Recently viewed films:

Solaris (Tarkovsky, 1972): 7.5/10
Shadow of a Doubt (Hitchcock, 1943): 8/10
The Purple Rose of Cairo (Allen, 1985): 9/10
Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Lucas, 2005): 6/10
Actually, the most apt title for this particular entry was used in the former entry (the Nico lyrics concerning forgetfulness). My silliness ( Read more... )

Recently vieweed films:

The Magnificent Ambersons (Welles, 1942): 8/10 ( Read more... )

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Recently vieweed films:

Divorce, Italian Style (Germi, 1961): B+
8 Women (Ozon, 2002): B
Anchorman (McKay, 2004): C
Kung Fu Hustle (Chow, 2005): C+
Paris, Texas (Wenders, 1984): A-

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I am not sure what I expected from Divorce, Italian Style, but I sure was not expecting a Danny Devito-ish (actually, ( Read more... )

Recently viewed films:

The Red Shoes (Powel, 1948): A-
It's a Wonderful Life (Capra, 1946): CIt was 1 AM and as I clutched the doorknob, I noticed it was peculiarly stiff (we never lock the door -- don't rob us now that you know this information). I grabbed my key, dusted it off, and proceeded to penetrate the void left for the insertion of the ( Read more... )

Films seen recentlyThe Edukators (Weingartner, 2005): B ( Read more... )

Films seen recently:Ferpect Crime (Iglesia, 2005): C ( Read more... )

Films seen recently:

Millions (Boyle, 2005): 7/10
The Piano Teacher (Haneke, 2002): 8/10I'm really fed up with the ubiquitous 'lol'. Seriously -- I don't even want to begin a rant about it. It's evilness should be apparent already. And if you use it in conversation, please kill yourself -- then I'll carve "lol" on your tombstone. You know, right ( Read more... )

Happiness (Solondz, 1998): 7/10I felt guilty for laughing at some wickedly sardonic humor in the film, but the satire wears off and the film soon starts to play out either like an unbearably watchable melodrama or a vulgar teenage flick. However, there are are still some hilarious moments to be found in the third act ("lay off the salt"). Some ( Read more... )

Films seen recently:

The Searchers (Ford, 1956): 7/10
Melinda and Melinda (Allen, 2005): 5/10
Battleship Potemkin (Eisenstein, 1925): 7/10The closest train station to my school is conveniently placed half a mile away from the campus (and more importantly -- my residence hall). I just walked that half mile of hills and flooded sidewalks in ( Read more... )