Letterboxd — Your life in film

Part of Lise and Jonnie’s What A Wonderful World: May 30 days, 30 countries.

France

I came out of this morning’s screening of The 400 Blows rather cold and unaffected. It’s not that I didn’t like it or appreciate its style; it’s just that I didn’t have any feeling for Antoine. A few hours have passed now, and I think that may be exactly what Truffaut wanted me to feel, or not feel.

The young Jean-Pierre Leaud gave a brilliant,…

Part of Action Marathon May

John Carpenter really is a great inspiration to all low budget filmmakers worldwide, and this film is a prime example of why he functions best under those circumstances.

Assault on Precinct 13 has a fantastic and catchy soundtrack and you probably might know that, it's so popularly received on that front. It fits every situation that it's used in and I don't think I'll be able to get it out of my head for a…

Justin Lin's Tokyo Drift was up until now the only entry in the Fast and the Furious franchise I enjoyed and after the awful 4th film it seemed as if it was an accidental success and we were back to everything I loathed about the previous installments. Yet, despite the universal panning of the franchise in general it seems impossible to go anywhere without hearing that the 5th installment is actually rather good. Surprisingly, every positive thing to hear about…

Cate Blanchette is incredible as Katharine Hepburn. Just incredible.

Somehow I missed this back when it came out and it took this long to see it. Leonardo DiCaprio has one of his best performances as the eccentric aviator / film director Howard Hughes, as this film goes through many of his life events. His instantly charismatic charm and appeal was as fun to watch as his obsessive-compulsive disorder was disturbing. It put me on edge watching Hughes become more and…

Film Number 14 on PinHeadLarry145's 30 Days 30 Countries Film Challenge!

Australia, 1975.

I've had this one on my radar for a loooong ass time. The plot was always interesting to me (schoolgirls go missing at a mysterious natural location) but the combination of it being hard to find and my crippling laziness always came in tween me and the film

I finally watched Picnic at Hanging Rock tonight and while it wasn't everything I hoped it would be as…

What a pleasant surprise! Side Effects is my favorite film from 2013 so far without a doubt. I haven’t seen so many movies from Steven Soderbergh, but I enjoyed Contagion and Ocean’s Eleven. The cast here is pretty solid and the plot seemed intriguing and relevant, so I was anxious to watch it. Side Effects takes a lot of unpredictable routes, containing some great twists along the way. There was one moment I jumped out of my seat and couldn’t…

My first viewing of Rob Reiner’s beloved The Princess Bride didn’t thrill me too much. Upon second viewing, I appreciated it much more. It’s film that doesn’t take itself seriously in any way… it’s one of those films. But what separates this story from those (films) is that it contains a soul. And a soul like this is hard to come across. The Princess Bride is a film that intertwines love, humor, action, and adventure seamlessly to create a film…

Day ten of the Bond Film Marathon, film 10:The Spy Who Loved Me. Regarded as Moore's absolute best and one of the best period, I can agree with that for the most part. Once again, straying away from the original source material, for the most part, this is a really fun, enjoyable, film. It is a bit long and can drag, but It's quite entertaining.

SLBMs from Britain and the Soviet Union have disappeared and Bond has been dispatched to…

Since I've been on an inexplicable action movie kick the last week or so I figured to end it with THE ROCK.

Sean Connery, Nic Cage and Ed Harris are all perfectly cast in this film. I think Nic Cage was born to be in Michael Bay movies. I'm very surprised that this is his only forray into the madman's world. He is a better, more understandable version of Shia Labeuff. There is no way it's a coincidence that Bay…

David Fincher is a director who knows how to show the darker side of human nature. From the cerebral and disturbing "Se7en" to the subversive "Fight Club" he uncovers a filthy, dangerous underbelly of society.
When it came to remaking Niels Arden Oplev's 2009 film of Stieg Larsson's Millenium Trilogy bestseller, only one man could have done it justice. Fincher's English language remake carries a menace rarely seen in recent Hollywood thrillers. Sinister and darkly brutal this isn't an easy…

I really didn't want to start writing reviews again, but upon leaving the cinema half an hour ago I received a text from my brother saying that if I came home and started babbling about Star Trek or the B word, he was gonna throw the TV remote at my head again.
I'm not an idiot. The kid can AIM, and will absolutely do so with no remorse whatsoever, so I must share my thoughts with you lot before I…