Have you ever been to Andiamo? It's an Italian place on Burnet, in a strip mall I think across from the UT Robotics Lab (or maybe it's an AI lab or Jet Propulsion or somesuch... I always forget). I've not been yet but it's supposed to be really, really good. I hardly ever venture into downtown, so I've not been to Tony's Vineyard.
Have you seen The Illusionist? I know Prestige got all the media attention, but I deeply loved The Illusionist, and I get possessive about my genre movies (I've skipped a bunch of zombie movies since 28 Days Later, and was a bit upset that Grindhouse tricked me into watching a new one, even though I ended up liking it). The reason I mention it is they added a romantic storyline to the screenplay, one that wasn't part of Steven Millhauser's short story. Jessica Biel is actually non-annoying, and it has the sort of atmosphere that grabbed me by the hind brain and demanded that I feel what it wanted me to feel. So if you're looking for a period stage-magician movie with emotional punch, you might like it.
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Date: 2007-05-06 09:02 pm (UTC)Have you seen The Illusionist? I know Prestige got all the media attention, but I deeply loved The Illusionist, and I get possessive about my genre movies (I've skipped a bunch of zombie movies since 28 Days Later, and was a bit upset that Grindhouse tricked me into watching a new one, even though I ended up liking it). The reason I mention it is they added a romantic storyline to the screenplay, one that wasn't part of Steven Millhauser's short story. Jessica Biel is actually non-annoying, and it has the sort of atmosphere that grabbed me by the hind brain and demanded that I feel what it wanted me to feel. So if you're looking for a period stage-magician movie with emotional punch, you might like it.