Category: At the Movies

Wow! Awesome! An absolutely awesome demonstration of the power of the documentary format, and a nervewracking thriller to boot. 

Title:	The Conspiracy
Director:	Christopher MacBride
Score:	6/6
Fingernails:	None left!

An excruciatingly boring scifi comedy that seems to exist only to flash items like the Nintendo Powerglove or the Viewmaster, so we can go “Hey! I had one of those!”

On the plus side: lots of Todd Rundgren songs. 

Title:	Space Station ’76
Director:	Jack Plotcnick
Score:	3/6
Bonus points for:	Todd!

A sweet little documentary about the philosophy factory of USA. 

Title:	The Parking Lot Movie
Director:	Meghan Eckman
Score:	6/7
Subtlety:	8/7

Falling Down meets Bonny & Clyde meets Idiocracy.  Sometimes witty, sometimes depressing. Tries a bit too hard, but has plenty of redeeming moments. 

Title:	God Bless America
Director:	Bobcat Goldthwait
Score:	4/7
Subtlety:	1/7

Title:	Big Man Japan
Director:	Hitoshi Matsumoto
Score:	3/6
Japanese films:	…

Today is a day for binging on BBC documentaries and cooking shows.

Title:	Rome’s Lost Empire
Director:	Jeff Wilkinson
Score:	3/6
Impressed by:	Trajan’s bridge.

A load of seventies hippie nonsense.  But I like seventies hippie nonsense.

Title:	Performance
Director:	Donald Cammell / NIcolas Roeg
Score:	4/6
Glimpsed:	Mick Jagger’s schlong.

Even better than I remembered.  That is, the first 40 minutes were, before I fell asleep.  I shall try this again!

Title:	Rubin & Ed
Director:	Trent Harris
Score:	8/10
Lesson learned:	Don’t watch movies after coming home drunk from a concert.

A follow-up to Trekkies, letting  the trekkies from Trekkies claim not being trekkies.

Title:	Trekkies 2
Director:	Roger Nygard
Score:	4/6
Words of Wisdom:	lupDujHomwIj lubuy’moH gharghmey

Not bad.  A decent time-waster.  Safe to watch!

Title:	Rango
Director:	Gore Verbinski
Score:	4/7
CGI:	Very nice.