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I had intended to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Marcello Mastroianni's passing with numerous unwatched films of his that I own on VHS; however, given my ongoing light-hearted Christmas marathon, I had to make do with just this one!
I, also, confess to never passing it by when I channel surf.
One of the few flaws of the show (and it's a small one) is the over-use of sunny, California locales passing for windy city Chicago.
Dig! on the other hand is slightly different and is more enjoyable and a whole lot easier to watch if you have a passing interest in either band.
I knew the owner of the Downingtown Diner well, and he had a road sign out front which told all passing motorists that this was the "home of the blob".
I'd watch it again if it were rebroadcast, but the signal is passing Pluto as I write this.
The misery of those people is illustrated by the passing streetcar which represents the relatively unobtainable rich life of the middle class.
The joke is usually on themselves as oppose to passing the joke onto another.
Also bare in mind that despite losing several million people from 1939-45 there seems to be very few people from Germany passing through the pearly gates .
Besides, the characters are so vivid while transitions between generations and the passing of time has been deftly crafted.
It seems more than passing strange that such utter dreck as "Dukes of Hazzard" and "The Hills Have Eyes" (the new version) can find DVD distributors while older - and far superior works such as this film - are nowhere to be found.
After Anji's passing Carmen became the mother of the house of Xtravaganza (she was in the beach scene) and she is looking more and more lovely as well.
But this film only makes passing reference, I feel, to the fact of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.
But nonetheless, you feel more or less the way you would if protocol required that you attend the wake of someone you had not even a passing acquaintance with.
It means more to us now since the passing of Richard!! WE will miss his sense of humor.
I remember this one when it was passing on the french CBC Network.
We get a sense of time both passing and standing still- which is the true mark of a genius of film: The ability to wrap us up in his concept of time and carry us along breathlessly.
A fortune is passing through a small bank in a godforsaken town ruled by a sinister tyrant and his sadistic son.
I found this movie to be very moving, so much so that I bought the DVD and am passing it around to friends and family.
The passing the stone scenario was especially supercilious and a little too "ick/ooh-ish".
It is a sad, sad shame that he deteriorated in health with the onset of MS, culminating in his tragic passing yesterday (December 10th 2005).
It plays like a Sunday funeral dirge-ever aware of the passing of an era, yet peering into a glimmer future of simple optimism and hope.
About a half dozen marijuana harvesting yahoos camping out in the woods are sprayed with a toxic chemical called "Dromax" by a passing helicopter (sent out by some corrupt federal agents well aware of what they're doing).
I only heard of this film in passing, and did not realize how good it was until I rented the DVD.
Kurtlar Vadisi may be a good time passing movie for the ones who have to much empty time.
The tramp goes to high-class restaurants and dances to get his dog Spot from the pound, passing his hat around at the end.
This movie is just such an example of worthy bourgeois film making passing itself off as insightful and profound.
As you walk through the hills or woods of Britain, they jump on to you from passing foliage and crawl up your leg / body.
Passing off F4's as MiG's is just the beginning.
"Kramer vs. Kramer" meets "Rain Man" in this abomination passing as a movie; it is indeed one of the worst films I've seen in the last few years.
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