November viewing
Ghostbusters - blast from the past - some funny stuff at the beginning, but gets way too silly.
Mini's First Time - recommended by Roeper a few weeks ago, can't figure out why. This story (temptress who double crosses lover in murder plot) has been done so much better so many times. The fact that our main character here is a 17 year old who schemes to kill her mother with her stepdad, who she screws for the first time as part of her work as a call girl, is just way too much.
Fallen Angels - continuing with our Wong Kar Wai trend, this one falls short in many ways
Goodfellas - have seen this movie so many times, always enjoy it
The Break Up - kind of annoying Vince Vaughan/Jennifer Aniston vehicle, not funny enough, some very mean spirited scenes
A Single Girl - French film, minimalist style, about a day in the life of a young woman who is pregnant and is starting yet another menial job
Stranger Than Fiction - loved, loved, loved this. Excellent performances from all the cast members, good dialogue, very amusing premise. Maggie Gyllenhaal deserves a special nod for her "Get bent, tax man" line. I loved Dustin Hoffman's literature professor who devises a questionnaire for Will Ferrell designed to figure out which novel he is in.
The Prestige - interesting, twisty plot, but just missing something for me.
Chungking Express - the first Wong Kar Wai I ever saw and still one of my favorites
Serenity - we recently also re-watched all the Firefly episodes, so had to go ahead and watch this again.
Blue in the Face - hadn't seen this in years, the sort of sequel to Smoke, which remains one of my all time favorite movies
Sea of Love - this one is getting a bit dated, but still a good thriller
Casino Royale - I was very outraged for Pierce Brosnan when they canned him, but I am sold on Daniel Craig as 007. This was a really good one. Some people are complaining about the limited gadgetry and lack of Q, but they need to get over it. This is the best Bond movie in years, dare I say, decades.
House of Flying Daggers - saw the preview for the new Zhang Yimou coming out in December, watched this one in anticipation
A Very Long Engagement - a tragic, beautiful film about WWI and the impact it has on a young woman, who is searching for the truth of what happened to her fiance.
Elizabeth - Cate Blanchett rocks. This dark, suspenseful telling of Elizabeth's rise to power holds up after many viewings.
Duck Season - a quirky little film, shot in B&W, about two young teenagers home alone, the pizza delivery man and the neighbor girl.
The Talented Mr Ripley - beautifully shot, of course, it is a Minghella, and creepily acted by Matt Damon
Possession - Neal La Bute's take on the A.S. Byatt novel, with Gwyneth Paltrow and Aaron Eckland as literary scholars on the trail of a mystery surrounding two 19th century poets.
Stripes - another old Bill Murray, this one was still pretty funny too
Chicago - another rerun, an old favorite, great musical numbers
Long Kiss Goodnight - fun thriller with Geena Davis as an amnesiac assassin
Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolution - the first one is so good, and these are so, well...
The Fugitive - held up pretty well, hadn't seen it in eons
The Wedding Singer - one of my favorite silly romantic comedies, Adam Sandler just cracks me up.
The Client - another one we hadn't seen in eons, Susan Sarandon as the lawyer helping a young Brad Renfro, who witnessed a mob-related event
Zero Effect - Ben Stiller and Bill Pullman shine in this noir satire
Mask of Zorro - good fun
Don't Tell - an Italian melodrama about a woman who suddenly recalls past sexual abuse from her childhood
CSA: Confederate States of America - well done mockumentary about the US after the South wins the War of Northern Aggression. Shot as a faux British documentary, the content of the program is broken up by commercials for horribly racist products. At the end, there is some info about which products were really on the market back in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Mini's First Time - recommended by Roeper a few weeks ago, can't figure out why. This story (temptress who double crosses lover in murder plot) has been done so much better so many times. The fact that our main character here is a 17 year old who schemes to kill her mother with her stepdad, who she screws for the first time as part of her work as a call girl, is just way too much.
Fallen Angels - continuing with our Wong Kar Wai trend, this one falls short in many ways
Goodfellas - have seen this movie so many times, always enjoy it
The Break Up - kind of annoying Vince Vaughan/Jennifer Aniston vehicle, not funny enough, some very mean spirited scenes
A Single Girl - French film, minimalist style, about a day in the life of a young woman who is pregnant and is starting yet another menial job
Stranger Than Fiction - loved, loved, loved this. Excellent performances from all the cast members, good dialogue, very amusing premise. Maggie Gyllenhaal deserves a special nod for her "Get bent, tax man" line. I loved Dustin Hoffman's literature professor who devises a questionnaire for Will Ferrell designed to figure out which novel he is in.
The Prestige - interesting, twisty plot, but just missing something for me.
Chungking Express - the first Wong Kar Wai I ever saw and still one of my favorites
Serenity - we recently also re-watched all the Firefly episodes, so had to go ahead and watch this again.
Blue in the Face - hadn't seen this in years, the sort of sequel to Smoke, which remains one of my all time favorite movies
Sea of Love - this one is getting a bit dated, but still a good thriller
Casino Royale - I was very outraged for Pierce Brosnan when they canned him, but I am sold on Daniel Craig as 007. This was a really good one. Some people are complaining about the limited gadgetry and lack of Q, but they need to get over it. This is the best Bond movie in years, dare I say, decades.
House of Flying Daggers - saw the preview for the new Zhang Yimou coming out in December, watched this one in anticipation
A Very Long Engagement - a tragic, beautiful film about WWI and the impact it has on a young woman, who is searching for the truth of what happened to her fiance.
Elizabeth - Cate Blanchett rocks. This dark, suspenseful telling of Elizabeth's rise to power holds up after many viewings.
Duck Season - a quirky little film, shot in B&W, about two young teenagers home alone, the pizza delivery man and the neighbor girl.
The Talented Mr Ripley - beautifully shot, of course, it is a Minghella, and creepily acted by Matt Damon
Possession - Neal La Bute's take on the A.S. Byatt novel, with Gwyneth Paltrow and Aaron Eckland as literary scholars on the trail of a mystery surrounding two 19th century poets.
Stripes - another old Bill Murray, this one was still pretty funny too
Chicago - another rerun, an old favorite, great musical numbers
Long Kiss Goodnight - fun thriller with Geena Davis as an amnesiac assassin
Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolution - the first one is so good, and these are so, well...
The Fugitive - held up pretty well, hadn't seen it in eons
The Wedding Singer - one of my favorite silly romantic comedies, Adam Sandler just cracks me up.
The Client - another one we hadn't seen in eons, Susan Sarandon as the lawyer helping a young Brad Renfro, who witnessed a mob-related event
Zero Effect - Ben Stiller and Bill Pullman shine in this noir satire
Mask of Zorro - good fun
Don't Tell - an Italian melodrama about a woman who suddenly recalls past sexual abuse from her childhood
CSA: Confederate States of America - well done mockumentary about the US after the South wins the War of Northern Aggression. Shot as a faux British documentary, the content of the program is broken up by commercials for horribly racist products. At the end, there is some info about which products were really on the market back in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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