http://three-films-a-day.com my obsession with film can't be healthy... Tue, 06 May 2008 13:00:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en #83, 11/18 - No Country for Old Men (2007) (tofw) My fascination with Cormac McCarthy is pretty recent. It started just this winter (late February), when The Road came up in several different conversations and I decided I had to give it a look. Soon after I'd eventually read ... http://three-films-a-day.com/2007/11/19/no-country-for-old-men/ #82, 11/12 - Gone Baby Gone (2007) (tofw) Not my cup of tea, really. There were scattered moments which caught my interest, and I thought the big question at the end was certainly good fodder for discussion. But I found it mostly to be a very average thriller set ... http://three-films-a-day.com/2007/11/12/gone-baby-gone/ #81, 11/10 - Lars and the Real Girl (2007) (tofw) I have been rather critical (mostly offline, but occasionally in this space) of the recent American independent movies which seemed to consider "quirk", in and of itself, a virtue. I could name a laundry list of culprits, many of ... http://three-films-a-day.com/2007/11/12/lars-and-the-real-girl/ #80, 11/4 - American Gangster (2007) (tofw) The great movie mobsters are all quite interesting characters, aren't they? Edward G. Robinson's Rico Bandello, James Cagney's (absolutely insane) Cody Jarrett, and even De Niro's (interpretation of) Al Capone were all very captivating people. And Denzel's Frank Lucas is in that ... http://three-films-a-day.com/2007/11/05/american-gangster/ #79, 10/13 – Michael Clayton (2007) (tofw) At some point early last year I realized the movies I'm responding to most positively these days are those which didn't run afoul of some very basic principles of mine. What those principles happen to be is sort of unimportant (if you ... http://three-films-a-day.com/2007/10/14/im-not-a-miracle-worker-im-a-janitor/ #78, 9/22 - Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) (tofw) Be careful what you wish for and all that. Before I saw this I sent a text message to the friend I'd seen the first two movies with where I said, essentially, "I just hope it's better than Ultraviolet was". I shouldn't complain. It ... http://three-films-a-day.com/2007/09/22/i-knew-your-sister-she-was-a-homicidal-bitch/ #77 , 9/15 - 3:10 To Yuma (2007) (tofw) As is probably obvious by now, sometimes I watch a movie and think to myself "gee, this reminds me of a movie I'd pretty much forgotten about until this moment and I ought to go back and give it another watch." In ... http://three-films-a-day.com/2007/09/22/ive-always-liked-you-byron-but-even-bad-men-love-their-mommas/ #76, 8/17 - Superbad (2007) (tofw) A pure (or was that puerile?) classic. I liked it just as much as I hoped I would. The folks in the Apatow Clan (which I've also called the Apatow/Robertson Collective to acknowledge that Shauna Robertson has been involved in many -- though certainly not all ... http://three-films-a-day.com/2007/08/27/yeah-they-said-that-would-happen-in-health-class/ #75, 8/3 - The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) (tofw) I'd found the The Bourne Identity to be a rousing surprise. Really, I thought Doug Liman's treatment of the script made for one of the coolest action movies of the last five years. And then it was followed by what I considered a ... http://three-films-a-day.com/2007/08/21/look-at-what-they-make-you-give/ #74, 8/1 - Cool Hand Luke (1967) (dvd) Thanks to Superbad, I've had "These Eyes" stuck in my head for the last four days. I am dying over here. I'm even listening to it right now because it's so intractably stuck in my head. No, really. See? ---------------- Now playing: The Guess Who ... http://three-films-a-day.com/2007/08/21/now-just-where-am-i-supposed-to-fit-in/