Right now I’m watching Diggers, which so far seems promising. Before that was Resident Evil: Extinction, which was pretty cool especially the very idea of a sweaty Milla/Ali tangle or even better just a big old naked pile of Millas as far as the eye can see–thoughts of that nature kept me occupied in between beef jerky style zombie attacks. Before that was Luther, which was very good and appropriate for the day. Recently I’ve also seen The Revenger’s Tragedy starring Christopher Eccleston (W00F!) Derek Jacobi and Eddie Izzard. Jacobean revenge tragedy at its most over the top, set in 2011, period dialogue mixed with modern asides, nice ultraviolence, a lot like Titus on speed. I have Persepolis in the can for next up. Yes, it is eclectic day at the Aleq residence!
Watched Dark Is Rising which was unsatisfying. Ninety minutes of nothing very much. Had Americans in it unnecessarily. Completely ignored the whole Arthurian angle. No investment in the characters. Quite disappointing.
Yeah, I won’t be sleeping tonight.
Apollo 13 - I realized that I actually hadn’t seen it before for some reason. Pretty good, actually. Black Hawk Down. Seen it before. Still pretty crap. Spartacus, just to check on the final battle scene again for the historically (in)accurate movies thread. Still absolute dreck. I have Boccaccio '70 sitting on my desk. I’ve watched the part with the 50 foot tall Anita Ekberg stomping around Rome going “bevete piu latte”, but I’m having trouble getting into the rest of it. I think I’m more in the mood for something fluffy.
Good lord, that movie is the worst piece of toss the poor guy has ever scrambled together, and he has some stinkaroos on his record from the old days. But then again, I guess my expectations were high, as Chungking Express, In the Mood for Love and 2046 were all works of sublime transcendent genius. Well, can’t win them all, I suppose.
Last weekend it was **Perfume **(pretty good!), Rescue Dawn (well, pretty lousy, but I have to have a full set of Herzog, and it’s interesting as a companion to Little Dieter), and two sets of WWI documentaries.
The scene that creeped me out the most in Devil’s Backbone isn’t one with the ghost, but the one where the bad guy kills his girlfriend on the road. That speaks to one of my deepest fears. I think it might even be a universal fear, if we’re brave enough to think about it.
Great movie.
A couple of weeks ago, I finally rented Hot Fuzz and I luuuuurved it. So much that I’ve watched it four times, bought the 3-disc collectors edition and also bought Shaun of the Dead which I hadn’t seen either and also greatly enjoyed.
Being unemployed I have had time to watch a lot of movies recently. This is since memorial Day. Pretty much everything I watched all the way through has ran the gamut from silly entertainment (Matilda,Cutting Edge 3) to well done but I don’t want to see it again (In the Company of Men, Welcomer to the Dollhouse). The only exception was Nuts in May. It wasn’t as bad as Vegas in Space (amazing for the how low thier budget had to have been) but it really didn’t strike me as funny and I watched it to the bitter end. (What was up with the policeman?)
From Netflix
Persepolis
Wit
Black Snake Moan
Take the Lead
The best of Designing Women
Happy Feet
Perfume
Weeds Season 3
Wild Hogs
No country for Old men
Raising Helen
A month by the Lake
In the Country of Women
saved
The Player
Matilda
About Last Night
Company
Arranged
Cutting Edge 3
Nuts in May
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Vegas in Space (only 30 minutes of it)
Just one of the Guys
Jerry Maguire
romance and Cigarettes
Awakenings
March of the Penguins
Dance with me
The first season of the Vicar of Dibley
In the Company of Men
Fools rush in
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Broken English
Swing Shift
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (only about 30 minutes of this one)
The Cougar Club
Goodbye Burleque (only part of this as well)
CrossRoads
Rosebud Beach hotel
Frank Sinatra Show with Ella Fitzgerald
27 dresses
4 more I rented from the $1.00 movie kiosk when I was sick for a few days and I can’t remember what they were.
Simply ballroom (I own it)
two seasons of Stargate
This is since Memorial day and yes I am looking for a job but my entertainmet budget has been cut to Netflix and free and television really sucks right now. I think I have gotten my money’s worth from Netflix for this month at least. 
Up next
The Closet
The Jaguar
I am so sorry for the Zombie thread! I forgot I had done a search.
Mea culpa!
Adhemar
I’ve been catching up on old MST3K movies I missed when they were new –
**The Crawling Eye
The Amazing Transparent Man
Laserblast**
I grew up on The Crawling Eye, which always seemed to be on Million Dollar Movie when I was a kid, and I’d seen TATM ages ago. I’d always wanted to see LaserBlast, even before MST3K, so I both got to see the movie (much worse than I’d feared it would be) and the MST3K version (which was the last of the Comedy Central ones, so they kind of did a “Reichenbach Falls” end. They didn’t know if they’d be back in any form).
I also picked up Timescape, based on Catherine L. Moore’s “Vintage Season”, and which has gotten praise as a good SF movie. Not enough of those around. Haven’t watched it yet.
Rented The Cell, which I never did see before. Better than I thought it’s be.
Shaolin Soccer Not as good as Kung Fu Hustle as I had hoped. I won’t be watching it repeatedly like I do with KFH.
Cloverfield Nice idea but pretty empty otherwise. I had to fast forward through parts to keep from getting bored.
No Country for Old Men It was okay. For a similar type movie I think I liked Jackie Brown better.
Sin City Gets better each time I watch. I catch new details every time.
Lion King First time I watched it from begining to end. Still one of Disney’s best. It felt epic.
Marie Antoinette Sucked. The only reason I watched was to see Versailles since I had visited it years before. I think a reviewer summed it up best: “Functions less as a film than a 2-hour music video for Sophia Copolla’s mix tape of favorite songs.”
The Closer with William H. Macy (the guy is just so fucking good) and Maria Bello (the carpet doesn’t match the drapes).
The Short Bus - Hmmmm…how to describe it?
HDNET has had several classics on lately that I’ve really enjoyed.
The Outlaw Josey Wales - Okay, it pretty cool seeing an uncredited Richard Farnsworth as one of the Comancheros, but I near flipped when as the Rebs were surrendering and about to be mowed down by the Redlegs gattling gun, I heard the Union soldier speak that was lining them up. I immediately recognized his voice, looked closer and, yep, it was Stefan Gierasch. You’ll remember him as Del Gue (“T’wernt Mormons”) from Jeremiah Johnson.
Electra Glide In Blue - Seen bits and pieces before but it was awesome watching this all the way through. Dang if Billy Green Bush (Five Easy Pieces, Culpepper Cattle Company) isn’t just an absolute pleasure to watch.
Cool Hand Luke - Seen this more times than I can count but just noticed the other night that James Gammon, the gravelly, “I’m cash and carry myself” Texan from Revenge was one of the chain gang members. You’ve got to really look close to catch him and he looks very different, but it’s him!
ETA: All three of these movies have casts loaded with folks seen in other wonderful movies, but these were some of the really obscure but interesting ones of note.
Has anybody been watching the Asian Images film series on TCM, Tuesday and Thursday nights in June? Tonight is the last night. They started out with silent movies and I have to say that Sessue Hayakawa in 1915 is my new silent-movie boyfriend. Everybody knows him from* The Bridge on the River Kwai * in 1957, but lemme tell ya, he was something to see in the early days. They played *The Dragon Painter * from 1919 – hubba hubba!
Meant to include Electra Glide’s Bob Zemko is none other than Peter Cetera.
RoOsh If you’re a John Cusak fan, check out** Identity** Suspense/Horror
really good.
Been watching Sharpe’s Rifles a series from BBC. Comprised of 15 2 hr segments.
Occur during Napoleonic Wars in Spain and France. Swashbuckling hero, surmounting all odds and getting the girl. Really loving it for some reason.
Recently rented Kite Runner. Cannot recommend it highly enough. Excellent.
Last night we indulged in some 80’s nostalgia and watched Red Dawn. It was almost a good movie - after the first hour it kind of lost track of the actual characters, though. Good time had by all, however.
A few days ago I was going to watch Vera Drake from my queue, but I realized Himself would actually like it, so I had to stop it. Hopefully we can watch that tonight.
I watched those just to see Sean Bean, and ended up liking them enough to read the Sharpe books. I wish the DVDs were closed captioned, though. I had a hard time catching all of the dialog.
I’ve been on a B movie/Splatter movie kick lately.
In the last few weeks -
Zombie
Undead or Alive
Hatchet
Splatter Farm
Dead Alive
Blood Feast
The Gruesome Twosome
The Wizard of Gore
Cloverfield
Up next -
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Slither
My Kid Could Paint That
Zombie 3
Diary of the Dead
This weekend I will watch the animated Street Fighter movie. Just 'cause.
Last six movies I watched:
Near Dark: A really fantastic vampire movie. If you’re sick of vampires being portrayed as superheroes with emotional problems, check this out. I especially appreciate Jenny Wright’s ability to portray an immortal soul-sucking demon as innocent and vulnerable.
Resident Evil: Extinction: I went in expecting a movie in which Milla Jovovich jumped around and kicked some zombies. I was not disappointed.
Wristcutters: Another romantic comedy with a high body count. Cute, but not great.
The Orphanage: I had a little trouble sleeping after this one. Really great movie, one of the best I’ve ever seen, but creepy as all hell.
Fido: A good clean zombie movie that’s fun for the whole family. Bought it after I rented it.
Sanjuro: Directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune as a samurai. Nothing else needs to be said.