Director: Woody Allen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079522/
Review: A really enjoyable and interesting film with beautiful framing and great moments of humour.
Rent it if: You can handle something with out a specific plot, that flows more like real life. Also, if you can handle black and white for artistic reasons.
And if you liked: Harold & Maude, Annie Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Tuesday, March 10
Sunday, March 8
The Secret of Kells
Director: Tomm Moore
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485601/
Review: A visually stunning film that takes a little while to get going but once it does it's gripping.
Go see it if: You can handle this "old-timey" 2D animation.
And if you liked: Asterix, The Book of Kells?
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485601/
Review: A visually stunning film that takes a little while to get going but once it does it's gripping.
Go see it if: You can handle this "old-timey" 2D animation.
And if you liked: Asterix, The Book of Kells?
Saturday, March 7
Surveillance
Director: Jennifer Lynch
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409345/
Review: An enjoyable and tense thriller that loses its way, story-wise, in the third act.
Go see it if: You can handle some violence and strange acting.
And if you liked: Lost Highway, Wild at Heart
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409345/
Review: An enjoyable and tense thriller that loses its way, story-wise, in the third act.
Go see it if: You can handle some violence and strange acting.
And if you liked: Lost Highway, Wild at Heart
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Director: Woody Allen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497465/
Review: A great story with interesting characters and realistic dialogue.
Go see it if: You can allow a film to just flow naturally rather than rigidly following a thread.
And if you liked: Annie Hall
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497465/
Review: A great story with interesting characters and realistic dialogue.
Go see it if: You can allow a film to just flow naturally rather than rigidly following a thread.
And if you liked: Annie Hall
Wednesday, March 4
Watchmen
Director: Zack Snyder
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409459/
Review: A very enjoyable and very faithful adaptation that occasionally feels a little patchy and contains a little too much slow motion but ultimately does the story justice.
Go see it if: You can handle some violence and have gone to the toilet previously.
And if you liked: The graphic novel of Watchmen (obviously), Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, 300
Check this out: Watchmen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409459/
Review: A very enjoyable and very faithful adaptation that occasionally feels a little patchy and contains a little too much slow motion but ultimately does the story justice.
Go see it if: You can handle some violence and have gone to the toilet previously.
And if you liked: The graphic novel of Watchmen (obviously), Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, 300
Check this out: Watchmen
Monday, March 2
Lynch One
Director: blackANDwhite
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1032207/
Review: An interesting insight into the way Lynch moves.
Go see it if: You're interested enough in David Lynch to want to see what he would consider the mundane.
And if you liked: Lynch's films obviously, Meeting People is Easy
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1032207/
Review: An interesting insight into the way Lynch moves.
Go see it if: You're interested enough in David Lynch to want to see what he would consider the mundane.
And if you liked: Lynch's films obviously, Meeting People is Easy
Saturday, February 28
My Best Fiend - Klaus Kinski
Director: Werner Herzog
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200849/
Review: A bizarre, fascinating and touching look into an erratic personality.
Rent it if: You're interested in Klaus Kinski.
And if you liked: Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Nosferatu, Woyzeck, Fitzcarraldo, Cobra Verde
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200849/
Review: A bizarre, fascinating and touching look into an erratic personality.
Rent it if: You're interested in Klaus Kinski.
And if you liked: Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Nosferatu, Woyzeck, Fitzcarraldo, Cobra Verde
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder
Director: Peter Avanzino
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054487/
Review: Quite funny but never quite hits like the TV series did.
Rent it if: You're already a fan of Futurama, I wouldn't start with it though.
And if you liked: The other Futurama films... obviously.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054487/
Review: Quite funny but never quite hits like the TV series did.
Rent it if: You're already a fan of Futurama, I wouldn't start with it though.
And if you liked: The other Futurama films... obviously.
Cobra Verde
Director: Werner Herzog
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094888/
Review: A strange and tense film that runs a little too long but has a powerful ending.
Rent it if: You want to see some great Kinski acting.
And if you liked: Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo
Added cult bonus: Klaus Kinski
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094888/
Review: A strange and tense film that runs a little too long but has a powerful ending.
Rent it if: You want to see some great Kinski acting.
And if you liked: Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo
Added cult bonus: Klaus Kinski
Monday, February 9
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Director: David Fincher
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421715/
Review: Interesting and charming but too long and somewhat uneventful.
Go see it if: You have some time on your hands.
And if you liked: Zodiac, Forrest Gump
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421715/
Review: Interesting and charming but too long and somewhat uneventful.
Go see it if: You have some time on your hands.
And if you liked: Zodiac, Forrest Gump
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