What Are You Watching?

[Space Suicide]

[onthewall2983]

I loved tonight's episode of Bob's Burgers.

[Dra508]

Bonnie and Clyde

[Fixer808]

Watching a bit of Deep Space 9 on youtube. Alexander Siddig obviously changed his name during one season, from Siddig El Fadil, but his FULL name is the awesomely long Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi. And Malcolm McDowell is his uncle. And his son with Nana Visitor (Major Kira) is Django El Tahir El Siddig.

The things you learn...

[eversonpoe]

Watching a bit of Deep Space 9 on youtube. Alexander Siddig obviously changed his name during one season, from Siddig El Fadil, but his FULL name is the awesomely long Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi. And Malcolm McDowell is his uncle. And his son with Nana Visitor (Major Kira) is Django El Tahir El Siddig.

The things you learn...

i'm watching through DS9 as well! i had no idea he and major kira were together! are they still? he's still a major babe.

[marodi]

i'm watching through DS9 as well! i had no idea he and major kira were together! are they still? he's still a major babe.

No; they divorced in 2001. And I completely agree with the major babe part. I was madly in love with Dr Bashir for the whole series.

If you want to watch something else he's been in that's a little less known, try hunting down A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia. It's a tv movie that is a sort of sequel to Lawrence of Arabia. Ralph Fiennes plays Lawrence and he's doing a great job too (although nothing compares to the late Peter O'Toole) and Sid plays Feisal, Alec Guinness' role in LoA. You may want to read a bit on the subject before hand though if only to understand who's who because it can be a bit confusing at times. But it's truly excellent.

As for what I was watching: Secretariat. Yes, it's Disney but it's not too sugary. And it's pretty close to reality. Being as old as I am, I vaguely remember hearing about Secretariat back in 1973 and I remember wanting to be a jockey.

Of course, as good as the movie is, nothing can compare to the real thing. Secretariat ranked second on the list of the top 100 racehorse of the 20th century (although many argue that he should have been first). ESPN placed him at number 35 of the 100 greatest North American athletes of the 20th century and what he did in the video below was placed at number 2 of the Greatest Sports Performances by individual athletes.

Watch it; we're not likely to see something like this in our lifetime. Secretariat's record at the Belmont is still holding after 40 years.

[Fixer808]

Another fun fact, Alexander Siddig turned down the role of Dr. Baltar on Battlestar because he was too busy with Syriana at the time. So instead they went with James Callis, some say because they kind of look alike. Man, Callis OWNED that role, wore it like a tailored suit.

[ibanez33]

Jackie Brown

I really really hope Tarantino gets to direct DeNiro again before either of them retire.

*edit*

From Dusk Til Dawn tonight. I feel another Tarantino binge coming on...

Also, after Danny Trejo popped up again for like the 5th time in the last 6 movies I've watched, I checked his IMDb page and apparently he's appearing in twenty five films next year. Porn stars don't even do that many movies in a year.

[littlemonkey613]

Frozen. Thought it was pretty lame. Reminded me a lot of Brave which I thought had cool characters stuck in a badly written movie. I loved Tangled and Princess and the Frog but this was just incoherent and blah. Good for the kiddies though.

Edit: Also We're the Millers holy shit what a riot. If you like mean spirited comedies you have to watch it immediately. I laughed out loud more times than I can count.

[somethingelse]

Rare Exports: A Xmas Tale. A cool Finnish movie. Part of a holiday horror movie line up.

[Fixer808]

That movie was weird and fucked up, which is why I enjoyed it.

[Frozen Beach]

Mary and Max
Well, that was incredibly depressing. Honestly, I found it more saddening than Grave of the Fireflies, probably because I could relate to the characters more.

[[parasite]]

just watched Toy Story 1 & 2 with Leia! they still make us chuckle!

[ibanez33]

We're The Millers is actually really fucking hilarious. I thought it was about a family going into witness protection but I heard way wrong, almost every scene had me in stitches. Plus, Jennifer Anitson as a stripper? Yes please.

[Pillfred]

TMNT 2 The Secret of a The Ooze

[ibanez33]

Anchorman 2 was amazing.

[miss k bee]

Watched Sightseers and Machete perfect films for Christmas!

[littlemonkey613]

We're The Millers is actually really fucking hilarious. I thought it was about a family going into witness protection but I heard way wrong, almost every scene had me in stitches. Plus, Jennifer Anitson as a stripper? Yes please.

right?! omg I thought they had to pretend to be a family for some other reason too and when I realized it was for smuggling I knew the movie was for me.

[Fixer808]

We're The Millers is actually really fucking hilarious. I thought it was about a family going into witness protection but I heard way wrong, almost every scene had me in stitches. Plus, Jennifer Anitson as a stripper? Yes please.

Were you thinking of ?

And Jennifer Aniston should play strippers more, or just be naked in movies more. And by movies I mean my house. And by my house I mean my bed.

[Highly Psychological]

Blue is the warmest Color is the type of powerful film that makes you feel alive and make you feel like you can seize the world when you leave the theatre. Its getting a lot of attention for its extremeley explicit lesbian sex scene. I thought the graphic scene made it feel more real and did a lot to draw you in to their relationship. However i will say for about 5 minutes i felt like i was in one of those porno theatres from the 70s, like in taxi driver, weird sitting with two hundred people watching girls rimming and scissoring, the scene is long! but powerful. The main girl in it was amazing, brilliant movie, only gripe is that its three hours long!

[ibanez33]

Were you thinking of ?

And Jennifer Aniston should play strippers more, or just be naked in movies more. And by movies I mean my house. And by my house I mean my bed.

Yeah, we just got a stack of The Family blurays and dvds at work because it comes out soon, and when I checked it out I realized I had gotten them confused. Now I'll have to watch that one and see if it holds up!

[littlemonkey613]

Gravity in 3D and Captain Phillips. Both excellent. I wasn't expecting that of the latter for some reason but it was just an amazingly done film. Acting was fantastic, directing was incredible and I was an emotional wreck by the end. I thought it was going to be a sort of Amurca rah rah film. Not so.

[Dra508]

Found a Woody Allen marathon on tv. Love and Death. Still funny to me.

[ibanez33]

BIG FAT QUIZ OF THE YEAR 2013 is fucking hilarious.

Spoiler: wow first time ever that Noel and Richard come in first legitimately and they don't even do a tie-breaker? bullshit.

[Millionaire]

Boredom-inspired holiday movie marathon with my brother involving films we've watched a million times each:

Ricky-Oh: The Story of Ricky
Commando
Tremors
Hard Boiled
Total Recall(original)
Electric Dragon 80,000 Volts

It was a good day.

[sentient02970]

Never been a huge Spacey fan but I think he's perfect in this role. Hooked by episode 2.

[Space Suicide]

I own the whole series on DVD but I watch this every year.

[sa_nick]

In 2011 I tried to watch 365 films I'd never seen before, but totally failed. This year (mostly thanks to a screwed up back) I managed to watch 422 new films. Here's the list, I recommend like 90% of the stuff on it...

360
13 Assassins
5 Broken Cameras
A Bag of Hammers
A Band Called Death
A Better Life
A Case of You
A Late Quartet
A Life Less Ordinary
A Mighty Wind
A Single Man
A Teacher
Abre los ojos [Open Your Eyes]
Ai no mukidashi [Love Exposure]
Aint Them Bodies Saints
All Good Things
All I Can
Alter Egos
American Psycho
Amour
Any Day Now
Any Given Sunday
Art School Confidential
Au revoir, les enfants [Goodbye Children]
Auf der anderen Seite [The Edge of Heaven]
Beastie Boys - Awesome I Fuckin Shot That
Beau travail [Good Work]
Before Midnight
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Behind the Candelabra
Bellflower
Best Man Down
Big Fan
Bir zamanlar Anadolu'da [Once Upon a Time in Anatolia]
Blackfish
Blue Like Jazz
Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom [Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring]
Bombay Beach
Bones Brigade - An Autobiography
Born Into Brothels
Boy
Brick
Broken City
Bronson
Brooklyn Brothers
Bully
Bus 174
Byzantium
Calito's Way
Cape Fear
Carnage
Cars 2
Celda 211 [Cell 211]
Celeste And Jesse Forever
Chaplin
Charlie Wilsons War
Chasing Ice
Chinese Zodiac
Circumstance
City Of Men
Cleanskin
Coco Avant Chanel
Collaborator
Compliance
Copie conforme [Certified Copy]
Cracks
Crumb
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus and 2012
Dans Paris [Inside Paris]
Darbareye Elly
Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte [The White Ribbon]
Dave Chappelles Block Party
De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté [The Beat That My Heart Skipped]
De rouille et d'os [Rust And Bone]
Den skaldede frisør [Love Is All You Need]
Der Himmel über Berlin [Wings of Desire]
Detachment
Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei [The Edukators]
Dirty Girl
Dirty Hands - The Art & Crimes of David Choe
Disconnect
Django Unchained
Do The Right Thing
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Dogville
Don Jon
Down By Law
Down in the Valley
Drinking Buddies
Earthlings
El Hijo de la novia [Son of the Bride]
Elles
Elsker dig for evigt [Open Hearts]
Elysium
Empire Records
En kongelig affære [A Royal Affair]
Epic
Evangelion 1.11 - You Are (Not) Alone
Evangelion 2.22 - You Can (Not) Advance
Evangelion 3.33 - You Can (Not) Redo
Everybody's Fine
Everything Must Go
Få meg på, for faen [Turn Me On Dammit]
Fa yeung nin wa [In the Mood for Love]
Fame
Fat Kid Rules The World
Fearless
Festen [The Celebration]
Flight
Foo Fighters - Back and Forth
Fracture
Frances Ha
Free Samples
Frozen River
Fucking Amal [Show Me Love]
Fun
Funny Games
Gangster Squad
Get the Gringo
Ghost Dog The Way Of The Samurai
Ginger and Rosa
Glengarry Glen Ross
Gonzo
Good Bye Lenin!
Good Ol Freda
Good Time Max
Hana to Arisu [Hana and Alice]
Harry Brown
Hawking
He Died With A Felafel In His Hand
Hello I Must Be Going
Hit So Hard
Hitchcock
Hollywood Ending
Holy Smoke
Hounddog
How To Make Money Selling Drugs
Humboldt County
Hyde Park on Hudson
I Am Not A Hipster
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime [I've Loved You So Long]
In America
In film nist [This Is Not a Film]
In Search of a Midnight Kiss
Inseparable
Into the White
Iris
Iron Man 3
Italiensk for begyndere [Italian for Beginners]
Jack the Giant Slayer
Jacobs Ladder
Jagten [The Hunt]
Janie Jones
Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas [I'm Fine, Don't Worry]
Jesus Henry Christ
Jeux d'enfants [Love me if you dare]
jOBS
Junebug
Justice - A Cross The Universe
Kick Ass 2
Killer Joe
Killing Them Softly
Kon-Tiki
Kotonoha no Niwa [The Garden of Words]
Kurt Cobain - About A Son
Kynodontas [Dogtooth]
L Auberge Espagnole [The Spanish Apartment]
La double vie de Véronique [The Double Life Of Veronique]
La Faute A Fidel [Blame it on Fidel]
La graine et le mulet [The Secret of the Grain]
La guerre est déclarée [Declaration Of War]
La Haine [Hate]
La migliore offerta [The Best Offer]
La môme [La Vie En Rose]
La piel que habito [The Skin I Live In]
La Promesse [The Promise]
L'Appartement [The Apartment]
Last Days
Lawless
Le Charme Discret De La Bourgeoisie [The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie]
Le Déclin de l'empire américain [The Decline of the American Empire]
Le Fils [The Son]
Le fils de l'Autre [The Other Son]
Le gamin au vélo [The Kid With A Bike]
Le hérisson [The Hedgehog]
Le Nom Des Gens [The Names of Love]
Le Prenom [What's in a Name]
Le Silence de Lorna [Lorna's Silence]
Le voyage du ballon rouge [Flight of the Red Balloon]
Legend of The Guardians
L'Enfant [The Child]
L'enfant d'en haut [Sister]
Les Chansons D Amour [Love Songs]
Les femmes de l'ombre [Female Agents]
Les Invasions Barbares [The Barbarian Invasions]
Les Petits Mouchoirs [Little White Lies]
Les poupées russes [The Russian Dolls]
Les quatre cents coups [The 400 Blows]
Letters From Iwo Jima
Life of Pi
Lilya 4-Ever
Lincoln
Little Birds
Liveral Arts
London Boulevard
Lords of Dogtown
loudQUIETloud - A Film About the Pixies
Lovelace
Lucia y el sexo [Sex and Lucia]
Magic Magic
Malcom X
Malèna
Man of Steel
Mar Adentro [The Sea Inside]
Margaret
Margot at the Wedding
María, llena eres de gracia [Maria Full of Grace]
Mars et Avril
Marti, dupa Craciun [Tuesday, After Christmas]
Meek's Cutoff
Micmacs
Milyang [Secret Sunshine]
Monsieur Lazhar
Monsters University
Mouth To Mouth
Mr Nice
Mud
Murderball
My Awkward Sexual Adventure
My Brother The Devil
My Kid Could Paint That
Nobody Walks
Not Fade Away
Nothing Personal
Notre jour viendra [Our Day Will Come]
Now Forager
Now You Know
Now You See Me
Nowhere Boy
Oblivion
Okuribito [Departures]
On The Road
Only God Forgives
Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki [Wolf Children]
Oslo, 31. August
Oxyana
Pacific Rim
Paper Heart
Paradise Lost 1 - The Child Murders At Robin Hood Hills
Paradise Lost 2 - Revelations
Paradise Lost 3 - Purgatory
Paranoid Park
Passion
People Like Us
Perdita Durango [Dance with the Devil]
Perfume - The Story Of A Murderer
Phoebe In Wonderland
Planes Trains and Automobiles
Politist, adjectiv [Police, Adjective]
Price Check
Prince Avalanche
Prisoners
Promised Land
Pusher 2
Pusher 3
Rare Exports
Rebelle [War Witch]
Religulous
Return
Robot And Frank
Rois et Reine [Kings and Queen]
Rosetta
Ruang rak noi nid mahasan [Last Life in the Universe]
Rudy
Rundskop [Bullhead]
Runner Runner
Rush Beyond The Lighted Stage
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Samsara
Savages
Save the Date
Searching for Sugar Man
Secrets and Lies
Serpico
Seven Psychopaths
Shadow Dancer
Shi [Poetry]
Shut Up And Play The Hits
Side by Side
Side Effects
Silver Linings Playbook
Skyfall
Slacker
Sleepwalk With Me
Slums of Beverly Hills
Smashed
Smultronstallet [Wild Strawberries]
Some Girls
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Something the Lord Made
Sound City
Sound of Noise
Ssa-i-bo-geu-ji-man-gwen-chan-a [I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK]
Stand Up Guys
Star Trek Into Darkness
Starter for 10
Stealing Beauty
Stoker
Stories We Tell
Super
Super High Me
Superman ieotdeon sanai [A Man Who Was Superman]
Supporting Characters
Sur Mes Lèvres [Read My Lips]
Surviving Progress
Sweet and Lowdown
Sykt lykkelig [Happy Happy]
Take Me Home Tonight
Taken 2
Tape
Terms and Conditions May Apply
Thanks for Sharing
That Evening Sun
The Arrested Development Documentary Project
The Artist
The Believer
The Bling Ring
The Brass Teapot
The Bridge
The Company You Keep
The Congress
The Crash Reel
The Dirties
The Dreamers
The East
The End of Love
The Evil Dead
The Factory
The Fly
The Giant Mechanical Man
The Girl
The Girl in the Cafe
The Good Night
The Goonies
The Great Gatsby
The Iceman
The Impossible
The Imposter
The Interrupters
The Intouchables
The Invisible War
The Jeffrey Dahmer FilesThe Pixar Story
The Kings of Summer
The Liability
The Man with the Iron Fists
The Master
The Music Never Stopped
The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman
The Oranges
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Pixar Story
The Place Beyond the Pines
The Playroom
The Sessions
The Story of Luke
The Talented Mr Ripley
The Tillman Story
The To Do List
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The United States of Leland
The Vicious Kind
The Way Back
The Way Way Back
The We And The I
The Whistleblower
The White Stripes - Under Great White Northern Lights
The Worlds End
The Year of Living Dangerously
The Corporation
This Is 40
This Is The End
To Rome With Love
To the Wonder
Todo sobre mi madre [All About My Mother]
Tokyo Sonata
Tomboy
Touchy Feely
Traffic
Trance
Trois couleurs - Blanc [Three Colors - White]
Trois couleurs - Bleu [Three Colors - Blue]
Trois couleurs - Rouge [Three Colors - Red]
Un bonheur n'arrive jamais seul [Happiness Never Comes Alone]
Un prophète [A Prohpet]
Undefeated
Unthinkable
Upside Down
Upstream Color
Valhalla Rising
Videodrome
Violet and Daisy
Viskningar och Rop [Cries & Whispers]
Vivre Sa Vie [My Life to Live]
Wandafuru Raifu [After Life]
War Dance
War Photographer
Warm Bodies
We Need To Talk About Kevin
Welcome To The Dollhouse
Wendy and Lucy
We're the Millers
What Maisie Knew
Wild Bill
World War Z
Wreck it Ralph
Wristcutters A Love Story
Xingu
Year Of The Dragon
Yi Yi - A One and a Two
Zero Dark Thirty

[ChasingTheGhost]

Stoker. My favorite film of 2013.

[orestes]

Season three premiere of Sherlock.