The Princess and The Frog (09, Clements/Musker) 63 Beautifully animated, arresting main character but fakks apart after the transformation
The Blind Side (09, Hancock) 36 Rich smart whitey saves poor black kid. Kid goes from never playing sport to superstar. It's no Rudy.
Aleksandra (07, Sokurov) 76 Most reviews focus on the effects of war but I thought maturity of age was the defining theme.Wish I ustood more
Do The Right Thing (89, Lee) 95 foreshadowing, reverential, radical, capturing of an era, this is a explosive powerful manifesto. Love Hate.
Trucker (08, Mottern) 51 Irritating Boy Syndrome, misery caked on unremittingly but love conquers all. An attack on feminism for me.
Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) (54, Kurosawa) 99 What a brilliant film. Just fucking awesome. It has everything w/out an empty moment.
Spellbound (45, Hitchcock) 75 Too overwrought and melodramatic to be considered great. Dream sequence and big hand/gun memorable though.
Bigger Than Life (56, Ray) 85 Excellent depiction of spiral into manic depression. James Mason impressive and mature treatment of psychosis.
Couscous (La graine et le mulet) (07, Kechiche) 90 Immigrant experience, institutional racism present but scenes around table extraordinary.
L'atalante (34, Vigo) 81 The underwater motif,the quick cuts between the separated lovers, the Venezualan mannequin all fit the beauty of it
Half Moon (06, Ghobadi) 49 Stunning scenery,travails of Kurds dealt with in nice oblique fashion but stultifying spiritualism sucks life out
Lawrence of Arabia (62, Lean) 87 Cinematography and soundtrack are extraordinary. Uneasy about cheerleading of British empire that surrounds
Elite Squad (07, Padilha) 33 Departmental and societal woes well handled,macho and favella fetishisation hateful.Possibly v.good if intended
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