My partner and I (both in our 30s) were feeling like teenage girls this weekend, so we saw Prom Night yesterday.

The problem with " Leatherheads" is that for a romantic comedy there is no chemistry between any of the leads- John Krasinnski does looks great in all those period costumes.

There Will Be Blood (3/5)

Wherein P.T. Barnu...excuse me, Anderson foregoes trying to be Robert Altman (to whom the film is dedicated) and decides to be Stanley Kubrick instead (complete with a measured and wordless intro, a rivetingly unhinged main performance, an almost unbearably austere soundtrack, and an awesomely funny puchline in the final frames). If only he'd try to be himself for once. Perhaps there will be blood in one of his films someday, but not here. No, once again the hearts of his ciphers (to call them "characters" would imply they have more dimension than he is apparently capable of mustering) pump nothing but cliche and contempt. Very pretty to look at, though, and fascinating as an exercise, but ultimately another disappointment.

I love this movie! I have become the biggest Wilson Cruz groupie since watching the movie. His mouth, the Puerto Rican flag tattooed on his arm, the way he walks, and he's lovely.

I also saw Shelter. A really cute movie. It made me want to find a guy. It's cute. And Trevor Wright is cute. I loved Zach's best friend in the movie. He was hilarious, and reminded me of one of my friends.

Went to see the English-language re-release of Persepolis. While some of the voices are the same (Chiara Mastroiani and Catherine Deneuve), they've added the likes of Sean Penn, Gena Rowlands and Iggy Pop. In the end I think I prefer the original French version, although it's more difficult to appreciate the wonderful animation while you're busy reading the subtitles.

Was it really necessary to dub it into English?

" The Journey of Jared Price" from Netflix. Mildly interesting movie, actually kind of soft porn really. Not too bad of a love story gay movie. Acting was fairly good. Cute main lead, and cute hot older daddy type guy, kinda hairy and kinda looked alot like a younger George Clooney.

Football Undercover. A documentary about an amateur German women's soccer team that goes to Tehran to play an Iranian women's soccer team. Interesting, and often sweet and funny film, showing how headscarf-wearing young Iranian women aren't really all that different--they like Beckham, too. Alas, when women play soccer in Iran, men are not allowed to watch, and the enthusiastic women spectators are admonished by the 'morality police' to behave themselves. (Similarly, when men play, women are not allowed in the stadium (see, for example, the fictional film Offside. The Iranian women in Football Undercover are the characters in Offside in real life.)) And given the current Olympics/sports/politics controversies, it's nice to see how sports can bring together people of different cultures. At Hot Docs.

Shot in Bombay. Documentary that gives a behind-the-scenes look at the making of an Indian action movie, Shootout at Lokhandwala, based on real-life incidents where the police killed a group of gangsters in a shootout in a Bombay apartment building. The film stars Sanjay Dutt, who in real life was involved in a decades-long trial for weapons possession. Interesting look at movie-making in India, although I wish they had subtitles as sometimes it was difficult to understand everything as the subjects often talked rapidly with Indian-English accents. Also, the multiple threads of the story (real life incident, movie plot, movie production, Sanjay Dutt backstory and court case, Bollywood-mob connections, etc.) were sometime difficult to follow.

I got dragged to see "Nim's Island" yesterday. I actually liked it better than I thought I would! The scenery is awesome ( And yes, I am including Gerald Butler in with the scenery). If you have kids, this would be a good movie to see.

"Street Kings" is a testostorone fueled over the top cop melodrama. There are token women but these guys obviously prefer to play with their guns.

So my better half & I went to see Forgetting Sarah Marshall. I thought it was a brilliantly written dramedy. The concept of the reversed roles of a heartbroken male was quite funny. Also, the poking fun at being "politically correct" wasn't overdone, nor preachy. There were moments when I was in stitches. My bf on the other hand thought that "It was a raunchy straight male film." He says he just doesn't get those types of films! But he also didn't enjoy The 40 Year Old Virgin, go figure. At any rate, I recommend it.

...Oh, btw:

I second your opinion on Forgetting Sarah Marshall. It was funny and smart. Baby Mama is also reasonably funny, but Foretting S.M. is the better of the two.

"Forgettimg Sarah Marshall" would have been funnier if it had been shorter- the writing was not as sharp as it was on " Superbad" or " The 40 Year Old Virgin".

I watched Into the Wild this weekend and it was surprisingly good. I read the book ages ago and wasn't that interested in seeing it, but friends I visited had it from Netflix. It starts out with scenes with his family at graduation and then most of the movie is scenes with different friends he makes on the road, including an ancient looking Hal Holbrook, layered over with comments from his sister giving further information about their family life and the affect his absence is having on them. It was well acted and put together well I thought- not an easy book to make a movie of. I guess the lead starred in Lords of Dogtown- handsome and very similar looking to the kid he portrayed.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall was excellent. Kudos to Jason Segel for showing off ALL of his body! Baby Mama let me down a lot. A handful of cute lines but very predictable and at times annoying. And I'll never figure out why Tina Fey, who is from the Phila. area, allowed them to insert a scene of her driving Amy Poehler across the Ben Franklin Bridge into New Jersey to get to the hospital, which an exterior shot later established as the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Which isn't anywhere in New Jersey.

I hope to see the Harold and Kumar sequel tomorrow.

I HATED 40 Year Old Virgin

We went to see Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay on Saturday. Campy, funny and entertaining.

We saw "Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" last night, too. It was ceass and fun, although not as sidesplittingly funny as the original. Jason from "Brothers and Sisters" is in it as well.

Sooooo, that means you'll hate FSM.

WELL! I was gonna mention THAT but a certain SOMEONE has already called me a 'PERV...'

"Tag! You're it!"

Forgetting Sarah Marshall was great. Not quite up there with Knocked Up, Superbad or 40 Year Old Virgin in my book but still terrific. I'm so glad to see someone making R rated comedies again.

Harold and Kumar...started out kind of slowly for me. I was worried that it was going to be a real disappointment. Then it sort of kicked in -- almost as if I had been watching it with a clear head and then got stoned, I suppose -- and I enjoyed the second half of it much more.

Harold and Kumar wasn't as good as the first one, but at least I learned why nobody tries to escape from Guantanomo Bay (except for H&K)... they love the c-ck meat sandwiches!

Bought "Lars and the Real Girl" with Ryan Gosling a couple of weeks ago...and came away thoroughly impressed.

A very touching and heartbreaking story that Gosling and a tremendous supporting cast did wonders with.

His talent and ability to transform and absorb into the characters he portrays reminds me of Heath Ledger. A very brilliant young actor.

Went to see Iron Man. I love Robert Downey Jr. but the movie overall did not overwhelm me. And unlike other movies I've seen, there was no applause at the end. Usually with big hits there are people who insist on clapping as if they were at a live show. No reaction at all. I wonder if this is a sign of how it will do beyond the obvious first-weekend big number.

Forgetting Sarah Marshal wasn't as good as I had hoped (based on some comments from this board). I did like the Dracula musical, though.

Were you offended by it canmark or was it simply not funny for your tastes (it's an honest question, btw)?

we're watching Awake, or at least the bf is, I'm posting

I didn't think that it was all that funny or likeable (which is a trademark of the Apatow films; granted, he only co-produced this one). Peter was OK, but Sarah Marshall wasn't particularly interesting. It's hard to believe they were a couple (for years) in the first place. Aldous Snow was quirky, but he seemed to be coming from some other movie (Love, Actually or one of those British comedies), and again, I didn't see what Sarah saw in him that they would have been together for a year. The minor characters, featuring Apatow regulars (the waiter, surfer dude, brother), didn't really add anything. Rachel I liked, although I wasn't crazy about the mixed signals she was sending. The "plot" seemed rather pointless at times--most of the time. I thought it was not in the league of Superbad and Knocked Up.

*The full-frontal nudity was actually a plus, in that in most films (see for example, Harold and Kumar Escape...) show off naked women, and I think it's funny that this one showed off a naked man.

watched Golden Compass last night

it was okay but they didn't show enough Daniel Craig!!!!!

Didn't anyone see Speed Racer? I did... I thought it was a good movie, with awesome special effect visuals. I wasn't a fan of the cartoon - big brother forced us to watch - remember when there was only 1 tv per household and only 3 channels?

Anyway Emile Hirsch, Matthew Fox and Scott Porter were beautiful in the movie. So much eye candy, I thought I was going to overdose.

I didn't get to any movies this weekend. Speed Racer was a big disappointment at the box office, though.

I picked up Todd Haynes' I'm Not There on Friday night. And fell asleep watching it.

The first time.

Watched it twice more the next day, and again yesterday with the commentary track. It's a f**king masterpiece.






Funny thing is - I'm not even that huge of a Dylan fan!

I saw a small independent film called "The Visitor" a few weeks ago.

This movie was very good.

The movie starts out like it is a love story between the young couple, Tarek and Zainab. But it actually turns out to be a love story between two unlikely characters, Walter and Tarek's mother, Mouna.

By the way, the Lebanese actor who play's Tarek, Haaz Sleiman, is one of the most beautiful men I have ever seen. I hope to see more of him. He looks bi-racial and plays an illegal alien from Syria.

I would love to see what Haaz Sleiman looks like shirtless or with no clothes at all!

Link to information and photos of Haaz Sleiman

Errol Morris' Standard Operating Procedure is a really disturbing, haunting docufilm about Abu Ghraib.

I saw Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. I wasn't overly impressed. I felt it was too long and tried to be another Lord of the Rings.

There was so much extra stuff put in, that wasn't in the book. The movie shoud have followed the book. Why mess with a classic.

Reepicheep was the outmost highlight of the film. LOL, everytime he was on screen.

OMGed when the audience applauded during the Peter / Miraz duel.

Yesterday I saw How The Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer with America Ferrera from Ugly Betty.

This was a very good movie because it was funny and emotional.

Ferrera is beautiful and so was the guy who played her boyfriend.

" Iron Man" was good but not great-about what I expected from John Favreau-he does put emphasis on the comic- in this comic book adapatation. One forgets how charismatic Robert Downey Jr can be. The film needed a stronger villain and the big climax looked like an out take from the " Transformers"

Okay, so I really liked Speed Racer. I'm surprised it did so poorly at the box office.

Saw the Indiana Jones movie and was disappointed. That whole crystal skull thing was just stupid.

I also saw it today. It was a really stupid ending, though I liked much of the movie. Then again, I've never actually seen any of the prior Indiana Jones movies in full so it didn't have to live up to the prior ones for me.

I also saw "Son of Rambow" this week and really enjoyed it.

Friday: Sex and the City.

Haven't seen much of note recently but I pose this question...which movie looks like more of a debacle...Get Smart with Steve Carrell or The Love Guru with Mike Myers?

Oh, and I am soooo sick of all things Sex and the City. The movie might be getting good reviews but these women are just everywhere and on every magazine cover.

Based on the ads and the Idol appearance, definitely The Love Guru.

Sex and the City: Faaaaaaaaaaaabulous. Not perfect, but very good.

Please tell me all four of them are savagely, brutally and bloodily hacked to death by a serial killer weilding a pair of those damn shoes they go on about!

Oh My God! George, such horrific vicious words! How can you hate the show and be a New Yorker????



I'm glad the movie was made and I can't wait to see it. I don't go to movies much at all anymore....Brokeback Mountain was the last movie I saw in the theaters.

Actually I don't HATE the show...it's a bit overrated in my book. but more than anything I am so tired of all the hoopla. They've been on the cover of every freakin' magazine and the NY tabloids have been doing stories about the movie, fans of the show, and any possible connection you could possibly think of and then some.

Raiders of the Lost Ark was a great action adventure movie, but the others didn't have the magic.

I saw Son of Rambow last year and it's a nice, cute film.

Wanted to see Sex and the City but read that most of the downtown screenings were sold out with hordes of women buying advance tickets (unusual in the movie industry, they say, as it's usually films like Star Wars or Spiderman that have lots of advance ticket purchasers--and usually they're young men and/or nerdy fans). I'll try next week. Break out the Cosmos and Jimmy Choos!

As a matter of fact...well, I'd better not post spoilers just yet...

Now that'd be a movie I'd go see.

Rather quickly:

Iron Man, awesome

Prince Caspian, tolerable

Indiana Jones, awful

Speed Racer, pretty good