Starring: Jim Carry, Kate Winslet
Directed by: Michael Gondry
Plot: Outlining the plot ruins the surprise, in my opinion.
But is it any good?
I was surprised and charmed when I discovered Being John Malcovich (which I walked into randomly in Paris one winter), and I love Charlie Kaufmann scripts (including Adaptation) so I had high hopes for Eternal […]
Starring: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham-Carter
Directed by: David Fincher
Plot: An office employee and a soap salesman build a global organization to help vent male aggression.
But is it any good?
Oh, how I love David Fincher movies, and how I loved Fight Club in the late ’90s. The timing was perfect. There was no 9/11 to […]
Starring: Joseph Cotton, Alida Valli, Orson Welles
Directed by: Carol Reed
Plot Arriving in Vienna, Holly Martins learns that his friend Harry Lime, who has invited him, recently died in a car accident.
But is it any good?
Oh my god, yes! Shame on me for not having seen it earlier, considering I’m such an ardent fan of Citizen […]
Starring: Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Robert Duvall
Directed by: Robert Mulligan
Plot: Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge and his kids against prejudice.
But is it any good?
I’d read the book of To Kill a Mockingbird already, so knew what would happen, but it made no difference. […]
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Plot: A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as nighttime taxi driver in a city whose perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out.
But is it any good?
Not that it really matters, but the first and only time I’ve seen Taxi Driver […]
Starring: Morgen Freeman, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey
Directed by: David Fincher
Plot: Police drama about two cops, one new and one about to retire, who hunt a serial killer using the seven deadly sins as his MO. He’s always one step a-head (ahem) of them.
But is it any good?
Ouch. Se7en is not for the delicate-natured. […]
Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter
Directed by: Joseph Mankiewicz
Plot: An ingenue insinuates herself in to the company of an established but aging stage actress and her circle of theater friends.
But is it any good?
Yes. Actually, I think All About Eve might be the first Bette Davis film I’ve ever seen. She looks a tough old thing, […]
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto
Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
Plot The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control.
But is it any good?
Watch only the first half of Requiem for a Dream and you’ll be signing up for drug addiction classes. The sped-up sequences of […]
Starring: Kim Basinger, Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce
Directed by: Curtis Hansen (who also directed 8 Mile)
Plot: A shooting at an all-night diner is investigated by three LA policemen in their own unique ways. Corrupt underbelly of ’50s LA is revealed.
But is it any good?
I re-watched LA Confidential last night for this first time since […]
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway
Directed by: Roman Polanski
Plot: A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has something to do with water.
But is it any good?
This had been on my must-see list for a long time, but I must admit to being a little disappointed. It has a […]
