bruno

Sasha Baron Cohen - 2009

Offensive, stupid, awful. But I laughed out loud during the whole thing.

american gangster

Ridley Scott - 2007

awesome as always.

saving private ryan

Steven Spielberg - 1998

Watched this in the new theater at home - you could hear the bullets whizzing by!

Still love this one, out of a 2hr 40 minute feature, he devotes an hour to two scenes - taking the beach and saving the bridge. Great use of structure. Great young actors.

funny people

Judd Apatow - 2009

Watched with Sam...it was just as poignant as the first time around. It's intensely personal and I really think Sandler is strong in this. He is great at showing vulnerability.

whatever works

Woody Allen - 2009

When you make a movie a year, you're allowed some duds. This is one of them.

planet 51

Jorge Blanco & Javier Abad - 2009

Horrible.

lymelife

Derick Martini - 2008

Totally missed this one when it came out, but I really enjoyed it. Very funny, very smart, quite poignant.

a bug's life

John Lasseter - 1998

Really smart.

astroboy

David Bowers - 2009

Watching animated movies by people other than Pixar makes you understand how good Pixar is.

tigerland

Joel Schumacher - 2000

I missed this in 2000, but man is it amazing. Really really good. Colin Farrell is fascinating.

dr. strangelove: or how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb

Stanley Kubrick - 1964

Got to see this in the historic Alameda Theater - awesome.