whatever works: 4/10

since when is woody allen worse than steven seagal? it's about some disgruntled old physicist who lets a runaway country girl stay in his home, basically a feature length episode of big bang theory but worse.
vicky cristina barcelona was almost as bad

why am i not surprised woody allen made a movie where an old guy who looks and acts like him hooks up with some 17 year old

Regarding Winterbottom "9 songs" was one of the worst films I ever saw (but maybe he's done better - I haven't seen many Winterbottom films and he seems to be proficient, I at least remember having also seen "24 hour party people" which was just OK in my opinion).

Yeah, 9 songs sucks.

WHATEVER WORKS also sucks -- Woody Allen needs to hang it up, and that's coming from someone who ranks a good 15 of his films as masterpieces. I really can't say I've liked anything he's done since... eh.. MATCH POINT, which I thought was not THAT good (like a 5/10. AVERAGE). WHATEVER WORKS starts great and is apparently -- and maybe obviously -- from an old, unproduced script. It just felt like it wanted to be some shitty Curb Your Enthusiasm movie or something. When the "romance" aspect enters in and whatnot, it just turns to PURE SHIT. He's already done the "old man and a young girl" thing in his movies before, like Manhattan. Oh, and he did it in real life too. ZING!

BROWN BUNNY is a masterpiece. Gallo is actually a brilliant director. I'm a big fan... of the two films he's released thus far. BROWN BUNNY has such a wonderful atmosphere. I love that the blowjob is the only reason the film is known to most people, or talked about... it's like this experimental/arthouse film that all of a sudden became mainstream because of some dicksucking. Pretty brilliant honestly. And then Gallo is in Jay Z videos and shit! Insane. Anyway, I love it, and Buffalo, and can't wait for his new one.

So, hi.

i watched LOST BOOK FOUND

it's comprised of 5 years of footage of new york. Awesome stuff..

Everyone knows Gallo's best role is in that one Glassjaw video.

Definitely enjoyed the last installment of the Harry Potter series it ends with a flourish. Ralph Finnes was probably the best choice out there for Lord Volemort

The Creeping Flesh

7/10

Usually you can't go wrong with Peter Cushing or Christopher Lee (greatest speaking voice of all time, and it's only gotten better as he's gotten older), but I must say the best part of this was the ending (I like twists). Although it did get genuinely creepy (no pun intended) at the climax, for the most part it was hampered by a slow pace (though I've seen slower) and a rather cliched/outdated view of the mentally ill as being violent savages (plus Peter Cushing's character's wife seems to go crazy for no apparent reason)...I've known enough mentally ill people to know that's not the case. Maybe I took that part too seriously. But Cushing was good, and Lee...that man never seems to play a bad role. I even loved him as Count Dooku/Darth Tyrannis, and I hated the Star Wars prequels!

wow, great films listed here, totally agreed with your ratings too.

I just watched THE TABLE. It's an hour of 4 guys beating on a table. It was kinda neat.

i saw four films at this week's film festival

it was really good, but not as good as werckmeister harmonies. i can see why this is going to be his last film. there was a Q&A with tarr after the film. he is really funny and said a few interesting things.

this was really interesting as well. i need to see more morris films. ive only seen this and thin blue line.

this was a really beautiful film. herzog did not disappoint. the 3d looked weird sometimes, but sometimes it worked really well, and really gave the viewer a sense of the space of the cave. and the drawing are amazing


this was a visually stunning film, and for the most part a very good film all in all. the end had some weird symbolic stuff that wasn't that impressive, but i still really liked the film.

I'm really looking forward to seeing that but expect to have a similar reaction.

I'd give it 7.5/10.

Annie Hall is like Woody Allen going from the indie scene to mainstream to win himself an Oscar. It's funny but as a fan it's one of my least favorite.
I can think of at least 10 other films by him that I prefer. I think of his mainstream films Play it Again Sam blows it away.....

I like when Woody sneezes in the yayo.

Scarface - 1983

Still one of my favorite De Palma films, and probably my favorite gangster flick of all-time (either this or Casino - I can't decide). Few characters have captivated me as strongly as Tony Montana has over the years, I might even go by myself a pair of gaudy Scarface pajama bottoms (say hello to my little friend).

But honestly - this film is pure mastery. Much credit to Oliver Stone for churning out the script, some of the best character arcs in the history of cinema. The dialogue feels almost too natural as it rolls off each characters' tongue.

The set design is miraculous. The synth score is genuinely eerie when it needs to be, and a total-80's-club-banger when it doesn't. The chainsaw scene rivals the original TCM in the amount of chills it sends down my spine each time I watch it.

I also highly recommend

Broadway Danny Rose
The Front
Everything you Wanted to Know About Sex but was Afraid to Ask
Sleeper
Bananas
Take the Money and Run