Last Seen Movie - The Latest Movie You Have Seen; ratings

[Heksagon]

Here are some films I've watched recently...

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen, 2008) 2/10
--It looks like Allen is not even trying to make good films anymore

Lost Horizon (Frank Capra, 1937) 8/10

The Bells of St. Mary's (Leo McCarey, 1945) between 8.5 and 9/10

The Bitter Tea of General Yen (Frank Capra, 1933) 8.5/10

The Visitor (Thomas McCarthy, 2008) 3.5/10
--A sympathetic film, and in a way I'd want to like this film, but I just couldn't

Wanted (Timur Bekmambetov, 2008) 1/10
--A strong candidate for the dumbest movie of the year

Passion Fish (John Sayles, 1993) 9/10

Lust, Caution (Ang Lee, 2007) between 7 and 7.5/10

Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965) between 7.5 and 8/10
--Finally started working on my Jean-Luc Godard-DVD box. This was the first film in the box, so I started with it, although it isn't one of my favourite Godards.

The Contempt (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963) 10/10
---This one, on the other hand, is my favourite Godard

Avalon (Barry Levinson, 1990) 4.5/10

The Scar (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1976) 7.5/10

[jowy_jillia]

Wings directed by William A. Wellman
Rate - 8/10

Charming picture with stellar performances.

[Precious Doll]

I Love You Rosa (1972) Moshe Mizrahi 5/10

A Film With Me In It (2008) Ian Fitzgibbon 4/10

The Window (2009) Carlos Sorin 6/10

Samson and Delilah (2009) Warwick Thornton 7/10

Observe and Report (2009) Jody Hill 4/10

[Sabin]

Julia (dir. Eric Zonka) - 8

Only now have I taken my fingers out from my ears in nerve-wracked exasperation. In a good way. I think.

[Zahveed]

Angels and Demons

6/10

I forgot it already... However, the sound and visual effects, art direction and music are great.

I forgot it came out.

[dreaMaker]

Angels and Demons

6/10

I forgot it already... However, the sound and visual effects, art direction and music are great.

[mlrg]

Stacy Keach and Susan Tyrrel are goo in it.

You mean they melt in each other's arms?

I think they melt in each other's brains

[Sabin]

...or under each other's feet?

I love Fat City. This is such a great movie. So superior to Million Dollar Baby in its short story beauty.

[Greg]

Stacy Keach and Susan Tyrrel are goo in it.

You mean they melt in each other's arms?

[Big Magilla]

Brainstorm (1965) William Conrad - 6/10

Little known suspense film directed by the actor with Jeffrey Hunter in a nicely controlled performance as a man being driven crazy by his employer (Dana Andrews) after he rescues and then falls in love with the boss's slutty suicidal wife (Anne Francis). He then fakes insanity to cover up the boss's murder, but does he really go crazy in the end or is he still faking it?

Promises in the Dark (1979) Jerome Hellman - 6/10

The only film ever directed by the legendary producer with Marsha Mason as a recently divorced doctor who develops an emotional attachment to a dying teenage patient (Katheen Beller). Mason, appropriately low-key throughout, won her third of four Oscar nominations that year for Chapter Two but she's better here. The entire cast, including Beller and Susan Clark and Ned Beatty as the girl's parents, are first rate.

My Sister Eileen (1955) Richard Quine - 6/10

Two years after Wonderful Town hit Broadway, Columbia, which owned the rights to the original property, decided to make their own musical version which isn't half bad. Betty Garrett is Ruth, Janet Leigh is Eileen and the men in their lives include Jack Lemmon, Bob Fosse, Dick York, Tommy Rall and Kurt Kasznar as the landlord.



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[mlrg]

Fat City (1972) - John Huston

6/10

Interesting little film about lonelyness with a theatrical mood to it. Stacy Keach and Susan Tyrrel are goo in it.

[Precious Doll]

Wind Across the Everglades (1958) Nicholas Ray 4/10

Broadway to Hollywood (1933) Willard Mack 4/10

Insignificant Things (2008) Andrea Martinez 6/10

[Sabin]

Star Trek (J.J. Abrams) - 8/10

[inky]

Inky's weekly update:

A Fishy Story (1989; HK) - 4/10
Fireball: Muay Thai Dunk (2009; Thailand) - 2.5/10
I Do (1983; HK) - 2/10
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979; USA) (re-visit) - 5.5/10
Gu Gu, The Cat (2008; Japan) - 6.5/10
Angels and Demons (2009; USA) - 4.5/10
True Women for Sale (2008; HK) - 6/10
Anna Magdalena (1998; HK) (re-visit) - 6/10
Innocent Lust (1977; HK) - 3.5/10

[OscarGuy]

Sunset Blvd. is a terrific movie, but I think The Witness for the Prosecution and The Lost Weekend are better movies. As are Some Like It Hot and The Apartment, but if you just look at those five films, you have a rather impressive oeuvre no matter who you are.



And, since I've not heard an actual Trekker/Trekkie's review of the new Star Trek movie, let me weigh in. As a movie, it was well paced, well designed, well plotted and an enjoyable ride. As a Star Trek film, it didn't betray the core principles of Star Trek, though it focused on a completely different aspect of them than most of the previous films. However, I am not happy with many of the changes made to the history of Star Trek so that they could manipulate and sensationalize the movie. Personally, I hope a time paradox fixes the problems in the next installment.