Movies to See

5.4.08

Kingdom of Heaven

The Departed (Finally saw this a couple of months ago. 2.11.10)

7.17.08

Kelly's Heroes - The Village - Raging Bull - The Jerk - Rebel Without a Cause - Bonnie and Clyde - Old School - Superbad - Treasure of the Sierra Madre (B&W,)

10.10.08 - The Village, by M. Night Shymalan. I think I might like to see this strange film if only for one line that I'd like to see and hear again, but can't find on Youtube.

11.15.08 - Amazing Grace

1.3.09 Chicago, Queen Latifa?, Richard Gere.

2.20.09 Gone Baby Gone, (filmed in Cambridge.?)

Dead Poet's Society

Ray (aka Ray Charles)

I think this movie needs to find it's way into my Top 10. Jamie Foxx did a great job in this role. I was fortunate to see Ray Charles play life in Minneapolis 10 years ago, and I can tell you without a doubt that hearing him play America the Beautiful and all it's purple mountain majesty will be with me for a lifetime. I loved this film, not only for what it said about the man, about race, and about life, but also for how well it cineamatically points out those life situations that can pain us, stick with us, and continue to keep coming back. "Ray," uses the death of Ray's younger brother to portray not only how trauma effects someone not only all through their life, but also in their relationships, and the film ends with an example of what can be done about it. The film portrays the struggles of talent and of addiction and if viewed critically it can be enjoyed not only for entertainment value, but for an important life lesson for everyone as well. See Ray - it just might make your Top Ten too.

Striking Distance

Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, - pretty much a horrible movie.

Outbreak

Dustin Hoffman, Cuba Gooding Jr., and the same lady from In the Line of Fire. In fact, I think it was the same director Wolfgang something or other who did The Perfect Storm. I don't know, it was really late last night, and I should've been asleep, and right now I'm even too tired to check out the all informative IMDB I often link to here.

The Perfect Storm

Clooney, Marky Mark - I didn't see it or read Sebastian Junger's book for a long time because I remember the storm so well, even though I wasn't long out of high school, it was even a stormy time in my life then.

Well done flick. Tough watching though. I remember doing a reading at that same church, St. Ann's of Gloucester, where they filmed the memorial service, and standing in that same pulpit as the actress playing the captain of the Hannah Boden, when my friend's Geoff and Heather Duval were married there in June of 2001.

It isn't the quoted scene I wanted to include but if you want to view a 2min24sec well done trailer that moves you emotionally, click here.

Click on this embedded video.

In the Line of Fire

Clint Eastwood

Thank You for Smoking

I saw this last year in the Brigham and Women's Hospital waiting for my best friend to get out of surgery. I haven't made an entry for a while so I thought I'd start putting in some backlog of films I have seen to fill in some gaps. I think I'd see this movie again. It's an interesting look at the tough side of the public relations business.