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
Inside Man / USA / 2006
Lee’s latest effort is further proof that “very serious” directors should take a crack at lighter genre projects every so often. While the various characters within Lee’s film could certainly be classified as caricatures at times, he somehow manages to make them exceedingly natural and utterly believable within his Manhattan atmosphere, which he seems to fluently comprehend and effortlessly construct. Featuring Clive Owen’s most charismatic performance in a rather undemanding character, this is easily the most entertaining Lee film that I’ve watched since He Got Game (which had possibly one of the worst endings I’ve ever witnessed) simply because he isn’t attempting to overload his audience with his own urgent appeals and instead weaves his interest in social tensions into a clever heist plot. Then again, I’m usually a sucker for subtext … and Jodie Foster (it’s downright disturbing how attractive I find her this role).
by Chiranjit Goswami | Source: Universal Pictures DVD
16 Aug 2006 4:59 PM | Comments (1)
strjh02@moravian.com / 16 August 2006 / 4:35 PM / URL
It was very entertaining in a non-demanding way, but it also accurately reflects post-9/11 tensions (as is 25th Hour, my favorite Spike Lee Joint). And yes, Foster is quite attention grabbing, isn’t she?