For Your Consideration (Christopher Guest, 2006): I liked this one more than a lot of recent Guest films. This one had a much better sense of comic timing. A few of the more recent Guest films (such as Best in SHhw and A Mighty Wind) let some of the scenes drag on a bit too much, which I guess can be problematic when you're dealing with an ( Read more... )

I've been slacking on this. So, in the interests of efficiency, here are the films that I've seen (or at least remember seeing) since the last time I updated:

The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006): A strong genre film, Scorsese's B movie. Nice character work, and when you realize that it's a crime genre film, it's easy to excuse the weaknesses in ( Read more... )

Just when I start to think the world is a rotten place and there's no hope for anyone or anything, I discover that in 1986, JLG sat down and made a short film about Woody Allen! There is hope for us after all! And I was just wondering not too long ago if these two guys had ever met, and if they had, what did they talk about? Now I know.

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While watching this film, there is one all-pervading thought that cannot be escaped: Steve Martin wrote the novella that this film was based on, then he wrote the script, then he acted in the role of the older man that seduces a young retail clerk. Cue the gratuitous love scenes and you've got a case of the willies ( Read more... )

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I should probably mention that I'm about 6 films behind on my blog, and that I'm drunk. Any spelling/logical mistakes can be attributed to one of those ( Read more... )

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Meh. It was ok, I suppose. I saw the "twist" ending coming from about 53 miles away. The plot didn't do it for me, but I liked the whole atmosphere of the film. What else can I say?