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Question of the Month: Books and Film and Save the Cat

I'm stealing Sue Henderson's Question of the Month for y'all to answer, because I'm curious about what y'all would like to see on the biggish-type screen:

What book would you love to see made into a movie, and who would you cast in it?

[From litpark » Question of the Month: Books and Film]

Remember, no cheating and no wagering. And bless you.

Labels: books, movies

The Envelope. Now. Darnit.

What does it mean that the only movie I've seen on the entire academy award list this year is Ratatouille? The "Best Picture" list looks like a what's what of "really serious movies that you might have wanted to see before you had children." But now? I just can't afford to be so serious so often. My children will eat me alive. Here's that list anyway, in a handy smartlink widget:

Labels: movies

Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer Go!

I swear to you if they ruin my memory of this for me I am so going to get even with them somehow (rubs hands together menacingly, mumbles "if it's the last thing I do," etc.)...

...of course, looking at the trailer, it looks as if the film has more to do with The Matrix than with Speed Racer. But, you know, it also looks like a cool movie. Fine enough.

Go Speed Racer Go.

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Jodie Foster | The Brave One | Erica Bain

So I always wanted some really famous relative that I could either be proud or ashamed of. Now? Jodie Foster? She's playing a character named Erica Bain. And maybe that's as close as I get.

[Jodie Foster - THE BRAVE ONE New York radio hosts Erica Bain (Jodie Foster), is enjoying a life... - Moviefone]

Will I be proud or ashamed? Likely proud. I've always been a little proud of Jodie Foster any way. Because she's an awesome and cool human being. And I like to be called human being too, sometimes. Because of people like her.

Labels: movies

Netflix Draggable Queue

So I signed in to Netflix this morning to drag some stuff around on my queue, and lo and behold my queue had gone all Ajax and I could just actually drag some stuff around on my queue instead of having to enter numbers and refresh the page. One little teensy improvement I'd like to see, though, is letting me delete an item without refreshing the page, because usually once I delete, then I have to scroll back down to where I was to cull things out of there that I don't even remember why I put on there in the first place. Still, Netflix just keeps plugging on with the fastest, most efficient movie queueing thingie I can remember seeing. So I'm still a member.

Do you netflix? Why or why not?

Labels: movies, Netflix

John Katz, author of The Dogs of Bedlam Farm, Says

A lot of action here today. I'm guessing we're getting closer to the release of the dog year movie. Or maybe there's another reason you're here? Maybe you let me know in the comments?

You Are a Dog should be the talk of every dog run in the U.S. With humor, and more bite than one might expect, Terry Bain helps us to see the world through the eyes of our dogs, and to look at their lives in fresh and insightful ways.

--Jon Katz, author of A Dog Year, The New Work of Dogs, and The Dogs of Bedlam Farm Go: [You Are a Dog]

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