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Well a day late, story of MY LIFE these days. Like I keep saying recently, this month is so fun, but sheeeessshhh it gets busy! My brother and his family came to visit from Montana this week to help us to finish the basement-it is so fun to see them-we are doing a restaurant crawl of Utah with them and all the festive activities we can muster in between painting and sanding!
This week we will have the winner of our Classic Christmas Poll and a fun Christmas movie with Arnie! I also just posted another Christmas movie poll, so make sure to go vote on that one!
Thank you all so so much to those who came to the LIVE on Saturday, it was amazing and we were able to raise $3400 in donations and then I rounded it up to $4000 to donate food and gas cards to families with children staying in the hospital over Christmas. I cannot wait to give them to them. It seriously made my heart grow 3 sizes to see the generosity large and small! Thank you!!!
I hope you all are feeling the warm and cozies this Christmas season so far!
Bring me some figgy pudding ,
Cassie
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Well, PIB community what do you think? Would Cassie and Carly like the 1975 thriller/mystery "Three-Days of the Condor"
Can't go wrong with Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway
Movies for 2024...Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman, and Alfred Hitchcock classic from 1945..."Spellbound" And two Gregory Peck classics about prejudice in America... "Gentleman's Agreement" and "To Kill A Mockingbird 1962. "Big Country" "The Guns of Navarone" and "Cape Fear" are also great Gregory Peck movies. And to add a little trivia...Gregory's grandson plays Spock on the Star Trek series Stranger Worlds.
Hello Cassie ... could you please throw Pretty Woman, on one of your lists, if you havn't already watched it that is :) ... have a good day
The "already watched" list (Pretty Woman is on page 11)- https://letterboxd.com/pib1/films/ But maybe for their "Throwback Thursday"? (Not a vote from me, I can't stand Julia Roberts)
Finally! Can’t wait for Jingle all the Way 🎄🎄🎄. PUT THAT COOKIE DOWN…NOW!! 🤣🤣🤣
Big TV recommendation from 1985. The show which made Bruce Willis career. Without it there's be no Die Hard. Its called Moonlighting. Great writing. Lots of action and wit between him and Cybil Shepard. Its currently streaming on Hulu.
Haha, the one where Willis sings an Aretha Franklin song.
If you haven't watched jingle all the way yet, make sure you watch the aftercredits scene
It's been 4 days into "this week" where are they? Sry, my anxious anticipation is showing lol.
Jingle all the way. I hate Christmas movies but I can get behind some sill Arnie fun.
Once Upon A Time In A West would be a good western
Looking forward to westerns in 2024...Cassie you enjoyed the Quiet Man with John Wayne and Maureen O'hara...take a look at McKlintock. And if you want to watch baby Kevin Costner check out Silverado, it has Danny Glover - from Lethal Weapon. Scott Gleen, from the Right Stuff, he was Axe from Backdraft, and Linda Hunt - she was the principal in Kindergarten Cop, Kevin Klein, you didn't like his character in a Fish Called Wanda - but he's a good person and actor in movies such as "Dave" and "De-Lovely. Unusual for Hollywood actors he's been married to one wife, Phoebe Cates for 34 years, and there is also John Cleese, same guy from a Fish Called Wanda...he's known primarily as a super silly actor from Monty Python.
I've said many times that Cassie would love SILVERADO.
Albert Finney is fantastic in Scrooge and Scrooged is equally entertaining for very different reasons. Ridiculous to dismiss either one.
I have a right to my opinion. I loved Scrooge, didn't like Scrooged, so sue me.
Scrooge was way better than Scrooged.
Welcome to the minority. Not that there's anything wrong with having a minority opinion.
I still say Cassie and Carly would enjoy Meet Me In St Louis and the original Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant.
The original bishop’s wife with Cary Grant was such a clever movie for its time. building sexual tension of that nature in the 40s and yet keeping true to the theme was not easy! Plus, Cary Grant!
Look guys, I’m just out here waiting for Star Trek II.
Which, might I add, has the best score of all the films. Kudos to James Horner.
It's that time of year! Family, friends, and evidently... figgy pudding!?! Enjoy your time with your family Cassie, and Merry Christmas to all of you!
Great choices
Andre Braugher has passed. He was a true legend. Always loved him in “Glory“ as Thomas and also grew up watching him in Homicide: Life on the Street & Brooklyn 99. Such an unbelieveable talent gone too soon! - You have a heart of gold Cassie. You do amazing work for your community and your followers are so generous ❣︎
R.I.P. And only 61. :-( I also saw him in Gideon's Crossing and probably most enjoyed Men of a Certain Age. (Here's an opportunity for Richard Maurer to push for The Mist (2007). :-) )
I don't know where you are in Utah, but I am near the SLC area, and some local restaurants I really love are Ab's Drive-In, Leatherby's Family Creamery, Apollo Burger, Seven Brothers Burgers and Lucky Chen (best sweet n' sour chicken in the world)
thank you for these ❤️❤️❤️
I feel your pain Cassie. The holidays are a lot of fun, but it can certainly take the wind out of your sails. But it’s people like you and Carly and the generosity you inherently have that help me sail on again. Thank you for all that you do.
Thanks for this, Cassie! So much fun with the charity giving! God bless!
I have to post this… June Carter Cash & The Carter Sisters - Figgy Pudding https://youtu.be/2EJAN6gsLSA?si=Yb959usZsbP8EIz6 Hooorraaayyyy for the Figgy Pudding!!!
something, something, something, CLASSIC HORROR POLL, something, something.
What is figgy pudding?
It's British, so obviously a culinary gem.
That's amazing! You literally change lives, God bless you, Cassie and Carly.
SCROOGE is a nice film. Not my favorite version of this classic tale, but not bad. The movie was clearly an attempt to tap into the same enormous success that the Best Picture-wimming OLIVER! (a musical telling of the Dickens story "Oliver Twist") had a little over a year earlier. The songs aren't anything to write home about (save one really great one that comes near the end), but Albert Finney is terrific as Scrooge. I'm interested to see if you recognize him from other movies you've reacted to on the channel... same thing with the actor they got to play Marley. I am very curious to see your reaction to JINGLE ALL THE WAY. It gets a lot of hatred, but I've always liked it. It makes me laugh and it's a pretty pointed satire of the commercialization of Christmas. Anyway, looking forward to this week.
Please give the 1951 version of Scrooge a consolation prize by doing a reaction to it anyway.
I think it's be interesting if Cassie reacted to every major version of that story: the one with Alistair Sim, the one with Patrick Stewart, the one with George C. Scott, the one with Jim Carrey, etc.
I'm not a fan of the Albert Finney "Mr. Scrooge"! The 1951 award winning "A Christmas Carol" has an outstanding cast led by Alastair Sim as Mr. Scrooge. There ARE great movies that were made before color!
I am 100% sure that many if not most of the people who voted for Scrooge thought they were voting for Scrooged. It's a shame too, because there were some phenomenal classics on that list that were (imo) much much better than Scrooge
Agreed. They voted for a musical starring Albert Finney.
I love what you do, Cassie. You have a great soul.
"The Mummy Returns" has the best "chick fight" of all times. Rachel Weisz & Patricia Velasquez trained & rehearsed for months to do the scene without stunt doubles. Outstanding!
Best chick fight? You've never seen Kill Bill vol I & II, have you?
Still don’t know exactly what figgy pudding is 😂 Sorry couldn’t check out the Live. Congratulations on raising so much money though. Lots of generosity in this community! Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season thus far!
YES Jingle all the Way one of the movies I watch every year. Yes it’s so stupid but I just love it. Also one of the best A Christmas Carol/Scrooge movies is the one from 1951 with incredible Alastair Sim I tend to watch it most years.
All scenes with Arnold is hilarious. Scenes with the Flanders-copy to neighboor is really funny. The kid? Not so much.
I'm really happy to see you watching Jingle All the Way! I've loved that movie since I was a kid. I know it didn't do very well when it came out and got mixed reviews but in recent years it seems to have gotten more appreciated by people, which is nice to see.
Always great visiting with family during the holidays! Love, love, love eating out!😊
Great to hear that Popcorn in Basement is coming soon, Cassie. There are restaurants in Utah? Just kidding. Your LIVE was so much fun to be a part of, and your donation gifts is a most heartfelt and a full of Christmas spirit thing to do. I hope that you were not stressing too much after you did your movie rankings. There was so much anguish on your face. You know we all love you, even if we think your rankings are misguided, which they are. Enjoy the rest of your Christmas season with your family. Also, the birthday present from me and Julie is on it's way! :)
YES!!! Jingle All The Way!
I had my hopes up for Star Trek 2, but I can wait another week or so of course.
Your hearts already pretty big, Cassie. I’m not sure how many sizes it could actually grow.