Milk - 8.5

Ultraviolet
A pile of shit, but at least a good laugh - 2 ouf of 10

Strangers On A Train
Classic Hitchcock-movie with absurd, dark humour and a memorable performance by Robert Walker - 10 out of 10

Korkarlen
One of the best silent films ever made (Victor Sjostrom is not only a brillant director but also a great actor) - 10 out of 10

Touch of Evil- 8/10

The Insider- 10/10

Elephant - 8

The Philadelphia Story- 9/10

K.Hep's performance is really something to behold. I don't grow tired of this movie. The whole ensemble is brilliant.

Matador- 8/10

Pedro's filmography is really such a box full of surprises. This movie grabs you with all its wonderful weirdness. It's great to see Carmen Maura show up in what seems like almost every other Almodóvar picture and the young Antonio Banderas is quite nice on the eye. The performances are perfectly stated and as always the movie is full of great visual touches. Definitely one I'll rewatch eventually.

Wendy and Lucy - 9

This is really a great, great film. Shame Michelle Williams is pretty much being ignored for her performance here. And the Security Guard, not sure if his name was ever mentioned, I don't think it was. Anyway, great supporting role. And while the film isn't even 90 minutes, I felt it did drag just a little in the beginning, first 15 minutes or so. Only real complaint if I had to name one.

Polergeist

I suppose it was much more effective back in its day, and you can see a lot of cool Spielberg touches throughout, but there are far too many unintentionally funny moments (everyone loses their shit so easily, that short-ass woman with the weird voice was ridiculously placed, etc.) for it to amount to much. This was that rough '80s transition period to the modern VFX age. Some, like Ghostbusters, survived. This is an example of something that didn't quite make it.

C

La ley del deseo- 8/10

Sleeping with the Enemy: 5/10
Useless film, very predictable.

I am currently finishing Meet Me in St. Louis and crying.

I must be on my period.

the good the bad the weird - the director of a tale of two sisters tries to mimic both old fashioned hollywood action adventure yarns and leones dollar trilogy and falls flat on his nose - you cant copy the three-way finale from GBU after staging a 30 minute desert chase (lifted directly from indy 3). learn how to pace your films, man! there are still a few inspired moments here and there, but the guy aint no spielberg...

Krótki film o zabijaniu

Bardzo dobry film który realistycznie pokazuje zabijanie jako cos nadzym nikt nie ma jak pawonac : ani sam zabujca, ani panstwo. 9 z 10


2001 - A Space Odyssey

One of my all-time favorite movies. 10 ouf of 10

Bad Santa

A funny, offbeat Christmas movie, but it relies too heavily on profanity and the continuous this-guy-is-a-lowlife gag to be great. And I dunno... I thought the way they made that kid overly stupid and gross was kinda mean. But hey, I laughed. Most of the time. B-

There's no such thing as relying too much on profanity!

Burn After Reading- 8/10
La flor de mi secreto- 10/10

The House Bunny- 5/10

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button- 8/10

ninotchka - 10/10
doubt - 6/10
wendy and lucy - 10/10
to be or not to be - 10/10

Carne trémula- 7/10
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay- 8/10

I really like the Harold and Kumar movies. The first one was especially funny because, I mean, it takes place in Jersey. I watched it right before my failed move out there, too.


Anyways, I just saw All About Eve for the first time ever. I actually really liked it, especially the way Eve works the blackmail plot in. I haven't seen many Bette Davis movies, actually only What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, so it was very odd to see her as the 'good' character in a movie. Unexpected. I thought Margo Channing would be a nasty character, and she actually really wasn't. I thought the dialogue was fantastic too, with all the entendres about life and performance. Very whitty, well shot, good pacing, acting, etc. Highly recommend it.

Any movie that manages to make Bush a cool character has done a killer job in my book.






What did you make of the Birdie character? Isn't she a sweetheart?

lots of hearts for dolce:



and hearts for thelma ritter:

Twilight - 6/10

haha, that's awesome. It seems to sort of not be something that you would like, but then it does. The movies must be among the ones I found funniest this decade.