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.
July 2007 activity
Total Log Entries: 54
- Adam (10)
- Chet (0)
- Chiranjit (1)
- Cullen (0)
- David (0)
- Eva (0)
- Evan (0)
- Ian (4)
- Jenny (0)
- Katherine (0)
- Leo (0)
- Megan (0)
- Rumsey (10)
- Teddy (0)
- Thomas (0)
- Victoria (0)
Total Comments: 14
- Breach (0)
- Rescue Dawn (0)
- Little Dieter Needs to Fly (0)
- Bringing Up Baby (0)
- They Drive By Night (0)
- Live Free Or Die Hard (0)
- 28 Weeks Later (0)
- Das Leben Der Anderen (0)
- The Simpsons Movie (0)
- The Lake House (0)
- Slither (0)
- The Prestige (0)
- Hana (0)
- Gamlet (0)
- Notes On A Scandal (0)
- 1900 (0)
- Babyface (0)
- Black Snake Moan (0)
- Old Joy (0)
- Mr. Brooks (0)
- Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (0)
- Dreamscape (0)
- The Petrified Forest (0)
- Zodiac (0)
- Hannibal Rising (0)
- End Of The Century (0)
- I Know Where i’m Going (0)
- Roots Daughters (0)
- Beerfest (0)
- Braindead (0)
- Run, Fat Boy, Run (0)
- Once (0)
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley (0)
- Deliver Us from Evil (1)
- The Fountain (0)
- Transformers (0)
- Transformers (2)
- The Holy Mountain (0)
- El Topo (0)
- Nightmare Alley (2)
- Spartan (0)
- The Magic Christian (0)
- Live Free or Die Hard (1)
- Orca (1)
- Find Me Guilty (1)
- Reign Over Me (0)
- Hannibal (0)
- Kingpin (0)
- Wet Hot American Summer (5)
- Tzameti (1)
- Daratt (0)
- Legacy (0)
- Hardware (0)
- Marie Antoinette (0)
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The Lake House / USA / 2006
Ah wardrobe, that ever important yet oft forgotten aspect of great filmmaking. It can enhance the atmosphere of a story or, as with The Lake House, single-handedly extinguish an hour’s-worth of tension meant to bring about an absorbing and unexpected climax. Odd that the accident victim at Dealey Plaza is dressed similarly to Alex at the train station, you think, and suddenly the entire storyline is ruined.
Director Alejandro Agresti’s film also fosters an interestingly philosophical, if not entirely Bradburian debate as to our control over time and fate, though that aspect of the plot is obviously not the screenwriter’s focus. This is a well-tuned love story with vibrant visuals, much of which surround the busy streets of Chicago, and reunite a screen couple from years passed. (Perhaps, in another 12 years, Bullock and Reaves can come together again for a science-fiction film or musical, as action and romance films have already been covered.) A surprisingly enjoyable film, despite the blemished surprise, but I still can’t help but feeling that Shohreh Aghdashloo isn’t allowed to exercise her vast acting talent.
by Adam Balz | Source: DVD
27 Jul 2007 3:58 PM | Submit Comment
