I know, I know….I’m sorry. (A really slim) May is coming soon, promise!
Film 26: Shutter Island (2010)
Director: Martin Scorcese Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Sir Ben Kingsley, Mark Ruffalo
Predictable - but yet I still left the theater satisfied. Stellar cast, and a great handling of an otherwise underwhelming “twist”
3/13/10
Film 27: The Pleasure of Being Robbed (2008)
Director: Joshua Safdie
Do yourself a favor and skip this one.
3/14/10
Film 28: Paris (2008)
Director: Cédric Klapisch, Starring: Romain Duris, Juliette Binoche
I loved Klapisch and Duris’ collaboration with L’Auberge Espagnol and Les Poupees Russes, but this story didn’t leave me as enthused.
3/20/10
Film 29: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009)
Director: John Krasinski, Starring: Seriously Everyone… ANNND Christopher Meloni!
3/21/10
Film 30: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
Director: Shane Black, Starring: Robert Downey, Jr.,Val Kilmer, Michelle Monahan
3/24/10
Film 31: When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Director: Rob Reiner, Starring: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan
3/27/10
Film 32: Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day (2009)
Director: Troy Duffy, Starring: Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Billy Connolly
As you can imagine, this was not a spectacular film. I’m happy that they finally made this flick since it gossip, rumors and theories have piled up since the original film came out and gained cult status. I’m sure there are still legions of loyal fans who were overjoyed by this excursion of the brothers McManus, but I think my enthusiasm for the saints ran out years before this next chapter came about.
3/28/10
Film 33: The September Issue (2009)
Director: RJ Cutler , Starring: The Staff of Vogue
Interesting documentary on the creation of Vogue magazine’s September Issue, their largest of the year. Creative Director Grace Coddington is spectacular - the way she works with fashion super-bitch Anna Wintour (who inspired Merle Streep’s character in the Devil Wears Prada), it’s like watching the underdog take the trophy.
3.29.10
Film 34: New York, I Love You (2009)
A collection of various directors and actors for different vignettes.
Following the same formula as Paris, Je T’aime - The American salute falls short.
4.3.10
Film 35: The Prince of Egypt (1998)
Starring: (Voices of) Val Kilmer, Michele Pfieffer, Ralph Fiennes, and more!
SUCH a wonderful film, and perfect for Easter morn :)
4.4.10
Film 36: Gangs of New York (2002)
Director: Martin Scorcese, Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day Lewis, Cameron Diaz
Spectacular, every time. How Scorcese missed the Oscar for this one is still a mystery.
(Chicago!? Really?!)
4.4.10
Film 37: Jackie Brown (1997)
Director: Quentin Tarantino, Starring: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro
4.11.10
Film 38: How to Deal (2003)
Director: Clare Kilner, Starring: Mandy Moore, Trent Ford, Allison Janney
Guilty pleasure needed on a Saturday afternoon.
4.11.10
Film 39: Footloose (1984)
Director: Herbert Ross, Starring: Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow, Chris Penn
Screw Flashdance and Saturday Night Fever - my dance-flick heart belongs to Kevin Bacon and his fight for public dancing in the rural midwest!
4.11.10
Film 40: The Science of Sleep (2006)
Director: Michel Gondry, Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Who knew Gael could be so hilarious. Stunning, comical, surprisingly dark at times.
4.11.10
Film 41: Beer Wars (2009)
Director: Anat Baron, Starring: Figures from the craft and commercial beer industries
Awesome look into beer, but it didn’t quite go deep enough. I’d love to see someone expand upon this film and cover more of the craft beer industry. Hearing from Sam Calgione of Dogfish Head was fantastic, but the flaky start-up chick with the caffeine beer….really? That’s it? Good idea, needs a better execution!
4.13.10
Film 42: Date Night (2010)
Director: Shawn Levy , Starring: Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Mark Wahlberg
4.13.10
Film 43: I Sell the Dead (2009)
Director: Glen McQuaid, Starring: Dominic Monaghan, Ron Perlman
meh.
4.18.10
Film 44: Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
Director: Francis Ford Coppola, Starring: Gary Oldman, Anthony Hopkins, Wynona Rider
Gary Oldman, Anthony Hopkins… I love you…always, but damn this is a sad excuse for a vampire film
4.20.10
Film 45: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2010)
Director: Niels Arden Oplev, Starring: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace
I still am not quite sure why they’re determined to make this in English. (insert my Haneke defense but condemnation of all other Americanizations) But if they do I hope they speed up the middle a touch. Overall, worth a watch.
4.21.10
Film 46: The Shining (1980)
Director: Stanley Kubrick , Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelly Long
Brilliant Horror, still terrifying after so many viewings.
4.22.10
Film 47: Uncertainty (2010)
Directors: Scott McGehee, David Siegel, Starring: Joseph Gordon Levitt, Lynn Collins
4.25.10
Film 48: Strangers on a Train (1951)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock, Starring: Farley Granger, Robert Walker
4.27.10
Film 49: My Summer of Love (2004)
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski, Starring: Natalie Press, Emily Blunt
Another one to skip for sure.
4.30.10
