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May 20th 2009 00:00
Category: Film News and Views
What Film Did You Watch Today?
The Ultimate Classic Movie Audience
Granted this is not the most original idea. Most good Film Forums have this exact prototype nestled somewhere amidst their oldest entries. Many have been running for years. Now JD wants one of his very own.
The concept is simple, much like John Doe’s earlier A-Z of Movie Favourites Game the results of feedback are a shared experience. This is a game where visitors offer their own cinephilic achievements and verdicts for speedy assessment.
For those unfamiliar with this monumentally fun cinema sport, A Film Log is a cooperative diary where our ebullient digital celluloid obsessions can be vented in a list. We comment on films viewed that day or week accompanied by a score from 1 to 10 on the J-Dometer.
(10) equaling a mind altering, spiritually awakening slice of filmmaking mastery that entertains and awes. Captivating and completely engrossing voyeurism that opens a portal to alternate realities.
(1) being akin to a donkey-punch against the entire history of moving pictures…the kind of film that inspires passionate hatred a decade later…condescending, inconsistent tirade fodder)
So last night JD watched:
Poster for In a Lonely Place
DVD Cover for Lost Highway
Your turn, what have you viewed recently in cinemas, on DVD or TV?
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Comment by Bryn
Horrorphile
At cinema: The Escapist 8/10 (I'll be reviewing that closer to its release date in June)
Comment by Tracy
Movies and Life
I recently found and watched The Waiting Room (2007), a gritty British gem.
Tracy
Comment by The Rusty Can
Everything
I recently saw X-Men Origins: Wolverine ~ 6.5/10 (mmm... Hugh Jackman...)
and
Angels and Demons ~ 6/10
Rusty.
Comment by Mountain Fog
Set during apartheid South Africa era, based on the real life and times of Patrick Chammuso, an ordinary and hard working family man, who is subjected to torture and driven into the arms of the rising rebellion against the oppressive and brutal apartheid based regime.
Tim Robbins plays the big bad white guy, who gives an okay performance, but could have thickened his Soewff Effricaan ekkcent to make him seem more demonic.
Best part, seeing the real resistance fighter at the end of the film, Patrick Chammuso, and hear how he resisted murdering his oppressor (after Sth Africa elected Mandela), instead choosing to free himself through forgiveness. Interesting film.
More interestingly, it reminds one of how we all thought torture and big brother surveillance was objectionable, to the point of banning cricket with Sth Africa etc.
Now, it seems people will think up extraordinary scenarios to justify its use, or give it blanket support, because of the smoke and mirrors 'war on terror'.
We live in evil times, but not just because of extremist
Islamists, but because of the unholy alliance of corporations, media and government, all colluding to justify changes in law that more resemble the totalitarian monsters of WW2, than democracy, coupled with their support of distortions of fact and truth, in order to inflict their New World Order.
cheers
fog
Comment by Lilla
From The Home Front
Enviro Warrior
Dream Herald
Esoteric Bookshop
At the Movies : Star trek, already said all I could about that, xept the score and i reckon about a 8 or 9 (or 4 on the old 5 scale).
DVD's rewatches only : Babel and Celestine Prophecy. (DS9 Disc 6 Season 6)
I love Babel as it tells the story from the point of view of the weapon itself and how it touches the lives of so many people, which reveals todays system and its flaws and texture with such clarity it makes the statement louder than the gun shot itself.
The celestine prophecy well i did a post on it <<here>> for those really interested, but I'd give both of these a 9 too : not a good reviewer, as everything gets a 9 or 10, sort of good or bad and no inbetween these days for me I think. I guess time just gets short as you get older for all that grey stuff
As for DS9, not much I haven't already said to you there too..
Again, so nice ot have you back, hope the bears are coping witht he heat wave?
Lilla . .
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Great to see your return Tracy!!
Thanks for the mini review Fog!
Appreciate the DS9 love Lilla, still exciting hey?
Rusty you are braver than I going Angels and Demoning after Wolvie lite!
Bryn, Was Brian Cox good in the Escapist?
Last Night JD watched some old favourites:
Oliver Stone's Salvador (8/10)
Delmer Davis' Dark Passage (8/10)
Quest for Fire (8/10)
Comment by Bryn
Horrorphile
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Escapists make it to 'the list"
Comment by Someone
Evil Pleasures
Random Musings on Life, Love and Everything
Let's Get Down To Business
Comment by Damo
To be fair 7/10.
The film was good and well paced. Hardly a wasted moment. Yet it left a few loose ends that really annoyed me. Overall a good film but not a classic. FX okay.
What is a classic is Ghost in th Shell 2: Innocence.
Brilliant 11/10 for an acquired taste.
Artwork and animation better than the first. The concept just as intelligent. It sticks in the mind long after you stop watching it.
Comment by D. Armenta
The Florida Keys and Everglades
The Black Sheep Chronicles
What constitutes bad manners?
The male mystique
Debate Fan
Thursday: Re-viewed "Brazil" to compare to our present day situation in the U.S. Scared hell out of me.
9.5/10. I love "Brazil".
Comment by Cibbuano
Hunt Famous
Orble Post of the Day
Fat Cult
Techbreak
Comment by Damo
I love Brazil also.
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
So Star Trek was worth the cinema trip then Damo? Ghost in the Shell is all time favourite of mione too...the second was a worthy sequel and looked amazing.
Hi D,
I really want to see that Nader doco too.
As for Brazil I have the criterion collection with 3 alterante versions of the film and loads of extras..a tremendous mind melding experience of visual and intellectual dystopian nightamres.
Hi Cib, Corpse Grinders is another of those grindhouse films I never saw due to no "VHS" in Oz at the time....read your review and maybe I'm glad I didn't
Great to see what everyone is watching at the moment, please keep em coming.
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Over the last 2 days I have rewatched:
Syriana (8/10)
Mean Streets (9/10)
Tigerland (7/10)
Blood Simple (8/10)
Comment by Lara M
Love Speaks
Food Slate
Trade - 8/10
A truly moving movie with a powerful message; good cinema-work and some pretty apt music.
Bottle Shock - 7-7.5/10
Inspiring and entertaining with some great lines by a couple of the characters.
The Bank Job - 7.5/10
~lara
Comment by Bryn
Horrorphile
Haven't seen that poster before, looks more like a blaxploitation flick! Would that be Corman's influence?
Haven't seen Tigerland yet either. That's one of Schumacher's grittier efforts, right?
And Blood Simple. Well. I have a special place for that in my heart.
Watched La Sconosciuta from Giuseppe Tornatore the other night. I'll cover that across the way too. 8/10
Comment by Mountain Fog
It's Hollywood clone, The Magnificent Seven, was likeable for all the big names in the cast, giving out good performances, but it was a complete lightweight when compared to its parent Seven Samurai.
Kurosawa was a true genius.
cheers
fog
P.S. I will post more as I view..
Last night,
The Beast with a Million Backs,
while a small fan of Futurama, it was just okay as entertainment, 6/10. I expected more of the creators, as it was a feature length version of the TV series.
Comment by Mountain Fog
Monster Slayer... while some of the gore level is high and gory, in the old fashioned gushing blood and smashed in head live effects, no CGI here, it really is a wet blanket, not ever managing to raise a single heair on the nape of my neck, 1/10 for scare power, and 6/10 for gore.
cheers
fog
Comment by Someone
Evil Pleasures
Random Musings on Life, Love and Everything
Let's Get Down To Business
Komodo vs Cobra - 2/10 for being unintentionally funny, 0/10 in terms of everything else.
The Host - 9/10 - Awesome Korean monster flick
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
The Bank Job surprised me, was expecting a very generic pic and instead got one with some flair and fine pacing.
Trade wore it's intentions a little too openly to make it anything but predictable, still it carried some weight, testament to the importance of its subject.
Hi Bryn,
i still find it hard to believe Schumacher directed Tigerland, its so far removed from his entire screenography. Dark, brutal and visually appropriate.
You know that's why i chose that Mean Streets poster
Hi Fog,
i am a Futurama geek boy and agree Beast was a little flat considering the expectations.
Monster Slayer....I like my deep trash but this sounds yawn worthy
Hi Someone,
God your brave going Komodo vs Cobra...everything it advertised I assume.
Chalk me up as a fan of The Host, tremendous manipulation of a dead genre. Love those water entries.
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
George Clooney's Goodnight and Good Luck (9/10)
Star Trek First Contact 8/10 - The best of the Trek films IMO
Robert Alderich's Attack (8.5/10)
Adaptation (8/10)
Comment by Matt Shea
20/20 Filmsight
The Great Waldo Pepper: 6.5 outta 10
Dirty Pretty Things: 6/10
Quiet Chaos: 7/10
Star Trek: 8/10
Comment by Bryn
Horrorphile
Star Trek (last night) 4/5
Dying Breed (this morning) 3/5
Comment by Morgan Bell
Science News
Deep Pencil
Business News
Movie Train
Angels & Demons 2/10
The Other Boleyn Girl 7/10
Saw IV 5/10
The Reader 10/10
Revolutionary Road 9/10
Slumdog Millionaire 8/10
House Of Sand (Brazilian) 6/10
Waking Up In Reno 1/10
Marley & Me 7/10
Girlfight 7/10
Wanted 9/10
Im Not There 6/10
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
I absolutely loved Girlfight, thought it was a gem worthy of much praise...amazing performances and subtle scripting...more than i was expecting.
Still just rewatching at the moment, in teh last few days:
Barry Levinson's Bugsy (7/10)
Fritz Lang's While The City Sleeps (8/10)
Bolt (7/10)
David Mamet's Heist (7/10)
Norman Jewison'sThe Thomas Crown Affair (7/10)
Comment by Lilla
From The Home Front
Enviro Warrior
Dream Herald
Esoteric Bookshop
Yes!
Also just rewatched Ice Age 1 and 2
Comment by Lara M
Love Speaks
Food Slate
The River Wild -7/10
Wanted -7/10
Marley & Me -7/10
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Comment by Michaelie
Flick Wit
I haven't seen a single thing in aaaaagggess!
Now that I've nearly been kicked off my blog, I'll have to try to find the time to watch and write... and then you'll know!
Mich
Comment by Bryn
Horrorphile
Paranormal Activity 9/10
Zift 6/10
Three Monkeys 6/10
Overlord 6/10
Van Diemen's Land 7/10
Humpday 7/10
Black Dynamite 7/10
Pontypool 7/10
Comment by Morgan Bell
Science News
Deep Pencil
Business News
Movie Train
Gran Torino 7/10
Valkyrie 7/10
Master & Commander 5/10
Saw V 4/10
i bought a Jackie Chan box set for $12, theres 5 films in it from the 70s and 80s . . . im REALLY looking forward to re-watching some of his stuff, i used to watch them as the late night movie when i was in high school, loved them for the fight scene choreography and the crazy english dubbing
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Michaelie, I had a big film drought myself upon arrival. It hurt so bad...my sympathy
Jackie Chan boxset, nice one Morgan.....those early films are his best.
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Choke (7/10)
Benjamin Buttons (6/10)
Gran Torino (6/10)
Caprica (8/10)
Milk (7/10)
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Little Murders (8/10)
Buffalo Soldiers (8/10)
Pan's Labyrinth (9/10)
Ferris Bueller's day Off (8/10)
Clerks (8/10)
Goodnight and Good Luck (9/10)
The Good Thief (8/10)
The Long Kiss Goodnight (7/10)
Miller's Crossing (9/10)
Royal tenenbaums (9/10)
Bee Movie (7/10)
Fargo (7/10)
The Fog of war (9/10)
Kingdom (7/10)
walk The Line (7/10)
Romancing The Stone (7/10)
Kiss Kiss bang, bang (8/10)
Identity (7/10)
Comment by Lilla
From The Home Front
Enviro Warrior
Dream Herald
Esoteric Bookshop
Okay this weeks rainy day/school holiday lineup has been;
The Fifth Element
Anger Mangement
Twilight
Bulletproof Monk
Lilla ..
Comment by Michaelie
Flick Wit
Lust, Caution 7/10
The Departed 8/10
The Lion King 7/10
Comment by Morgan Bell
Science News
Deep Pencil
Business News
Movie Train
recently ive seen:
Broken Flowers 9/10
Changeling 7/10
Comment by Tracy
Movies and Life
I just saw:
Mary and Max - 7/10
Sunshine Cleaning - 7/10
Comment by Bryn
Horrorphile
Further Festival flicks I saw:
Che (parts one and two) 7/10
Shadow Play 8/10
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired 7/10
Cold Souls 8/10
Bronson 8/10
Dead Snow 6/10
Accidents Happen 4/10
The Girlfriend Experience 8/10
Wake in Fright 9/10
I didn't like Choke at all. I can't believe you give Clerks an 8?! Gran Torino only a 6? I haven't seen it yet though ...
Comment by Lara M
Love Speaks
Food Slate
Le fils de l'épicier (The Grocer's Son) 7/10
Die Fälscher (The Counterfeiters) 7.5-8/10
We Own The Night 7/10
88 Minutes 7/10
Vicki Cristina Barcelona 5/10 -- the narrator is annoying but that isn't the only reason for the mediocre rating...
Narnia -- Prince Caspian 7.5/10
Comment by The Rusty Can
Everything
Since last time, I've watched:
Transformers 7/10 - cool FX
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 7/10 - ditto
Just Sex and Nothing Else 7/10 - hilarious
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder 6/10 - great intro, but the rest was pretty disappointing.
Comment by Morgan Bell
Science News
Deep Pencil
Business News
Movie Train
Man On The Moon 8/10
Comment by Someone
Evil Pleasures
Random Musings on Life, Love and Everything
Let's Get Down To Business
Hannibal (9/10)
Identity (8/10)
1408 (9/10)
Transformers 2 (6/10)
The Thing (10/10)
Alien (10/10)
Aliens (9/10)
Comment by Bryn
Horrorphile
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Gran Torino is a well enough made film and certainly achieves some measure of originality but the script repeats itself and a lot that is accomplished visually is spelt out with dialogue. No room for thought and because of that it becomes predicable quickly once you know the angle the story is taking. It did have an appropriately lethargic fell which was interesting.
To achieve a seven outof 10 or higher I have to want to see the movie again be it again for infinite reasons from story and plot to acting and camera choice. Gran Torino is a one screening only kind of deal.
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
The Grifters (8/10)
Howard Hawkes The Thing from another World (8/10)
Fritz Lang's Clash By Night (8/10)
Special (8/10)
William Wyler's The Collector (original terence Stamp version) (9/10)
Don Siegel's Charley Varrick (8/10)
Chinatown (9/10)
Spiderwick (7/10)
twilight Zone Season 4
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Friends of Eddie Coyle (9/10)
Time Crimes (9/10)
Agatha Christiies Evil Under the Sun (7/10)
Zack and Miri make a Porno (6/10)
Kung Fu Panda (7/10)
Oliver Stone's W (6/10)
Comment by Bryn
Horrorphile
I couldn't bring myself to watch another Kevin Smith movie.
The September Issue (8/10)
Coraline (7/10)
Public Enemies (6/10)
District 9 (9/10)
Up (7/10)
Comment by Someone
Evil Pleasures
Random Musings on Life, Love and Everything
Let's Get Down To Business
Amen to that... excellent movie.
The Warriors (9/10)
Highlander (7/10 for tacky goodness)
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Count me among the District 9 fanbase...just did a review for it on this site.
As for The Warriors, I had to shed a tear because there was a recent screening with the cast in attendance at Coney Island and I was unable to make it due to budgetary restraints...Love that film!
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Inside (8/10)
The Signal (7/10)
Princess and the Warrior (8/10)
Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia (8/10)
Twin Peaks Season 1 (8/10)
Futurama: Beast with a Billion Backs (7/10)
Comment by Bryn
Horrorphile
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Comment by Someone
Evil Pleasures
Random Musings on Life, Love and Everything
Let's Get Down To Business
The Uninvited (6/10)
The Hurt Locker (8/10)
Predator (9/10)
An American Werewolf in London (10/10)
30 Days of Night (9/10)
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
As for me the last few Ive seen are:
The International 7/10
RedBelt 8/10
Hell and High water 7/10
The Bedford Incident 8/10
The Informers 7/10
Birdman of Alcatraz 8/10
Domino Principle 8/10
Pick Up On South Street 9/10
Anatomy of a Murder 8/10
Flight of the Navigator 7/10
State of Grace 8/10
Comment by Daishin
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 10/10 for being a deep movie at times and slapstick at the other you still have to commend this movie for its great chase seen. What makes it so great is that it's done from the perspective of Butch and the Kid while you never see what the pursuers look like. They're always these little figures on the horizon or plain that still manage to be terrifying.
The General 9/10 Really one of the best silent films i've ever seen.
The Playhouse 10/10 not a full length movie but rather a short 20-30 minute thing by Keaton as well.
Cops 8/10 One more short by Keaton.
Surrogates 6/10
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
You have watched some quality recently I see....Cuckoo's Nest never loses its power and jack was never better than as Randle P McMurphy.
Butch and Sundance has so many great moments ('Ask him to stay") but it is that finale that lifts it above others in the genre for me.
As for Keaton, his knowledge of physical comedy and indeed filmmaking itself was so hyper advanced that watching his work in 2009 still retains a feeling of originality that hasn't been matched since. Like Chaplin.
Surrogates looked silly to me and I must admit that Mostow' directorial record frightens me away....couldn't be anyworse than I Robot though...
Welcome to the site, look forward to reading more of your comments in the future.
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
William Wyler's Detective Story (8/10)
Cornel Wilde's The Naked Prey (9/10)
Jennifer Lynch's Surveillance (6/10) - I did enjoy its eccentric performances
Otto Preminger's Bunny Lake is Missing (8/10)
Neil Simon's The Cheap Detective (7/10)
The Seven Up's (8/10)
Futurama - Wild Green Yonder (7/10)
Stanley Kramer's Inherit the Wind (8/10)
Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men
Comment by Daishin
Extract (Mike Judge) 8.5/10
500 Days of Summer 8.5/10
Moon 10/10
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
That's a shame about not enjoying "9"...i'm really looking forward to it, but have certainly read mixed reviews. The visuals alone should keep me nicely sedated, I hope.
Comment by Daishin
Comment by Daishin
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
I'm looking very forward to Zombieland...
Now to what I have been watching:
Midnight Meat Train (7/10)
Otto Preminger's Advise and Consent (8/10)
William Wyler's The Collector (8/10)
Comment by Mountain Fog
this week, I've watched Disgrace, which is a powerful experience indeed, and deserves a 9 and then Mary and Max, another amazing experience, which broke new ground in claymation, it deserves a 9.5
You can read my reviews on 20/20, if you have the time or inclination, (I will quite understand if you don't have the time so no worries there).
cheers old top,
fog
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Great review you did of "Disgrace" and "Mary and Max"...looking forward to seeing both of them.
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Sword of Doom (8/10)
Race the Devil (7/10)
Blast of Silence (9/10)
Comment by Daishin
Where the Wild Things Are 8/10
The Invention of Lying 7/10
This is It 9.5/10
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Another lover of 'paranormal Activity" I see....I have to make sure I see it soon....and "Where the Wild Things Are"...I just haven't been able to find time for a cinema visit in months.
As for myself, a few of my latest viewings have been horror related in the Halloween month of October..
Helter Skelter (1976 version) (7/10)
Martyrs (8/10)
Frontier(s) (7/10)
Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door (7/10)
An American Crime (8/10)
Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde (Spencer Tracy Version) (8/10)
Comment by Daishin
The Men Who Stare At Goats 8.5/10
Comment by Mountain Fog
need to boot up my ram and put in a few more;
Angels and Demons...(1/10);
and I'm being gnereous! I have come to loathe poor Tom Hanks.
The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus (3/10);
mainly for the CGI mindscape scenes in the mirror, I hated the fact the audio was way over the top loud, annoyed by senselessly overexaggerated sound effects and the break down of logic mid way through...five souls... gets more thna that but still needs one more...huh? You will understand when you see it..
Did I see anything I liked... yeah..
Capitalism: A Love Story: (8.5/10)
If you hate Moore, still see this, as you find out in an netertaining way, who screwed who etc in the meltdown. Some say too simplified, but, any moore detail and it'd bore people.
Case 39 (7/10)
A few thrills, but not a consistantly thrilling ride, however, a lot will think it plenty enough.
Scream: and I saw this again, but it doesn't scare/wear well the second time around, even when you've forgotten the ending, as I had done! But, I am a bit jaded I guess. Now I have to review it... oh well...
cheers
fog
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
You list 2 more there i really want to see.
Hi Fog,
Angels and Demons holds no appeal to me, the books are good fluff material but the films are horrendous.
As a Gilliam lover I will eventually check out The Imaginarium, but don't expect a masterpiece.
Michael Moore's films are entertaining, not usually informative but i will see Capitalism, just as i have seen all his other movies.
Case 39 looked very average to me..i read your review but it failed to convince me to brave the annoying as a moaning cat Renee Zellwegger.
Scream was an ok comedy, never saw it as a scary movie in anyway though and because of what it inspired i tend to despise the film now.
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
i have been watching Carnivale (9/10) again..just finished season 1 and am half way through Season 2...its kind of an obsession right now.
I did find time to watch David Mamet's Homicide (8/10) too.
Comment by Daishin
Nightwatch 9/10 It's just amazing. Hard to describe but amazing. Also if you like it you should definitely check out the series by the same name by Sergei Lukyanenko.
Pirate Radio 8/10 Clever little british comedy that was as heartfelt as it was funny. I saw this the same night that i saw An Education which was ironic because they both happened in the same period and both made comments about how boring Britain was at the time. Philip Seymour Hoffman is amazing in it. Rhys Darby has his own special little parts in it too.
New Moon 1/10 Gross and ugh and nasty and i hate it. The story is just so bad. The only reason i gave it any points at all was because the acting was okay. Which is to say they didn't look at the camera.
The Box 8/10 Was a lot better than the preview lets it on to be. A little predictable when people started mentioning Mars expeditions and then people begin to have nosebleeds though.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (not to say i haven't seen that movie hundreds of times but since i watched it again i figured "why not") 9.5/10
What Lies Beneath 8.5/10 Quite a step above other paranormal thrillers. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, one of his lesser known films.
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
I really want to see 'An Education", I don't like much of Hornby's stuff other than 'High Fidelity' but this one sounds good and your positive review means it moves up my must see list.
I own Nightwatch and Daywatch, both are great vampire flicks. I have been meaning to read the novels for a while now just haven't got round to it.
Pirate Radio holds no attraction for me other than the cast, but we already discussed that one
New Moon, no chance!
Though i am a fan of Donnie darko, Richard Kelly let me down with 'Southland Tales" and like that one the casting for "The Box" is intolerable. i may take a chance on DVd but i do love the original 'Button, Button" Twilight Zone episode that it remakes.
Hedwig rules, seen it many times.
"What Lies Beneath" was a wasted opportunity for me
tries so hard to be Hitchcock lite that the whole thing was a predictable and boring ride...no surprises and in the end a bland thriller, over cooked and under marinated.
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Electra Glide in Blue (8/10)
Executive Action (8/10)
Monsters versus Aliens (8/10)
Man From Earth (8/10)
Evil Dead (8/10)
Evil Dead 2 (8/10)
Flying High - Airplane (8/10)
Boondock Saints (7/10)
Comment by Daishin
The Fantastic Mister Fox 10/10
It was just so funny. The voice acting was amazing. If you think you've seen good voice acting in a puppet movie it probably didn't compare to this at all. Of course that's a necessary aspect in Wes Andersen movies as a lot of the humor is derived from how the thing is said and not necessarily what is said, although after it's said like that it becomes funny in itself because you imagine that person saying it like that.
Comment by Daishin
Avatar 8.5/10
Signs 9.5/10
I'm Not Scared 9/10
Shadow of the Vampire 9.5/10
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Some great ones there. The Lives of Others and Shadow of the vampire are subhlime.
I hated Signs, tried so hard to impress and fails...cool idea though which is why it annoyed me that the restrained approach should have worked.
haven't seen Avatar yet. But I did see 500 Days of Summer and loved it.
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Inglorious Basterds (9/10)
Murder by Decree (8/10)
500 Days of Summer (8/10)
Paranormal Activity (8/10)
District 9 (9/10)
Star Trek (8/10)
Black Water (7/10)
The Valachi Papers (7/10)
Downhill Racer (8/10)
Southern Comfort (7/10)
RedBelt (8/10)
Ice Age 3 (5/10)
Dust To Glory - Doco on the baja 1000 (8/10)
On Any Sunday (Steve Mcqueen Dirt Bike doco) (8/10)
Comment by Daishin
Jerry Maguire 8.5/10
Zodiac (Downey Jr. one) 9/10
Metropolis 9/10
In the Loop 8.5/10
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 10/10
M 10/10
Apocalypse Now 9.5/10
Dracula (1931) 8/10
Good Burger 11/10!!!
Audition 9.5/10
Flame and Citron 9/10
Little Miss Sunshine 10/10
The Oscar Nominated Short Animated:
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty 6/10
French Roast 6/10
The Lady and the Reaper 9/10
Logorama 8/10
A Matter of Loaf and Death 9/10
Shutter Island 9/10
Crazy Heart 8/10
The Hurt Locker 9/10
Some Like it Hot 9/10
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In The Loop 8/10
Hurt Locker 8/10
The Hangover 6/10
The Informant 7/10
Surrogates 5/10
Thirst 8/10
Bronson 8/10
Ben X 8/10
Give Em Hell Malone 7/10
A Prayer for the Dying 7/10
Renaissance 8/10
Logan's Run 7/10
Monsters ball 8/10
Gorky Park 7/10
Chaplin 8/10
White Lightning 6/10
House of a Thousand Corpses 7/10
House of Bamboo 8/10
Up 8/10
This Gun for Hire 9/10
Public Enemies 6/10
Deliver us From Evil 9/10
Le Professional 7/10
Silent Partner 8/10
Across 110th street 8/10
Cockfighter 8/10
Electra Glide in Blue 8/10
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You gave Thirst an 8??? I was bitterly disappointed by that movie.
The Hurt Locker 8/10
The Wolfman 5/10
Alice in Wonderland 5/10
The Hangover 7/10
Scrubbers 5/10
There's others, but I can't remember what they are ... I'll come back.
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Deliver Us From Evil certainly takes a few days to wash off and process.
I really enjoyed Thirst, fun ride with some really smart reinvention of classic vamp folklore...sure it could have taken itself seriously but the farcical comedy reminded of a Vampire Kiss decent into frenzied confusion. The central relationship also entertained with its exploitative tone as did the none to subtle sub text.
Last Night i was sick on the couch and watched:
Zombieland (7/10)
Prime Cut (7/10)
Day of the Locust (9/10)
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Same thing happens to me with Pump Up The Volume among many others...
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8 1/2 9.5/10 (one of the few movies i've actually wanted to rewatch immediately afterward)
Howl's Moving Castle 8/10
Going to see Kickass tonight!
Kickass 8.5/10
Dark City 9.5/10
Hot Tub Time Machine 8/10
Dawn of the Dead (2004) 9/10
Annie Hall 9.5/10
The Happiness of the Katakuris.... How do you give it a rating? it's so weird but so great...
The Inglorious Bastards (1977) 7.5/10
Iron Man 2 7/10
Joy Ride 7.5/10
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Its been awhile since I posted on here, so Im sure some have been forgotten but here we go:
A Serious Man (8/10)
Men Who Stare at Goats (7/10)
Dark Country (6/10)
Tao of Steve (7/10)
Surrogates (4/10)
Kill (9/10)
Bitchslap (5/10)
Long Good Friday (9/10)
Black Dynamite (7/10)
Heavens Gate (8/10)
Up Periscope (6/10)
The Spanish Prisoner (8/10)
Eight legged Freaks (7/10)
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Date Night 7/10
Prince of Persia -1/10
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What was the 1 for on "Prince of Persia"? Maybe one of Gemma's Attertons, or Jake's pecs?
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Smokin' Aces 2 - 5/10
Boondock Saints 2 - 5/10
Beetlejuice - 8/10
Very Bad Things - 7/10
Beautiful Creatures - 7/10
Under Suspicion - 4/10
Dreamscape - 6/10
Runaway (Michael Crichton) - 6/10
Panic in the Streets - 7/10
The Rookie (Clint Eastwood) - 6/10
My name is Bruce - 6/10
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - 7/10
Fat City - 9/10
Cutters Way - 8/10
Felon - 7/10
Experiment in Terror - 8/10
Them (Ils) - 7/10
The Detective (Sinatra) - 7/10
Fletch - 7/10
Inception - 9/10
Dark Country 6.5/10
Homeboy (Mickey Rourke and Christopher Walken) - 6.5/10
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Wonderful World 7/10
Raising Arizona 7/10
Being John Malkovich 9/10
Moon 9/10
Firefly the Complete Series 9/10
Serenity 8.5/10
Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog 9/10
Big 8/10
The X-Files: Fight the Future 8/10
Whatever Works 8/10
Robin Hood: Men in Tights 6/10
Factotum 8/10
Paper Heart 8/10
Scott Pilgrim 9.5/10
K-PAX 8.5/10
Broken Flowers 9/10
The Dead Zone 8.5/10
Good Will Hunting 8/10
Con Air 5/10
Delicatessen 9/10
Pandorum 8/10
Phantasm 6.5/10
Following 8/10
The Machinist 8.5/10
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 8.5/10
The Seventh Seal 9/10
Altered 8/10
Antichrist 9/10
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Sherlock Holmes (6/10)
Daybreakers (6/10)
The Losers (5/10)
The Wolfman (remake) (6/10)
Hung season 1 (7/10)
True Blood Season 3 (8/10)
Last of Sheila (7/10)
The Specials (6/10)
Blood Alley (5/10)
Con Air (4/10)
2012 (2/10)
The Most Dangerous game (8./10
P2 (5/10)
Fletch Lives (6/10)
Survival Quest (5/10)
Law Abiding Citizen (3/10)
Suspect Zero (5/10)
True Lies (8/10)