ph: Lucian Bor
Saturday, January 2, 2016
First Lines: G. K. Chesterton - The Innocence of Father Brown
Between the silver ribbon of morning and the green glittering ribbon of the sea, the boat touched Harwich and let loose a swarm of folk like flies, among whom the man we must follow was by no means conspicuous - nor wished to be.
Friday, January 1, 2016
The Movies I Watched in December
Bewitched 2005 5
China Moon 1994 6
Don't Look Back 2009 6
El Dorado 1966 7
Every Day 2010 6
Fargo 1996 10
Hawking 2004 6
It's a Wonderful Life 1946 10
Jamaica Inn 1939 6
Jupiter Ascending 2015 5
Midnight in Paris 2011 6
Moon 2009 7
Nightmare Detective 2006 6
Oblivion 2013 7
Scoop 2006 6
Skyline 2010 5
The Jungle Book 1967 8
The Little Shop of Horrors 1960 8
The Paradine Case 1947 7
The Thing 2011 6
This Man Must Die 1969 8
World Brain 2015 6
Wounded 1997 5
China Moon 1994 6
Don't Look Back 2009 6
El Dorado 1966 7
Every Day 2010 6
Fargo 1996 10
Hawking 2004 6
It's a Wonderful Life 1946 10
Jamaica Inn 1939 6
Jupiter Ascending 2015 5
Midnight in Paris 2011 6
Moon 2009 7
Nightmare Detective 2006 6
Oblivion 2013 7
Scoop 2006 6
Skyline 2010 5
The Jungle Book 1967 8
The Little Shop of Horrors 1960 8
The Paradine Case 1947 7
The Thing 2011 6
This Man Must Die 1969 8
World Brain 2015 6
Wounded 1997 5
Jupiter Ascending (2015)
A young woman discovers her destiny as an heiress of intergalactic nobility and must fight to protect the inhabitants of Earth from an ancient and destructive industry.
Visually overabundant sci-fi fantasy that is a complete and thorougly risible mess in all other departments.
New Stuff: David Bowie
David Bowie and a star-studded cast of special guests gather at New York City’s fabled Madison Square Garden to celebrate Bowie’s 50th birthday.
Guests include: the Pixies’ Frank Black, the entire Foo Fighters joining Bowie’s band for "Hallo Spaceboy," the Cure’s Robert Smith, Sonic Youth, and the Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan
Thursday, December 31, 2015
Ne te retourne pas (2009)
Panic attacks and memory loss signal the plight of a writer whose body is inexplicably being taken over by another woman.
Intense, but a bit overplayed psychodrama with a quite confusing plot.
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
The Paradine Case (1947)
A happily married London barrister falls in love with the accused poisoner he is defending.
On renewed view: it's bit pedestrian in pace.
Halliwell**: "A stodgy and old-fashioned script is given gleaming treatment; this and the acting make it seem better thirty years later than it did on release."
Maltin**1/2: "Talk, talk, talk in complicated, stagey courtroomdrama...Below par for Hollywood..."
