The unbearable lightness of being.
August 10, 2006
Match Point
Do you have to sympathize with a character to find him interesting? I find myself attracted by otherness, an alien-ness that I don’t understand.
December 9, 2005
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
The power of myth.
Recommended. Especially for literalists who want to understand the power of myth.
May 27, 2005
Infernal Affairs
When you live a lie too long, how can you know the truth?
Bottom Line: Highly Recommended. See the original version, not the American remake.
April 23, 2005
Kung Fu Hustle
Live action cartoon. I could not stop laughing. Belly-clutching, knee-slapping laughter. Absolutely preposterous.
Bottom Line: Recommended, but not for the kiddies. Violent.
September 18, 2004
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
AJM got home from work at 15:30. I had just finished painting the bedroom ceiling, showered, and was sitting wrapped in a towel, combing the tangles of of my hair. With the impulse of young lovers, we dashed to the Alamo Drafthouse at the Village to watch
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.
Bottom Line: Perfect fun.
December 25, 2003
LOTR: The Return of The King
Maybe it’s a guy thing.
Bottom Line. Inevitable. (And not in a good way.)
September 28, 2003
Lost in Translation
Muddling through this waking life on auto-pilot. Dreams and nothing more.
Bottom Line: Recommended
January 17, 2003
The Hours
For all that this is a movie about writers, readers, and words, the emphasis is more visual than literary, more evocative than intellectual.
Bottom Line: Highly Recommended
August 5, 2002
Signs
As with Close Encounters of the Third Kind, it’s not about them. It’s about us.
Bottom Line: Highly Recommended.
June 1, 2002
About a Boy
No man is an island. Nor any boy, either.