Words from the movie “About Schmidt”

lasting friendships - continuing to exist or to have an effect for a long time, long living friendship
don’t dilly dally
a lot fo leftovers - Essensreste, positively speaking
R.S.V.P. - stands for a French phrase, “répondez, s’il vous plaît,” which means “please reply.” see howstuffworks.com
cheap casket - a cheap Sarg
Winnebago - a big caravan
Hummels - little figures
help yourself

What the heck? - What the heck / hell does this mean? (WTHDTM) - idiom “Was zum Teufel soll das bedeuten?”
goddamn - gottverdammt
I can’t make this goddamn think work.

Words from the movie “Good Will Hunting”

soulmate - sb who challenges you
shepard - observes sheeps
that sucks - that’s bad, horrible
a janitor - a facility manager
Take the best chance you get!

A Men for All Seasons

A recommendation from D. A historical drama about Henry VIII from 1966. Got 85% on RT.

Raising Victor Vargas

A movie worth to see, if you read the critics…

Enjoy the music from the movie “Once” live - The Swell Season

If you liked the music from the movie “Once” you have the opportunity in HH, May 29 in Dt. Schauspielhaus.

See a review together with the possibility to book a ticket.
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The evening movie “Once”

If you like the singer-songwriter style of music you sureley will like Once too. Glen Hansard’s often soft and somtimes powerful voice makes his songs different in a good meaning. Check out RT’s reviews.

It starts like a romance but has a more realistic end, which some maybe think it’s open. The film started in Germany in Jan 2008.

Interesting music of today

In relation with the movie Crash I heard first time of Bird York. The title song of this movie is “In the Deep” from her album “The Velvet Hour”.

I tried the album “Wicked Little High” and I liked it. Especially the song “Freedom”. the album has a kind of relaxing sound.

All links goes to last.fm my favourite music recommendation system. You can listen to music similar to an entered artist.
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Today’s movie “Crash”

A maybe difficult to understand music with a lot of toching moments. I found it very realistic. I think this a strenght of this movie even there is a lot of revenge in it. It does not try to tell the story in black and white; means that one character is good and another bad. The world is not so easy, I think.

I appreciate that this movie is intend to lead into a discussion about this subject, which I assumed was the main reason why the story goes like a rollercoaster. Some want to see it again because it can be confusing because of this complexity of this movie. This might be the reason why the tomatometer is cautious.
car jackers - steel cars
touching moments
redneck - white member of the Southern rural laboring class
You embarass me. - You make me looking foolish.
brake - used to stop a car

Podcast: How to chit-chat about movies?

Because we often talk about movies I would like to recommend an audio podcast (mp3) how to chat about movies. It  is part of the series of podcast from the Business English Pod.

You will find a lot of ideas what you can ask/talk about movies in an informal style.
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“Rogue Trader” - my notices

sort things out
8 is a lucky Chinese number
rogue - Gauner
one giant casino
a gambler is playing with money
being a lady of leisure
a plasterer - a plaster is on the walls inside a room
red tape - burocracy
We all believe in you. or We all trust in you. - both are similar
shame about the bonus - used to say that sth is a cause for feeling sad or disappointed
speak over P.A. - Public Announcement System

I expected a little bit more from this movie. It gets 33% on rt.com. It was interesting to see how only a small group of people can influence the whole global market. In fact it did not excited me really. So I agree to the rt.com review from Ryan Cracknell.

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