What are your favorite movies?The whole idea of favorites is a tricky one for me. When I answer this question, it’s often simply a matter of what movies I happen to think of at the moment. I’ve learned that’s fine in conversation-what people are asking is simply for an insight into what kinds of things you like, what they might talk about with you ( Read more... )

Jason's meetings last night were cancelled due to weather, but the weather and roads were fine by afternoon, so we went ahead and saw A Wrinkle in Time. I was excited and curious about the movie and tried hard to put aside my own images and expectations from the book, which I think is definitely the way to approach this one. It's not nearly as ( Read more... )

Two words: SKATE COPS

Tonight we went to see Real Steel, because I couldn't talk Jason into Footloose and he couldn't talk me into Moneyball. The reviews I'd read said that the father-son reconciliation plot elevated this movie beyond its premise. Not so much. The actors were good--Hugh Jackman makes battered & broken look beautiful and he and Evangeline Lily had a ( Read more... )

Jason and I saw Super 8 tonight.

There was a lot about it that I really liked and a few great bits, but in the end it failed to make the jump to "great".

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We saw Scott Pilgrim vs. The World last night. Overall, I enjoyed it--it's fun and does a better job than many other attempts to bring a comic book sensibility to the screen. The video game tropes were consistently amusing and the characters remarkably true to life for such a stylized endeavor. I was at a party with a lot of those people on ( Read more... )

Jason and I recently saw The Kids Are All Right, Lisa Cholodenko's film about the children of a lesbian couple finding the sperm donor who is their natural father. We really enjoyed it--it's one of the best depictions of marriage that I've ever seen on screen and the acting is fantastically unstudied ( Read more... )

Finally saw Where the Wild Things Are tonight. I only cried twice:

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Thanks to muffyjo, Jason and I got to see Sunshine Cleaning tonight.

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Last night Jason and I went to see Slumdog Millionaire. A couple of people asked me to tell them whether or not they can see it. I think the short answer is "no"--if violence and torture, of children no less, and grinding, filthy poverty and endemic treachery aren't things you can watch. They're all framed by a lovely fairy tale, with music by A ( Read more... )