Movies: Oct. 10 - 16
must-see list
Intolerable Cruelty (Coen)
I'm still on the fence about Mystic River. I may wait for DVD (from Netflix). Nothing that comes out this weekend looks like a must-see besides Runaway Jury, which I saw weeks ago. We may see Intolerable Cruelty today at 5:30 - if not, then a matinee tomorrow.
movies seen in last week
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 
1
A Mighty Wind (2003) 
2
Russian Ark (2002)
3
Bugsy (1991)
4
1 Kill Bill is stylish, violent, low on plot, but oddly riveting. I'm between 4 and 5, so I may yet change it.
2 It wasn't as good as Best and Show, and I wanted to strangle Eugene Levy, but anything that can make me laugh a few times is worth the rental.
3 There's a controversy over whether Russian Ark would still be considered a good film even without the technological and artistic feat of shooting the entire film in a single, uncut shot. I say yes. The stunt may have drawn initial attention to the film, but it stands on its own merits. Afterward, I felt compelled to reread the entire second section (on the mystery of Anastasia impostors) from The Romanovs: The Final Chapter.
4 I only caught half of this, but I've seen it before several times. Beatty and Bening are magic together.
I saw part of one other movie I'd seen before, but I can't remember what it was at the moment.
current Netflix DVDs
Bend It Like Beckham (2002)1
Metropolis (1927)2
Shakespeare in Love (1998)3
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)3
Jeeves & Wooster (season 2, disc 1)
1 I wanted to see this in the theatres, but by the time I got around to it, it was gone.
2 viola_cesario persuaded me to see Metropolis. It was one of only two that I had never seen from the "100 Movies" meme.
3 I still haven't watched the two Shakespeare-related DVDs (although I have seen them before). I must get those watched so my queue can keep moving!
Next up in my queue are Owning Mahowny, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, and Jeeves & Wooster (season 2, disc 2).
Suggestions for rentals are always welcomed! I'm much less picky about what I see on DVD than in the theatres.
I'm still on the fence about Mystic River. I may wait for DVD (from Netflix). Nothing that comes out this weekend looks like a must-see besides Runaway Jury, which I saw weeks ago. We may see Intolerable Cruelty today at 5:30 - if not, then a matinee tomorrow.
movies seen in last week
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2
3
4
1 Kill Bill is stylish, violent, low on plot, but oddly riveting. I'm between 4 and 5, so I may yet change it.
2 It wasn't as good as Best and Show, and I wanted to strangle Eugene Levy, but anything that can make me laugh a few times is worth the rental.
3 There's a controversy over whether Russian Ark would still be considered a good film even without the technological and artistic feat of shooting the entire film in a single, uncut shot. I say yes. The stunt may have drawn initial attention to the film, but it stands on its own merits. Afterward, I felt compelled to reread the entire second section (on the mystery of Anastasia impostors) from The Romanovs: The Final Chapter.
4 I only caught half of this, but I've seen it before several times. Beatty and Bening are magic together.
I saw part of one other movie I'd seen before, but I can't remember what it was at the moment.
current Netflix DVDs
1 I wanted to see this in the theatres, but by the time I got around to it, it was gone.
2 viola_cesario persuaded me to see Metropolis. It was one of only two that I had never seen from the "100 Movies" meme.
3 I still haven't watched the two Shakespeare-related DVDs (although I have seen them before). I must get those watched so my queue can keep moving!
Next up in my queue are Owning Mahowny, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, and Jeeves & Wooster (season 2, disc 2).
Suggestions for rentals are always welcomed! I'm much less picky about what I see on DVD than in the theatres.