This would be an OK run, except that it covers two months, leaving me with a bit of a mountain to climb to reach the 52. In September I actually only watched one film, on the flight to Amman:

35. The Karate Kid. New version -- I've never seen the original -- with young master Smith, who was actually pretty good. This was in general a lot of fun ( Read more... )

38) Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs - Joyous blend of SF, comedy, family saga, romance and meatballs.

39) Johnny Mnemonic - Oh dear

40) Cargo - Haunted House in space. Again.

41) Pontypool - Very weird, low-budget, off-kilter Canadian horror film about memes. Think I need to give it another watch.

42) Deathwatch - Billy Elliot experiences ( Read more... )

A busier month:

28. Near Dark. Another one of those films people talk about a lot that turns out to actually be not very good. Far too slow, with too many obvious holes in the set pieces (often having to do with the sun coming up or going down unfeasibly fast). It also seems as though it wants you to be excited just because it's a vampire film, ( Read more... )

34) Triangle - A tangled modern horror take on Sisyphus which I enjoyed but don't think can be full untangled.
35) Rushmore - Wes Anderson was Wes Anderson right from the beginning.
36) The Book Of Eli - Utterly shit B-movie with a mysteriously A-list cast.
37) Inception - Good but not that good.

I also re-watched Fantastic Mr Fox a couple of ( Read more... )

Crumbs, even worse than last month.

26. Inception. Lesser Nolan, but I enjoyed it.

EDIT: I forgot one!

27. Predators. Its commitment to stereotyping and tokenism is almost beautiful in its purity. But there is a superb guest turn from Laurence Fishburne.

29) Kick-Ass - Shit.

30) Following - Disc didn't work.

30) Jumper - Shit.

31) Avatar - Shit.

32) Lesbian Vampire Killers - Shit.

33) Doghouse - Shit.

Hmm, I seem to have only watched two films this month. I'm not sure how that happened.

24. Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Ace.

25. The Breakfast Club. Meh.

18. Blindness. Incredibly faithful adaptation, often to its credit but not always (some authorial narration is rendered as dialogue and just doesn't work, and some narration is retained as Danny Glover voiceovers and feels superfluous). Harsh stuff, beautifully shot. Prompted me to get around to reading Seeing.

19.Agora. Lovely from-space shots ( Read more... )

12 - Moon - Excellent film that we only just round to watching; had a limited distribution (don't think our local Cineworld showed it).  Sam Rockwell's central performance is makes the film; Kevin Spacey's is brilliantly ambiguous (the more so for the echoes of 2001: A Space Odyssey)

13 - Kick Ass - Lots of fun, but a real headfuck too. The violence ( Read more... )

One new film in April! Just one!

17. Kick-Ass. I had a ridiculously good time watching this, and felt very wrong afterwards.

But also three rewatches.

C. Star Trek 2
D. Star Trek 4
E. Star Trek 6

Of which my favourite remains the latter.