Screening Log

This new site feature is a collective effort to summarize our viewing habits. Occasionally, you will find titles here that are coming to a theater near you, in addition to films viewed on television, and even films viewed in piecemeal. The screening log is archived each month; to view past entries select a month in the menu below.

January 2006 activity

Total Log Entries: 67

Total Comments: 30

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Paycheck / USA / 2003

OK, in all honesty, I’ve never had the stomach to watch this film in its entirety, but I’ve caught the last half an hour on television a number of times, so I feel justified in calling it one of the worst Hollywood films of the still-youthful ’00s. Woo turns in one or two inspired action moves and a couple of good explosions, but the script is so hilariously bad (“I invented a machine that can predict the future!”) that these little touches can’t improve it. Add to this:

• Affleck, still trying to graduate from his Mallrats date-rapist persona to Hollywood hunk (see also Bounce),

• Uma, who is so hopelessly gangly that it’s a wonder that this is the same person who kicked such an absurd amount of ass in Kill Bill,

• the star-chemistry equivalent of orange juice and toothpaste,

• and one CGI dove,

and you have a recipe for a highly amusing movie.

by Leo Goldsmith | Source: Cable Television Broadcast
07 Jan 2006 3:55 PM | Comments (1)

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  1. Chiranjit / 7 January 2006 / 1:57 PM / URL

    If there ever was a John Woo-movie drinking game, I’m sure the dove would figure highly in the amount of alcohol consumed. I assume that if he used a parrot or an ostrich instead, you would have to drink everything in sight.

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