Wednesday, October 14, 2009

charlie wilson's war

Mike Nichols - 2007

Aaron Sorkin writes, Nichols directs. Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Phillip Seymour Hoffman star - what's not to love?

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

the invention of lying

Ricky Gervais - 2009

Amazing. Great concept - even if he every now and then overdoes it. It ends in a very formulaic way, but the trip there is great.

wedding crashers

David Dobkin - 2005

the talented mr. ripley

Anthony Minghella - 1999

Anthony Minghella is dead and Matt Damon is an action hero. Ten years have gone by. Damon is still creepy as hell as Ripley.

Monday, September 28, 2009

mean streets

Martin Scorsese - 1973

Saw this at the Castro - so great to see it on the big screen. What a great movie.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

adventureland

Greg Mottola - 2009

Watched it again with Sam. Still the same reaction - average.

the informant!

Steven Soderbergh - 2009

Very good. Matt Damon was great. What a bizarre story.