Movie watched

Gran Torino. Seen in cinema - no connection required. GT was good: a great solid script and very funny (where it was supposed to be), even if Clint was a little over the top. Grrrrr!

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Movie watched: Conspiracy

Connection to Tigerland: both films are war films.

Movie watched

The Soloist. Since it was new in the cinema, no connection is required. It was actually pretty good, although Bre said it wasn't nearly as good as the book.

Another year older...

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Movie watched: Tigerland

Connection to The Tiger in the Snow: obviously, both films have "tiger" in the title but they do also have a few other things in common:

1. Both have "wars that America shouldn't have been in" as their backdrop: Tiger in the Snow (Iraq), Tigerland (Vietnam)
2. Both have well-known actors playing outside their nationality: Colin Farrell (an Irishman playing a Texan), Jean Reno (a Frenchman playing an Iraqi)

Movie watched: The Tiger in the Snow

Connection to Mr. & Mrs. Smith: both films revolve around a married couple that is split up for a great deal of the film.

Movie watched: The Notorious Bettie Page

Admittedly, this one has no connection to the previous film BUT that's because it arrived from Zip with a huge crack in it. We had a connection earlier but having to send it back and "re-wait" for the replacement to arrive was impossible. As it turns out, the replacement came quickly but we had already moved on.

Anyway, Gretchen Mol looks great in this one but the film definitely was lacking. I didn't really learn anything about Bettie Page that I didn't already know - and that's wasn't a lot.

Movie watched: Mr. & Mrs. Smith

NOT the Branjelina one but the film directed by Mr. Hitchcock. They have the same title but the newer one is not a remake. Connection to Lifeboat: both films were directed by Alfred Hitchcock.