The Believer / Red Eye

The Believer - ***

A must-see if you like Ryan Gosling. Fantastic performance; one of his many.


Red Eye - **1/2

Speaking of Ryan Gosling, his equal counterpart on-screen, and sometimes off, Rachel McAdams, does her best in this solid Wes Craven thriller with an "as always" creepy Cillian Murphy.

The Devil Wears Prada / The Notebook / Happy Feet / Pan's Labyrinth

The Devil Wears Prada **1/2 - A bit long, Meryl is terrific but I question the 3rd act’s morally reprehensible behavior by our main character. Didn’t agree with all the attention Emily Blunt was given (however, I did like her and look forward to seeing more of her work), but perhaps had I seen it before the hype I’d feel different. Such is the burden when seeing films *way* after they've been released.

The Notebook ***1/2 - In spite of myself I absolutely love this film. Rachel McAdams is fantastic and I will seek out more of her work. Gorgeous score by Aaron Zigman.

Happy Feet ** - So didn’t deserve a Best Animanted Film Oscar – Monster House and Cars were each twice as good. I found it long and boring.

Pan’s Labyrinth **1/2 - I wish I had seen this before the hype. I liked its visuals and story, but it seemed slow and not in that savory good way. I wanted more mysticism and fantasy to balance out the war story, but maybe on a second viewing I’ll appreciate it more.

In order to catch up on my reviews, I'm going to post past screenings in "list form" and hopefully get back to actually reviewing them so keep checking back!

March 24, 2003

• Straw Dogs
• The Thin Red Line
• Serpico
• Road Trip

March 25, 2003

• The Ring
• 8 Mile
• Moonlight Mile
• One Hour Photo
• About A Boy
• Possesion
• Kissing Jessica Stein

March 27, 2003

• Ice Age
• Unfaithful
• K-19: The Widowmaker
• Maid in Manhattan
• Auto Focus
• Death to Smoochy
• Knockaround Guys
• Sweet Home Alabama

April 1, 2003

• Mr. Deeds
• Igby Goes Down
• Secretary
• Roger Dodger
• Far From Heaven
• Red Dragon

June 8, 2003

• Lilo & Stitch
• The Recruit
• About Schmidt
• Comedian
• Femme Fatale
• Two Weeks Notice

June 15, 2003

• The Good Girl
• 25th Hour
• The Pianist
• Love Liza
• Frida
• The Animatrix

June 6, 2003

• Punch Drunk Love
• Spy Kids
• The Sidewalks of New York
• Tears of the Sun
• 25th Hour (must have not finished it)
• The Transporter

July 3, 2003

• A Shot in the Dark
• Sweet Charity
• The Dish
• Someone Like You
• The Hours
• Ghost World

July 7, 2003

• The Importance of Being Earnest
• Barbershop
• Full Frontal
• Max
• Time Bandits
• Rashomon

July 24, 2003

• S.O.B.
• Lone Star
• Dark Blue

August 5, 2003

• Nixon
• Spider

August 7, 2003

• The Gangs of New York
• Phone Booth
• The Magnificent Seven

August 10, 2003

• Rio Bravo
• What A Girl Wants
• NIcholas Nickleby

August 12, 2003

• The Wild Bunch
• 100 Women
• Midnight Cowboy

August 14, 2003

• Enigma
• Rabbit Proof Fence
• Narc
• For Love of the Game

August 21, 2003

• Collateral Damage
• The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming!
• Vulgar
• The Gangs of New York (didn't finish from earlier rental)

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April 2, 2004

• The Matrix: Revolutions
• 21 Grams
• House of Sand and Fog
• 28 Days Later

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There is a huge gap between April '04 and Febrauary '05 as that's when I bought my video projector and basically re-watched everything I owned on the big screen.

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February 1, 2005

• Chris Rock: Never Scared
• I'm the One That I Want
• Notorious C.H.O.

Febryary 2, 2005

• Vagina Monologues
• The Blue Collar Comedy Tour

February 16, 2005

• Ali
• A Chorus Line

May 27, 2005

• The Phantom of the Opera
• Bye, Bye, Birdy
• Evita

May 28, 2005

• Random Hearts
• JFK
• Fargo

*Thank you Odyssey Video for 9 great years of renting!

November 29, 2005

• Stealth
• March of the Penguins
• Madagascar

December 8, 2005

• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
• The Polar Express
• Cinderella Man
• Sky High (didn't finish as DVD was defective)

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January 24, 2006

• Lost - Season 1 (discs 1-2)

January 26, 2006

• Lost - Season 1 (discs 3-6)

February 2, 2006

• Mr. & Mrs. Smith
• Junebug
• The Aristocrats
• Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride
• The Fantastic Four
• Four Brothers

February 21, 2006

• Waiting
• Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Wererabbit
• Rent
• Serenity
• The Exorcism of Emily Rose

May 4, 2006

• Shopgirl
• The Squid and the Whale
• A History of Violence

May 9, 2006

• Chicken Little
• Hustle and Flow
• Flight Plan

May 11, 2006

• Nanny McPhee
• Gattica
• Legend

May 16, 2006

• The Ice Harvest
• The Producers
• Nanny McPhee (didn't finish from earlier rental)

August 10, 2006

• Running Scared
• Underworld: Evolution
• V For Vendetta
• Rent

September 19, 2006

• Battlestar Galactica (1st season?)

September 26, 2006

• Battlestar Galactica (2nd season?)

October 3, 2006

• Battlestar Galactica (no idea)

October 17, 2006

• Thank You for Smoking
• Game 6

November 7, 2006

• Click
• Over the Hedge

December 5, 2006

• Cars
• Monster House

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May 8, 2007

• Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
• The Prestige

May 15, 2007

• Night at the Museum
• Children of Men
• The Prestige (didn't finish from earlier rental)

May 29, 2007

• The Painted Veil
• The Fountain

June 19, 2007

• The Notebook
• Pan's Labyrinth
• The Devil Wears Prada
• Happy Feet

None of the above includes any of the Netflixing I've done for the past 4 years. Those rentals were mostly TV shows and convinced me very early that if you're a television addict like I am, knocking out a season in a week is the way to go. When I figure out how to export my rental history, I'll post it here. Thanks for reading!