Chumscrubber. Never even heard of this movie! Have you? But it has an incredible cast: Jamie Bell (Billy Elliott), Glenn Close, Carrie-Ann Moss, Ralph Fiennes, John Heard (where the hell has he been?), Allison Janney. It's a very dark comedy set in a cesspool suburbia, narrated by a video game character. Drugs, alcoholism, adultery... 2 Thumbs Up!
Bright Young Things. This one I had heard of but just briefly, then it disappeared from my radar. Directed by Stephen Fry, it's based on one of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Vile Bodies. Decline of the spoiled upper class youth. Good cast, love all those 1920's costumes. Just barely recognized Michael Sheen, who played Tony Blair in The Queen. James Mcavoy from Last King of Scotland. Give everyone an English accent and I'm there!
The Dish. I've seen this over and over I just think it's great. A small movie, as they say, but it's very honest and tender and funny. It's about a group of astronomers in a little town in Australia that get picked by NASA to beam the pictures from the moon landing. Lots of funny local characters.
The Da Vinci Code. Wretched. Just like the fucking book.
Three Kings. Here's another one I've seen lots. It's good! Mark Wahlberg is wonderful in this, so is Clooney. And Spike Jonze (director of Being John Malkovich) as Conrad is absolutely great! Nora Dunn as the reporter! These three Desert Storm soldiers hear about the location of Kuwaiti gold stolen by Saddam and they decide to steal it. The country is in such utter chaos that they are able to just walk in and take it but then of course are plagued by one catastrophe after another as they try to help some local Iraquis. It's funny and sad and very well written.
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