Oh, and "Something the Lord Made", with Mos Def.

Edit: And "Love Actually", though Emma Thompson completely steals that storyline.

Rickman was the best thing in THE JANUARY MAN, which isn't saying much, although I really enjoy parts of that movie (beyond the scenes with Rickman). The bad stuff is really awful, though.

They really are being parsimonious with the pictures from the HP+the HBP movie, aren't they?

Rickman was the best thing in THE JANUARY MAN, which isn't saying much, although I really enjoy parts of that movie (beyond the scenes with Rickman). The bad stuff is really awful, though.

Yeah, it really was a mix of bad stuff wrapped around an interesting though improbable serial killer idea with little chunks of "neat!" here and there. But on the whole a subpar movie.

I did really like that the killer wasn't anybody in particular and nobody in the cast knew him. That was refreshing. White-fonted in case anybody wants to bother to see the movie.

Yeah, I liked that about the ending, and I liked Kevin Kline's character. And Danny Aiello in his quieter scenes (of which there weren't enough). But Rod Steiger was godawful, Susan Sarandon had a ginormously thankless role (and seemed to know it) and Harvey Keitel looked like he'd rather be having gum surgery (and acted about the same).

I actually kind of didn't like Kevin Kline's character.

Wait, let me take that back...I liked the character fine, but I didn't buy that everyone in the PD would bend over backwards for him like that. Like, he's brilliant, sure, and wacky, but...should we waste taxpayer money on wacky? Let's just call the Feds.

They really are being parsimonious with the pictures from the HP+the HBP movie, aren't they?

Jackholes.

MM is totally me with regard to January Man.

I said the same thing for years! I loved the way the film got us going with the Agatha Christie-ness of the clues and then...that outcome.

I use that scene in my workshops sometimes when talking about how easy it is to be sucked up in other people's expectations, but in the end, you still have to decide how you are going to feel.

I know. Not the most profound movie to take life lessons from, but I'll use them where I can find them. And I loved Kline's character's forthrightness. "There are 5 hotels within walking distance..."

And Something the Lord Made was a wrencher. Rickman was absolutely genius in treading the line between depicting Blalock's self-centeredness and yet still making him sympathetic. Major props to Mos Def too. Must netflix that one again.

Oh my. The interbunny has just reminded me of Rickman in Closetland. Talk about a movie to take life lessons from. Oh. my.

Oh my. The interbunny has just reminded me of Rickman in Closetland. Talk about a movie to take life lessons from. Oh. my.

I'd forgotten about that one too, probably out of self-preservation. Talk about movies that you admire but never need to see again (although I think that conversation was over in Literary).

ETA: It also suddenly makes me wish it had been Rickman in the role that Ben Kingsley played in DEATH AND THE MAIDEN, though Kingsley was quite good.