Zack and Miri Make a Porno 7/10
this was funny. it was actually the most mature film Kevin Smith has done, and it looked like it was made by a real director not Kevin Smith. it had the usual over-zealous foul language of any Smith movie, and it was rather predictable, but it was overall pretty good. actually, it was a helluva lot better than i expected it would be.
Last Tango in Paris 9.5/10
Letter from an Unknown Woman- 9.5/10
Under the Volcano 8/10
Revanche: 8.2/10
THX 1138: 8/10
I finally braved through Tarkovsky’s Andrei Rublev. 10/10
knife in the water 8/10
Slumdog millionaire 6/10 . tough highly entertaining and enjoyable, this is the moverrated film since juno
Man on Fire. Shit man gotta love a bad ass Denzel 7/10.
I’ve Loved You So Long 8/10
Wonderful ending, and Kristin Scott Thomas reminds me of my mom so much it’s scary. Great performance.
les bonnes femmes 8/10
Top Gun. Typical hollywood fair, Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer style. Not to mention a grinning Tom Cruise and cigar smoking Tony Scott. Beautifully shot though. 6/10.
Easy Rider. seriously, i saw peter fonda last night in 12 angry men, and i was still pretty impressed by peter fonda. dennis hopper player an awesome look like a hippie but be about the money character. the ending was wayyy trippy, well all throughout the movie i was laughing with the dawn of hippie culture. all in all, easy rider was an easy movie to watch, surprising ending.
not peter fonda, henry fonda was in 12 angry men.
Passion of Joan of Arc 8/10
French Connection 9/10
THE BIG SLEEP (1946), 8/10. Was badly needing to be simply entertained last night, and this crew has entertained me at least half-a-dozen times before … and so they did again. I don’t think I noted anything new this time through … though when the Kid sang, and I knew it was coming, I’d forgotten about the harmonies.
Ratcatcher 8/10
Beverly Hills Cop 2( I’m on a Tony Scott Binge) 4/10. Eddie gets me everytime!
Hot Fuzz 8.5/10
okay, this wasn’t the first time i saw this movie, but i loved it even more the second time than i did the first time (which was alot already). along with Shaun of the Dead its gotta be one of the funniest British films i’ve seen since all that Monty Python from the 70s ‘n shit. honestly, if they wanted to do a straight up action film with slight humor in it, they could with no problem. they’ve got the budget, the actors, the skills, and the know-how.
Manhattan 4.5/5
Let The Right One In: 8.8/10
French Connection 10/10
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: 3.5 / 5
Broken Flowers
7/10
The Midnight Meat Train 6:10
Pink Flamingos 4:10
Doubt: 8.5/10
Doubt: 8.5/10
RULES OF THE GAME — 9/10. For many years — and up until last night — I carried around the notion that this was one of the ten or so best films that I had ever known. But watching again last night, for the fifth or sixth time, it seems to carry less weight. Still a fine film — the shooting sequence always amazing. And it baffles me even more that the French would riot in the theaters in 1939 and the government would ban the film as “demoralizing.”
Lilja 4-Ever 8/10
i’m glad i read enough reviews to know how depressing this was going to be before i saw it. still, this girl had so much hope on her face throughout the film it was heartbreaking to see all this shit happen to her. i doubt a movie like this will shake up the lives of the people who actually live like this, or cause any great change in the lives of women and girls in these situations, but its still one of those painfully necessary films to make. it was stark, bleak, and virtually hopeless.
i think the end of Roger Ebert’s review of this movie said it best; "The movie should inspire outrage, but I read of thousands of women from Eastern Europe who are lured into virtual slavery. I hope some of their clients will attend this movie, even if for the wrong reasons, and see what they are responsible for. " fat chance, but if that’s the only hope we can get out of a movie like this, then i’ll take it.
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EL BRUTO, 8/10. High melodrama, himalayan high. But it all works.