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.

May 2006 activity

Total Log Entries: 54

Total Comments: 16

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Mystery Men / USA / 1999

Probably the finest, certainly the most underrated comic book adaptation of the past decade. The action- comedy blend is a tricky one, but here it seems effortless- the film is a lot more exciting that any of the recent Batman or X-Men attempts, and funnier than most mainstream comedies. The cast is simply phenomenal- Ben Stiller, Geoffrey Rush, William H. Macy, Janeane Garofalo, Eddie Izzard, Tom Waits, for Christ’s sake. It may be slightly overlong and some of the jokes may fall flat (most of those involving Paul Reubens farting), but there’s a unique, skewed sensibility at work here, a focus on character, a genuine sweetness and a willingness to take risks (‘you killed Captain Amazing!’) that sets it way above the crowd. How this failed to do business is simply beyond me.

by Tom Huddleston | Source: Sci- Fi Channel
02 May 2006 11:05 AM | Comments (1)

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  1. leo / 2 May 2006 / 8:13 AM / URL

    I love this film and cannot understand its apparent lack of popularity. Seek out the deleted scenes involving Tom Waits — the one in the old folks’ home at the beginning which is as funny as anything in the final product.

    And I’d watch Paul Reubens do just about anything. Well, almost anything.

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