Time To Snuggle In With A Good Movie!

Brrr! Here he comes... Old Man Winter. Here in Chicagoland, the morning dawned sunny, but chilly, at 27 degrees today! Some people across the country have already seen their first dusting, while others wait with trepidation for the first snowflake to fall.

Yes, I know many of you love the cold and snow! Snowboarders, skiers, snowmobile fanatics, and hearty folks of all ages are giddy with delight at the thought of a heavy snowfall. But what about the rest of us?

It's time to snuggle in with a good movie!

Have you been to a movie theater lately? I do not know how parents can afford to have a family movie night! Between the cost of entrance and the concessions, their debit cards are surely smoking. I would easily trade that cost for surf and turf with my favorite date, followed by a movie at home.

And when was the last time you purchased a new DVD? No matter the retail outlet, DVD's are still expensive. It's difficult to build a collection at that expense.

But wait! You can find tons of new and pre-owned movies at OLA, at affordable prices, so you can still afford popcorn! You'll find DVDs and VHS tapes galore. What's your favorite genre? Drama? Crime? Comedy? Chick Flick? We've got you covered.

Here's a sneak peek, but for a greater selection, just stop by the DVDs and Movies category! (There are 2966 auctions available as of this writing.)

 

JOAN OF ARC DVD

 Red Heat DVD Arnold Schwarzenegger Jim Belushi


(Lots of great flicks at FleaPirates!)

 AUSTIN POWERS VHS MOVIE MIKE MYERS

 People Will Talk VHS Cary Grant Jeanne Crain

Remembering Deborah Kerr

From making love with Burt Lancaster on a Hawaii beach in From Here To Eternity, to waltzing with Yul Brynner in The King and I, to generating laughs with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin in Marriage on the Rocks, this leading lady led an exciting life. Today I am remembering Deborah Kerr.

Of Scottish descent, her last name, Kerr, is pronounced "car". It was mispronounced so often that MGM Studios began billing her as, "Kerr rhymes with star!"

Deborah Kerr was married twice. Her first marriage was to Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Anthony Bartley. This marriage lasted 14 years. Her second marriage was to author Peter Viertel and this union lasted until her death in 2007. Coincidentally, just 3 weeks after Deborah died, a victim of Parkinson's Disease, her husband Peter died, as well, from his bout with Cancer.

There were rumors of off-screen romances between Deborah and both Burt Lancaster and Stewart Granger, although there are no facts to corroborate either of the actor's claims.

Deborah Kerr was nominated 6 times for Academy Awards for Best Actress. Those nominations were for her work in the following films: Edward, My Son (1949), From Here to Eternity (1953), The King and I (1956), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957), Separate Tables (1958) and The Sundowners (1960).

If you haven't yet had the opportunity to see one of Deborah Kerr's fabulous movies, I would suggest you start with my favorite, The King and I, pictured here. 

And to read more about this fascinating actress, I am offering at FleaPirates Plunder the following vintage issue of Architectural Digest December 1979 which highlights a visit and interview with Deborah Kerr.

Superman Returns DVD Widescreen Edition

This Superman Returns DVD is pre-owned.
It is in very good condition!

The DVD is a WIDESCREEN EDITION.

For five years, Superman (Brandon Routh) has been away from Earth, coaxed into space by a belief that Krypton may still exist. Finding nothing, he comes back to a changed world--not only has terrorism become rampant, but Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) has married, started a family, and won the Pulitzer for her piece "Why the World Doesn't Need Superman." After a stop in Smallville to see his adopted mother (Eva Marie Saint), Superman is back in Metropolis, and Clark Kent has his old job back at the Daily Planet, with everyone still incredibly oblivious to his alter ego. But where there's Superman, there's Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey), and he is likely to be planning something dastardly--in this case, using a piece of pilfered kryptonite to grow an entirely new continent that he will control. Bryan Singer (X-MEN 1 and 2), armed with a script by Dan Harris and Michael Dougherty, approaches the red cape with reverence for the lore of the character, and respect for Richard Donner's SUPERMAN (1980) and Richard Lester's 1980 sequel, films that ushered in the era of the modern superhero film. Singer's SUPERMAN is filled with melancholy, and not so subtly suggests the notion of Superman as a Christ figure, sacrificing himself to save mankind. But there are still laughs, mostly courtesy of Spacey (clearly having a blast) and Parker Posey as his moll, Kitty Kowalski, as well as plenty of gasp-inducing set pieces, including a spectacular and terrifying almost-plane crash and a sinking boat. While modern visual effects have allowed Superman to go to entirely new realms, Singer keeps them from becoming the film's raison d'être, thus keeping the Man of Steel's gigantic heart intact--heavy though it may be.
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