What movies have you seen recently?

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Robocop 2

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I thought the Robocop movies were supposed to be good... Maybe I got the bad one. Is this supposed to be a comedy?

Umm... It was stupid and bad, interspersed with some mildly interesting action... but mostly stupid.

I re-watched "cube" recently.

I want to see "deathly hallows"

I saw Mesrine Parts 1 & 2 over the weekend and they both both top-notch. But then, you can't go wrong with Vincent Cassel playing a real-life socoipathic French gangster.

I just saw 127 Hours, the new movie from director Danny Boyle.

Yes, the arm-cutting scene is in the movie, otherwise an excellent movie.

Saw the new Harry Potter yesterday and frankly, the only thing I liked about the movie was Voldemort's snake. Somehow HP films went downhill for me after David Yates took the helm.
But then today I saw Adam (half of it, really, the other half is scheduled for tomorrow) and I liked it very much. God, I am Adam, just without the awkward sexuality questions.

Watched Psychopathia Sexualis. It's an adaptation of a medical journal that was written in Victorian times by a psychologist who treated patients with deviant sexual desires (though it's important to note that some of the things considered deviant back then are considered fairly vanilla nowadays). I thought it was very interesting and fairly well done. I especially liked the costumes and the cinematography.

i rewatched:

1) the star wars original trilogy

2) batman begins

3) the dark knight

4) terminator 2

5) Harry Potter and the deathly hallows

6) Megamind

7) Superman (1978)

the go-getter...a 2008 indie film starrring zooey deschanel...i could watch her in any film i.e 500 days of summer. it was okay for a quirky off the beaten path film.

Bobby...a 2006 film about the assassination of robert f kennedy in 1968. worth seeing especially the last 20 minutes.

Sapphire And Steel. Another old British sci-fi series. I do love these.

Days ago, I saw Glorious 39 for the second time. I recommend it for those who are Romola Garai fans (Atonement, Angel) and for those who like suspense.

Harold & Kumar: Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

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Second time I've seen Videodrome. My favourite Cronenberg film.

Spolier Alert!! Spolier Alert!!



The Heiress (1949)

The stunningly gorgeous Olivia De Havilland stars in William Wyler's drama about love and revenge. Catherine Sloper (De Havilland) is a plain, shy woman whose emotionally detached father (Ralph Richardson) makes no secret of his disappointment in her. When she meets the charming Morris Townsend (Montgomery Clift), she immediately is taken by the attention that he lavishes upon her, attention she so desperately seeks from her father. Catherine falls madly in love with Morris and they plan to marry.

Catherine's father believes Morris is courting Catherine only to get her inheritance and threatens to disinherit her if she marries him. Catherine does not care, and plans to elope with Morris but not before telling him about her father's decision. On the night they are to elope, Catherine eagerly waits at home for Morris to come and take her away, but he never arrives.

Catherine is heartbroken. A day or so later, she has a bitter argument with her father, who reveals he is dying. She tells her father she still loves Morris and challenges him to change his will if he's afraid of how she will spend his money after he dies. He does not and dies a short time later, leaving her his entire estate.

A few years later, Morris returns from California, having made nothing of himself and eyeing the Slopers' luxurious house with more obvious eagerness. Again he professes his love for Catherine, claiming that he left her behind because he could not bear to see her destitute. Catherine pretends to forgive him and tells him she still wants to elope as they originally planned. He promises to come back that night for her, and she tells him she'll start packing her bags.

When Morris returns, Catherine takes her revenge. She calmly orders the maid to bolt the door, leaving Morris locked outside, shouting her name. Her aunt asks her how she can be so cruel, and she responds, "I have been taught by masters." The film fades out with Catherine silently ascending the stairs while Morris' despairing cries echo unanswered through the darkness.

Definately one to watch for lovers of old costume drama's and for big fans of Olivia De Havilland! I couldn't take my eyes off her!

"Tetro" by Francis Ford Coppola

I had seen the trailer a while back and was interested in the film particularly because of the beautiful cinematography. I've never been much of a fan of Coppola's films - they often seem to be trying to hard to be "art" and not trying hard enough to be an entertaining film. Tetro suffers from the same problem. It is a story, apparenty of two brothers who have not seen one another in many years and both suffer from their over bearing, celebrity father. There is a bit of artistic wish fulfillment in the storyline which plays like a young person's idea of what it is like to be an artist.

The photography is beautiful and, if you are into very nice black and white cinematography, it's worth watching, but the story is pretty uninteresting and the direction is mediocre and unfocused.

"Micmacs" by Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Entertaining and fun with much of the same Rube Goldberg mechanics and scenarios that Jeunet does very well. I kept getting interrupted while watching it so I'm not sure if it was that or just that the film wasn't as appealing as "Amelie" or "Delicatessen" But I did enjoy it better than "Alien Resurrection" and "A Very Long Engagement" As usual, the cinematography and production design are very good.

Tron (1982) - 6/10 Decent film though the plot and some of the visuals feel dated.