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Laura_Milagros
I enjoy dancing & performing on stage - ballet, belly & tribal dancing. Would also do hip hop if I resided in a county that actually taught it! :-( Would like to try acting in the local "community theater" ... but they never have auditions here in "Hooterville." I would love to do voice-over work in English & Spanish, as I can do several accents & odd voice-types (found in cartoons). I could also phonetically do voiceovers in standard Italian. I can understand 60% of spoken Italian & can read & comprehend about 40-50%. Ive never taken a lesson - it's just SO similar to Español. I should take Italian lessons to become fluent, but, then, again, there's a lot of things I *should* do, or be doing.
Reviews
1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond (2018)
AWESOME
2/15/2024 I loved it! I lived it! Feeling very nostalgic & hiareth. 1968 was a pivitol, jam-packed year & this doc covered as much of what went down in those busy 12 months as it could in just 45 minutes. Many things were unique about this doc
One major plus is that it wasnt "American-centric". It discussed similar things that were happening internationally in 1968. Also, the commentators were not the same old talking heads. They were intelligent, insightful, & each with their own unique & interesting perspective. The "star" of this doc, however, was the music. The music choices were excellent AND accurate. Kudos & "props" to the producers for playing most of the songs used either in their entirety or at least 40 - 75%. It was refreshing to not be "tortured" by annoying & frustrating musical snippets.
Secret Lives (2005)
How did she get the cash without anyone catching her?
It is now 6/7/2023, making this movie"ancient". I saw it once or twice many years ago when I had cable. I just saw it again on the Prime app & was confused by the ending. Did I miss something? I've searched the net for the answer & found none. So I will try here. In the closing scene we see Jill's house is for rent & she drives off into the sunset with a few possessions, her cat & a shot of a blurry bag. Her voiceover states her husband left her clues & wanted her to have the stolen money. Well, supposedly the money was shoved up a chimney & had been exposed. There were cops & probably insurance investigators crawling all over the place. So, how did she get that 5 million in cash without anyone seeing her take whatever it was put in?
Night Must Fall (1937)
A Review & ... A Question
*12/2/21 This is one of my favorite movies & IMO, a great study in sociopathy - a very little known subject in the 1930s. To SOME degree I agree with many reviewers here that there are "plot holes", etc. I also found one viewer's take to be extremely thought provoking: that Olivia was actually playing Danny like a fiddle to her own gain. Her lack of personality, deadpan expression, self-absorption, her boredom, her needing & basically getting complete control over her immediate surroundings & wanting something, ANYTHING to happen while living out in the middle of nowhere make for a perfect complement to Danny's sociopathic personality. He is a chain-smoker who whistles, especially when he is either up to no good - or planning an evil deed. His personality is excessive, intrusive & over-the-top. His humility is fake & used to put people at ease & to gain their trust. He is wickedly cunning, manipulative & does things impulsively. Because he is so chaotic, he, too gains control over his immediate surroundings. His stated ultimate goal is to have power & control over everybody & everything. He wants to tell others what to do & he wants the WORLD to know who he is. He's tired of being a lower-class servant. At first, Olivia sees right through Danny & bluntly tells him his "stuff won't work on" her. He is the typical "bad boy" that repressed, buttoned-up girls always fall for, even when they know better. In the beginning of the movie, Olivia wears unflattering clothes & a frumpy hairstyle that lays slick on her head in tight rolls. After 1 week, her attire becomes more attractive & classy & her hair is more natural & feminine looking. She, too, begins to "smoke like a chimney." She eventually ditches the glasses ... as so brazenly suggested by Danny on the first day they met.
The first real challenge occurs when Olivia notices the price tag on the shawl Danny gives Mrs. Bramson, telling her it belonged to his mother. Behind her aunt's back, she removes the tag & arrogantly drops it into Danny's hand instead of making a scene & tossing him out on his rear. And so ... the battle of manipulative wits begins between the two. Through her own cunning she not only challenges him & goads him on, in moments of weakness she falls under Danny's spell. She even develops pity & sympathy for him. For reasons known only to Olivia, she even goes so far as to LIE to the police when they search Danny's room, stating the creepy, locked hat box is HERS!
On the final & fateful night, Olivia packs a bag & decides to leave because she can't deal with knowing who the "real" Danny is & the 2 domestics leave for the night. Mrs. Bramson is now alone in the house with Danny, whom she adores & trusts. Danny cuts the phone line. He now has the perfect opportunity to murder Mrs. Bramson - & does so by smothering her with a couch pillow. He then gets the safe key off her neck & takes all the money in the safe.
Olivia surprisingly returns & the two face off, having a final battle of wit's with admissions of guilt (Olivia) & revelations of & delusions of grandeur (Danny). Danny's plan is to also kill Olivia & then burn down the cottage.
The police suddenly show up in force & Danny is quickly caught & arrested. IMO, Robert Montgomery gives a chilling performance in these final scenes. Danny then loses all control of himself & loses all touch with reality. Once handcuffed, his movements become those I've seen with my own eyes in psychiatric hospitals for the permanently committed. He then talks to himself in a mirror in the foyer &, as if on stage, also perhaps to the ever-present imaginary audience in his head. He repeats several times, "This is the real thing, my boy." "... Actin'. Isn't that what she said? I've been playin' it for you. I've showed you a thing or two." Although Danny admits he will hang, In so many words, he also brags & is quite pleased that the trial will bring him the fame he feels he's always deserved. A true socio-psychopath, indeed.
THERE IS ONE SCENE EARLY ON IN THE MOVIE THAT HAS ALWAYS PUZZLED ME. MAYBE SOMEONE HERE CAN OFFER AN EXPLANATION:
At the very beginning of the movie, we see Danny, in the middle of the night, covering up a (headless) body in the woods & next to him is the infamous hatbox. We hear him whistling the entire time. At the 40 min 11 sec mark, Olivia hears Danny whistle a second tune while he is fixing Mrs. Bramson's wheelchair. Her expression becomes one of fear, shock & revelation as she listens. WHY does that tune frighten her? How or where would she have heard a then-unknown Danny whistle that?
Look Again (2011)
GOOD PLOT - THEME SONG IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND
9/14/20 I recommend this film. Has a surprise twist at the end. I'm here to find ANYONE who knows where I can get the song used in the middle at a key turning point in the main character's recovery from tradgedy & during the closing credits: "Behind My Guarded Walls," written by Norman Racicot, sung by Claude Castonguay. This song "ccoulda/should" been a Top 40 hit. (No, it's not even listed on Tunefind!)
The Closer: Manhunt (2007)
On which beach or beaches was this episode filmed?
10/1/19 In the opening scenes I believe the cast to be standing on what I recognize to be Torrance Beach looking "north" towards "The Stacks" of Redondo Beach. Commander Taylor mentioned "the killer dumped bodies all up & down LA County beaches" ... well, that includes beaches from Long Beach to Malibu. Does anyone connected with the show know the exact beach or beaches the beach scenes were filmed on? (Homesick Torrance girl)