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.

April 2006 activity

Total Log Entries: 73

Total Comments: 32

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Welcome To The Jungle / The Rundown / USA / 2003

Despite consistently rotten film choices, for some reason I continue to like The Rock. Perhaps it’s that he seems to have a genuine sense of humour about himself and the work, and more than a scrap of intelligence- two firsts in the thankfully limited wrestler- turned- action- star field. This is probably his best lead role to date, certainly the only one I’d watch twice. The action is fast and furious, the dialogue largely dumb but suitably self aware and occasionally rather snappy, with a nice line in petty bickering. The supporting cast- most notably Christopher Walken as another scenery- devouring villain- is likeable and well chosen, and the whole thing is carried off with mimimal fuss and maximum flair. There’s even a relevant political message, about Western imperialism and the rape of third world wealth. My only question: why does Ewen Bremner- a Scots actor who at the climax of the film appears wearing a kilt and playing bagpipes- have a Northern Irish accent and a shamrock painted on the tail of his plane?

by Tom Huddleston | Source: Sky Movies
03 Apr 2006 6:14 AM | Submit Comment

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