Last Five Movies

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
I've seen the movie Poltergeist a hundred times, but I think I've seen it all the way through maybe twice. Same thing with this movie. Until this viewing, I had never seen the first 45 minutes, yet I've seen the rest several hundred times. I was hoping to finally see the infamous failed stunt which killed Vic Morrow and two children, but they cleverly edited that out of the movie.

I wonder why.

The Amateurs (2005)
Or How to Make a Porno With No Porn. The only reason I picked this up was because it appeared to have a fairly entertaining B-list cast. And, speaking of which...do you remember when Jeff Bridges used to have a better career than Beau Bridges? Those were the days.

Return to Horror High (1987)
Nothing entertains me more than watching movies from the pre-E.R. filmography of George Clooney. And I mean the E.R. that's still on TV, not the sitcom with Elliot Gould that he was also in.

Employee of the Year (2007)
I still hold the same opinion of this movie now as when I first saw it: that the screenplay cheats and forces us to root for the wrong guy. Dane Cook's character is a shitbag who wants to be employee of the month so he can sleep with Jessica Simpson. Dax Shepard's character wants to be employee of the month because...he likes being employee of the month. And any movie that makes us root for Dane Cook is inherently wrong.

An odd choice, but the best I've seen...

In Bruges (2008)
The goofiest movie so far this year. It's also probably the funniest movie so far. It's nice to see Colin Farrell speak in his actual voice, as opposed to that Sonny Crockett voice he uses in all his American films. I'd never really thought of him as a funny guy (or any of the actors in this movie, for that matter), but he pulls it off. And I believe this movie will do more for Belgian tourism than anything their Department of Tourism can come up with. I know I can't wait to go.

Good flick; check it out. (BTW: Worst...Poster...Ever.)