curioushair

Woah. How did Freeman or Cusack every get conned into this one. Totally forgettable action thriller that would have gone straight to video if not for its A-listers.

76 _67%

Balls of Fury (2007) - Rated 16 Dec 2007

Silly 'n' slapstick, but with smarts and heart and canny subversions of stereotypes (like Christopher Walken's surprise harem). And it's Christopher Walken. And ping pong! I was reluctant to see it after being so horribly burned on Superbad, which forced me to spend time with a dickhead idiot and tried in vain to straddle gross absurdity and poignant realism, but Balls restored my faith in the genre. It owns its crass whimsy and delights in it with great characters.

40 _7%

The Pink Panther (2006) - Rated 16 Dec 2007

Practically unwatchable.

78 _78%

Breaking and Entering (2006) - Rated 16 Dec 2007

78 _78%

Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006) - Rated 16 Dec 2007

The kind of documentary to make you really, really angry at bureaucracy and petty politicking and the oil industry. Smart, savvy, funny and completely infuriating. Also: I want one.

35 _6%

Planet Terror (2007) - Rated 16 Dec 2007

Was this a joke? When your sly ironic shout-out to b-movie rubbish is indiscernable from real b-movie rubbish, you have a problem.

76 _67%

Music and Lyrics (2007) - Rated 16 Dec 2007

Lighthearted candyfloss, very entertaining and the parody of the music industry and pop lyrics was spot on.

78 _78%

The Brave One (2007) - Rated 16 Dec 2007

Very, very uncomfortable portrayal of crime and violence. Coming from a society where this level of crime is a daily occurence and you don't need to go looking for it, I was squirming in my seat and at one point blinking back tears of outrage.

46 _9%

Death Proof (2007) - Rated 16 Dec 2007

Meh. Good soundtrack. B-movie crap. I'm all for girl power but a bunch of make-up girls getting all gung-ho about revenge and suddenly breaking out the kung-fu killing skills? The lapdance scene was very creepy and uncomfortable. Endless waffling dialogue so tedious it could only have been real (I can imagine it being transcribed by Tarantino chilling in a bar and listening in on conversations, congratulating himself on his genius). Miss.

65 _31%

30 Days of Night (2007) - Rated 16 Dec 2007

Terrifying right up until the moment we see the vampires and, worse, they open their mouths to speak. They lapse into cartoonish villainy and pseudo-Zenisms like "what is broken must be broken". Beautifully shot though and blood on snow (& oil on snow) is real pretty.