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.
August 2006 activity
Total Log Entries: 61
- Adam (7)
- Chet (0)
- Chiranjit (3)
- Cullen (0)
- David (0)
- Eva (0)
- Evan (0)
- Ian (0)
- Jenny (6)
- Katherine (0)
- Leo (11)
- Megan (0)
- Rumsey (17)
- Teddy (0)
- Thomas (0)
- Victoria (0)
Total Comments: 60
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2)
- Trust the Man (0)
- Velvet Goldmine (0)
- Lethal Weapon 3 (2)
- The Fountainhead (4)
- The Thief Of Bagdad (0)
- Invasion Of The Thunderbolt Pagoda (0)
- Twelve And Holding (0)
- Idlewild (0)
- Willard (1)
- Le Samouraï (0)
- Punch-Drunk Love (1)
- Strangers With Candy (0)
- Snakes on a Plane (0)
- Lucifer Rising (8)
- Inside Man (1)
- Airplane 2:The Sequel (0)
- Husbands And Wives (0)
- Lady In The Water (0)
- World Trade Center (0)
- Scotch Tape (0)
- Collateral (1)
- 8 ½ (0)
- Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (0)
- Heat (3)
- Gloria (2)
- In Her Shoes (0)
- My Blue Heaven (1)
- InnerSpace (0)
- Gimme Shelter (0)
- Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1)
- Under Siege (0)
- Tron (0)
- The ‘Burbs (6)
- The Night Listener (0)
- The Wicker Man (1)
- Tristram Shandy (0)
- A History of Violence (1)
- Bad Boys II (1)
- subUrbi@ (2)
- The Descent (0)
- Elevator to the Gallows (0)
- The Dreamers (0)
- Unfaithfully Yours (0)
- Miami Vice (2)
- The Village (10)
- Lady in the Water (1)
- Pumping Iron II: The Women (0)
- Louisiana Story (0)
- Caché (0)
- Miami Vice (1)
- A Scanner Darkly (0)
- Miami Vice (5)
- Dave Chappelle’s Block Party (0)
- The Movie Movie (An Excerpt) (3)
- Building No. 7 (0)
- Born Like Stars (0)
- More (0)
- Sleepaway Camp (0)
- The Hills Have Eyes (0)
- The Thin Red Line (0)
Full Archive
The ‘Burbs / USA / 1989
Red rover, red rover… A solid- gold lowbrow classic, I’ll go out on a limb and say that, with the possible exceptions of Carrie Fisher and Corey Feldman this was a career high for all involved. Tom Hanks has never been funnier or more likeable (he’s rarely either nowadays), Rick Ducommun essays the archetypal fat nerd best friend, and the whole film is steeped in painfully acute, beautifully observed ‘what’s he building in there’ suburban paranoia. Dante, like Rob Reiner, Robert Zemeckis, Sam Raimi and to a lesser extent Spielberg, was one of those directors who thrived under the strict commercial and generic restrictions of mainstream 80’s cinema, but found themselves at a loss when financial success afforded actual artistic freedom. Thankfully most of those directors have found their way back to the box office.
by Tom Huddleston | Source: ITV
10 Aug 2006 9:28 AM | Comments (6)
leo / 10 August 2006 / 8:21 AM / URL
Agreed on all fronts, especially about Dante and this film in particular. And I can never listen to that Tom Waits song without thinking of Henry Gibson and Brother Theodore.
mark / 12 August 2006 / 7:16 PM
The high-light for me was Rick’s character “Art” getting blown off the power-pole. Worth watching over and over again.
Shelby / 14 August 2006 / 9:42 AM
One of the funniest movies ever.
Matthew D. Phelan / 20 August 2006 / 1:29 AM
I’d argue that this film actually was a career high for Corey Feldman. Certainly more so than for the indelible Bruce Dern—though his role in this movie is my favorite part for him since Silent Running (1972).
Can anyone here honestly say Feldman has delivered a better comedic performance elsewhere? Better than when he jumps onto the hood of a squad car during the film’s climax and yells, “Officer! You gotta help! There’s these people, and they’re in my parents house, and they’re eating all their FOOD!!”
I thought so. It’s just too top shelf.
Albert / 24 August 2006 / 12:15 PM
“Can anyone here honestly say Feldman has delivered a better comedic performance elsewhere? “
Lost Boy & License to Drive
Matthew D. Phelan / 1 September 2006 / 5:37 PM
(eyeroll)