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2000

Charade

December 31, 2000

USA  •  Donen  •  1963

funny.

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Planes, Trains, And Automobiles

December 31, 2000

USA  •  Hughes  •  1987

great.

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O Brother, Where Art Thou?

December 30, 2000

USA  •  Coen  •  2000  •  Watched in theater

very very good coen brothers flick. based on homer’s odyessy. title, as i mentioned before, comes from sullivan’s travels – very fitting. entertaining, funny, great acting, well written, very good. some interesting visual arrangements or filter tricks were used, so it seemed to me. the colors, especially in certain scenes, were really pretty. liked the music as well.

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Welcome To The Dollhouse

December 29, 2000

USA  •  Solondz  •  1995

quirky black comedy about adolescent girl trying to fit in. very good. funny, but should be sad.

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Karate Kid

December 29, 2000

USA  •  Avildsen  •  1984

one of the great teen 80s films. this is a classic.

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Home Alone

December 29, 2000

USA  •  Columbus  •  1990

amazing how cute that little bastard was back in those days. good idea, well executed, not too sentimental.

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Invisible Man

December 29, 2000

USA  •  Whale  •  1933

probably should give this one another chance since i slept at times and it’s by james whale (pronounced wah-lay). good from what i saw.

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Rio Bravo

December 29, 2000

USA  •  Hawks  •  1959

it’s still good, it’s still good (a la homer simpson chasing his flying pig).

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La Strada

December 29, 2000

Italy  •  Fellini  •  1954

very good story and acting. there is the big roman numeral controversy – the movie says it was made in 1956, according to the roman numerals at the beginning, but the box, imdb, and my movie guide say it was made in 1954. hmmm. music was very good as well.

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Public Enemy

December 28, 2000

USA  •  Wellman  •  1931

james cagney being the classic mutha fucka that he was. 1931, i guessed 1933.

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American Beauty

December 27, 2000

USA  •  Mendes  •  1999

just great. inspirational. sad. true. great soundtrack, worked very well. the characters are very good and provide good contrasts and host of foils. acting was up to the task.

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Untouchables

December 27, 2000

USA  •  DePalma  •  1987

deniro is great. costner shows that he doesn’t always suck. the carriage scene brought me to tears the first time i saw it (11 years ago), and for good reason. very very very well done…think battleship potemkin when you see the scene.

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Rainmaker

December 26, 2000

USA  •  Coppola  •  1997

better than i remember is being. some really good parts. matt damon didn’t suck.

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Analyze This

December 26, 2000

USA  •  Ramis  •  1999

a funny film. billy crystal is good, deniro is good.

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Killers

December 26, 2000

USA  •  Siodmak  •  1946

very good film noir. 1946. lancaster’s first film. a lot like citizen kane – lighting, style, narrative, et al.

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Limey

December 25, 2000

USA  •  Soderbergh  •  1999

a good film. interesting narrative style, made me feel like i had seen the movie before.

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Heaven Can Wait

December 25, 2000

USA  •  Beatty  •  1978

good fun.

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Planes, Trains, And Automobiles

December 22, 2000

USA  •  Hughes  •  1987

greatest comedy of all time.

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U-571

December 22, 2000

USA  •  Mostow  •  2000

worst submarine film of all time.

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Family Man

December 22, 2000

USA  •  Ratner  •  2000  •  Watched in theater

nick cage was good. it was hoky fun, but still good. corny, of course, but enough comedy to pull it off.

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Where The Heart Is

December 21, 2000

USA  •  Williams  •  2000

horrible. watch this only to see natalie portman’s cute, but overrated, mug.

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Home Alone 2: Lost In New York

December 21, 2000

USA  •  Columbus  •  1992

the final house scene is worthy of your time; can’t say as much for the rest of the film.

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Frequency

December 20, 2000

USA  •  Hoblit  •  2000

really corny at times (esp. the end), but overall good as a movie (as opposed to a film). i never really felt like watching another movie so i guess i’ll give it a thumbs .

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Manchurian Candidate

December 19, 2000

USA  •  Frankenheimer  •  1962

good film overall, some really nice deep focus shots. entertaining overall, despite the racial mix ups (asians weren’t played by asians…hmmm).

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Kicking And Screaming

December 19, 2000

USA  •  Baumbach  •  1995

still good.

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Nosferatu, The Vampire

December 17, 2000

Germany  •  Murnau  •  1922

62 minutes of dracula goodness. actually not the best horror film i’ve seen, not even one of the best, but it was made in 1922 so you gotta give it props for that. germans had their shit together.

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Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb

December 16, 2000

UK  •  Kubrick  •  1964

one of the best anti-war films of all time. timeless script and characters.

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One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

December 16, 2000

USA  •  Forman  •  1975

excellent film. jack does a smash up job. brings a tear every time. a must see.

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Jerk

December 15, 2000

USA  •  Reiner  •  1979

can’t go wrong with steve martin. this is a classic.

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Rio Bravo

December 14, 2000

USA  •  Hawks  •  1959

The original version of El Dorado. much better. dean martin is great, ricky nelson (colorado) is even better than james caan (mississippi). john wayne is better as himself in rio bravo than he is in el dorado, if you can believe that. i think the script has a lot to do with it. played up the relationship with john wayne and dean martin (the once great deputy, now drunk) better in this one too. very good flick. i can see why quentin tarantino makes all his girlfriends watch it.

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This Is Spinal Tap

December 9, 2000

USA  •  Reiner  •  1984

vastly over-rated. everyone says it’s a must see so i guess you should see it so you have something to talk about when people around you will invariably go off on how great it is, but don’t believe the hype. it is very clever and has lots of touches which are neat, but don’t quite reach, for me, the point of inciting laughter. kentucky fried movie was the same way.

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Quiet Man

December 6, 2000

USA  •  Ford  •  1952

this movie sucks. john ford and john wayne should have died after el dorado. maybe i should double check that exact date, but this movie sucks ballsac. could only bear to watch the first hour.

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Alexander Nevsky

December 6, 2000

USSR  •  Eisenstein  •  1938

some good fighting sequences. good for its time, but now it’s just kind of out of date. watch it if you are hardcore into film or russians or just hardcore.

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Double Indemnity

December 5, 2000

USA  •  Wilder  •  1944

great film noir. barbara stanwyck is classic bitch material. she’s so good.

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Run Silent, Run Deep

December 4, 2000

USA  •  Wise  •  1958

clark gable and burt lancaster. so so submarine movie. watch crimson tide before you watch this, watch the hunt for red october before crimson tide and watch das boot before any of em.

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Modern Times

December 3, 2000

USA  •  Chaplin  •  1936

  – chaplin’s finest work, but mostly because of the first half of the film. some classic gags and the first ten minutes are some of the greatest in comic film history. all this and it’s still able to be a social commentary.

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Grapes Of Wrath

December 3, 2000

USA  •  Ford  •  1940

excellent film. don’t know about the book, wish i had the discipline to read it, but i don’t. the film, though, i have seen twice and it’s absolutely epic. well done. best john ford movie i’ve seen, and that’s saying a lot. henry fonda and ma joad – forget the actress’s name – are both great. kick ass script though i’m not sure how much of it came from the novel.

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Angels With Dirty Faces

December 2, 2000

USA  •  Curtiz  •  1938

  – very good gangster film with james cagney, bogart, and o’brien? i forgot the last fella’s name, but i’ve seen him before. at any rate it was a quality film in lots of ways. worth the 100 minutes.

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Magnificent Ambersons

December 2, 2000

USA  •  Welles  •  1942

  – orson welles is the shit, but doesn’t show it very well in this, his follow-up to citizen kane, movie. a so-so story. the movie’s first half hour is its best. only for orson welles enthusiasts.

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World According To Garp

December 1, 2000

USA  •  Hill  •  1982

good story with good acting. on the long side, but didn’t drag too much. i think the beatles track “when i’m 64” framed the film pretty nicely. some downright fucked up portions and even tear worthy at times. provided some laughs throughout which is always appreciated. same director as sting and butch cassidy and the sundance kid…didn’t see much in the way of overlapping themes, but…

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El Dorado

November 30, 2000

USA  •  Hawks  •  1966

good western flick. mississippi is one classic character. john wayne is classic, with some good lines. good for a western so i guess i’ll give it a thumbs .

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Hell Is For Heroes

November 29, 2000

USA  •  Siegel  •  1962

good, not great, war film. 1961. steven mcqueen is the shit, nothing new there. watch it if you like war films, otherwise i’d say nevermind.

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Lady Eve

November 28, 2000

USA  •  Sturges  •  1941

entertaining flick with henry fonda and barbara stanwyck. barbara stanwyck is a classic biatch. i liked the movie. it was funny. i should review movies for a living because i’m a fucking genius.

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Bananas

November 27, 2000

USA  •  Allen  •  1971

woody allen flick. pretty straightforward for woody allen. good shit overall, had some really funny gags and some slower moments, but overall entertaining. i, too, used to think that i didn’t like woody allen. not sure why, but i officially like him now.

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Meet The Parents

November 26, 2000

USA  •  Roach  •  2000  •  Watched in theater

formulaic, BUT very very funny. didn’t do anything too different in terms of plot – sympathetic (to the audience) character tries to win over the in-laws and can’t seem to do anything right. the thing is that this movie was well directed, acted, and had lots of good gags. i laughed plenty. formula movies aren’t always bad, that’s the moral of the story.

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I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang

November 20, 2000

USA  •  LeRoy  •  1932

paul muni (30s) version. thought i had seen it, turns out i saw the, inferior, later version. this movie rocked from beginning to end. it rocked for different reasons at different times. sometimes it was witty and funny. other times it was kinda heavy or sad. other times it was exciting and nerve racking. very good. paul muni, though not good as scarface (in my humble opinion) esp. compared with pacino, was very good in this flick.

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Boyz In The Hood

November 18, 2000

USA  •  Singleton  •  1991

soundtrack left something to be desired. great movie which made a slightly better movie possible – menace to society. still a very very good film. i cry everytime.

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A Night At The Opera

November 18, 2000

USA  •  Wood  •  1935

very good classic marx brothers flick. if you like them you’ll like this one. if you don’t like the marx brothers then you probably have something wrong with your head.

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Bringing Up Baby

November 17, 2000

USA  •  Hawks  •  1938

Katherine Hepburn is pretty classic. such an annoying woman who always wins my heart in the end, despite being so annoying. i can definitely see how some people would hate her though. straight-forward movie overall. has some good comedy, mostly based on miscommunication which is always good fun. entertaining.

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Atomic Cafe

November 16, 2000

USA  •  Rafferty  •  1982

great compilation of video and audio clips circa 1945-55…they all revolve around the building of the atomic weapons and such. some great propaganda video which makes you laugh at the absurdity and cry at the same time. pretty damned sickening at times.

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American Movie: The Making Of Northwestern

November 15, 2000

USA  •  Smith  •  1999

fifth time i’ve seen it. definitely one of the best documentaries of all time. tackles a lot of issues all by following around one movie maker and his posse. funny as is possible and even more touching. an hour shorter than hoop dreams and just as personal. great great great.

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Baby Face

November 13, 2000

USA  •  Green  •  1933

a good 30s film about a woman who sleeps her way to the top (literally) of a bank. funny at times. annoying at times. always entertaining though.

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Buena Vista Social Club

November 11, 2000

Germany  •  Wenders  •  1998

a good look at a cuban group which you should have checked out by now. then again it’s impossible to keep up with all that shit. at any rate as far as documentaries go this one wasn’t great, but it was still worth seeing.

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Touch Of Evil

November 10, 2000

USA  •  Welles  •  1958

well done orson welles film. slept through parts, but got enough of it to know it was good; i had seen it before anyway. famous for its opening shot which doesn’t cut for a few minutes.

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Italian Job

November 10, 2000

UK  •  Collinson  •  1969

good 1963 type fun. michael caine heist film. plenty of good cars to look at. good ending. fun all around.

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Frenzy

November 8, 2000

UK  •  Hitchcock  •  1972
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Take The Money And Run

November 8, 2000

USA  •  Allen  •  1969

funny woody allen film. redundant i suppose.

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M

November 7, 2000

Germany  •  Lang  •  1931

excellent film all around. very lockean in ways.

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Blackmail

November 5, 2000

UK  •  Hitchcock  •  1929

good narrative techniques, what else would you expect from hitchcock? this was meant to be a silent film, but the studio made it a talkie, kinda takes away from the movie. kind of a boring film, with some moments of hitchcock potential shining through. only watch it if you are hard up for another hitch-cock. haha .

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Dog Day Afternoon

November 4, 2000

USA  •  Lumet  •  1975

pacino is so amazing in all his films he puts most actors to shame.

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Everyone Says I Love You

November 4, 2000

USA  •  Allen  •  1996

musical woody allen. the musical part took away from the flow of it, i thought. it was still worth the watch.

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Brazil

November 2, 2000

UK  •  Gilliam  •  1985

a good start. more potential than it lived up to. gilliam has talent and wit, no doubt, but this one doesn’t make the grade overall. drags.

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Hester Street

November 1, 2000

USA  •  Silver  •  1975

a good film to study the jewish american experience. not very entertaining though.

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Sweet Smell Of Success

October 29, 2000

USA  •  MacKendrick  •  1957

a good film which picks up in the latter half. well acted and directed. not as entertaining as sullivan’s travels.

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Sullivan’s Travels

October 28, 2000

USA  •  Sturges  •  1941

very good film on the whole. had some slow parts for my taste, but the acting was good enough and the story was excellent. sullivan is a lot like me. good themes, but didn’t seem as progressive as it should have in some parts – depiction of the black cook wasn’t appreciated.

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Adam’s Rib

October 27, 2000

USA  •  Cukor  •  1949

good story, good acting, but the directing left something to be desired. there were some cornball moments and bad cuts, but the movie was entertaining, thus: .

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Big One

October 26, 2000

USA  •  Moore  •  1997

great documentary by the infamous michael moore. extremely funny, very telling, all around great.

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Kicking And Screaming

October 25, 2000

USA  •  Baumbach  •  1995

very good movie about friends, relationships, life, reality, etc. some classic dialogue at times. enjoyable .

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Man With The Movie Camera

October 24, 2000

USSR  •  Vertov  •  1929

excellent russian documentary. very different style. quick cuts. probably a few thousand cuts in the 80-90 minute film. really good and dense. it would take a fuckload of spare time to fully understand this one.

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Metropolis

October 23, 2000

Germany  •  Lang  •  1927

fritz lang’s very stylized view of the future. a good story. M is better, but this is still a must see.

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Paths Of Glory

October 21, 2000

USA  •  Kubrick  •  1957

better than clockwork orange. jim thompson works on the script and it is evident. kirk douglas gives a beyond great performance.

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Clockwork Orange

October 20, 2000

UK  •  Kubrick  •  1971

(dvd)- a very good movie. script was very smart and fresh. great use of music. malcolm mcdowell was excellent.

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Killing

October 19, 2000

USA  •  Kubrick  •  1956

just great. the story is awesome. the script (jim thompson assisted) is very good although i like full metal jacket’s script more. the editing, narration, and story structure are all some of kubrick’s best (that’s saying a lot). good performances all around – sterling hayden is superb. the ending is fucking perfect.

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American Job

October 18, 2000

USA  •  Smith  •  1995

same director (chris smith) as american movie. this one isn’t real, but is shot in a gritty, up close way to make it feel like it is. very good film, some funny moments, but not as funny as i thought it was going to be or as funny as most thought it was. realistic view at one labor class worker and his quest for…? .

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Immigrant

October 16, 2000

USA  •  Chaplin  •  1917  •  Short

  – very good chaplin film about an immigrant man and woman who are separated at ellis island but meet again by chance/fate. very funny. chaplin is great and so is eric campbell.

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Hannah And Her Sisters

October 15, 2000

USA  •  Allen  •  1986

good woody allen flick. liked it more than annie hall actually. funny, good story, good all around. didn’t think it was as intelligent as annie hall, but somehow it stuck better.

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Basquiat

October 14, 2000

USA  •  Schnabel  •  1996  •  Watched on TV

a good movie. addresses a lot of things i don’t like about art…the elite, the exploitation, etc. worth watching once, but not more.  didn’t move me, didn’t make me laugh or cry.

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Annie Hall

October 13, 2000

USA  •  Allen  •  1977

pretty much vintage woody allen, like it or not. woody allen is funny, but doesn’t make me laugh very much, if that makes sense. it was a good movie and if you like allen’s humor it’s a must see. an intelligently made movie with a good script.

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Last Tango In Paris

October 12, 2000

Italy  •  Bertolucci  •  1972

i don’t like movies like this. artsy in the beginning, but to no end. some people make sex into a lot more than it is. even beyond that this movie wasn’t very good. i suppose brando was good in it. the scene where he talks to his dead wife was i’m sure an influence in magnolia, though magnolia did it better.

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Big Sky

October 11, 2000

USA  •  Hawks  •  1952

solidly entertaining film. good comedy and cagney was great.

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G-Men

October 11, 2000

USA  •  Keighley  •  1935

very good howard hawks film. entertaining throughout. good amount of comic relief and action.

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Third Man

October 10, 2000

UK  •  Reed  •  1949

very good movie. entertaining for the most part and has orson welles’ good taste in film making. couple of plot twists keep it going. given the 1949 release date there is surely something to be said of the post war feelings and how they are manifested craftily throughout the film. good soundtrack too.

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Traffic In Souls

October 9, 2000

USA  •  Tucker  •  1913

bad. old. stupid. 1913 tour de gayness. this is what gives silent/black and white films a bad reputation.

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A Farewell To Arms

October 8, 2000

USA  •  Borzage  •  1932

not very entertaining. a decent love story amidst the war, but somewhat of a sleepy film. a nurse and gary cooper, whew hoo.

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Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb

October 7, 2000

UK  •  Kubrick  •  1964

great in many ways.

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City Lights

October 6, 2000

USA  •  Chaplin  •  1931

very good in points. artsy in others. when looked at as a whole it definitely is a great film. some weird cutting techniques. has elements of a western in it. freedom rocks, these guys know it – do you? the ending is perfect.

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Easy Rider

October 6, 2000

USA  •  Hopper  •  1969

funny, but not as good as modern times. if you’re not a big silent film person or you aren’t too impressed by chaplin i would suggest modern times first, this second, and gold rush third.

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Scarface

October 5, 2000

USA  •  Hawks  •  1932

this is the original scarface. although it’s good for it’s time and had some good comic relief, it doesn’t compare to the depalma/pacino version. pacino is far more convincing than whoever played tony in this version. the very beginning of this version was good – it cited the movie as an indictment against our government and it’s people for not having done anything to stem the crime tide. watch it if you are interested in seeing how “scarface” started.

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Mutiny On The Bounty

October 4, 2000

USA  •  Lloyd  •  1935

very good chaplin film. the beginning is very political, but that seems to fade as the movie progresses. funny, witty, ahead of its time. better than gold rush. most of it is silent, though it does have sound (1936). the lead girl looks a lot like molly shannon.

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Modern Times

October 4, 2000

USA  •  Chaplin  •  1936

saw this the first time in fifth grad (mr. manitzas, of course). a great film. somewhat like paths of glory, though the directing, script, and acting wasn’t as good. then again paths of glory is in a league unto itself. gable was good, as was the captain. ending is more happy than paths of glory. i like it more than on the waterfront.

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On The Waterfront

October 3, 2000

USA  •  Kazan  •  1954

not sure why it’s supposed to be one of the ten best films ever made, but then again i’m not a real film connoisseur. it was a good flick, don’t get me wrong, but try not to watch it with the idea that it’s one of the best films ever made. plenty of martyrs throughout. the conversation with his brother charlie (i could have been a contender…) was very good; as was the ending.

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Mean Streets

October 2, 2000

USA  •  Scorsese  •  1973

a classic film noir. good script. worth watching just to see bogart being a pimp. other than that it’s a bit dense and isn’t as catchy as double indemnity.

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General

October 2, 2000

USA  •  Bruckman  •  1927

a definite classic. buster keaton is funny even today. train sequences were really good and since most of the movie was train sequences…

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Big Sleep

October 2, 2000

USA  •  Hawks  •  1946

scorsese is obviously the shit. taxi driver is better, but deniro is almost as good in this one. watch it if you are a scorsese or deniro fan, otherwise it’s not a must see. moral of story: you’ll pay in the end.

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Midnight Cowboy

October 1, 2000

USA  •  Schlesinger  •  1969

the worst of the three that i saw today, but still a good movie. a well-woven story which was equally well directed.

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39 Steps

October 1, 2000

UK  •  Hitchcock  •  1935

good story, well made and acted. who is this hitchcock guy? .

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Blood Simple

October 1, 2000

USA  •  Coen  •  1984

the worst of the three that i saw today, but still a good movie. a well-woven story which was equally well directed.

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Exorcist – The Version You’ve Never Seen Before

September 30, 2000

USA  •  Friedkin  •  1973

(dvd)- one of the best stories ever. a must see. dvd.

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Coven

September 30, 2000

USA  •  Borchardt  •  1997

(dvd) – short horror film made by mark borchardt, worth seeing just for that reason. has some really good elements and some not so great elements.

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American Movie: The Making Of Northwestern

September 30, 2000

USA  •  Smith  •  1999

(big screen) – the added minutes do add something to the film. very horrifying. a horror classic.

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Lady From Shanghai

September 29, 2000

USA  •  Welles  •  1947

orson welles is a good director. duh. good story, last sequence is classic. a room filled with mirrors.

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High Noon

September 28, 2000

USA  •  Zinnemann  •  1952

good flick that holds tension throughout.

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A Walk In The Sun

September 27, 2000

USA  •  Milestone  •  1945

doesn’t completely do it for me as a war film. had some comic relief, but not enough. characters were good, but i didn’t latch onto them as much as i have in other war films.

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Gun Crazy

September 26, 2000

USA  •  Lewis  •  1949

seen it before, still like it. “why am i so tired?” … “it’s because of the altitude.” a fine example of good script writing on the figurative level, i like this attention to detail. film noir classic. you should see it if you like film noir, otherwise i guess don’t bother.

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Red Dawn

September 25, 2000

USA  •  Milius  •  1984

very “b”ish. good idea, but bad acting, bad script and poor execution.

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Stalag 17

September 24, 2000

USA  •  Wilder  •  1953

sfx were horrible in places. bogart lapsed as an actor a few times. very allegorical. despite the sfx and two to three seconds of bad acting from bogart, i’d say it’s a very good movie.

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Sixteen Candles

September 24, 2000

USA  •  Hughes  •  1984

good 80s movie, but not sure if i’d say it’s a must see.

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African Queen

September 24, 2000

USA  •  Huston  •  1951

my dad says it’s the best prisoner of war film ever. he’s wrong, but it IS second to great escape. very well-balanced flick.

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In The Company Of Men

September 23, 2000

USA  •  LaBute  •  1997

good script and the main actor was good enough to carry it off. (worth watching twice)

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Double Indemnity

September 23, 2000

USA  •  Wilder  •  1944

really good screenplay – raymond chandler and someone else. acting was about what you’d expect from this type of late 30s-early 40s film. the lead was convincing.

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Dr. Zhivago

September 22, 2000

UK  •  Lean  •  1965

lenghty, but once it got started it was quite good. this one can wait.

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Dead Man

September 22, 2000

USA  •  Jarmusch  •  1995

eccentric, but in a good way. i’d recommend you see it once, maybe twice. not sure what the overall meaning was, but it was had a witty script and some really nice music from neil young.

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Carlito’s Way

September 21, 2000

USA  •  DePalma  •  1993

Al Pacino and Brian DePalma – can’t lose. some really good sequences.

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M

September 21, 2000

Germany  •  Lang  •  1931

Fritz Lang is an extremely good director. this is a film that should, could, and probably has been talked about for a long time. story is great. filmmaking ahead of its time too.

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Grapes Of Wrath

September 20, 2000

USA  •  Ford  •  1940

great. “we keep comin they can’t wipe us out, they can’t lick us, cuz we’re the people…we’ll go on forever” .

up

Killer’s Kiss

September 19, 2000

USA  •  Kubrick  •  1955

smart film, but the story shows that kubrick isn’t a writer. a must see just because it’s kubrick’s first and has some cool sequences which show his talent. very short (67 mins).

up

Beautiful People

September 16, 2000

UK  •  Dizdar  •  1998

good enough to watch once, but not twice. johnny told me to be more critical – .

down

American Psycho

September 11, 2000

USA  •  Harron  •  2000

good, not great.

up

Lost In Space

September 10, 2000

USA  •  Hopkins  •  1998

(dvd) – eh.

down

Way Of The Gun

September 8, 2000

USA  •  Mcquarrie  •  2000  •  Watched in theater

(big screen) – good movie, well written, script was funny and smooth, but lost a little momentum towards the middle. overall definitely worth the watch.

up

Die Hard

September 5, 2000

USA  •  McTiernan  •  1988

(dvd)- excellent screenplay, acting, directing, script, etc.

up

Dazed And Confused

September 5, 2000

USA  •  Linklater  •  1993

(dvd)- very good film about the mid-70s, being a high-schooler, growing up, life, etc. the best soundtrack ever, too bad it’s not all on one cd.

up

Fugitive

September 5, 2000

USA  •  Davis  •  1993

(dvd)- good little action/adventure flick. harrison ford and tommy lee both sell their parts well.

up

Nightwatch

September 4, 2000

USA  •  Bornedal  •  1998

decent enough for me.

up

Robocop

September 3, 2000

USA  •  Verhoeven  •  1987

(dvd) – great action film all around. first movie i’ve seen on my dvd player.

up

A Bridge Too Far

August 30, 2000

UK  •  Attenborough  •  1977

bad chick flick, really bad.

down

Citizen Kane

August 30, 2000

USA  •  Welles  •  1941

better the second time, nothing wasted, very good.

up

How To Make An American Quilt

August 30, 2000

USA  •  Moorhouse  •  1995

not as good as expected, but still a good war film with an all-star cast. liked james caan. lengthy.

up

In The Heat Of The Night

August 29, 2000

USA  •  Jewison  •  1967

every actor sold me 100%. the chief of police (rod steiger) and mr. tibbs (sidney poitier) were both excellent. script was exactly as good as it needed to be. played out well, never dragged. rocked from start to finish. i think malcolm x (had he been alive to see it) would have liked it.

up

Lawrence Of Arabia

August 28, 2000

UK  •  Lean  •  1962

the score was rocking. the acting was really good. well directed, but the story dragged a bit. overall good.

up

Snake Eyes

August 28, 2000

USA  •  DePalma  •  1998

great cinematography in the beginning…there isn’t a cut for like 10 minutes. de palma is good. actually a good movie except for the last 2 minutes or so.

up

Perfect World

August 27, 2000

USA  •  Eastwood  •  1993

Clint Eastwood can really direct a movie, even a kevin costner one. a great great film. moving enough to make me cry and make vern and scott leave.

up

Catch-22

August 27, 2000

USA  •  Nichols  •  1970

stacy slept, vern slept, scott left. had its moments, but overall a bit of a snooze. i’m not at all interested in reading the book.

neutral

Patton

August 26, 2000

USA  •  Schaffner  •  1970

george c. scott is great. the story is good and the movie, though long, keeps one interested.

up

Searchers

August 21, 2000

USA  •  Ford  •  1956

chuck d says “elvis was a hero to most, but he never meant shit to me. the mother fucker was straight up racist and plain…” to which flava flav adds: “mother fuck him and john wayne.” searchers is a decent movie, technically, but in terms of themes doesn’t go far in my book. among other things…i just can’t stand movies where indians are portrayed so incorrectly.

down

All Of Me

August 21, 2000

USA  •  Reiner  •  1984

steve martin is awesome, the movie is good enough to have a good bundle of gags and steve carries it the rest of the way.

up

Paths Of Glory

August 21, 2000

USA  •  Kubrick  •  1957

flawless film making. great comic relief. great great great acting. some flashes of brilliance in the cinematography.

up

Philadelphia Story

August 18, 2000

USA  •  Cukor  •  1940

great screenplay and great acting.

up

Cell

August 18, 2000

USA  •  Singh  •  1998

(big screen) – images were really good. interesting to no real end though.

neutral

Bridge On The River Kwai

August 15, 2000

UK  •  Lean  •  1957

it was really really annoying throughout most of it. there isn’t anything more annoying than pompous brits. i think william holden saved the movie. actually the ending saved the movie more than anything else. wasn’t quite worth 2 hours 40 mins.

neutral

Gold Rush

August 15, 2000

USA  •  Chaplin  •  1925

pretty damned good. some of the gags are really good, others are predictable.

up

Magnolia

August 13, 2000

USA  •  Anderson  •  1999

best movie of the year 2000.

up

Ronin

August 11, 2000

USA  •  Frankenheimer  •  1998

very good car chases. well directed.

up

All The President’s Men

August 11, 2000

USA  •  Pakula  •  1976

dustin hoffman was really good, story is sad, true, but interesting.

up

Mighty Peking Man

August 9, 2000

Hong Kong  •  Meng-Hua  •  1977

B-film, big time. actually has some decent moments, but more fun to laugh at it. the chick in it is hot.

neutral

Serpico

August 8, 2000

USA  •  Lumet  •  1973

story isn’t anything too exceptional, but of course pacino is classic.

up

Mr. Smith Goes To Washington

August 7, 2000

USA  •  Capra  •  1939

has some cornball moments, but overall is a really good movie. of course jimmy stewart is good in it too.

up

Patriot

August 7, 2000

USA  •  Emmerich  •  2000  •  Watched in theater

(big screen) – has plenty of corny moments. has a few good moments too. historically accurate more than expected, but idealized a lot in regards to race relations.

down

Jerk

August 7, 2000

USA  •  Reiner  •  1979

steve martin rocks. the whole movie is so well crafted, storyline really works and is fuuuuuny.

up

Vanishing Point

August 6, 2000

USA  •  Sarafian  •  1971

good movie. the whole movie is a car chase, but as a movie it’s much more than that. guns and roses used the DJ’s air break in one of their songs. it’s worth watching the movie just to hear the dj talk about the “last american hero.” .

up

Goodfellas

August 6, 2000

USA  •  Scorsese  •  1990

great flick, that’s why i own it.

up

Paths Of Glory

August 5, 2000

USA  •  Kubrick  •  1957

great anti-war flick by kubrick. the evil general was a classic, the screenplay was great, and kirk douglas was priceless. love it.

up

Monty Python’s Meaning Of Life

August 3, 2000

UK  •  Gilliam  •  1983

funny monty python movie. terry gilliam actually did some work on it too. funny and liberal.

up

Bottle Rocket

August 1, 2000

USA  •  Anderson  •  1996

a lot like rushmore. good characters and acting was good too. i’m tired, but the movie is not to blame.

up

Ninth Gate

July 30, 2000

USA  •  Polanski  •  1999

good movie. jim carrey is obviously one of the greats in current physical comedy.

up

Liar Liar

July 30, 2000

USA  •  Shadyac  •  1997

starts off really well and gets steadly worse, but never really makes the movie shitty. i’d describe it as “decent enough.”

neutral

Evil Dead

July 28, 2000

USA  •  Raimi  •  1981

second greatest horror flick ever. funny, scary, gross, it has it all. well directed, of course.

up

Minus Man

July 27, 2000

USA  •  Fancher  •  1999

interesting movie. same blond guy from armageddon and shanghai noon. leaves you guessing. the best thing about this movie was the trailer…doesn’t come with the movie so hopefully you remember it.

neutral

Pulp Fiction

July 26, 2000

USA  •  Tarantino  •  1994

best movie ever. directing, script, acting all kick ass.

up

Father Of The Bride II

July 24, 2000

USA  •  Shyer  •  1995

not as good as i remember it, but still had some funny points. watch planes, trains, and automobiles instead.

down

Scary Movie

July 23, 2000

USA  •  Wayans  •  2000

funny movie with three really funny guys. well directed too.

up

Road Trip

July 23, 2000

USA  •  Phillips  •  2000

(drive-in) – better than you expect from this type of movie. tom green rocks.

up

Three Amigos

July 23, 2000

USA  •  Landis  •  1986

(drive-in) – see above, insert wayans brothers where appropriate.

up

Office Space

July 22, 2000

USA  •  Judge  •  1999

funny and well done, especially for a directorial debut.

up

Boiler Room

July 21, 2000

USA  •  Younger  •  2000

ribisi is always good, this movie is no exception. i thought it was going to suck, i was surprised to find that it didn’t. worth the watch.

up

X-Men

July 19, 2000

USA  •  Singer  •  2000  •  Watched in theater

(big screen) – better than shallow grave, better than i had expected. worth the time.

up

Shallow Grave

July 18, 2000

UK  •  Boyle  •  1994

the beginning is completely different from the rest of the movie in terms of feel, style, etc. however, it is still a good movie. this is the kind of story that had i written it people would have said “good idea, too much of a tone shift, maybe cliche in parts.” i guess if you get some big shot to compare it to pulp fiction and get someone like ewan mcgregor in it then you’re set. such is life.

neutral

Strangers On A Train

July 16, 2000

USA  •  Hitchcock  •  1951

one of the better hitchcock films i’ve seen. the classic last scene is classic for a reason and the tennis scene owns.

up

Goodbye Mr. Chips

July 15, 2000

USA  •  Wood  •  1939

great film. gets better with every minute that passes.

up

East Of Eden

July 14, 2000

USA  •  Kazan  •  1955

made me cry a lot. james dean is really really good. much better than rebel without a cause.

up

Killer

July 14, 2000

Hong Kong  •  Woo  •  1989

the paradigm john woo flick. hong kong with subtitles, good action scenes had a few scenes that were really great for one reason or another.

up

All Quiet On The Western Front

July 12, 2000

USA  •  Milestone  •  1930

very good movie in terms of art and technical merit. i really liked the first 20 minutes…very well done.

up

High Sierra

July 9, 2000

USA  •  Walsh  •  1941

good movie overall. story and themes were good. the whole sequence in the mountains was really good. should be renamed “lose the bitches.” .

up

Quiet Earth

July 8, 2000

New Zealand  •  Murphy  •  1985

decent enough to watch.

up

Blues Brothers

July 7, 2000

USA  •  Landis  •  1980

the last 10 minutes made the movie about 3 times more expensive, but it was a good 10 minutes. somewhat overrated, but still funny in parts. soundtrack was obviously great and the cameos were appreciated.

neutral

Killing

July 6, 2000

USA  •  Kubrick  •  1956

great, great, great Kubrick film. soundtrack was good, acting and casting were perfect, characterization was quick and adequate.

up

Pink Floyd: The Wall

July 5, 2000

UK  •  Parker  •  1982

longest music video i know of. if you like the album then you’ll love the movie. even if you don’t like the album the movie should strike a chord.

up

Man On The Moon

July 4, 2000

USA  •  Forman  •  1999

decent, but not particularily funny. good story, albeit a true one.

neutral

Man Bites Dog

July 4, 2000

France  •  Belvaux  •  1992

shot in a documentary style, but about as real as blair witch project. i guess it’s supposed to be shocking, but it really wasn’t at all shocking to me. funny in parts which takes away from the shock factor. not at all horrifying. not really worth watching actually besides the great performance of the lead character.

neutral

Bride Of Re-Animator

July 3, 2000

USA  •  Yuzna  •  1990

great horror film.

up

Perfect Storm

July 1, 2000

USA  •  Peterson  •  2000  •  Watched in theater

(big screen) – corny, big time.

down

American Movie: The Making Of Northwestern

June 30, 2000

USA  •  Smith  •  1999

saw it again. it’s great. fucking watch it.

up

American Movie: The Making Of Northwestern

June 28, 2000

USA  •  Smith  •  1999

this is the reason non-fiction owns fiction. this movie is officially great.

up

Me, Myself, & Irene

June 27, 2000

USA  •  Farrelly  •  2000  •  Watched in theater

(big screen) – if you liked kingpin you’ll like this.

up

Fargo

June 25, 2000

USA  •  Coen  •  1996

great film in many ways, great directing, score, story, screenplay, actors, characters, cinematography, etc.

up

Kentucky Fried Movie

June 24, 2000

USA  •  Landis  •  1977

tried hard. john landis is usually a funny director, this time he isn’t.

down

Maximum Overdrive

June 23, 2000

USA  •  King  •  1986

some cuts weren’t the best, ending was abrupt, but it was stephen king’s first directorial venture…great soundtrack and the movie had some good stuff. who made who?

up

Atomic Cafe

June 22, 2000

USA  •  Rafferty  •  1982

great compilation of video and audio clips circa 1945-55…they all revolve around the building of the atomic weapons and such. some great propaganda video which makes you laugh at the absurdity and cry at the same time. watch this and then dr. strangelove.

up

Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer

June 21, 2000

USA  •  McNaughton  •  1986

very good movie, but not for the weak of stomach, mind, or heart.

up

Spanish Prisoner

June 20, 2000

USA  •  Mamet  •  1997

great documentary which follows a midwestern guy while he’s trying to get an independent horror film made. great fun, very real, definitely my style.

up

American Movie: The Making Of Northwestern

June 20, 2000

USA  •  Smith  •  1999

fifth time i’ve seen it. definitely one of the best documentaries of all time. tackles a lot of issues all by following around one movie maker and his posse. funny as is possible and even more touching. an hour shorter than hoop dreams and just as personal. great great great.

way up

Shanghai Noon

June 19, 2000

USA  •  Dey  •  2000  •  Watched in theater

(big screen) – has some funny moments, fight scenes aren’t as great as some former jackie chan flicks, but it’s still jackie chan.

up

Truman Show

June 18, 2000

USA  •  Weir  •  1998

uhm, no.

down

Superstar

June 18, 2000

USA  •  McCulloch  •  1999

a definite winner. carrey is the shit and the amount of social commentary that can be extracted from a movie like this is endless.

up

One False Move

June 17, 2000

USA  •  Franklin  •  1992

this movie sucked.

down

Philadelphia

June 17, 2000

USA  •  Demme  •  1993

great in many many ways.

up

Fight Club

June 17, 2000

USA  •  Fincher  •  1999

don’t believe the hype, it’s not the greatest movie of the year, but it is a good flick. somewhat ahead of its time too.

up

Bachelor

June 17, 2000

USA  •  Sinyor  •  1999

billy bob thorton, the thug. straight ahead run away criminal movie, but good.

up

W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography In Four Voices

June 11, 2000

USA  •  Unknown  •  1996

you’ll probably never find this in the video store, but it’s worth watching. if you are ever in the davis area you can check it out from the reserves desk. great man, good story.

up

Road Trip

June 10, 2000

USA  •  Phillips  •  2000  •  Watched in theater

(big screen) – first movie i’ve seen in the theater since gladiator which was the first in a really long time. this was a goodie. tom green was great, but didn’t have to carry the movie – the hot chick’s bare ass did that. actually it was a solidly funny movie, worth the time.

up

Malcolm X

June 8, 2000

USA  •  Lee  •  1992

considering the scope of such a project spike lee did a fantastic job of covering the main themes and views of malcolm. definitely not a substitute for the book, but a good place to start.

up

Godfather Part II

June 5, 2000

USA  •  Coppola  •  1974

good, but not the best movie ever as some claim. directing was solid, obviously. pacino was boss, obviously. worth the watch.

up

Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb

June 4, 2000

UK  •  Kubrick  •  1964

great movie, even after 3 or 4 times…gets better every time. kubrick and this sexual themes are prevalent, but so is the comic relief. great.

up

Being John Malkovich

June 3, 2000

USA  •  Jonze  •  1999

really quite good.

up

Deer Hunter

June 1, 2000

USA  •  Cimino  •  1978

so, i was named after christopher walken because of this performance. now i’ve seen the movie; i still have no clue why i was name after him. the movie was long to the point of dragging. but it was all worth one series of scenes at the end where two great actors show their stuff.

up

Blazing Saddles

May 29, 2000

USA  •  Brooks  •  1974

Mission Impossible II

May 28, 2000

USA  •  Woo  •  2000  •  Watched in theater

really good action scenes, which is what john woo is all about, but the rest of the movie was a bit corny. watch it with no expectations and you’ll be fine.

A+

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

May 27, 2000

USA  •  Roach  •  1999

funny in that dumb slapstick way.

up

Fallen Angels

May 27, 2000

Hong Kong  •  Kar-Wai  •  1995

  – drags in points, points for style, and theme.

up

Wrongfully Accused

May 27, 2000

USA  •  Proft  •  1998

funny, but by now you should know that.

up

Dogma

May 26, 2000

USA  •  Smith  •  1999

some funny moments, but not as good as kevin smith’s earlier stuff. some casting decisions were questionable. i expected more. you could use your time better by watching clerks, but overall the movie was decent enough to watch.

up

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

May 25, 2000

USA  •  Forman  •  1975

there are some movies you watch one time and just say “wow, this movie is fucking great.” boogie nights, magnolia, great escape, cool hand luke and casblanca were all just like that…this one was too. just awesome in so many ways.

UNRATED

Red Dwarf

May 22, 2000

France  •  Le Moine  •  1998

good french film. has some priceless moments, but gets a little long towards the third fourth. ended well enough.

up

When We Were Kings

May 20, 2000

USA  •  Gast  •  1996

really good look at Mohammad Ali’s life, esp. around the fight with foreman in zaire. i wish it covered more not surrounding that fight, but it was good nonetheless.

up

Gladiator

May 19, 2000

USA  •  Scott  •  2000  •  Watched in theater

  (big screen) – good enough to watch. needs more action less wanking off.

up

Boogie Nights

May 17, 2000

USA  •  Anderson  •  1997

great. way .

up

American Graffiti

May 15, 2000

USA  •  Lucas  •  1973

great movie about nothing great. about to go to college, kids not sure they want to, some aren’t, some are geeks, etc. the geek gets the girl, the tough guy wins the race. very cliche, but done so that it actually works. the only thing i could have done without would be the summaries at the end…so and so goes on to become a real estate agent or whatever. that was a bit white.

up

Nineteen Eight-Four

May 14, 2000

UK  •  Radford  •  1984

george orwell book to movie. didn’t read the book, don’t really want to. movie was good, not great. a bit sleepy in parts.

up

Jackal

May 13, 2000

USA  •  Caton-Jones  •  1997

. cliche. twist. yay.

neutral

Full Metal Jacket

May 12, 2000

UK  •  Kubrick  •  1987

best vietnam war movie ever.

up

Yojimbo

May 11, 2000

Japan  •  Kurosawa  •  1961

great western style japanese flick by the immortal akira kurosawa.

up

Payback

May 8, 2000

USA  •  Helgeland  •  1999

decent action flick. doesn’t really take itself seriously, if it did then it would be bad.

neutral

Ghost In The Shell

May 7, 2000

Japan  •  Oshii  •  1995

good anime flick. confusing for a while, but it comes together in the last 30 minutes. animation was dope in parts and lackluster in some – like running scenes and such. philosophical points were good.

up

Casablanca

April 29, 2000

USA  •  Curtiz  •  1942

great film all around. hits you like it intends to…hard to find in big studio productions. timeless classic.

up

Jacob’s Ladder

April 26, 2000

USA  •  Lyne  •  1990

i watched this when i was 11 or 12 so i didn’t fully grasp it the first time. liked it more the second time.

up

Scarface

April 25, 2000

USA  •  DePalma  •  1983

epic. pacino is the best. finale is amazing. i can’t believe i watched this when i was like 8.

up

Pi

April 22, 2000

USA  •  Aronofsky  •  1998

great movie. soundtrack is one of the best ever in terms of creating a mood.

up

American Me

April 18, 2000

USA  •  Olmos  •  1992

very good. realistic. the overuse of some words was annoying, but overall the movie was good and from a refreshing perspective.

up

Platoon

April 18, 2000

USA  •  Stone  •  1986

i watched this when i was a young boy back in the day…don’t remember it at all. very good.

up

Three Kings

April 17, 2000

USA  •  Russell  •  1999

not what i expected, but still good. does some weird things with the color. interesting directing style in parts.

up

Nixon

April 16, 2000

USA  •  Stone  •  1995

acting was great. but the movie got a little sleepy. overall good movie.

neutral

Tin Cup

April 15, 2000

USA  •  Shelton  •  1996

retarded.

down

Insider

April 14, 2000

USA  •  Mann  •  1999

just watched this two months ago…but jonique rented it so…great flick, even the second time. acting is great. directing is really good, but not flawless. story line is inspiring. politicking in interesing.

up

Lethal Weapon 4

April 10, 2000

USA  •  Donner  •  1998

funny and good. a little long with some gay touchy parts intermixed, but overall a good end to the series….assuming that it is the end.

up

Roger & Me

April 9, 2000

USA  •  Moore  •  1989

great documentary about flint, MI. fuck GM. fuck rich people. fuck this world. michael moore officially rocks.

up

Singles

April 8, 2000

USA  •  Crowe  •  1992

i guess you should watch it. it was true and funny. the title tells a lot.

up

Fight Club

April 8, 2000

USA  •  Fincher  •  1999

great the first time, not as great the second time. everyone seemed to like it more the second time. it was funnier the second time. i caught more the second time, but it wasn’t as inspiring. don’t know why. still it’s a great flick.

up

Natural Born Killers

April 6, 2000

USA  •  Stone  •  1994

(director’s cut) – great film in every respect. great statement. good use of comedy to drive point home. very groundbreaking. soundtrack was great, i would have loved to make a few changes…some children’s music during the shoot-outs would have been great. tommy lee jones was excellent. stone knows what’s up.

way up

Lethal Weapon 3

April 3, 2000

USA  •  Donner  •  1992

first half was gayish. some parts were down right cliche. the soundtrack was lame and over used. BUT it’s lethal weapon and the formula works. comic relief is good, esp joe pesci. second half picks up. thus it earns a thumb .

up

Streetcar Named Desire

April 2, 2000

USA  •  Kazan  •  1951

don’t know what it is about me and old movies like that, but i can’t help but laugh. acting was obviously very good.

up

There’s Something About Mary

March 30, 2000

USA  •  Farrelly  •  1998

funny, funny, funny..

up

Pink Panther

March 29, 2000

UK  •  Edwards  •  1963

not as funny as i remembered, maybe i remember seeing some of the sequels. very much the anti-bond protagonist…overall good enough to recommend.

up

Moonraker

March 29, 2000

UK  •  Gilbert  •  1979

roger moore isn’t as good as sean, but he’s good enough. it’s funny how much of a formula bond movies are…they’ve got the length down to 2hrs 5mins or 2hrs 6 mins on most of the movies i looked at. but it works well.

up

Producers

March 28, 2000

USA  •  Brooks  •  1968

zero mostel, gene wilder, directed by mel brooks. really funny, but it’s more situational than punch line type comedy. not as great as young frankenstein, but good nonetheless.

up

Trekkies

March 27, 2000

USA  •  Nygard  •  1997

really funny, god there are some classic dorks in this ‘movie’ .

up

If…

March 17, 2000

UK  •  Anderson  •  1968

good message. malcolm rocks. some segues seemed rough. didn’t get the black and white to color transitions, but it was good. the ending rocks.

up

Network

March 16, 2000

USA  •  Lumet  •  1976

acting was pretty good. story was bomb ass. message rocked. another flick with william holden.

up

Rollerball

March 15, 2000

USA  •  Jewison  •  1975

had a couple moments where it really shined. other moments had classic 70s gayness. good message. social commentaries rock nuts.

up

Wild Bunch

March 13, 2000

USA  •  Peckinpah  •  1969

camera work is amazing. william holden rocks. the whole movie just kicks ass.

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Empire Of The Sun

March 11, 2000

USA  •  Spielberg  •  1987

great film. movies like this and saving private ryan that make me feel like maybe spielberg isn’t so over-rated after all. jim is just plain gold. that kid actor is awesome.

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Delicatessen

March 9, 2000

France  •  Jeunet  •  1991

artsy flick, but really well done. foreign like blowup, but better. i’m not one for adjectives so – it was weird. based on reality, but unreal things happen. don’t know what you’d call that. tell me if you do. definite .

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Blow-up

March 9, 2000

Italy  •  Antonioni  •  1966

also artsy, but good. ending was a bit abstract for me. not sure what to think, but worth the watch overall.

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Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead

March 7, 2000

USA  •  Fleder  •  1995

slow at first, but picked up at the very end. kinda

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eXistenZ

March 6, 2000

Canada  •  Cronenberg  •  1999

really good, but took a little while to get into it. a definite mind fuck.

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Hoop Dreams

March 4, 2000

USA  •  James  •  1994

great documentary. so much to say about it. just watch it.

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Basketball Diaries

March 3, 2000

USA  •  Kalvert  •  1995

good overall. characterization was weak at first, but picked up. leo is actually really good, without having to play a retard. drugs are bad. the movie is good.

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Dr. No

March 1, 2000

USA  •  Young  •  1962

yet another great bond flick. bond is the pimp. not quite as good as OHMSS, but still great.

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Stigmata

February 29, 2000

USA  •  Wainwright  •  1999

kinda like exorcist, but not as good. overall only marginally worth watching, not as good as expected.

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Great Escape

February 28, 2000

USA  •  Sturges  •  1963

perhaps the best WWII movie ever. like das boot it shows that not all germans were hitler lovers – quite the contrary. steve mcqueen is the shit.

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Matrix

February 28, 2000

USA  •  Wachowski  •  1999

still good.

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Heat

February 27, 2000

USA  •  Mann  •  1995

excellent. two pacino films in a row. he kicks ass. michael mann is the shit. great cuts, esp during the shoot out. sadest part was when the driver died….he was trying to go straight and all. that to me is a shame. same director as one of the other pacino flicks i saw recently – the insider. henry rollins is one of the two actors who are famous because of music the other is tone loc. a definite .

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Scent Of A Woman

February 26, 2000

USA  •  Brest  •  1992

Pacino rocks. that other kid doesn’t so much.

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Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid

February 25, 2000

USA  •  Hill  •  1969

excellent flick. great camera work, great acting, watch it.

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Wonderboys

February 24, 2000

USA  •  Hanson  •  2000  •  Watched in theater

(big screen) – . good, in rush. bye.

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On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

February 23, 2000

UK  •  Hunt  •  1969

great bond flick. great action secquences. bond is the pimp royale. sad ending. the best i’ve seen so far, but i saw goldfinger when i was 10 so that doesn’t count.

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Birth Of A Nation

February 22, 2000

USA  •  Griffith  •  1915

drags a bit toward the end. not sure i really understood a lot of the second half, but the first half was good. 1915 so you have to see it.

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Pitch Black

February 21, 2000

USA  •  Twohy  •  2000  •  Watched in theater

(big screen) – good overall, didn’t expect anything, got more than that. hot chick. favorable murderer.

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Mallrats

February 19, 2000

USA  •  Smith  •  1995

funny.

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South Park: Bigger, Longer, And Uncut

February 17, 2000

USA  •  Parker  •  1999

good film. gus van sant did the recent version of psycho as well as to die for with nicole kidman…that was a good flick too. van sant was also an executive producer for kids. excellent movie.

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Drugstore Cowboy

February 17, 2000

USA  •  Van Sant  •  1989

still funny. watch it if you have the stomach for it. really well put together actually, like how it flows.

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Run Lola Run

February 16, 2000

Germany  •  Tykwer  •  1998

really good. stylistically really well done. fast paced. good soundtrack. watch it.

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Search For One-Eyed Jimmy

February 15, 2000

USA  •  Kass  •  1996

good, funny, good characters, funny. tired.

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Shining

February 14, 2000

UK  •  Kubrick  •  1980

I’m not a big horror film guy, but this one rocks. scary like exorcist, but with a kubrick twist. was going to save to watch with a chick, not sure why, but that didn’t work out so i watched it anyway.

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Boogie Nights

February 13, 2000

USA  •  Anderson  •  1997

easily one of the top three movies ever. easily one of the best writer/directors ever – p.t. anderson. i love the scene at the drug buyer’s house…where dirk is lost in the moment and jessie’s girl is playing the background. the characters are among the best ever. the cinematography is among the best ever, soundtrack rocks, script is amazing. a timeless film. must see.

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Stir Of Echoes

February 12, 2000

USA  •  Koepp  •  1999

pretty darn good. suspenseful. i’d watch it again.

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Friday

February 11, 2000

USA  •  Gray  •  1995

good flick overall. funny, pretty good ending. ice cube is one pissed off man.

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Die Hard 2

February 10, 2000

USA  •  Harlin  •  1990

good, not nearly as great as the original, and even the third is better. different producer, writer, director, no wonder.

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Mystery Men

February 9, 2000

USA  •  Usher  •  1999

quirky, funny, good cast, extremely corn at times, but it didn’t take itself seriously so it was okay.

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Die Hard: With A Vengeance

February 7, 2000

USA  •  McTiernan  •  1995

good movie, of course the directing was top notch and the script was too. i don’t like the cast so much, though. of course bruce willis and samuel l. jackson were both great, but the chief and his side kick were a little lame. worthwhile overall, good comic relief, exciting, etc.

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Die Hard

February 5, 2000

USA  •  McTiernan  •  1988

i don’t think the movie took itself too seriously, at the end it looked like it did a bit, but the slow motion was comedic, so i thought…for this reason it’s definitely a thumbs .

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Cruel Intentions

February 5, 2000

USA  •  Kumble  •  1999

within the top three films ever. i smiled the whole time…pure genius. saw the dvd version, but this time looked at the extra features…interesting note is that some of the producers worked on predator too…no wonder, that was the other great action flick of the late 80s. 1988, still great.

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Insider

February 4, 2000

USA  •  Mann  •  1999

(big screen) – great flick, same director as heat. didn’t know that it was about tobacco, seems like not watching TV pays off more and more everyday. i’ve done two reports on the tobacco industry so it was right up my alley…politics and anti-tobacco movements. good on all levels. al pacino is officially an absolutely awesome actor.

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Cool Hand Luke

February 3, 2000

USA  •  Rosenberg  •  1967

great flick, luke is about the coolest guy, ever. must see.

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Mystery Train

February 2, 2000

USA  •  Jarmusch  •  1989

good overall, funny at times, story was decent. Jarmusch also did dead man, which is on our list, and the samurai flick with Forest Whitaker, who i think is cool, but the movie had gay previews so most mocked it. i think i was the only one who wanted to see it just based on the director. at any rate…the movie was worth watching.

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Celebrity

January 30, 2000

USA  •  Allen  •  1998

leo is a great retard, which in this movie turns out to be oscar worthy. really good flick, i enjoyed.

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What’s Eating Gilbert Grape

January 30, 2000

USA  •  Hallstrom  •  1993

woody allen has talent, but is a weirdo. the movie is good, characters are good..

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Taxi Driver

January 28, 2000

USA  •  Scorsese  •  1976

funny, still.

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Night At The Roxbury

January 28, 2000

USA  •  Fortenbury  •  1998

classic, great, still. watch it. good characters, good camera shots, good story, good directing. ooops, replace ‘good’ with ‘great’…all around great flick. tracy flick.

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Clockwork Orange

January 26, 2000

UK  •  Kubrick  •  1971

i have no idea of the title’s origin, but i do know that the movie rocks. kubrick’s themes are always among the best.

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Maltese Falcon

January 25, 2000

USA  •  Huston  •  1941

funny, characters are in ways so one-sided it’s bad, but at the same time they’re just kick ass. sleepy at parts. a really good 40s flick.

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Wild Things

January 23, 2000

USA  •  McNaughton  •  1998

funny, sexy, funny, corny, horny, goody. watch it. denise richards has nice hooters.

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Waiting for Guffman

January 22, 2000

USA  •  Guest  •  1996

funny, characters are funny. my reviews suck.

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Arlington Rd.

January 21, 2000

USA  •  Pellington  •  1999

good, watch it.

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Rushmore

January 19, 2000

USA  •  Anderson  •  1998

really funny. good characters, good story. bill murray rocks and the kid is a total pimp. watch it.

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Magnolia

January 16, 2000

USA  •  Anderson  •  1999  •  Watched in theater

(second time) (big screen) – best movie of the year, best movie of last year, when i originally saw it, too.

UNRATED

Fall

January 15, 2000

USA  •  Schaeffer  •  1997

good movie that can depress, inspire, or insight memories. further proof that relationships are litterally full of awe – insight feelings of both fear and admiration.

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Romeo And Juliet

January 13, 2000

USA  •  Luhrmann  •  1996

directed by baz luhrmann…funny. well directed. good job of making it more modern. overall , but it’s depressing and shakespeare requires something i don’t always have. won’t see it again, unless i have a girlfriend, is basically my assessment. so yea i won’t be seeing it again.

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Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas

January 12, 2000

USA  •  Gilliam  •  1998

great movie, very funny, trippy, well acted and directed (gilliam).

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Dark City

January 11, 2000

USA  •  Proyas  •  1998

good overall. keeps you somewhat in suspense the whole time, but not impossible to understand like some sci-fi can be.

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South Park: Bigger, Longer, And Uncut

January 10, 2000

USA  •  Parker  •  1999

great fucking flick.

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Thunderball

January 9, 2000

UK  •  Young  •  1965

second early bond flick i’ve seen. he’s funny, but you know that.

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Juice

January 8, 2000

USA  •  Dickerson  •  1992

good enough to watch. had potential didn’t live up to it fully though.

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Pulp Fiction

January 7, 2000

USA  •  Tarantino  •  1994

the best movie ever. the best script ever. never have i watched it and been disappointed.

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