Sunday, June 28, 2009

Class of 1984

Year: 1982
Director: Mark L. Lester
Writers: Tom Holland, Mark L. Lester, John C.W. Saxton, Tom Holland, Barry Schneider
Rating: 0.5/10

Drowning in the bland depths of mediocrity; watch Class of 1999 instead.

A Zed & Two Noughts

Year: 1985
Director: Peter Greenaway
Writer: Peter Greenaway
Rating: 10/10

Fantastically surreal and meandering analysis of life, death, humanity and film; superb visuals a la Johannes Vermeer throughout.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

The Sea Wolf

Year: 1993
Director: Michael Anderson
Writers: Andrew J. Fenady
Rating: 6/10

Made-for-TV adaptation of a Jack London novel; worth it for seeing Charles Bronson in a more "intellectual" role than usual.

Class of 1999

Year: 1990
Director: Mark L. Lester
Writers: Mark L. Lester, C. Courtney Joyner, Bradley Gregg
Rating: 8.5/10

Over-the-top cyberpunk action-thriller with hilariously great lines and acting.

Home Alone

Year: 1990
Director: Chris Columbus
Writer: John Hughes
Rating: 8.5/10

Pure, liquified Hollywood entertainment; but executed very well.

The Mosquito Coast

Year: 1986
Director: Peter Weir
Writer: Paul Schrader
Rating: 7.5/10

Decently directed and highly entertaining adventure flick concerning a crazed inventor attempting to create his own society in the jungle; Harrison Ford's second best role.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Na Srebrnym Globie (On The Silver Globe)

Year: 1988
Director: Andrzej Zulawski
Writer: Andrzej Zulawski
Rating: 6.5/10

A promising philosophical sci-fi that quickly becomes mired by its extreme length, frenzied soliloquies, borderline nonsensical plot, and unruly direction; worth watching to the end in a masochistic sort of way.

24 Hour Party People

Year: 2002
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Writer: Frank Cottrell Boyce
Rating: 4.5/10

Some good information, mostly awful direction and terrible narration.

Sedmikrásky (Daisies)

Year: 1966
Director: Vera Chytilová
Writers: Vera Chytilová, Ester Krumbachová, Pavel Jurácek
Rating: 8/10

Interesting and entertaining Dada-ist romp into Cold War-era Czechoslovakia.