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A Bug's Life! Ever since seeing Ratatouille last weekend, I have been on a Pixar kick. Since Saturday I have watched all the Disney/Pixar movie's and their shorts, except for The Incredibles which I will probably watch tomorrow.

A Bug's Life! Ever since seeing Ratatouille last weekend, I have been on a Pixar kick. Since Saturday I have watched all the Disney/Pixar movie's and their shorts, except for The Incredibles which I will probably watch tomorrow.

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Chicago

It is a wonderful film, one of the best Broadway musicals turned to film. Zeta-Jones is definitly the star of the whole production, and would have failed at the BO if she wasn't in it. It's fun, grand, great and swell! I'm so happy that I now have it in my collection to watch all the time.

10/10

TheSequelofDisney wrote:Chicago

It is a wonderful film, one of the best Broadway musicals turned to film. Zeta-Jones is definitly the star of the whole production, and would have failed at the BO if she wasn't in it. It's fun, grand, great and swell! I'm so happy that I now have it in my collection to watch all the time.

10/10

Great movie! And yes, CZJ (as I like to call her) totally stole the show - 100% Oscar worthy!

Watching Mulan 2 right now. going to watch Brother Bear after this then later tonight Im going to watch Narnia after the baby goes to bed.

Bridget Jones- Edge of Reason

Not as good as the first one, but still freaking hilarious and are there two sexier male lead actors?

The Pagemaster, a pretty good movie that combines animation and live-action that takes place in a library and various books.

The Pagemaster, a pretty good movie that combines animation and live-action that takes place in a library and various books.

That was one of my favorite movie as a child! I definitely need to watch it again soon!

Tonight, I watched Raise your Voice. It was good! I liked it.

Just watched The Incredibles. I really love this movie! And now I have watched all 8 Pixar films in the past week!

Once again, I spent most of this week in and out of the Sydney Film Festival. Rather than reprint each one here, I'll link to my article on Bits:

http://www.dvdbits.com/details.asp?newsid=4595

To recap, films seen included:

- Eye in the Sky (Hong Kong - 2007)
- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (US – 1972)
- Inland Empire (US - 2006)
- Black Sheep (New Zealand - 2007)
- Pixar Shorts (1984 - 2007)*
- Waitress (US - 2007)

*Just out of particular interest to people here, this included the Australian premiere of the short film Lifted, which I thought was excellent.

Loomis wrote:- Waitress (US - 2007)

I actually just saw this one last night. I thought it was one of the best films of the farily weak 2007. Light and fun without becoming syrupy, it's a nice romantic comedy that women of all ages should enjoy - and men should be able to sit through it without groaning every five seconds; in fact, they'll actually be entertained. I'd personally give Waitress an A, and will have to see it again to determine where it will make my list of the first half of '07.

Cheers,
JM

Just had a (silent) movie night with a colleague and rewatched "Man with the movie camera" and "Nosferatu".

American Beauty

Great movie.

LA Crash

I expected a stupid action movie (I was mislead by the title ) but I really liked it. It's sad and true, somehow.

Hot Fuzz

Yes, a little late, but I've been so busy over the past few months. So very, very busy.

Anyhow, this is what we, in the trade, call a treasure of a movie. A perfect script (just as good as any Pixar script), excellent acting (including some old hand British screen legends) and excellent direction (all the more remarkable considering its budget nature).

Some people call this a spoof or parody. I disagree. Mainly because the parody genre has been soiled by such crap as Date Movie and Scary Movie 4 - which don't as much parody movies but simply repeat with added farting. How clever.

This is a film that does pay homage to various film conventions and cliches - but unlike dross like Date Movie actually enjoys them. It's not saying "look how lame these films are", it's celebrating how good "rogue cop", or "mismatched buddy" or "western" movies really are. It's a film that is simply life-affirming, its so full of playful love and respect to past master filmmakers.

I love it.

Just watched That Thing You Do - Tom Hanks Extended Edition and I love this version of the movie even more. Lots of great scenes - over 10 minutes worth - added to the movie, and it makes the story more complete. Great actors, great story, and great music, make this one of my favorite movies of this or any year. The Wonders rule!!

Aladdin and the King of Thieves

Went to see Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer last night. After a painful first 20 minutes or so, with far too many jokey and twee moments - what is it with dance sequences in superhero movies this year? - the film really picks up pace and goes into a fun romp.

To be honest, despite being a comic reader for quite a few years, the "Fantastic Four" was just not a book I followed. So I have no idea whether this was faithful to the history of the characters (one hardcore Silver Surfer fan I know says a few things were changed, but nothing to worry him too much so I'll go along with it). All the characters just about "feel" right in this, and indeed, they did in the first film. While the first film felt a little anti-climactic, this builds up into a crescendo of special effects wizardry.

One major bone of contention: I didn't think it was possible to make Jessica Alba look unattractive, but the makeup artists on this film proved me dead wrong. What's with the hair? The make-up applicator needs to be taken out and shot.

One of the movies you must see before you die? No. Fun? Absolutely!

"Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search For Christopher Robin"

Just got back from a matinee of Live Free or Die Hard a while ago. It was a pretty good movie. It's great to see Bruce Willis back as John McClane and the addition of Justin Long was most welcomed. Great action sequences, a little weak on the story but that doesn't really matter too much in this case.

Great performance from Timothy Olyphant as well.

Overall grade: B