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[Precious Doll]

Le Femme Publique (1984) Andrzej Zulawski 6/10

Katyn (2007) Andrzej Wajda 4/10

The Falcon Takes Over (2009) Greg Mottola 4/10

Adventureland (2009) Greg Mottola 5/10

[Franz Ferdinand]

Watched T2 on Blu-Ray last night and it was yet again made clear to me: Best. Movie. Ever.

[Reza]

Elegy (Isabel Coixet, 2008) 5/10

Terribly slow film.....although Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz are good.

Patricia Clarkson's not bad, either. But the film totally misses Philip Roth's comic-rage voice, and without that, his stories aren't necessarily all that dramatic.

Yes Clarkson was also very good. Haven't read the Roth book.

[Mister Tee]

Elegy (Isabel Coixet, 2008) 5/10

Terribly slow film.....although Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz are good.

Patricia Clarkson's not bad, either. But the film totally misses Philip Roth's comic-rage voice, and without that, his stories aren't necessarily all that dramatic.

[Reza]

Elegy (Isabel Coixet, 2008) 5/10

Terribly slow film.....although Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz are good.

[Mister Tee]

The Wings of the Dove (1997) - Iain Softley

6/10

Allison Elliot was robbed of a nomination for this. Eduardo Serra's cinematography is stunning and was clearly robbed of an oscar win (as was his nomination for Girl with the Pearl Earing)

The costumes were, I thought, the true knockouts. Nothing wrong with Titanic's, but Dove's were the most exquisite I saw that year.

As for Jane Fonda, no American actress approached her ability in the late 60s/70s -- The Shoot Horses, Klute, Julia, China Syndrome were major achievements.

I never liked her as much in Coming Home, and I thought that performance started her on a downward, "I must retell the story of my radicalization in every role" spiral. I actually think The Morning After is far and away her best film work post 1980 -- unfortunately contained inside a silly trifle.

[Reza]

Vantage Point (Pete Travis, 2008) 7/10

Mindless fun. Dennis Quaid is very good.



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[Precious Doll]

The Education of Charlie Banks (2007) Fred Durst 4/10

Me Two (2008) Nicolas Charlet & Bruno Lavaine 2/10

Operation Mad Bull (1957) Richard Quine 5/10

The Buccaneer (1938) Cecil B. DeMille 4/10

The Cheat (1931) George Abbott 4/10

[Sabin]

Whole Movie: Up (dir. Pete Docter) - 8/10

Prologue: Up (dir. Pete Docter) - 11/10

At the center of a pretty solid if rushed Miyazaki film is an emotionally devastating relationship between a man and his wife and the life unlived. At the beginning of the movie is the most heartbreaking short film I've ever seen.

[Hustler]

The Morning After (1986) - Sidney Lumet

5/10

Interesting mid 80's thriller (as interesting as a mid 80's film can be....). Jane Fonda was not as bad as I was expecting.

She used to be a good actress.

[mlrg]

The Wings of the Dove (1997) - Iain Softley

6/10

Allison Elliot was robbed of a nomination for this. Eduardo Serra's cinematography is stunning and was clearly robbed of an oscar win (as was his nomination for Girl with the Pearl Earing)

[Penelope]

The Scarlet Empress (1934; Josef von Sternberg) 10/10

WOW! Direction, acting, cinematography, editing, costumes, sets--simply breathtaking and astonishing from start to finish!

[mlrg]

The Morning After (1986) - Sidney Lumet

5/10

Interesting mid 80's thriller (as interesting as a mid 80's film can be....). Jane Fonda was not as bad as I was expecting.

[Precious Doll]

Practically Yours (1945) Mitchell Leisen 4/10

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008) Marina Zenovich 8/10

State of Play (2009) Kevin Macdonald 4/10

[Penelope]

Jane Eyre (1944; Robert Stevenson) 8/10

Atmospheric adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel, with Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles going all gothic with aplomb. Script strips the story to its basic core (and jettisons the book's major weakness, a third act development that would've dragged the film); gorgeous black & white cinematography.