Here are some of the movies I have watched this week:
An ol' school romantic comedy from Woody Allen. Not laugh out loud funny as it probably could have been, but seeing this movie is like going on a holiday. Some of it looks beautiful and there's some fun characters to meet. Jarvier Bardem is great in it, as is Rebecca Hall
You can check out my review here if you haven't read it.
This was a terrific Australian film I watched on DVD. It is about a boy who moves to a new neighbourhood his family, including his autistic brother, who makes his life very stressful, especially in social situations, when he is trying a court a girl at his school. Some of it is very funny but there are also some really intense scenes that are still resonating with me.
This movie blows The Castle out of the water in terms its realistic depiction of the workings on an Australian household and the chaos associated with that.
This is about a guy who orders a doll named Bianca and acts as though he is in a relationship with her. He takes her everywhere and at one stage he tells people in the town that he proposed to her!
Ryan Gosling is great in this film as the weird and awkward loner, but it just becomes so improbable and silly with the way the town takes this doll in as a real person.
There is a scene where Gosling's character says the doll is ill and then she is taken into a hospital bed via an ambulance. Its just too improbable.
DUMB. Its just dumb. A group of assassins working in a textile factory. Their missions are told to them via a loom...
There's a scene where a woman drives a car into a moving train...
In all fairness the movie starts off well, theres some humerous lines in James Macovys voice over and some funny office scenes and cool visual tricks. But by the second hour of the film it just becomes increasingly silly and just DUMB. The actors, especially Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman are underused.
Coming Up Next...
I might be watching Taken - with Liam Neeson on DVD. Like literally with him. He's coming over to watch it with me. So I hope its good.
Then on Sunday I am going to see Yes Man - Jim Carrey's new film. I won a double pass to that, so expect a review for it too.
UPDATE: Just finished watching Taken. It was pretty poor. These revenge films have been done so many times so there weren't many twists in the story at all. And I'm not really a fan of electrical torture. The whole "rich, white American girl" getting kidnapped is a little too shallow for my liking. Liam's performance deserved a better movie.