(1 Oct) Commando (1985, Mark L. Lester)100 [ Reviewed on Extra Beurre ] (2 Oct) The Martian (2015, Ridley Scott)92 [ Reviewed on Extra Beurre ] (5 Oct) Room (2015, Lenny Abrahamson)59 [ Reviewed on Extra Beurre ] (6 Oct) Knock Knock (2015, Eli Roth)69 [ Reviewed on Extra Beurre ] (7 Oct) Le Rang du lion (2015, Stéphan Beaudoin)67 (7 Oct) Sleeping Giant (2015,…
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2014 log (11)
(1 Nov) Big Hero 6 (2014, Don Hall & Chris Williams) (2 Nov) Nightcrawler (2014, Dan Gilroy) [ review ] 83 (4 Nov) Maps to the Stars (2014, David Cronenberg) [ review ] 19 (6 Nov) Interstellar (2014, Christopher Nolan) [ review ] 92 (7 Nov) Under the Skin (2014, Jonathan Glazer)59 [ Visually dark. Narratively disorienting. Ominous score. Minimal dialogue. This is an art…
2015 log (4)
(1 Apr) It Follows (2015, David Robert Mitchell)64 [ Reviewed on Extra Beurre ] (2 Apr) Wish I Was Here (2014, Zach Braff)41 [ I’m not a Zach Braff hater. I loved “Garden State” and I really don’t care that that he used Kickstarter to finance his follow-up feature. But oh boy, right away, somethings seems off about this movie. Gratuitous swearing, attempts at Jewish…
2002 MAY-OCTOBER
(2 May) Savage Messiah (2002, Mario Azzopardi) 48 [ Another powerful, terrifying performance by Luc Picard as a sadistic and perverted guru. Too bad the overall film is rather pedestrian. ] (3 May) Spider-Man (2002, Sam Raimi) [ review ] 85 (5 May) The Devil’s Advocate (1997, Taylor Hackford) 51 [ I’d call this a guilty pleasure. It’s crass, cheesy, and wrong in so many ways, but it’s fun…