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.
October 2006 activity
Total Log Entries: 57
- Adam (6)
- Andrew (0)
- Chet (0)
- Chiranjit (3)
- David (0)
- Eva (0)
- Evan (0)
- Ian (3)
- Jenny (0)
- Katherine (0)
- Leo (9)
- Megan (0)
- Rumsey (16)
- Teddy (0)
- Thomas (4)
- Timothy (0)
- Victoria (0)
Total Comments: 43
- Don’t Look Now (1)
- Little Children (1)
- Running with Scissors (0)
- The Prestige (2)
- Dumbland (0)
- Art School Confidential (0)
- Aguirre: The Wrath of God (0)
- The Hills Have Eyes (0)
- Brick (0)
- The Host (0)
- Sólo con tu pareja (1)
- Marie Antoinette (0)
- Lighten Up (0)
- Heavy Metal Drummer (0)
- Click (0)
- Poseidon (0)
- Dracula (0)
- Kissed (0)
- The Pit (0)
- Airplane II: The Sequel (0)
- Endless Descent (0)
- Wolf Creek (0)
- The White Diamond (1)
- The Departed (1)
- The Queen (0)
- The Last King of Scotland (9)
- Bobby (1)
- The Science of Sleep (1)
- The Departed (0)
- Storefront Hitchcock (0)
- passage à l’acte (0)
- pièce touchée (2)
- The Spirit of the Beehive (0)
- Death Of A President (1)
- The Da Vinci Code (1)
- The Hard Way (1)
- The Departed (2)
- The Departed (0)
- Frenzy (0)
- The Trouble with Harry (0)
- The Best of Everything (0)
- Purple Noon (3)
- Election (11)
- A Journey to Avebury (0)
- Blue Velvet (1)
- Old Joy (0)
- Blood Sucking Nazi Zombies (0)
- World Trade Center (1)
- Silent Hill (0)
- The Last King of Scotland (0)
- Army of Shadows (0)
- Harlan County, U.S.A. (0)
- 9 Songs (0)
- Shock Treatment (0)
- Children Of Men (1)
- Happy Gilmore (1)
- Manic (0)
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The Departed / USA / 2006
It’s amazing that Scorsese can return to the gangster genre, using much the same structure, style, and even pop songs that he has in previous films, and come up with something so energetic, involving, witty, and distinctive as this. Presumably this has a lot to do with the strength of the script (even if it doesn’t fully cohere at the end), and not a little to do with the performances. I can think of few recent films as well cast as this: neither DiCaprio nor Damon has handled a character this well in years, if ever; other actors like Nicholson, Wahlberg, and Baldwin are allowed to chew scenery in hilarious, but judiciously meted out doses.
Jit’s thoughts | Rumsey’s thoughts | Beth’s thoughts
by Leo Goldsmith | Source: Warner Brothers 35mm Print
15 Oct 2006 5:08 PM | Comments (1)
Chiranjit / 15 October 2006 / 10:27 PM / URL
I think it’s time Baldwin received some serious credit for being such a great comedic actor. He’s hilarious in this film just because his character is so genuinely oblivious to the absurd behaviour he constantly exhibits.