Yup. That’s my sad life … movies, movies, movies.
“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (2005)
Pretty good adventure story even with its Christian overtones. The main reason to see this film is for Tilda Swinton as the baddie. Golly, she was so much fun to watch. I also found it interesting that the characters of the two sisters were not updated to be a little more “active” in the story ’cause they really have nothing to do at all.
“Syriana” (2005)
“Syriana” is now in my top five of movies for the year. Complex story about politics and oil in the Middle East which features some damn fine acting from all the folks involved … especially George Clooney (don’t laugh, ’cause he’s really good in this), Matt Damon (ditto) and Jeffrey Wright. Go. See. Now!
“Les Diabolique” (1955)
Great French thriller that inspired the crappy remake that Sharon Stone did in the early 90’s. I liked this movie but the Criterion dvd which I watched had subtitles that flew by really quickly so it was a little difficult to keep up with the dialoge. Yes. I’m a slow reader.
“Profondo Rosso” (Deep Red) (1975)
Now my second favorite Argento film (falling in place after “Tenebre”). It’s typical Argento in the fact that a man witnesses a murder and trys to figure out who the killer is. “Deep Red” has some really great horror movie moments (and some damn messy deaths) and only suffers from slow-ish pacing in certain spots.
re: Syriana–How was Alexander Siddig? I’ve loved him for years–he was Dr Bashir on DS9.
Very good as well. The entire cast is so damn solid … I was just pointing out the “poster people” since most folks tend to laugh at Clooney and Damon as actors.
which features some damn fine acting from all the folks involved … especially George Clooney (don’t laugh, ‘cause he’s really good in this), Matt Damon (ditto)
I ain’t laughing…I’ve liked Damon for quite some time now (loved both “Bourne” movies), and heard about it from nearly everyone. I’ve been wanting to see Syriana too, I’m glad to see a good review of it. My lovely wife noticed “Bashir” in the commercial and pointed him out to me.