I'm about to be swamped by movies, as I got 5 more out of the library last night, so I need to get moving on a few more of my backlog.

( Atonement (2007) )

Okay, tackling some of these movies before they're totally stale in my head and all I've got to say is "I watched these."

And away we go!

( Ratatouille (2007) )

Okay, my unwritten-about-movie-list is out of control again, so I need to keep track in a maintenance post until I get to all of these. Hopefully I can knock some out tomorrow.

Kitty Foyle (1940)
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
Transamerica (2005)
Reno 911: Miami (2007)
Mad Hot Ballroom
Waitress
Talladega NightsChildren of Men ( Read more... )

The platypus hodgepodge is an appropriate icon for this particular set of movies.

Spoilers and thoughts under the cuts:

( Top Hat (1935) )

I was asked the other day how I'm picking my movies for the 100 Movies in 2008 project. I wish I had a fascinating answer to give, but I don't, sadly. The reasoning of why I pick anything to watch can be broken down into the following categories ( Read more... )

Incidentally, the barrier for my 100 Movie Project will be my laziness at updating about movies, not my laziness about watching them. I've had three movies that I've essentially been sitting on to update for two weeks, and all other movie-watching (I've got a slew on my hard drive, thanks to the built-in DVR that has been entertaining me for ( Read more... )

The 100 movies project chugs along with the classic, a movie that made great artistic contributions to the majestry of film, National Treasure. Heh ( Read more... )

Despite the Judd Apatow renaissance I went through this past summer (including viewing the entire series of "Freaks and Geeks" for the first time, and a high percentage of the episodes of "Undeclared"), and the subsequent admiration for Seth Rogen that it inevitably cultivated, I did not see Knocked Up in theaters. Teo is not really a theater ( Read more... )

And we're kicking off the first movie in the Pidge Watches 100 Movies in 2008 and Talks About Them to the Interest of No One Series. Also known as, Whee, the Public Library Systems in Central Ohio are Fun!

I intended to start my 100 movies with Citizen Kane, which I have remarkably never seen more than ten minutes of (for a delicious Architecture ( Read more... )

I have had the laziest day today, which pretty much ruled. But now I have to get some stuff done, since I've spent all morning and afternoon watching old movies that have been sitting on my hard drive for a month (note: Meet Me In St. Louis was a lot weirder than I remembered, especially with the sisters being all "oh, Tootie" when she stuffed a ( Read more... )