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.
November 2006 activity
Total Log Entries: 86
- Adam (14)
- Andrew (0)
- Chet (0)
- Chiranjit (1)
- David (0)
- Eva (0)
- Evan (0)
- Ian (19)
- Jenny (9)
- Katherine (0)
- Leo (3)
- Megan (0)
- Rumsey (16)
- Teddy (5)
- Thomas (1)
- Timothy (0)
- Victoria (0)
Total Comments: 48
- Marie Antoinette (3)
- The Fountain (0)
- An Inconvenient Truth (0)
- Lord of the Flies (1)
- Moments choisis des histoire(s) du cinema (0)
- Climates (0)
- J’entends plus la guitare (0)
- Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1)
- Pan’s Labyrinth (0)
- My Super Ex- Girlfriend (1)
- The Departed (0)
- The Prestige (1)
- Wordplay (0)
- Cars (0)
- Trust The Man (0)
- You, Me And Dupree (0)
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby (0)
- Old Joy (0)
- Casino Royale (0)
- A Good Year (0)
- For Your Consideration (1)
- Stranger than Fiction (0)
- Love and Death (0)
- Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (0)
- Gabrielle (5)
- The Unforgiven (0)
- Klimt (0)
- Flanders (0)
- Candy (0)
- Tough Enough (0)
- Casino Royale (0)
- Half Nelson (0)
- The Fountain (0)
- Funeral Parade of Roses (0)
- Shake Hands with the Devil (0)
- The Departed (11)
- Volver (0)
- The President’s Last Bang (3)
- Liberte, la nuit (0)
- Emergency Kisses (0)
- Demented (0)
- Paraguayan Hammock (0)
- The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (0)
- Beckett On Film (1)
- House of Games (0)
- Marie Antoinette (1)
- Hotwire (0)
- The Caiman (0)
- Comedy of Power (0)
- Dry Season (0)
- The Rules of the Game (5)
- Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1)
- Burden of Dreams (2)
- Wordplay (0)
- A Brief History of Time (0)
- Saw III (0)
- Peking Opera Blues (0)
- Bad Golf My Way (0)
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (0)
- The History Boys (0)
- Star Wars: Episode V (1)
- Thank You for Smoking (0)
- Eyes Wide Shut (2)
- Volver (1)
- Aguirre: The Wrath of God (0)
- The Phantom Carriage (0)
- The Stars Look Down (0)
- Homecoming (0)
- Flags Of Our Fathers (0)
- Mr. Death (0)
- Superman (1)
- The Fly (1)
- Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1)
- Borat (0)
- The Departed (0)
- Saw III (0)
- Borat (1)
- Sophie Scholl – The Final Days (0)
- Meet Me in St. Louis (0)
- Evil Dead II (0)
- In My Skin (0)
- The Woods (0)
- Tideland (0)
- The Wild Blue Yonder (1)
- The Departed (0)
- The Queen (2)
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Casino Royale / USA/UK / 2006
As I once expressed a certain degree of skepticism as to whether or not the Bond franchise could hack it in the 21st century, Casino Royale came as something of a shock to me: here is a James Bond film I actually liked. For once, 007 spends more time in a swimsuit than any of the Bond girls, and the gadgets that cluttered so many of the previous films have been reduced to an absolute minimum. Daniel Craig gives an emotional depth to a character that was fast becoming a cartoon, and the flirtation between Bond and Vesper Lynd has a certain screwball quality to it, which ultimately blossoms into a romance the audience can actually invest it. In short, it’s the first female-friendly (though by no means feminist) Bond.
For the above reasons alone, I suspect many Bond purists will balk, but for me these things represented a refreshing – and much-needed – change of pace.
by Beth Gilligan | Source: MGM 35mm print
27 Nov 2006 12:28 PM | Submit Comment