February movies

In addition, we spent a good deal of time this month with Monty Python, having finally bought the 16 Ton Megaset. Watching those episodes as they originally were aired has been great fun.

This Movie Is Not Yet Rated - an interesting documentary about the MPAA

Sherrybaby - see post below

Children of Men - see post below

Silence of the Lambs - always a great late Friday night rerun

The Others - one of my favorite ghost stories

Sweet and Lowdown - one of Woody's best; great performances from Sean Penn and Samantha Morton

Serpico - very 70s, but held up fairly well.

United 93 - finally got my courage up to watch this. It was really well done, very poignant of course, but also realistic. I will never forget that morning and this film does a great job of capturing the horror without any melodrama

Celebrity - another Woody rerun; the ending is hilarious

Signs - one of the best alien movies ever

Raiders of the Lost Ark - hadn't seen this in years, what a trip!

Little Miss Sunshine - loved it as much as the first time I saw it

Career Girls - one of my favorite Mike Leigh films, interesting study of two women who meet up again 8 years after college

The Science of Sleep - a real tour de force, very entertaining

Shakespeare in Love - perfect choice for Valentine's Day

Basic Instinct - cheesola!

Batman - hadn't seen this in a long time; I think I like Christopher Doyle's vision better

The Musketeer - entertaining swashbuckler

The Queen - really enjoyed this, an interesting portrait of a woman and an institution

Temple of Doom - stinker!

Nadine - Kim Basinger caper flick, cute

Broadway Danny Rose - one of our least favorite Woodys

Babel - mixed feelings - found it harder to identify with these characters, perhaps because there were more of them to follow, less detail given - worth seeing

For Your Consideration - the Charlie Rose parody is priceless, but as with their other films, I always find myself comparing to Spinal Tap and finding them falling short.