A Year of Zip Movies: March 2012
Buried (2010)
Ryan Reynolds plays a truck driver in Iraq who has been kidnapped and buried alive with a cell phone and a lighter; the whole movie is shot in the box - it's incredibly claustrophobic but really powerful. Recommended if you like tense, problem-solving, action movies. (Though this is not an 'action' movie exactly, it has that feel.)
10 Items or Less (2006)
Morgan Freeman is an un-named movie star (presumably playing some version of himself) researching a role as a grocery store clerk. He ends up spending the day with a grocery store clerk (played by Spanish actress Paz Vega) and sees what her reality is like. This didn't take any of the turns we expected, and we liked it a lot. Recommended if you like quirky, quiet movies.
Megamind (2010)
This was fun, but not fantastic. Voices of Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, and Brad Pitt. Will Ferrell is the evil genius, Tina Fey is the reporter he likes, Jonah Hill is her cameraman with a crush, and Brad Pitt is the superhero (and MegaMind's nemesis MetroMan). I think our favourite parts were the way MegaMind mispronounced things. Favourite one: Metro City as Metrocity (rhyming with atrocity). Recommended if you like animation, Will Ferrell, or superheroes.
Le deuxième souffle (1966) - SFD only
Currently Out from Zip
Eat Pray Love (2010)
Lost in Austen (2008)
Source Code (2011)
Spartan (2004)
[2012: The Road, Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Big Night, Pirate Radio (a.k.a. The Boat That Rocked), Return to Cranford, Fair Game, Buried, 10 Items or Less, Megamind, Le deuxième souffle]
Ryan Reynolds plays a truck driver in Iraq who has been kidnapped and buried alive with a cell phone and a lighter; the whole movie is shot in the box - it's incredibly claustrophobic but really powerful. Recommended if you like tense, problem-solving, action movies. (Though this is not an 'action' movie exactly, it has that feel.)
10 Items or Less (2006)
Morgan Freeman is an un-named movie star (presumably playing some version of himself) researching a role as a grocery store clerk. He ends up spending the day with a grocery store clerk (played by Spanish actress Paz Vega) and sees what her reality is like. This didn't take any of the turns we expected, and we liked it a lot. Recommended if you like quirky, quiet movies.
Megamind (2010)
This was fun, but not fantastic. Voices of Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, and Brad Pitt. Will Ferrell is the evil genius, Tina Fey is the reporter he likes, Jonah Hill is her cameraman with a crush, and Brad Pitt is the superhero (and MegaMind's nemesis MetroMan). I think our favourite parts were the way MegaMind mispronounced things. Favourite one: Metro City as Metrocity (rhyming with atrocity). Recommended if you like animation, Will Ferrell, or superheroes.
Le deuxième souffle (1966) - SFD only
Currently Out from Zip
Eat Pray Love (2010)
Lost in Austen (2008)
Source Code (2011)
Spartan (2004)
[2012: The Road, Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Big Night, Pirate Radio (a.k.a. The Boat That Rocked), Return to Cranford, Fair Game, Buried, 10 Items or Less, Megamind, Le deuxième souffle]