Frankenweenie

You might think that after three weeks of cinematic onslaught that I’d give my eyes and my brain a rest. You might also think that with the beginning of a new TV season, that my film watching would slow down.

Silly rabbit.

Looking ahead, I know for sure that next week’s tally will be on the lighter side, but that has more to do with business this weekend than it does an absence of movies to watch. Truth be told, there aren’t enough hours in the day right now to get through my sizeable to-watch stack! 

Here’s The Week at Hand…

 

Screenings
PRISONERS – Gotta love sitting down for a film that plays out better than you thought it would…
RUSH – …or other times, a film that play exactly as well as you thought it would.

Blu-Rays/DVD’s I’ve Never Seen
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK – Caught as part of Michael Phillips’ sci-fi series on TCM.
SOYLENT GREEN – You’ll never believe what it’s made of!
THE ANDERSON TAPES – Always fun to watch young Sean Connery play parts other than 007.
PINK RIBBONS, INC. – At the risk of sounding like a dick, I think this film should be in heavy rotation during Breast Cancer Awareness Month
BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN – Hell yes.

Blu-Rays/DVD’s I’ve Watched Before
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN – I still stand by this film.
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK – I caved and upgraded my dvd to blu-ray.
APOLLO 13 – For podcasting purposes.
SENNA – Watching RUSH points out just how amazing a film this is.

 

Boxscore for The Year
221 First-Timers, 144 Re-Watched
94 Screenings
365 Movies in Total
How’s about you – seen anything good?

12 Replies to “Days of The Week (Films Watched Sep 21 – Sep 27)”

  1. And I stand by my feelings towards The Amazing Shit-Man.

    Firsts:Rush– It *was* fun, wasn’t it?
    Days of Being Wild– The more I watch Wong kar-Wai films, the more I like him.
    Fallen Angels– Ditto.
    Much Ado About Nothing– A bit brilliant, yes? Also, Whedon has to make a Shakespearean adaptation starring Hiddles.

    1. Oh and The Lunchbox! Easily one of the best Indian movies I have ever seen. It even showed at TIFF if I’m not mistaken. Ryan, if this plays in one of the super cool theatres you have there, do check it out. I think it is very universal and can be a great introduction to Hindi movies 🙂

    2. Nope – I wasn’t that fussed about RUSH as you probably know by now if you’ve listened to the podcast.

      I’m anxious to revisit MUCH ADO. Considering I watched it at TIFF 2012, it’s a little bit foggy in my memory.

      As for for SPIDER-MAN, I remain an enthusiast.

    3. Oh, and you now have me curious about THE LUNCHBOX. I’m somewhat kicking myself that I didn’t nab a ticket to listen to Irfan Kahn in-conversation.

      I’ll keep my eyes open.

  2. Just two movies for me this week:

    MORVERN CALLAR – My Blind Spots post for the month. Very interesting movie, with a great performance from Samantha Morton.

    STORIES WE TELL – Amazing documentary from Sarah Polley. Can’t wait to write about this film.

    That’s it. I’m glad you were finally able to check out ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK. Such a classic ’80s Carpenter film.

    1. Ah yes – back to the Lumet Syllabus, are we? I keep looking for more of his films of TCM and the like, but they seldom show up. I *did* just watch THE ANDERSON TAPES though, have you scratched that one off yet?

  5. How’d you like Escape from New York?

    Not much this week for me, all first-time:

    Dead Dudes in the House
    The Wicker Man
    Unlucky Charms
    Elysium

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