Mini-Review: The individual stories are competently interwoven from an editing point of view but from a storytelling point of view they aren't connected at all and they are pretty anticlimactic by themselves. Competently directed and well-acted, Contagion has a quite rythm which creates the required mood to make you feel like you're in fact observing a real epidemic. However, it certainly fails to terrorise you. It only makes you (very slightly) tense. For real terror, try von Trier's Epidemic.
Mini-Review: Unlike Kick-Ass, which was more comic-like but flat and unentertaining, Super looked and felt more like an indie comedy although it was based on the same comic book idea. It edged on noir during some of its more violent moments, adding to the emotional range. On the whole, not great but entertaining. It has its moments and a few laughs, which owe to decent writing and good comedic timing by the cast. (Including Ellen Page. I like her when she's over-the-top like she is in this.)
Mini-Review: A great cast and a certain mix of absurdity and unabashed nastiness provided an entertaining first third with a few laughs, which allowed me to barely forgive the remainder of the movie which just wasn't funny enough.
Mini-Review: An idea with great potential made into a mediocre film. For an above-mediocre film based on the very same idea I recommend Super.
Mini-Review: I had guessed (and hoped) that Spielberg would succeed in making a "Spielberg movie" out of Tintin. My guess turned out to be correct. Describing Spielberg's Tintin as "Animated Indiana Jones" isn't at all simplistic. It is accurate. Tintin has the same entertaining action, the same quirky sense of humour. And a special style of animation which pleases the eye and showcases gripping facial characterisations. I enjoyed Tintin almost as much as I enjoyed the fourth Indy movie.
Mini-Review: Having read the "Guy wakes up in a wrecked car" synopsis I obviously hoped for a feeling of "mystery". This film totally lacks that feeling. The sequences designed to invoke the feeling of mystery fail so completely that the film cannot even be recommended for passing time. Because, without any mystery, what you're left with is a sequence of slow and boring scenes. Coming from a man who enjoys slowness in cinema to the point of almost preferring it, this should be considered a sincere warning.
Mini-Review: Not earth-shattering but does press a few buttons of the mind. (Some obscure ones.) Photography and pacing very much like 60's Buñuel, almost to the degree of being anachronistic. (Which isn't bad, really.)
Mini-Review: Mediocre as a documentary. For a film about Seinfeld, it doesn't have enough Seinfeld in it. Especially in the first half, where it keeps cutting to Orny Adams. The second half is better, with more interviews with Seinfeld and footage of his off-stage conversations with Jay Leno, Bill Cosby, etc. Seinfeld comes off both as an ingenious comedian and as a sincere and humble person. The worst thing was that there was at most 5 minutes of actual Seinfeld stand-up footage, which left me wanting more.
Mini-Review: A few laughs. Not much depth but it's pleasant. For passing time.