The Blind Side - 2/10
It's a Lifetime movie...
A Christmas Carol in 3D (Zemeckis) - 8/10
The acting is actually pretty good and most of the visuals are top-notch. Its major problem, as most of you know, are the soulless eyes. Luckily this is left for the extras and not the main characters. The narrative is nothing new, but I'd place it on the better half of these adaptations.
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Fogbound (2002) Ate de Jong 3/10
Love of Siam (2007) Chookiat Sakveerakul 2/10
No Time For Love (1943) Mitchell Leisen 4/10
Antichrist (2009) Lars von Trier 4/10
It Happened in Hollywood (1937) Harry Lachman 4/10
Kabei - Our Mother (2008) Yoji Yamada 7/10
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Love of Siam (2007) Chookiat Sakveerakul 2/10
No Time For Love (1943) Mitchell Leisen 4/10
Antichrist (2009) Lars von Trier 4/10
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Kabei - Our Mother (2008) Yoji Yamada 7/10
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All right. I've been a busy beaver this week so far. Starting Thursday, here's what I've watched the past two days:
The Ox-Bow Incident - 3.5/4
Stolen Kisses - 3/4
Fantastic Mr. Fox - 3.5/4
The Blind Side - 3/4
The Informant! - 3/4
(500) Days of Summer - 4/4
Going to try and get several more of my screeners put away, but I don't know how many at this point. But, I do feel minorly accomplished with 6 in 2 days.
The Ox-Bow Incident - 3.5/4
Stolen Kisses - 3/4
Fantastic Mr. Fox - 3.5/4
The Blind Side - 3/4
The Informant! - 3/4
(500) Days of Summer - 4/4
Going to try and get several more of my screeners put away, but I don't know how many at this point. But, I do feel minorly accomplished with 6 in 2 days.
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The Invention of Lying (2009) Ricky Gervais & Matthew Robinson 4/10
The Brothers Bloom (2009) Rian Johnson 1/10
Cold Souls (2009) Sophie Barthers 6/10
Shockproof (1949) Douglas Sirk 5/10
The Brothers Bloom (2009) Rian Johnson 1/10
Cold Souls (2009) Sophie Barthers 6/10
Shockproof (1949) Douglas Sirk 5/10
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Chaotic Ana (2007) Julio Medem 4/10
Visually splendid but with a story that relies on a whole lot of mumbo jumbo this a very disappointing film from one of Spain's best filmmakers.
Over the last few days I have watched, though endured would be a more appropriate term, three Jean-Paul Belmondo thrillers from the 1970's. Belmondo's star presence is the only thing of note in any of them.
The Inheritor (1972) Philippe Labro 2/10
La Scoumoune (1972) Jose Giovanni 1/10
The Body of My Enemy (1976) Henry Vemeuil 2/10
Visually splendid but with a story that relies on a whole lot of mumbo jumbo this a very disappointing film from one of Spain's best filmmakers.
Over the last few days I have watched, though endured would be a more appropriate term, three Jean-Paul Belmondo thrillers from the 1970's. Belmondo's star presence is the only thing of note in any of them.
The Inheritor (1972) Philippe Labro 2/10
La Scoumoune (1972) Jose Giovanni 1/10
The Body of My Enemy (1976) Henry Vemeuil 2/10
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The Defector (1966) Raoul Levy 6/10
This is a film I was pleasantly surprised by, having avoided it for over forty years.
Montgomery Clift's posthumously released last film opened in New York while I was overseas, stationed in Germany and by the time it made its way to my local Army theatre late in 1967 I was already home. When it was eventually shown on TV, I had no desire in seeing it.
As spy yarns go, it isn't half bad. Clift and Hardy Kruger play pretty much the same characters Richard Burton and Oskar Werner played in The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, which is amusing considering that Burton and Clift hated each other. Clift once famously said "Richard Burton doesn't act, he recites."
It's difficult to tell how much acting Clift does here as his face seems frozen. He was only 45, but he looked at least ten years older. His face had become so gaunt, his eyes looked like they would pop out at any minute. He is absurdly thrown into a hasty romance with a bosomy young German girl that makes no sense. Neither, for that matter, does his fast friendship with his interrogator, Kruger, but the plot twists and exciting climax at least keep you interested in the story.
Kruger, by the way, is excellent.
This is a film I was pleasantly surprised by, having avoided it for over forty years.
Montgomery Clift's posthumously released last film opened in New York while I was overseas, stationed in Germany and by the time it made its way to my local Army theatre late in 1967 I was already home. When it was eventually shown on TV, I had no desire in seeing it.
As spy yarns go, it isn't half bad. Clift and Hardy Kruger play pretty much the same characters Richard Burton and Oskar Werner played in The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, which is amusing considering that Burton and Clift hated each other. Clift once famously said "Richard Burton doesn't act, he recites."
It's difficult to tell how much acting Clift does here as his face seems frozen. He was only 45, but he looked at least ten years older. His face had become so gaunt, his eyes looked like they would pop out at any minute. He is absurdly thrown into a hasty romance with a bosomy young German girl that makes no sense. Neither, for that matter, does his fast friendship with his interrogator, Kruger, but the plot twists and exciting climax at least keep you interested in the story.
Kruger, by the way, is excellent.
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Food Inc. (2009) Robert Kenner 7/10
La Belle Captive (1983) Alain Robbe-Grillet 6/10
Sister Smile (2009) Stijn Coninx 4/10
Zotz (1962) William Castle 5/10
A Serious Man (2009) The Coen Brothers 7/10
I'm Gonna Explode (2008) Geardo Naranjo 4/10
La Belle Captive (1983) Alain Robbe-Grillet 6/10
Sister Smile (2009) Stijn Coninx 4/10
Zotz (1962) William Castle 5/10
A Serious Man (2009) The Coen Brothers 7/10
I'm Gonna Explode (2008) Geardo Naranjo 4/10
"I want cement covering every blade of grass in this nation! Don't we taxpayers have a voice anymore?" Peggy Gravel (Mink Stole) in John Waters' Desperate Living (1977)