| |
(*) Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery **½
USA/Germany: Jay Roach, 1997 IMDB reference
|
| |
(*) Resident Evil ***
UK/Germany/France/USA: Paul W.S. Anderson, 2002 (Watched with commentary by Paul W.S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez) IMDB reference
|
| |
(*) Audition ****
Original title: Ôdishon
Japan/South Korea: Takashi Miike, 1999 IMDB reference
|
| |
(*) Unleashed ****
Original title: Danny the Dog
France/UK: Louis Leterrier, 2005 IMDB reference
|
| |
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion ****
Original title: Indagine su un Cittadino al di Sopra di Ogni Sospetto
Italy: Elio Petri, 1970 "You can commit any crime you want, you know. You really could." This is the central premise of Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion. A celebrated police inspector (Gian Maria Volontè) murders his mistress, Augusta Terzi (Florinda Bolkan), and intentionally leaves a trail of evidence proving his guilt, but, because of his status, he is never considered a suspect, even when his fingerprints are all over the woman's apartment and he has actually told various people that he is the killer. A farcical plot played straight, this backwards police procedural (the element of mystery is whether the inspector will be caught, not whether he is guilty) heads along at a meandering pace and yet never feels over-long, thanks to the intense performances of Volontè and the magnificent Bolkan, and some rather obvious but well-intentioned social commentary (at one point the deranged inspector, practically slavering at the mouth, lumps prostitutes, Communists, murderers and homosexuals together as examples of "subversives" whose activities must be stamped out). Great offbeat score by Ennio Morricone and simple yet precise photography by Luigi Kuveiller. Oh, and I was amazed to learn that this film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film of 1972. It's nice to know that the Hollywood crowd was not completely ignorant of what was going on in Italian genre cinema at the time. IMDB reference
|
| |
(*) Lara Croft: Tomb Raider ***
USA/UK: Simon West, 2001 IMDB reference
|
| |
(*) My Neighbor Totoro ****½
Original title: Tonari no Totoro
Japan: Hayao Miyazaki, 1988 IMDB reference
|
| |
(*) Lara Croft: Tomb Raider ***
USA/UK: Simon West, 2001 IMDB reference
|
| |
Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro ***
Original title: Rupan Sansei: Kariosutoro No Shiro
Japan: Hayao Miyazaki, 1979 IMDB reference
|
| |
(*)Torso **
Original title: I Corpi Presentano Tracce di Violenza Carnale
Italy: Sergio Martino, 1973 IMDB reference
|
| |
(*) V for Vendetta ***½
USA/UK/Germany: James McTeigue, 2005 IMDB reference
|
| |
|
|
Movies
Welcome to the movie checklist!
This section is an archive listing every movie I've seen from January 1 2005 onwards. Films I have already seen are included and will be marked with a (*), but probably won't be reviewed except under special circumstances. I will be including a rating for each film (in stars, out of 5), and hope to be able to include a brief 1-2 paragraph review of each film, although due to time constraints that won't always be possible.
Archives
Films Viewed This Month
|
|
