http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/posts/tags/movies/page/1/ I want to go through life jumping into fountains naked. en Vox Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:27:18 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss movies http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/the-catch-an-innuendo.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sean & Stefan) http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/the-catch-an-innuendo.html?_c=feed-rss http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/the-catch-an-innuendo.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:27:18 -0700 The McFreeds report on the weekend's activities... We finished up the 6 month long Hitchcock film retrospective that Baltimore's The Charles Theatre held this year with Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in To Catch A Thief. Our friend Julie again tagged... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/the-catch-an-innuendo.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41449676f6a4700fad693612d0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> thriller mystery film movies hitchcock alfred hitchcock to catch a thief retrospective charles theatre http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/the-best-legs-in-the-business.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sean & Stefan) http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/the-best-legs-in-the-business.html?_c=feed-rss http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/the-best-legs-in-the-business.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:42:40 -0700 Sean mourns the passing of a legend... Her name was Tula Ellice Finklea when she was born in Amarillo, Texas, on March 8, 1922. From her earliest years she was called Sid, because her older brother couldn't say "sister." She was a sickly girl who... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/the-best-legs-in-the-business.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41449676f6a4700fad6928dc40004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> dancer movies dance 1950s legs musicals 1940s gene kelly fred astaire dancing in the dark mgm cyd charisse singin' in the rain mgm musicals silver screen it's always fair weather hollywood musicals baby you knock me out the band wagon http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/julie-has-vertigo.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sean & Stefan) http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/julie-has-vertigo.html?_c=feed-rss http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/julie-has-vertigo.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 11 May 2008 04:02:36 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d41449676f6a4700cd973e0e9a4cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d41449676f6a4700cd973e0e9a4cd5-50si" alt="Vertigo - Sean&#39;s Favorite Film Scene" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Sean and Stefan say... Yesterday we spent a great and (what turned out to be) beautiful day with our friend Julie (sporting a lovely hair-do we might add)! We saw Sean's favorite flick EVER, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo in a revival at what is bec... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/julie-has-vertigo.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41449676f6a4700f48cf6f7480003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> movie movies baltimore vertigo alfred hitchcock jimmy stewart kim novak cafe hon charles theatre barbara belgeddes http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-pictures-the-best-and-worst-of-oscar.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sean & Stefan) http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-pictures-the-best-and-worst-of-oscar.html?_c=feed-rss http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-pictures-the-best-and-worst-of-oscar.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:05:39 -0800 Sean adds... Here is a list of what I think are the best of Oscar's Best Pictures and the worst. Now this does not mean that what was left off was not good or bad. This does not mean that I don't like some of the worst listed. This is to indicat... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-pictures-the-best-and-worst-of-oscar.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41449676f6a4700f48cfd08250001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> oscar movie film movies oscars films award academy awards best picture http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-picture-2008---there-will-be-blood-part-5-of-5.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sean & Stefan) http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-picture-2008---there-will-be-blood-part-5-of-5.html?_c=feed-rss http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-picture-2008---there-will-be-blood-part-5-of-5.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:58:58 -0800 Sean opines... Paul Thomas Anderson is a director I rarely find fault with. His films Boogie Nights (one of my top 100 of all time) and Magnolia are two that I regularly visit and many of this flawed attempts like Hard Eight and Punch Drunk Love ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-picture-2008---there-will-be-blood-part-5-of-5.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41449676f6a4700f48cde5a3e0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> oscar movie film movies oscars oil films academy awards awards paul thomas anderson daniel day-lewis there will be blood daniel plainview http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-picture-2008---no-country-for-old-men-part-4-of-5.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sean & Stefan) http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-picture-2008---no-country-for-old-men-part-4-of-5.html?_c=feed-rss http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-picture-2008---no-country-for-old-men-part-4-of-5.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:25:39 -0800 Sean opines... Joel and Ethan Coen are one of the best director/writer teams ever. Their films have become ones that everyone remembers even though not always universally celebrated. Raising Arizona caught my attention first. "Son, you got a pant... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-picture-2008---no-country-for-old-men-part-4-of-5.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41449676f6a4700e398dfee310005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> western oscar movie film movies oscars films awards coen brothers joel coen bardem josh brolin coens javier bardem no country for old men ehtan coen modern western http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-picture-2008---michael-clayton-part-3-of-5.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sean & Stefan) http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-picture-2008---michael-clayton-part-3-of-5.html?_c=feed-rss http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-picture-2008---michael-clayton-part-3-of-5.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:27:35 -0800 Sean opines... The legal thriller is something that has always intrigued us as movie goers. Since the 1970s legal thrillers have since added the threat of something larger than just an unknown killer after our villain. The villain now is the mult... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-picture-2008---michael-clayton-part-3-of-5.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41449676f6a4700f48cde50e40003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> review movie review movie film movies oscars films academy awards lawyers tilda swinton george clooney tom wilkinson legal thriller michael clayton http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-picture-2008---juno-part-2-of-5.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sean & Stefan) http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-picture-2008---juno-part-2-of-5.html?_c=feed-rss http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-picture-2008---juno-part-2-of-5.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:33:57 -0800 Sean opines... Juno is one of those quirky teen comedies that has the sharp quotable dialog but also respects the decisions teenagers must make as they realize adulthood is around the corner. Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) is a mature girl who in her ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-picture-2008---juno-part-2-of-5.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41449676f6a4700e398dfdab00004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> teens film movies oscars films academy awards jennifer garner jason bateman michael cera ellen page juno best picture http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-picture-2008---atonement-part-1-of-5.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sean & Stefan) http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-picture-2008---atonement-part-1-of-5.html?_c=feed-rss http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-picture-2008---atonement-part-1-of-5.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:56:37 -0800 Sean opines... Atonement is the inheritor of the drawing room romance where the main characters are faced with many obstacles to their love. Girl and boy love each other from afar despite their station, yet use class status to restrain their love... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/best-picture-2008---atonement-part-1-of-5.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41449676f6a4700e398dfd82c0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> reviews review film movies oscars academy awards atonement james mcavoy keira knightly http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/for-the-love-of-oscar.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sean & Stefan) http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/for-the-love-of-oscar.html?_c=feed-rss http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/for-the-love-of-oscar.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:08:51 -0800 Sean says... As many of my long time friends and family know, I am a film addict. And maybe foolishly I am doubly an Academy Awards addict. Some hate the pageantry and the idea of choosing a "winner," but I enjoy it for what it is supposed to b... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/for-the-love-of-oscar.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41449676f6a4700e398dfd5520004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> oscar movie film movies films academy awards awards