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Dan In Real Life (3/5)
I predicted every major plot point in this movie-by-numbers. The setting wore a bit thin and Dane Cook wasn't as horrible as I always imagine. I like my enemies to be consistently bad people, as a general rule.
Twilight (3/5)
I didn't know that Forks had an ethnic majority-minority student body of 90210 model quality. Come hither teen chemistry in large doses were all singe, and worked kittens on this over-aged, bored, immature, and lonely male (clearly, the tertiary market for this material). Love the dreary peninsula sets and vampire pallor; oh to have a dreamy immortal want to drink ...
Body Of Lies (3/5)
Crowe is sadly pinned to his mobile for most of the film and the action never quite takes off. Being quite gay for Leo, though, and a fan of Ridley's style make it an enjoyable two hours. Leo's last lines were a favorite--responding to Crowe's despairing claim that there is nothing to like about the Middle East, "perhaps that is our problem".
Good Night, And Good Luck (3/5)
Fine production and an educational look into the McCarthy years' paranoia. Hardly as engrossing or complex as Mann's The Insider, which trumps this picture in every category.
Frantic (3/5)
A slow burning European mystery that could have used a bit more action and payoff for my tastes. Ford has dipped into the shit-script bin once too often lately and this picture was a sad reminder of his sublimely generous works back in the day. Polanski's directing is balanced and clean.
Slumdog Millionaire (3/5)
I left the theater in good spirits and then read a handful of criticisms which I now mostly agree with. Good, but not Best Picture good.
Taken (3/5)
A cuddlier, friendlier version of Man On Fire; much less provocative and near-zero character development. The feel good revenge-for-sex-trading-my-daughter movie of the year.
Flags Of Our Fathers (3/5)
A competent telling of an unforgettable moment in US history; and then a forgettable film in nearly every way.
The Reader (3/5)
A well cut, non-linear narrative and enough rarely-clothed Winslett to keep me around for the last reel, where your standard-issue Holocaust/Hollywood guilt is given a new take. Winslett was in Extras a few years back playing herself, acting in a miserably pretentious Holocaust film for the sole purpose of nabbing an Oscar. How peculiar that exactly such came to pass ...
Enemy At The Gates (3/5)
Fine actors and sets but nowhere to point the camera, nothing compelling to say. Not bad, not great, thanks for the dramatized historical information. This may end the WWII kick I'm on.