You are a tough crowd. 30 Days of Night ★★★ - Nothing spectacular, but an interesting take on Vampires Blue Valentine ★★★ - the characters are unlikable and the trailers are EXTREMELY misleading
10/10 Antichrist Dogville Only God Forgives Europa 9/10 or 10/10 ??? The Prestige Life of Pi Beasts of the Southern Wild Alien Rope Freddy Got Fingered Shadow of a Doubt Love & Pop Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo 9/10 Jagten (The Hunt) 8/10 Melancholia The Hangover Part III Lost Highway Vuosaari (Naked Harbour) 7/10 or 8/10 ??? A Good Day to Die Hard 7/10 Cloud Atlas The Last Stand (2013) Iron Man 3 Star Trek Into Darkness 6/10 or 7/10 ??? Men Behind the Sun 6/10 G.I. Joe: Retaliation, or G.I. Joe: Revenge 3D as it's known over here Fast & Furious 6 5/10 Manderlay 4/10 The Hills Have Eyes 2 3/10 Hypnotisören (The Hypnotist), Sweden's actual Oscar candidate 2/10 The Mummy (1999) Off to see Man of Steel.
Spoiler: Movies Seen in January, February, March, April & May Playback - Netflix Instant Parenthood (1989) - DVD Young Adult - Netflix Instant Django (1966) - free admission Django Unchained (2012) - free admission Housesitter - DVD The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - YouTube The Sting - free admission This is 40 - free admission The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D/HFR - free admission/free admission Parental Guidance - free admission The Sting II - Netflix Instant Abduction - Netflix Instant Dial M for Murder 3D - free admission Gangster Squad - free admission Zero Dark Thirty - free admission Treasure Planet - Netflix Instant The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption - Netflix Instant Commando - Netflix Instant Battle Royale II - Netflix Instant The Invisible War - Netflix Instant Texas Chainsaw 3D - free admission Lawrence of Arabia - free admission Ron White: A Little Unprofessional - DVD Valkyrie - DVD Our Man Flint - DVD Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap - Netflix Instant Margin Call - Netflix Instant In Like Flint - DVD Purple Rain - free admission Mama - free admission The High and the Mighty - DVD Dave Chappelle's Block Party - DVD Black X-Mas (2006) - DVD Bad Teacher - DVD They Live - free admission Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D/2D - free admission/free admission Inglourious Basterds - DVD The Last Stand - free admission The Night of the Hunter - free admission Warm Bodies - free admission P.S. I Love You - DVD The Lake House - DVD Alonzo Bodden: Who's Paying Attention? - Netflix Instant Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 - Netflix Instant Side by Side - free admission Pennies from Heaven - free admission Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid- DVD The Lonely Guy - DVD Batman: The Dark Knigth Returns, Part Two - DVD Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt - DVD Side Effects - free admission Funny Girl - free admission Christopher Titus: Neverlution - YouTube Ralphie May: Just Correct - YouTube Top Gun 3D - IMAX Fourplay: Tales of Sexual Intimacy - free admission 'Salem's Lot(2004) - DVD Body of Lies - DVD 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Animated - free admission 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Live Action - free admission A Good Day to Die Hard - free admission Last Chance Harvey - DVD Paul Williams Still Alive - free admission The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - DVD Invasion of the Blood Farmers - free admission Safety Not Guaranteed - Netflix Instant One Life - free admission Identity Thief - free admission The Switch - Netflix Instant John Dies at the End - free admission Singin' in the Rain - free admission Benny & Joon - free admission Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater - Netflix Instant I'm No Dummy - Netflix Instant The Adventures of Tintin - Netflix Instant Beautiful Creatures - free admission Snitch - free admission Dark Skies - free admission The Queen - USA Network A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III - free admission Safe - DVD The Mechanic - DVD Jack the Giand Slayer 3D - free admission Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - free admission The Wiz - free admission Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome - Unrated Exteded Edition - DVD Jay and Silent Bob Go Down Under - Netflix Instant Lewis Black: In God We Rust - Netflix Instant Jackass: The Movie - Unrated - Netflix Instant Mardi Gras Massacre - free admission Battle Beyond the Stars - Netflix Instant Oz the Great and Powerful 3D - free admission Nashville - free admission Fat Man Little Boy - Netflix Instant Craig Ferguson: I'm Here to Help - Netflix Instant Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - free admission Josie and the Pussycats - free admission Millennium - Netflix Instant Trek Nation - Netflix Instant Indecent Proposal - Netflix Instant This Film is Not Yet Rated - Netflix Instant The People vs George Lucas - Netflix Instant Everybody's Fine - Netflix Instant The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - free admission The Call- free admission Spring Breakers - employee screening Mad Dog and Glory - Netflix Instant The Wild Bunch - free admission Trekkies - Netflix Instant Bad Teacher - Unrated - DVD Salt - Unrated Director's Cut - DVD 30 Minutes or Less - DVD Burn After Reading - DVD Straw Dogs(2011) - DVD The Croods 3D - free admission The ABC's of Death - free admission G.I. Joe: Retaliation 3D/2D - free admission/free admission Admission - free admission Come Out and Play - free admission The Host - free admission The Buddy Holly Story - free admission Trekkies 2 - Netflix Instant Machete Maidens Unleashed! - Netflix Instant Aisha Tyler is Lit: Live at the Fillmore - Netflix Instant Wrong - free admission Winnebago Man - Netflix Instant Kevin Nealon: Now Hear Me Out - Netflix Instant Pocahontas - Netflix Instant Barbarella - Netflix Instant Girls Gone Dead - Netflix Instant Starship Troopers 3: Marauder - Netflix Instant Bill Burr: Let It Go - Netflix Instant Jim Gaffigan: Mr Universe - Netflix Instant Stolen- Netflix Instant Jurassic Park 3D - free admission Faire: An American Renaissance - free admission Bobcat Goldthwait: You Don't Look the Same Either - Netflix Instant The Comedians of Comedy: The Movie - Netflix Instant Doctor Detroit - Netflix Instant C.H.U.D. - Netflix Instant Evil Dead (2013) - free admission Bully - Netflix Instant Trance - free admission Bye Bye Birdie - free admission Rise of the Zombies - Netflix Instant In Time - DVD The Place Beyond the Pines - free admission 42 - free admission Leviathan (1989) - Netflix Instant The Conversation - Netflix Instant London's West End: Great Expectations - free admission Oblivion - free admission Upstream Color - free admission Cars 2 - Starz on Demand Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds - Fathom Events Anonymous - Starz on Demand Year of the Dragon - free admission Heaven's Gate - free admission Mud - free admission To the Wonder - free admission Graceland - free admission Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy - HBO on Demand Pain & Gain - free admission Iron Man Three 2D/3D - free admission/free admission On the Town - free admission Public Enemies - DVD New York, I Love You - DVD The World Before Her - free admission The Legend of Billy John - free admission Star Trek Into Darkness IMAX/3D/2D - free screening/free admission/free admission The Great Gatsby 3D (2013) - free admission Iron Man: Rise of Technovore - DVD Cabaret - free admission The Source Family - free admission Detention (2011) - free admission Turkish Star Trek (1973) - free admission Pieta - free admission Superman Unbound - DVD Behind the Candelabra - HBO Inhumans - DVD The Hangover Part III - free admission Enter the Dragon - free admission Nightmares in a Damaged Brain - free admission Epic 2D - free admission The Jensen Project - DVD Risky Business - free admission Screwballs - free admission Stay Tuned - free admission 12 Angry Men - DVD Fast & Furious 6 - free admission Now You See Me - free admission After Earth - free admission The Last Unicorn - blu ray The Internship - free admission The Purge - free admission The Deadly Spawn - free admission Before Midnight - free admission Wargames - free admission Man of Steel 2D/3D - employee screening/free admission Les Miserables (1998) - DVD Letters from Iwo Jima - DVD Sexy Beast - DVD Jaws 3-D - free admission King Arthur: Extended Unrated Director's Cut - DVD Joysticks - free admission The Keep - free admission Mortuary - free admission Went over to the Ritz earlier tonight for Terror Tuesday and its last Summer of '83 film, Mortuary, featurin' a crazy young Bill Paxton. The host introductin' the movie mentioned how it was marketed as a zombie movie, but really its a slasher. And he was right - found the trailer on YouTube, and the poster for it on IMDB seem to make it look like its all about zombies. The movie itself is about a young college girl with massive mood swings bein' stalked by a creeper while her widowed mother holds seances with the local mortician. And it has Bill Paxton. http://youtu.be/NjqE9fxnXl8 Not to say its a good movie, bu it wasn't completely unbearable...the write up on the website said the original cut was over two hours. Maybe a restored version would be worth checkin' out. I'm just impressed that they flew the copy we watched over from a film archive in England. The fishin' boat documentary? I wanted to see that, and Drafthouse ran the trailer for awhile, but they only had one showin' on a Saturday afternoon, so I missed out.
I wonder why they did that? I know UCLA has a print in their archive (which I saw a couple years ago). Maybe they're not loaning it out anymore.
Man of Steel Harrowing moral tale that is not entirely as hopeful as the trailers would suggest; it relies on the audience's understanding that Superman's philanthropic potential will be fully reached in the second part. Absolutely beautiful, the second half is mostly cold and distant pieces of metal smashing together, but appropriately full of awe. The "secret" ending ties various aspects of the story together - I get the impression that those who oppose to it, didn't like the movie anyway. The movie people deserve, but not the one they need next time.
Updates in Bold: After Earth (8) Asura (4) Batman: The Mystery of the Batwoman (7) Beck-Mongolian Chop Squad (2010) (10) Berserk: The Golden Age I: The Egg of the King (7) Berserk: The Golden Age II: Battle for Doldrey (7) Berserk: The Golden Age III: Decent (7) Bleach Movie 4: Hell Verse (9) Blood-C: The Last Dark (6) Broken City (7) Bullet to the Head (7) Children Who Chase Lost Voices (7) Dead Man Down (8) Dragon Lord (6) Evangelion 3.33: You Can [Not] Redo (9) Fafner: Heaven and Earth (8) Fairy Tail: Priestess of the Pheonix (8) Fast and Furious 6 (9) Gangster Squad (8) GI Joe: Retaliation (8) A Good Day to Die Hard (7) The Grey (8) Hoshizora Kiseki (7) The Illusionist (10) Initial D: 3rd Stage (9) Iron Man 3 (9) Jack Reacher (8) K-ON: The Movie (8) The Last Stand (8) Library War: Wings of Revolution (9) Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd A's (9) The Man With the Iron Fists (6) Metal Skin Panic: Madox 01 (6) Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion-Theatrical version (9) Niji-iro Hotaru (Rainbow Fireflies) (9) Now You See Me (9) Oblivion (8) Olympus Has Fallen (8) Operation Condor (7) Operation Condor 2: Armour of God (5) Parker (8) Rurouni Kenshin (2012) (8) Star Trek: Into Darkness (10) Tripping the Rift: The Movie (6) Tucker and Dale VS Evil (6) Twin Dragons (7) Why Worry? (1923) (8) Current Total: 47
Was in San Antonio for a work conference most of the week. A colleague and I went to the North Park Alamo Drafthouse and caught Man of Steel. Great place to see a movie!! "No one under 6 admitted" "Age 6-17 must have an adult" Before the previews started the screen simply said,"This is now a no talking zone. One complaint to the manager, you get a warning. Second complaint you are ejected with no refund. Keep your phone, dark, off and in your pocket--no texting or tweeting" We've got to get one of these in Nashville!!
^ Children under six are allowed on designated "baby days" at shows that start before two p.m. Spoiler: Movies Seen in January, February, March, April & May Playback - Netflix Instant Parenthood (1989) - DVD Young Adult - Netflix Instant Django (1966) - free admission Django Unchained (2012) - free admission Housesitter - DVD The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - YouTube The Sting - free admission This is 40 - free admission The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D/HFR - free admission/free admission Parental Guidance - free admission The Sting II - Netflix Instant Abduction - Netflix Instant Dial M for Murder 3D - free admission Gangster Squad - free admission Zero Dark Thirty - free admission Treasure Planet - Netflix Instant The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption - Netflix Instant Commando - Netflix Instant Battle Royale II - Netflix Instant The Invisible War - Netflix Instant Texas Chainsaw 3D - free admission Lawrence of Arabia - free admission Ron White: A Little Unprofessional - DVD Valkyrie - DVD Our Man Flint - DVD Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap - Netflix Instant Margin Call - Netflix Instant In Like Flint - DVD Purple Rain - free admission Mama - free admission The High and the Mighty - DVD Dave Chappelle's Block Party - DVD Black X-Mas (2006) - DVD Bad Teacher - DVD They Live - free admission Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D/2D - free admission/free admission Inglourious Basterds - DVD The Last Stand - free admission The Night of the Hunter - free admission Warm Bodies - free admission P.S. I Love You - DVD The Lake House - DVD Alonzo Bodden: Who's Paying Attention? - Netflix Instant Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 - Netflix Instant Side by Side - free admission Pennies from Heaven - free admission Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid- DVD The Lonely Guy - DVD Batman: The Dark Knigth Returns, Part Two - DVD Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt - DVD Side Effects - free admission Funny Girl - free admission Christopher Titus: Neverlution - YouTube Ralphie May: Just Correct - YouTube Top Gun 3D - IMAX Fourplay: Tales of Sexual Intimacy - free admission 'Salem's Lot(2004) - DVD Body of Lies - DVD 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Animated - free admission 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Live Action - free admission A Good Day to Die Hard - free admission Last Chance Harvey - DVD Paul Williams Still Alive - free admission The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - DVD Invasion of the Blood Farmers - free admission Safety Not Guaranteed - Netflix Instant One Life - free admission Identity Thief - free admission The Switch - Netflix Instant John Dies at the End - free admission Singin' in the Rain - free admission Benny & Joon - free admission Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater - Netflix Instant I'm No Dummy - Netflix Instant The Adventures of Tintin - Netflix Instant Beautiful Creatures - free admission Snitch - free admission Dark Skies - free admission The Queen - USA Network A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III - free admission Safe - DVD The Mechanic - DVD Jack the Giand Slayer 3D - free admission Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - free admission The Wiz - free admission Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome - Unrated Exteded Edition - DVD Jay and Silent Bob Go Down Under - Netflix Instant Lewis Black: In God We Rust - Netflix Instant Jackass: The Movie - Unrated - Netflix Instant Mardi Gras Massacre - free admission Battle Beyond the Stars - Netflix Instant Oz the Great and Powerful 3D - free admission Nashville - free admission Fat Man Little Boy - Netflix Instant Craig Ferguson: I'm Here to Help - Netflix Instant Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - free admission Josie and the Pussycats - free admission Millennium - Netflix Instant Trek Nation - Netflix Instant Indecent Proposal - Netflix Instant This Film is Not Yet Rated - Netflix Instant The People vs George Lucas - Netflix Instant Everybody's Fine - Netflix Instant The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - free admission The Call- free admission Spring Breakers - employee screening Mad Dog and Glory - Netflix Instant The Wild Bunch - free admission Trekkies - Netflix Instant Bad Teacher - Unrated - DVD Salt - Unrated Director's Cut - DVD 30 Minutes or Less - DVD Burn After Reading - DVD Straw Dogs(2011) - DVD The Croods 3D - free admission The ABC's of Death - free admission G.I. Joe: Retaliation 3D/2D - free admission/free admission Admission - free admission Come Out and Play - free admission The Host - free admission The Buddy Holly Story - free admission Trekkies 2 - Netflix Instant Machete Maidens Unleashed! - Netflix Instant Aisha Tyler is Lit: Live at the Fillmore - Netflix Instant Wrong - free admission Winnebago Man - Netflix Instant Kevin Nealon: Now Hear Me Out - Netflix Instant Pocahontas - Netflix Instant Barbarella - Netflix Instant Girls Gone Dead - Netflix Instant Starship Troopers 3: Marauder - Netflix Instant Bill Burr: Let It Go - Netflix Instant Jim Gaffigan: Mr Universe - Netflix Instant Stolen- Netflix Instant Jurassic Park 3D - free admission Faire: An American Renaissance - free admission Bobcat Goldthwait: You Don't Look the Same Either - Netflix Instant The Comedians of Comedy: The Movie - Netflix Instant Doctor Detroit - Netflix Instant C.H.U.D. - Netflix Instant Evil Dead (2013) - free admission Bully - Netflix Instant Trance - free admission Bye Bye Birdie - free admission Rise of the Zombies - Netflix Instant In Time - DVD The Place Beyond the Pines - free admission 42 - free admission Leviathan (1989) - Netflix Instant The Conversation - Netflix Instant London's West End: Great Expectations - free admission Oblivion - free admission Upstream Color - free admission Cars 2 - Starz on Demand Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds - Fathom Events Anonymous - Starz on Demand Year of the Dragon - free admission Heaven's Gate - free admission Mud - free admission To the Wonder - free admission Graceland - free admission Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy - HBO on Demand Pain & Gain - free admission Iron Man Three 2D/3D - free admission/free admission On the Town - free admission Public Enemies - DVD New York, I Love You - DVD The World Before Her - free admission The Legend of Billy John - free admission Star Trek Into Darkness IMAX/3D/2D - free screening/free admission/free admission The Great Gatsby 3D (2013) - free admission Iron Man: Rise of Technovore - DVD Cabaret - free admission The Source Family - free admission Detention (2011) - free admission Turkish Star Trek (1973) - free admission Pieta - free admission Superman Unbound - DVD Behind the Candelabra - HBO Inhumans - DVD The Hangover Part III - free admission Enter the Dragon - free admission Nightmares in a Damaged Brain - free admission Epic 2D - free admission The Jensen Project - DVD Risky Business - free admission Screwballs - free admission Stay Tuned - free admission 12 Angry Men - DVD Fast & Furious 6 - free admission Now You See Me - free admission After Earth - free admission The Last Unicorn - blu ray The Internship - free admission The Purge - free admission The Deadly Spawn - free admission Before Midnight - free admission Wargames - free admission Man of Steel 2D/3D - employee screening/free admission Les Miserables (1998) - DVD Letters from Iwo Jima - DVD Sexy Beast - DVD Jaws 3-D - free admission King Arthur: Extended Unrated Director's Cut - DVD Joysticks - free admission The Keep - free admission Mortuary - free admission White House Down - free admission The Heat - free admission Went out to Alamo Slaughter tonight to see two new movies that open wide tomorrow. WHD was an okay action movie, not great. Made me wonder if Olympus has Fallen was a better movie, but I missed out on seein' since my truck broke down about the same time it came out. TH was an entertainin' lady buddy cop movie, if a bit too predictable, but at least it didn't include all the good bits in the trailer. And I got a free Mondo poster!
The Heat is an amusing farce. The sentimental gush only takes up about ten minutes and even it is punctuated with some humor. Sophisticated viewers need to remember that humor is all about conflict. In this movie, that means aggression.
Updates in Bold: 009 Re;Cyborg (10) After Earth (8) Asura (4) Batman: The Mystery of the Batwoman (7) Beck-Mongolian Chop Squad (2010) (10) Berserk: The Golden Age I: The Egg of the King (7) Berserk: The Golden Age II: Battle for Doldrey (7) Berserk: The Golden Age III: Decent (7) Bleach Movie 4: Hell Verse (9) Blood-C: The Last Dark (6) Broken City (7) Bullet to the Head (7) Children Who Chase Lost Voices (7) Dead Man Down (8) Dragon Lord (6) Evangelion 3.33: You Can [Not] Redo (9) Fafner: Heaven and Earth (8) Fairy Tail: Priestess of the Pheonix (8) Fast and Furious 6 (9) Gangster Squad (8) GI Joe: Retaliation (8) A Good Day to Die Hard (7) The Grey (8) Hoshizora Kiseki (7) The Illusionist (10) Initial D: 3rd Stage (9) Iron Man 3 (9) Jack Reacher (8) K-ON: The Movie (8) The Last Stand (8) Library War: Wings of Revolution (9) Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd A's (9) The Man With the Iron Fists (6) Metal Skin Panic: Madox 01 (6) Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion-Theatrical version (9) Niji-iro Hotaru (Rainbow Fireflies) (9) Now You See Me (9) Oblivion (8) Olympus Has Fallen (8) Operation Condor (7) Operation Condor 2: Armour of God (5) Parker (8) Rurouni Kenshin (2012) (8) Star Trek: Into Darkness (10) Tripping the Rift: The Movie (6) Tucker and Dale VS Evil (6) Twin Dragons (7) Why Worry? (1923) (8) Current Total: 48
11/10 Antichrist Beasts of the Southern Wild Dogville Freddy Got Fingered Alien Only God Forgives 10/10 The Prestige Jagten (The Hunt) Rope Love & Pop The Master (2012) Shadow of a Doubt Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo Europa Winter Kills 9/10 Django Unchained Life of Pi Melancholia The Hangover Part III Lost Highway Vuosaari (Naked Harbour) Man of Steel 8/10 A Good Day to Die Hard Olympus Has Fallen 7/10 Cloud Atlas The Last Stand (2013) Iron Man 3 Star Trek Into Darkness 6/10 Men Behind the Sun 5/10 G.I. Joe: Retaliation Fast & Furious 6 4/10 Manderlay 3/10 The Hills Have Eyes 2 2/10 Hypnotisören (The Hypnotist) 1/10 The Mummy (1999) 0/10 yet to be seen...
1. Reservoir Dogs (1992) - A 2. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011) - D 3. Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) - C+ 4. Zero Dark Thirty (2012) - A 5. The Amazing Spiderman (2012) - B 6. Life of Pi (2012) - A 7) The Perks of being a Wallflower (2012) - B+ 8) Looper (2012) - B+ 9) Iron Man 3 (2013) - B 10) Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) - B- 11) Monster's Inc (2001) - A 12) Man of Steel (2013) - B 13) Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) - B 14) Monsters University (2013) - C A week ago I watched Monsters Inc in preperation for this movie. One of the things that really sold the movie for me was the ton of heart it had, and I think the reason for that was because Boo was just so adorable. I didn't get any of that in this movie, and it felt like a paint by the numbers coming of age story. It was nice that they connected college to where Sully and Mike were in Monsters Inc and I did enjoy how their friendship developed in the movie, but I felt like I've seen these type of movies all the time, and Pixar should be above that (I haven't seen Brave). It was an enjoyable couple of hours, but I would probably rank it above Cars 2, which is at the bottom of the list. The short though, about the Umbrellas was adorable as heck and I think I almost choked up at the end. This was the Pixar I knew, and it was a really clever short, even though there are others I enjoy more. I wish Netflix would start putting up the Pixar films, especially now that they are putting up Disney films. I actually found the Short much better than the actual movie, and with Pixar, that is an accomplishment. Theater: 6 (+1) Blu-Ray/DVD/TV: 5 Itunes: 2 Netflix: 1
Spoiler: Movies Seen in January, February, March, April & May Playback - Netflix Instant Parenthood (1989) - DVD Young Adult - Netflix Instant Django (1966) - free admission Django Unchained (2012) - free admission Housesitter - DVD The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - YouTube The Sting - free admission This is 40 - free admission The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D/HFR - free admission/free admission Parental Guidance - free admission The Sting II - Netflix Instant Abduction - Netflix Instant Dial M for Murder 3D - free admission Gangster Squad - free admission Zero Dark Thirty - free admission Treasure Planet - Netflix Instant The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption - Netflix Instant Commando - Netflix Instant Battle Royale II - Netflix Instant The Invisible War - Netflix Instant Texas Chainsaw 3D - free admission Lawrence of Arabia - free admission Ron White: A Little Unprofessional - DVD Valkyrie - DVD Our Man Flint - DVD Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap - Netflix Instant Margin Call - Netflix Instant In Like Flint - DVD Purple Rain - free admission Mama - free admission The High and the Mighty - DVD Dave Chappelle's Block Party - DVD Black X-Mas (2006) - DVD Bad Teacher - DVD They Live - free admission Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D/2D - free admission/free admission Inglourious Basterds - DVD The Last Stand - free admission The Night of the Hunter - free admission Warm Bodies - free admission P.S. I Love You - DVD The Lake House - DVD Alonzo Bodden: Who's Paying Attention? - Netflix Instant Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 - Netflix Instant Side by Side - free admission Pennies from Heaven - free admission Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid- DVD The Lonely Guy - DVD Batman: The Dark Knigth Returns, Part Two - DVD Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt - DVD Side Effects - free admission Funny Girl - free admission Christopher Titus: Neverlution - YouTube Ralphie May: Just Correct - YouTube Top Gun 3D - IMAX Fourplay: Tales of Sexual Intimacy - free admission 'Salem's Lot(2004) - DVD Body of Lies - DVD 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Animated - free admission 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Live Action - free admission A Good Day to Die Hard - free admission Last Chance Harvey - DVD Paul Williams Still Alive - free admission The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - DVD Invasion of the Blood Farmers - free admission Safety Not Guaranteed - Netflix Instant One Life - free admission Identity Thief - free admission The Switch - Netflix Instant John Dies at the End - free admission Singin' in the Rain - free admission Benny & Joon - free admission Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater - Netflix Instant I'm No Dummy - Netflix Instant The Adventures of Tintin - Netflix Instant Beautiful Creatures - free admission Snitch - free admission Dark Skies - free admission The Queen - USA Network A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III - free admission Safe - DVD The Mechanic - DVD Jack the Giand Slayer 3D - free admission Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - free admission The Wiz - free admission Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome - Unrated Exteded Edition - DVD Jay and Silent Bob Go Down Under - Netflix Instant Lewis Black: In God We Rust - Netflix Instant Jackass: The Movie - Unrated - Netflix Instant Mardi Gras Massacre - free admission Battle Beyond the Stars - Netflix Instant Oz the Great and Powerful 3D - free admission Nashville - free admission Fat Man Little Boy - Netflix Instant Craig Ferguson: I'm Here to Help - Netflix Instant Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - free admission Josie and the Pussycats - free admission Millennium - Netflix Instant Trek Nation - Netflix Instant Indecent Proposal - Netflix Instant This Film is Not Yet Rated - Netflix Instant The People vs George Lucas - Netflix Instant Everybody's Fine - Netflix Instant The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - free admission The Call- free admission Spring Breakers - employee screening Mad Dog and Glory - Netflix Instant The Wild Bunch - free admission Trekkies - Netflix Instant Bad Teacher - Unrated - DVD Salt - Unrated Director's Cut - DVD 30 Minutes or Less - DVD Burn After Reading - DVD Straw Dogs(2011) - DVD The Croods 3D - free admission The ABC's of Death - free admission G.I. 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They gave me a ride across town to see Finding Neverland, this month's "Afternoon Tea" movie. Found out if I don't want the tea service (three cups of tea & three snacks of sammiches & cookies), I can get a free ticket on my employee discount. I really liked that movie, too. It was so sad, but so sweet... My friend Barbara came out to watch it with me, and then she gave me a ride from Lake Creek to the Village, where I will be watchin' the latest documentary from Drafthouse Filmes, A Band Called Death, in about half an hour. Got a plan to go to the Ritz tomorrow for the last day of Summer of '83 movies...
1) This Is 40 - C+ 2) Easy A - A- 3) The Bounty Hunter - B+ 4) Crazy, Stupid, Love. - B- 5) What To Expect When You're Expecting - B+ 6) Contagion - C 7) Identity Thief - A 8) We Bought A Zoo - A- 9) The Ides of March - B+ 10) Top Gun - C+ 11) It Could Happen To You - B+ 12) Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close - A+ 13) Mirror, Mirror - A 14) Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World - A 15) Inglorious Basterds - B+ 16) Independence Day - B+ 17) Star Trek – Into Darkness (B+) 18) Kick-Ass (B) 19) The Heat (B-) It was a great Saturday afternoon popcorn flick, but it would never stand up to repeat viewings. The plot was all over the place and the whole theme of woman empowerment seemed lost in this film. Sandra Bullock's character is just painful to watch and while Melissa McCarthy's character is funny, she plays the same character over and over and it's becoming tired. The fact that there is already a sequel in the works before the first one was even done shows how well they thought it would do, but they will have to come up with something a little bit better to bring me back.
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Is there really a theme of woman empowerment? There's lip service but it seems to me that the real theme is the joy of unchecked aggression. It's dramatized by McCarthy's antics, almost all of which are conventionally male. McCarthy even has to put up with clingy one-night stands with delusions about mattering. Bullock's Murtagh validates McCarthy's Riggs by the sincerest form of flattery. The edge of genuine violence in letting males carry on like this is mitigated by having women act out. I suppose you could play with the idea that the whole thing is a sendup of this overused shtick. But I think the movie is far too sincere in its pleasure at McCarthy's triumph of the id. I think the movie works because on one level at least it knows that comedy is conflict. (Yes, I know the cliché says drama is conflict, but this kind of muddy thinking is why so many talented people end up making mediocre or worse movies.) I've only seen McCarthy before in Part III, but that was actually a different character.
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They bring it up a couple times with the misogynist male characters (mainly the Albino DEA agent) and either Bullock or McCarthy talk about how awesome they are. If this was going to be a theme on the movie, they should have carried it through the movie instead of picking it up and dropping it whenever it suited them. It was a good popcorn flick, but I have no reason to re-watch it.