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In Case You Missed It
Posted on February 24, 2009 by Ching under Movies.
My girl Kate Winslet won best female lead in 81st Annual Academy Awards…
Here’s the full list of winners:
Slumdog Millionaire
Motion Picture of the YearWALL-E
Animated Motion Picture of the YearSean Penn in Milk
Best Male Actor in a Leading RoleKate Winslet in The Reader
Best Female Actor in a Leading RoleSlumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Directing AwardDepartures
Foreign Language Film of the YearSlumdog Millionaire
Best Song and Musical ScoreSlumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Film EditingSlumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Sound MixingThe Dark Knight
Achievement in Sound EditingThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Achievement in Visual EffectsSmile Pinki
Best Documentary ShortMan on Wire
Best Documentary FeatureHeath Ledger in The Dark Knight
Best Male Actor in a Supporting RolePenelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Female Actor in a Supporting RoleSpielzeugland (Toyland)
Best Live Action Short FilmLa Maison en Petits Cubes
Best Animated Short FilmSlumdog Millionaire
Achievement in CinematographyThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Achievement in Film MakeupThe Duchess
Achievement in Costume DesignThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Achievement in Art DirectionSlumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Writing (Adapted Screenplay)Milk
Achievement in Writing (Original Screenplay)
Slumdog Millionaire really cleaned house. I’ve added it to my Netflix queue. What about you guys? Any surprises? Disappointments? Any movies that you really love? Any movies that you want to see?
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Watchmen Here in Less than 2 Weeks
Posted on February 22, 2009 by Ching under Movies.
Watchmen will be here in less than two weeks! Except I have specific instructions to wait until Brian returns from Germany to watch it. I can’t wait!
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Ron’s BDay and a Very Full Saturday
Posted on February 8, 2009 by Ching under Life, Movies.
Proof that Brian and I were present last night. Well, this photograph I took while there and our card/gift card for Ron. Then again, someone could have delivered the card for us, so I decided to take a photo as evidence.
The HBA home show in Hutch wasn’t very busy Jason, the coworker who was working our booth with me, allowed me to leave early so Brian and I were able to make Ron’s birthday on time. Except the GPS dropped us at the wrong house. When Wilma said “Arriving at … on left,” we couldn’t really tell which house she was referring to. The festive tiki torches in the driveway should have been a dead giveaway, but I wasn’t wearing glasses so I didn’t notice them until we were walking up to the door. This was after we had knocked on the wrong house, though. The embarrassing moments just seem to continue. Ugh.
Anyway, I really enjoyed looking at Ron’s pictures over the years. The displays all over the house were A+. Ron was very handsome when he was younger. (This is the part where I dig myself into a hole.) Don’t get me wrong, he is still a very handsome man. However, if you see some of his pictures from “back in the day” — specially the ones of him with long, shoulder length hair — he almost looks like a male model in some of the photos.
Cooking is one of Ron’s interests and he isn’t kidding. The food last night was fabulous. The food items I tried were all really good. The timpano (it’s like a deep-dish pasta pie) was most notable because I had never eaten anything like it before. Sure, I’d had pasta before. Never like this, though. It was pasta with sausage and hard-boiled eggs and other things encased in dough. It looked like it was a real challenge to make. Ron was telling us about their adventures while preparing it: having to remake the dough to get it just right, making sure that it was in the oven by 5p to get it done in time for the party. I really envy those who can tackle complex dishes and pull it off. They really did pull it off. I think everyone loved the timpano, inspired by the movie Big Night. I have never seen it, but Ron and others say it is a great movie. I added it to my Netflix so Brian and I can watch it one day.
Anyway, there were so many people there last night. Ron has a very impressive circle of influence. There were many guests from the Wichita Eagle, past coworkers, some friends from church, lots of tweeps, Facebook friends, long-time friends, friends of the kids… All of the generations were well-represented. I had never seen such a diverse group of people together in one house.
Brian and I left as Julie and Viktor Tarm arrived, this was probably 9p or so. We only stayed an hour an half because we were trying to squeeze in all of our commitments this weekend. Brian had promised to take his parents to watch Push (a movie that Brian has been waiting to see since he first learned about it) on opening weekend. Friday night is poker night so that was out of the question. Sunday is tax and laundry day. The only way to get it in this weekend was to see the late show on Saturday. The latest showtime was 10p. =(
We got almost everything we planned to do on Saturday done: Pink Boa to pick up my “Art by Amy” pendant, HBA home show, Ron’s birthday, Push. The only thing we didn’t get to were the back rubs that we promised each other. Having had only five hours of sleep the previous night (because Brian made the final table at poker) we were so worn out by the time we got home. We simply went straight to bed.
Today is going to another long day. We are scheduled to meet Jeremy, our tax guy, at 11a and then we will head to the in-laws to do laundry after a quick lunch. The nice thing is they are feeding us dinner so we won’t have to go somewhere or make anything. Having to leave the house for laundry is very tedious, though. I hope that we get the laundry closet situated this week, so that we can buy a replacement washer and dryer and finally start doing laundry at home again.
I’m not looking forward to the expense of having to buy a new washer and dryer, but I am looking forward to not having to drag my dirty laundry across town anymore.
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He’s Just Not That Into You
Posted on February 5, 2009 by Ching under Movies.
Does anyone else want to see this movie? I do, but Brian and I have vowed to watch Push this weekend. I think we might do a late show one night because we’ve got a busy weekend ahead.
We will save He’s Just Not That Into You for Valentines weekend. I think that would be a more appropriate V-day movie anyway. What about you guys? Any V-day plans?
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Movie Double Header
Posted on February 1, 2009 by Ching under Family, Movies.
Brian and I missed the opening weekend of Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, a movie that we’d both been waiting for all winter, because we were wrapped up in the avalanche of expenses related to the plumbing fiasco of 2009. I think we were mourning having given up Molly and everything. I really have no idea what happened. It just skipped our minds. I didn’t realize it until my friend Jan pointed it out at work.
Anyway, Brian and I agreed that we would see it on Saturday no matter what happened. Rain or shine. In this case, whether or not I’m well enough. I was still pretty sick, but the nice weather we had yesterday helped to make me feel a little better.
So I ended up watching two movies back-to-back this weekend because I had made a date with mom to watch Revolutionary Road, the Kate Winslet and Leonardo Di Caprio reunion flick. The plan was to go over there and do laundry, and mom and I could go see our movie while Brian is doing laundry. When we return from our movie, laundry would be finished and Brian and I could go home. Isn’t Brian the best husband ever?
Anyway, Revolutionary Road was going to be at 6:15 pm so I was going to use my VIP passes purchased from work. Mom changed her mind, though, and decided on The Reader (another Kate Winslet movie) instead. The Reader had a 5:00 pm showtime so mom ended up paying for our movie because I didn’t want to use my VIP passes on matinees.
We picked up some PF Chang’s on the way home because we had three starving people (Jenni, Brian and Dad) waiting for dinner. Afterward Jenni left to go hang out with her friend Spring and daddy watched some TV, while Brian, mom and I played some mahjong.
Anyway, speaking of double headers… I may have watched two movies in one day, but I am completely in awe of Kate Winslet. She has two movies running simultaneously. Besides that, she won two Golden Globes for these two movies: Best Actress for Revolutionary Road and Best Supporting Actress for The Reader. Wow.
P.S. The award for Best Husband goes to Brian (as always). For taking care of me this weekend while I was sick (he actually brought home my favorite soup — broccoli and cheese — from Cinnamon’s Deli for lunch on Friday since I stayed home from work; I just slept most of the day), for taking me to see Rise of the Lycans, for letting me go to the movies with my mom, for doing laundry while this happened and for humoring mom and I by playing mahjong with us.
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