Model of Manhattan for the 1939 New York World’s Fair
Saturday, May 2, 2015
First Lines: Philip K. Dick - VALIS
Horselover Fat's nervous breakdown began the day he got the phonecall from Gloria asking if he had any Nembutals.
The Movies I Watched in April
Afterwards 2008 6
Alien: Resurrection 1997 7
Attack on a China Mission 1900 8
Brave 2012 6
Bronson 2008 6
Confidence 2003 6
Cromwell 1970 6
Dirty 2005 7
Drive 2011 7
Europa Report 2013 7
Fever Mounts at El Pao 1959 6
Flying Leathernecks 1951 5
Godzilla 2014 6
Greenberg 2010 6
Interstellar 2014 6
Jeremiah Johnson 1972 8
Le Jour se Leve 1939 8
Made in Dagenham 2010 6
Night Train to Lisbon 2013 6
Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding 2011 5
Robot & Frank 2012 7
Shoot the Piano Player 1960 8
Star Trek Into Darkness 2013 6
The Big Knife 1955 6
The Bone Collector 1999 6
The Colony 2013 5
The Devils 1971 6
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec 2010 5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2014 6
The Naked Island 1960 8
The Paradine Case 1947 7
The Proud and the Beautiful 1953 6
The Silence of the Lambs 1991 9
To Have and Have Not 1944 8
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Without a Clue 1988 6
Alien: Resurrection 1997 7
Attack on a China Mission 1900 8
Brave 2012 6
Bronson 2008 6
Confidence 2003 6
Cromwell 1970 6
Dirty 2005 7
Drive 2011 7
Europa Report 2013 7
Fever Mounts at El Pao 1959 6
Flying Leathernecks 1951 5
Godzilla 2014 6
Greenberg 2010 6
Interstellar 2014 6
Jeremiah Johnson 1972 8
Le Jour se Leve 1939 8
Made in Dagenham 2010 6
Night Train to Lisbon 2013 6
Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding 2011 5
Robot & Frank 2012 7
Shoot the Piano Player 1960 8
Star Trek Into Darkness 2013 6
The Big Knife 1955 6
The Bone Collector 1999 6
The Colony 2013 5
The Devils 1971 6
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec 2010 5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2014 6
The Naked Island 1960 8
The Paradine Case 1947 7
The Proud and the Beautiful 1953 6
The Silence of the Lambs 1991 9
To Have and Have Not 1944 8
Without a Clue 1988 6
Robot & Frank (2012)
An ex-jewel thief receives a gift from his son: a robot butler programmed to look after him. But soon the two companions try their luck as a heist team.
Amiable sci-fi tale, very touchingly told with subdued humour.
Maltin***: "Quirky, low-key social satire with a sci-fi touch..."
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Bilbo and Company are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the Lonely Mountain from falling into the hands of a rising darkness.
Despite the usual excellence in production this is a confusing and unexciting finale disappointedly inferior to the previous parts of the trilogy.
Friday, May 1, 2015
First Lines: Neal Stephenson - Anathem
Do your neighbours burn one another alive? was how Fraa Orolo began his conversation with Artisan Flec.
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Le jour se lève (1939)
After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events the led him to the killing.
A classic of French cinema, a masterpiece of flashback storytelling, poetic b/w cinematography and a melodrama with existentialist overtones.
Halliwell***: "A model of French poetic realism, and a much-praised film which was almost destroyed when it was bought for an American remake (The Long Night)."
Maltin***1/2: "A staple of French cinema...Generally holds up, while going a long way toward defining Gabin's screen persona."
Les aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century and focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.
Deliberately silly, but not so funny fantasy; it does have the usual Luc Besson excellence in production details.
The Colony (2013)
Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of
survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more
savage than nature.
OK doomsday drama with some nice ice-age settings, but otherwise this is quite routine fare.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
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