What movies have you seen recently?

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The Campaign (2012)

Better-than-expected comedy starring Will Ferrell and Zack Galifiwhatever skewering stupid politicians and stupid voters.

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Third in The Fast and the Furious franchise. However, it takes place after the sixth movie. A teenager movies to Tokyo with his father to avoid a jail in America and enters the world of drift racing.

Strangers On A Train.

Hitchcock film about Guy, a tennis player trying to escape a troubled marriage, while on a train meets nutbar rich kid Bruno, who wants to be rid of his overbearing father. Bruno suggests a plan where neither could be suspected of murdering their tormentors - switch murders. Thinking Bruno is just a whack job, he exits the train without another thought. But that changes when Bruno actually kills Guy's wife, then tries to coerce Guy into killing his father. The dialogue is a bit dated, especially regarding police work, but still a very satisfactory movie.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

^ Read the book sometime. Like most Patricia Highsmith adaptations, the film is seriously watered down. Great performances, though.

The Hurt Locker

Well-done War movie about a bomb diposal team during the Iraq War.

Blue Velvet.

Re watched my favorite David Lynch movie. Lynch has said the town of Lumberton - where the movie was set - was based on my own Spokane Washington, where Lynch had grown up.
Dean Stockwell's most bizarre performance is reason for watching the movie alone.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

The Third Man.

First time I've seen this movie since I was in college. Good as I remember it.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

Battle Royale--sort of a Japanese version of Hunger Games. It was interesting and a bit bizarre in the way Japanese movies usually are.

World War Z

Though the airplane sequence was well-done and a good performance from Brad Pitt, this was not worth seeing in theaters. Some parts of the movie were laughable and the original ending is described on the Internet.

Read the book first, then wait until World War Z is released on DVD/Blu-Ray.

^ You can find it on YouTube and Archive.org since it's in the public domain.

Just bring some coffee. It's like an endurance test.

The Last Exorcism Part II.

Mediocre sequel to a very good horror film. This time around, it lacks the "found footage" look of the original.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

American History X. Sad, sad,sad.

Transformers

The first of Michael Bay's film series about the franchise. Great on special effects.