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    This past weekend, I finally went to see Forrest Gump.
    I had NO interest in this movie whatsoever, but I have
    to admit, it was very good.  I even cried....
    
    
    
    
    
    Terrie
    

    Me too!
    The only part I didn't like was the long running scene...
    
    I saw Little Women at the newly reopened "Last Strand"
    movie theatre in Clinton, there's tables and they serve
    food (I heard there's a place in Milbury also that does that)
    I really enjoyed it, though like Brian says, there's not 
    really a plot, but it is a story...  
    
    /gina

    
    Hey /gina,
    
    sounds cool.  Where exactly in Clinton is this place?
    
    /jen
    

    hi /jen!
    It's right on High St, (kinda the "Main St" where all the local 
    business are)
    $4.00 for a movie...  Changes weekly, current run movies?
    They change every Friday, Shawshank Redemption is playing
    right now, tomorrow nite Pulp Fiction will start...
    I read it was the biggest screen in the area, but when I was
    talking to the owner, he wasn't sure how big it was!  In any
    case, the movie picture doesn't fill it...  The accoustics
    aren't great, but I was there the 2nd nite they opened a
    couple weeks ago, and they might not be adjusted yet?  Or
    it could be that it's so open in there and there were only
    6 people in the theatre...
    
    /gina

Hi Gina,

   do you know when they start a performance in the evening?
   I missed Pulp Fiction and would like to go on the weekend.

;)
Martina

    Hi Martina,
    I'm not positive, I'll check tonite, but I believe
    weekends it's 7:00 and 9:00, and weekdays 7:15....
    I'll make sure tonite and post tomorrow...  
    
    /gina

    Oh wow.. memories.. I remember going to that place when I was a kid (I
    don't admit it too often, but I grew up in Clinton).  
    
    Gina, let me know if they play Forest Gump!
    
    H

    I've been to Clinton.. I remember the quaint little main street and a
    little pub... 
    
    Don
    *8-)

    i'll let you know holly, they post this weeks and next weeks films...
    
    hi don, which pub?  there's so many to choose from (hehe)
    actually, it's been a longtime running joke (and maybe true)
    that clinton was known for the most pubs in a square mile...
    now, it's more like the most pizza places in a square mile!
    
    /gina

    /gina,
    
    Actually, Clinton was in the guinnes(sp?) book of World Records at one
    time (I believe the early 60's).  For the most bar rooms per capita.
    They had 42 bar rooms in a 5 mile radius.
    
    H

My uncle had a place on Water St. and I went to that theater in the 70s once or
twice. Hung out on High St. more than once as well. I know... you were all home
coloring or taking naps 8^)

Do either of you have a "Where the hell is Clinton" t-shirt?

    I used to have a a t-shirt that said "Where the H*ll is Clinton?  Ask
    President Carter!" shirt.  But I outgrew it as I was only 10 when he
    came to Clinton.  haha!
    
    H

That's the one. I wasn't 10...

    Legends of the Fall will be playing at the last strand starting
    Friday the 14th...  New movies for the following week (run Fri to
    Thurs) are announced on Mondays...  I've suggested FGump holly :-)
    
    /gina

    Saw Pulp Fiction at the strand Sunday nite...  it was, uhh, different,
    i think kind of black humour?  were you able to catch it Martina?
    
    /gina

    
    I saw Rob Roy on Monday night!  Gorgeous scenery of the Scottish
    Highlands (and Liam Neeson in a kilt!)
    
    Thought Jessica Lange did a good job too.
    
    /jen
    

    
    
    
    I want to see Rob Roy!!
    
    saw Circle of Friends, Muriel's Wedding and Outbreak though
    
    all of the above were good...with Muriels' Wedding ranking tops!!
    
    Chris
    :)

    
    I can't wait to see Chris O'Donnell (from Circle of Friends) and company
    in the new BATMAN movie!!!!   I just heard Nicole Kidman is going to be
    in it too.
    
    /jen
    

    
    
    
    re -1
    
    yeah ... I saw the trailer last night!! Looks awesome!!
    
    Val Kilmer = Batman
    Chris O'donell= Robin
    Jim Carrey=the Riddler
    Tommy Lee Jones= Two Face/Harvey Dent
    Nicole Kidman=the psychaitrist/love interest
    
    I can't wait!!!!!!!
    
    Chris
    :)

    
    
    I saw "Braveheart" today! I absolutely loved it! Fantastic!
    
    Chris
    :)

    Great Stuff....!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Saw it Saturday. Thought it was very good.
    
    ...Tom

    
    
    RE -1
    
    
    Tom, weren't you just hungry for hotdogs or sausage after? :))))
    
    Chris
    ;)

    
    Went to see Meg Ryan's new movie "French Kiss".   It was typical Meg
    Ryan...a bit predictable, but I just had to see it to remind me of
    PARIS!   :)
    
    /jen
    

    
    
    Yes I loved it too...predictable as it was!!!
    
    Check out Billy Crystal in "Forget Paris" ---> another "When Harry Met
    Sally" thing.
    
    Funny to see both  Harry and Sally in Paris in separate movies! :))
    
    Chris
    :)

    >weren't you just hungry for hotdogs or sausage after?
     
    I'm glad I ate before the movie. There was good action with lots of
    blood and guts. My kind of movie :)
    
    ...Tom 

    Braveheart:  I loved it!

    Mel Gibson was main actor and also the director.
    And that says already something about the overall layout of the
    story...

    It was about the life of a Scotsman in the medieval times while the
    English oppression. It contained the whole range of loving romanticism,
    heartbreaking love tragedy, very realistic shots about the daily
    living environment in those times and...... battles, fights, blood
    tears and sweat.

    I absolutely loved it. It shows depth and an intense understanding
    of the hero's longing for his people to gain freedom from the English
    oppression.
    I absolutely loved the realicism. The people shown were not the kind
    of far fetched noble clean knights shown in eg the old medieval time
    movies. People were messy, dirty and ..... full of blood. Very real.
    An additional word about realicism: the battle scenes indulged in
    reality. Blood everywhere, cutting off arms, heads, legs. Also a lot
    of action. Some shots were taken in slow motion to intensify the
    scene's impression.
    Mel Gibson is, as always, absolutely fabulous. A die hard action hero
    with a heart and a romantic soul.

    Lots of blood and guts as Tom says. ;) ;) ;)
    
Martina

    I saw Jonny Mnemonic last Saturday. Here is a brief review:
    
    It was not a great movie..
    But..... the actor who played the role of Jonny himself was definitely
    worth a closer look. ;)
    The movie contains a lot of stupid scenes. Although I liked the 
    special effects with a laser wip. The story was kindo inconsiderately
    put together. A lot was just not logical. 
    Some stuff even was an insult for intelligence.
    
    And only the main actor was cute. So it was even no indulgence for a
    female eye. 
    The brutality level was moderate. People cut diagonal by the laser
    wip, hands nailed to a wall, heads cut off, a person was falling
    down to the water with body and head seperately and a guy gets burned
    to death.
    But that was already it.
    
    No romance at all. 
    
    But: I liked the reference to "Terminator" at the end of the movie.
    ;)
        
    Personal impression:
       I found the main actor cute. I was awake during the violent scenes.
       But the rest was pretty boring.
    
    Martina

    
    
    
    
    i give that movie a thumbs down!!
    
    terrible plot..cheap sets...i expected more from the computer
    graphics.
    
    whats with that dolphin???? :)))
    
    
    Keanu Reeves cannot act!! I like his movies..but lets face it...the
    acting level is way down!!
    
    Chris
    :)

    
    
    SNARF!

    
    
    Saw Batman Forever last night!
    
    I was definitely not disappointed!! Great movie, great cast, different
    feel to it than the last 2 movies...more like the comic books with
    a touch of the old t.v show! :)))
    
    rating:  double thumbs up!!!!

    
    Hi Chris! (my fellow Batman FREAK)
    
    I saw BF last night too.  I did like it, but it certainly did have a 
    different feel to it....much more comedy.  I think I prefer the more
    gothic atmosphere of the first two but Val and Chris O'D were
    certainly respectable!
    
    /jen
    

    
    
    I saw this one again today..had to take my mom and nephew..plus I
    wanted to get another dose of BatMania!!!
    
    I loved it even more the second time!! Chris O'donnell is the perfect
    Robin!! Reminds me of a cross between all 3 Robins ( Dick Grayson, 
    Jason Todd and Tim Drake ). Love that Holy Rusted Metal thing!! :))
    
    Chris_watching_over_the_Dark_Knight
    (>^*^<) 

    I went to the movies for "Crimson Tide" with my girlfriend on Friday 
    night. We arrived there just in time for the show to start,,, but did
    not make it. You won't believe me anyways, so I'm not telling why....
    ;)))))
    So we went to "Die Hard with a Vengeance" instead.
    I had kind of mixed feelings with that. It was rated R, but not because
    of brutality. To me it looked like they desperately wanted to get the
    R rating without becoming brutal enough. So they "doctered up" the
    language instead. I learned an easy to follow concept of intensifying
    the emphasis of your sentences: just insert "f*ck" at least twice a
    sentence.
    The movie presented nice entertaining action scenes but their outcome
    was rather hard to believe: I would have at least broken several bones
    or probably moreover be sort of dead....
    
    Resum�e: the movie is entertaining if you don't pay too much attention
    to the story line.
    
    ;)
    Martina

    I saw Judge Dredd on Saturday. It was nice. Not extraordinary
    phantastic, but nice. The special effects were neat and I loved 
    especially the scenes with the Statue of Liberty right in the middle
    of the streets of MegaCity... ;) Today it is hopefully still located 
    on an island in the ocean. ;)
    Sylvester Stallone acts in his very own and very known style like he
    always does. His role gets away without intelligent conversation as
    always... but he is cute and plays his role with emphasis, as always.
    ;) I did not feel how fast the time went, it was just the right kind
    of entertainment for my bubbly action oriented mind.
    And I think the phrase "I knew you'd say that" spoken in a very deep
    voice without clear pronounciation will soon become a bonmot. ;)
    
    Martina

    

    I watched Boys on the Side last night.. absolutely marrrrvellous
    film...
    
    Paula

Dare I ask what this film is about...?   ;o)


H.

    
    
    I heard that was a good one Paula!
    I gotta see Broken Arrow and Independence Day!!
    
    Chris
    :)

    It has Whoopi Goldberg in who plays a lesbian, Drew Barrymore that gets
    pregnant & another girl who is dying of aids.. it's a girlie film, but
    excellent...

    
    
    
    I love girlies!!! 8^p
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    Chris
    :)))))

    You would...

    
    
    
    Yeah? so??
    
    Chris
    :)

    Yeah.. so.. nothing...

    
    
    ahhh good! :)))
    
    
    Chris
    :)

Mmm, droopy "Drew"..!  :o)
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And the L word too (twice the fun)...


H.

    
    
    Why is it that the idea of the L word really doesn't bother
    most guys?
    
    Chris
    :)))

Because you get 2 of everything (or more if it's the o word)...! 
Hence twice the fun...   :o)

It works the other way around for the girls too...


H.

    
    
    
    o.k...that seems logical....but how many ladies have you ever met that
    would want to..and the same goes for the ladies, how many guys would
    want to....
    
    Chris
    :)

    We saw Broken Arrow yesterday.  Lots of action, but too much fighting
    for my liking.  On the whole an OK movie though.
    
    Jackie

    yep - dont fancy that one myself Jackie.....
    
    Im a bit of a slush-puppy!!
    
    Deb

    
    Well I saw Mission Impossible last night.  I think Tom Cruise did a
    really good job in his role.   The story kinda wanders here and there,
    but the stunts are cool!
    
    /jen

    
    
    I really really wanna see Mission Impossible but its not out in the 
    UK yet.
    
    Chris
    :)

    My girlfriend and I rented three movies over the weekend, the reviews
    are as follows:
    
    * NEEDFUL THINGS - The storyline seemed to be quite refreshing, as it
    hasn't been written a million different ways like most other plots. The
    special effects only added to the reality of the movie. Thumbs up.
    
    * AWAKENINGS - Very, very touching story. At first, I wasn't going to
    rent it, but it proved to be beyond my expectations. Although it has a
    twisted ending, it reminded me of how much we take for granted. Thumbs
    up.
    
    * UNDER FIRE (?) - (Sydney Poitier (sp?) as an FBI agent going after a
    murderer/diamond thief - unsure of the name.) Although this movie
    appeared to be "old" - with a preview of GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM (another
    excellent movie!) - it was relatively good, although in certain points
    the characters don't follow-through with actions their personalities
    would suggest. However, the final scene is well worth the wait. Thumbs
    horizontal - so/so.
    
    STRETCH

    
    
    	Watched SEVEN the other night (had an ambulance call in the middle
    of it..actually finished watching at 2am). Not bad, but I don't think
    it lived up to my expectations. I dang near predicted the ending and
    that kind of bummed me out (I was expecting to be really shocked). 
    
    	Watched MONEY TRAIN the other week...don't waste your money.
    
    	CLOCKERS is next on my list.
    
    chico

    went to see FROM DUSK TIL DAWN at the weekend.  It was like 2 seperate
    films stuck together.. first part was good, second part was WEIRD...
    only good thing about it is Martin Clooney from ER is in it...
    
    Pol

    We saw How to Sew an American Quilt over the weekend,  I really enjoyed
    it...strawberries will always be an enticement!
    
    Jackie

    Re: "How to Sew An American Quilt" - Is that a REAL movie? I thought
    Chris was jokin' again!!! :-)))
    
    STRETCH

    
    RE: -1
    
    Yes "How to make an American Quilt" was a real movie.  It was out in
    the States last fall and I liked it!
    
    Wynonna Ryder was in it as well as a very strong supporting cast...it
    was like 6 mini stories all being told in the same movie!
    
    and a great quilt too! :)
    
    /jen

    
    
    ermmm that's George Clooney from ER :))) aka the new Batman 
    
    
    Chris
    :)

    Yup..
    
    8-))))

    
    
    Oh...How to Sew an American Quilt was a very good movie!!
    
    Chris
    :)

    
    
    	Saw Desperado this past weekend....{gag}. Being the gun-nut that I
    am, I usually like a good shoot'em up movie...not this one. Take about
    a b-rate flick.
    
    	Take my advice and DON'T rent this movie.
    
    	chico

    
    Going to see Romeo & Juliet tomorrow night, anyone know if it's any
    good..??

    Its supposed to be pretty good from the reviews I have read.

    
    Hope it's not too much of a sloppy film... hope it has abit of sex &
    violence in, mind you it is only a 12 8-)))

    
    That's what I needed for this evening..

    
    I saw Truth About Cats & Dogs at the weekend & it was great..

    I saw "One Fine Day" last week.... excellent movie... I found it quite
    funny... its one to see with your other half... ;->
    
    Cheers,
    
    	Rick.

    
    
    whats it about then ????

    Its about two single parent families who fall in love with each other
    over the course of the day... 
    
    Its not bad actually.. ;->>
    
    	Cheers,
    
    	Rick.

    
    sounds interesting.. one to take note of I think...
    
    
    Shelley