September 9, 2008: Three Blind Mice It’s very strange to go into a movie theatre at 9am and see it full of people. Sure, more of them have coffee than popcorn, but it’s still weird. But, such is life for those at film festivals. Three Blind Mice is an Australian film about three Navy soldiers […]
September 8, 2008: Hooked During the Toronto International Film Festival, I often get out to see a handful of films. The first of seven this year was Hooked, from Romania (original title: Pescuit sportiv). The movie is about a couple heading out on a picnic who accidentally hit a prostitute at the roadside with their […]
September 6, 2008: West Side Story Sometimes watching movies is more like work than it is like fun, and this can particularly be the case with 1960s Best Picture winners. I can recall watching A Man For All Seasons in school and finding it quite dull. I just recently saw The Sound of Music for […]
August 29, 2008: Hamlet 2 Two comedies in the theatre in one night. I’ve discovered in recent years that if I’m going out for one movie, I might as well go to two, since I’m there anyway, and the evening is “occupied” anyway. Works for me. Our second film this evening was Hamlet 2. My […]
August 29, 2008: Tropic Thunder I saw this with my wife and some friends in the theatre. I was a bit scared, after the unconventional opening, that my wife would hate the film, since it was all movie in-jokes and over-the-top profanity (both of which I love and neither of which she has much use […]
August 24, 2008 (I think): Step Brothers. I watched Step Brothers. I admit it. This movie was judged by a friend to not be suitable for spending money to see in the theatre. This friend was correct. I’m a devotee of the current flood of Judd Apatow movies, even though only a handful of them […]
August 26, 2008: The Wild Bunch. I started it early enough in the evening (9pm instead of 11pm, per my new “policy”) to not fall asleep, which was nice. I had seen this once before (in the theatre when new prints were circulating after the 1995 restoration). I’m not generally a fan of westerns, but […]