also it's a brilliant movie that has been remade several times, most recently in a version with Queen Latifah. No. Really. I wouldn't lie about that.

There are plenty of other movies around the old digital cable channels tonight too.

AMC is obsessing over Mad Max but I've never been interested in those films, even before Mel Gibson lost his damn mind.

Comedy has a couple of the American Pie movies. I've seen a couple of those and was underwhelmed. I think if one is high or drunk it helps to appreciate those films, but since I'm the posterchild for being straitlaced, that ain't likely.

As mentioned above, Syfy has Sharktopus. Dinocroc vs. Supergator too. Yeah, um, NO. I love Syfy and all their writerfolk and actors, but no thanks. Really. It's okay. ETA: I did watch part of Sharktopus and I frelling LOVED it. I was wrong. I actually clapped my hands and whooped when Sharktopus leapt out of the water and snatched that irksome bungeewoman right off her tether. That was brilliant. So yeah, I'm going to be looking at the TV schedule for another airing, kids. Really. I want that bit on a .gif.

Lordy.

BBC America is showing Diehard With a Vengeance. If it were the original Die Hard with Alan Rickman I'd be willing to put up with the commercials, but even though I like Jeremy Irons, he isn't beating Paul Newman or Montgomery Clift in Tennessee Williams' flix.

There are beaucoups of movies on the other movie channels in my digital package tonight, but none of them come close to the Tennessee Williams extravaganza on TCM. So you know where I'll be right?

Y'all have a good evening. I've got to get supper done now. Ta!

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