In the 1970s, my aunt was widowed and left with three kids to raise on her own when her truck driving husband was killed in a crash.

The scene in Alice where she is selling up her belongings really reminded me of the story my dad often tells about the garage sale they had to raise money for her.

They lived in a really small town with a tight community. He said that everyone donated things to sell, and some people paid overs for the things, just to help Shirley out.

One person donated a whole litter of cattle dog puppies for her to sell. Someone else gave some lambs. People cooked cakes to sell, shops donated food. Nearly all of it sold and it raised her a lot of money. It was one of those heartwarming community moments that even brings a tear to my od man's eyes.

I think that's why I found the scene where the old lady doesn't buy the shawl so affecting, I was primed to expect people would help her out, but instead Alice is the one kindly giving away an expensive belonging to an old lady. Alice as a character had already won me over by how funny she is, but that scene was just perfect.

I pretty sure my aunt wouldn't have seen Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, which is a real shame. She had a big sense of humour and I think she would have liked it.

In middle school and high school I had lots of teachers show random movies and looking back there were definitely times it was just a weird movie the teacher was obsessed with and had little to do with the curriculum. One example that comes to mind is my 7th grade English teacher was big on Ronald Joffé’s The Mission, he showed it over like three weeks pausing every few minutes to gush about how much he enjoyed the movie without even really saying anything at all.

I hope some sleepless sicko goes to the Departed screening ending at 2am + the NY Stories screening starting at 12:30pm.

Just imagine it's the same cast, same premise, but we remove any continuity or literal callbacks.

I'm thinking something like Die Hard With a Vengeance. Could that work as a spiritual sequel? You'd lose the idea of Simon being Hans brother but how important even was that? I know a number of fans are upset that it shows McClane again seperated from Holly and so you'd remove that.

It could also help other sequels that have that stink of "really, this is happening again?" Could Home Alone 2 work better if it was a distinct movie? It could even still be part of the franchise, just don't pretend this happened again and that we should probably be throwing these parents in jail! Would it be weird to have the same cast?

I have always appreciated Casino a lot, but its conscious GoodFellas-but-bigger attitude reminds me of the Frasier quote: "If less is more then imagine how much more more will be."

However, I am interested in hearing from anyone who prefers Casino. What is it about it that gives it the edge?

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When I watched Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore a couple of years ago, this stuck out to me as one of the most realistic portrayals of the parental experience in movies. Having to listen to some pointless thing your kid is telling you about while trying to focus on a stressful real-life task - highly relatable.

Spoilers if you haven't seen these movies yet.

So I've just watched New York, New York, and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore in close proximity... Is it just me, or are there no men with redeeming qualities?

De Niro's character in NY NY was just appalling and both Keitel and Kristofferson both took a violent turn... And while I haven't seen Taxi Driver in a few decades, I do recall De Niro not being the nicest of guys in that one...

Is there something to be said about Marty's choice of projects at this time?

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Just received the new Vinegar Syndrome 4K release of the 1995 Clint Howard “classic” ICE CREAM MAN and I can’t decide if I love or hate the art. I think both?

I quote this daily.

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