Viewing Journal: 6/30/2013

209) THE HEAT
(2013 dir. Paul Feig) Date Seen: June 30 2013

Bullock & McCarthy have a really fun & goofy spark together, but the movie has tendency to waste their chemistry with some tired shtick. Considering the comedy talent involved in front of and behind the camera, there're some surprisingly laboured gags.. + this may seem like a ridiculous thing to complain about with a genre send-up like THE HEAT, but I genuinely wanted to see these two get into a more unique crime movie plot-line (Even if it was just goofing on said plot).

Also: is it just me or did 50% of this movie just feel like Paul Feig trying to reverse engineer the deconstructive parody thing Lord/Miller did so well last year with 21 JUMP STREET?

Viewing Journal: 6/29/2013

208) WHITE HOUSE DOWN
(2013 dir. Roland Emmerich) Date Seen: June 29 2013

Viewing Journal: 6/28/2013

207) 5 BROKEN CAMERAS
(2012 dir. Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi) Date Seen: June 28 2013

Viewing Journal: 6/27/2013

206) SACRIFICE
(2012 dir. Chen Kaige) Date Seen: June 27 2013

Viewing Journal: 6/26/2013

205) THE DAY HE ARRIVES
(2012 dir. Hong Sang-soo) Date Seen: June 26 2013

Sang-soo is about to surpass Rohmer as the master of emotionally affective chamber dramas

Viewing Journal: 6/25/2013

204) MONSTERS UNIVERSITY
(2013 dir. Dan Scanlon) Date Seen: June 25 2013

Viewing Journal: 6/24/2013

203) WORLD WAR Z
(2013 dir. Marc Forster) Date Seen: June 24 2013

theatrical PG-13 cut

Viewing Journal: 6/23/2013

202) HAPPY PEOPLE:
      A YEAR IN THE RUSSIAN TAIGA
(2013 dir. Werner Herzog) Date Seen: June 23 2013

Viewing Journal: 6/22/2013

201) A HIJACKING
(2013 dir. Tobias Lindholm) Date Seen: June 22 2013

Viewing Journal: 6/21/2013

200) 

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
(2013 dir. Joss Whedon) Date Seen: June 21 2013

Viewing Journal: 6/20/2013

199)

PERSISTENCE OF VISION
(2014 dir. Kevin Schreck) Date Seen: June 20 2013

Viewing Journal: 6/19/2013

198) MAN OF STEEL
(2013 dir. Zack Snyder) 2nd Viewing: June 19 2013

Viewing Journal: 6/18/2013

197) STORIES WE TELL
(2013 dir. Sarah Polley) Date Seen: June 18 2013

Viewing Journal: 6/17/2013

196) 

BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO
(2013 dir. Peter Strickland) Date Seen: June 17 2013

Viewing Journal: 6/16/2013

195) THE EAST
(2013 dir. Zal Batmanglij) Date Seen: June 16 2013

Viewing Journal: 6/15/2013

194) V/H/S/2
(2013 dir. lots of dudes) Date Seen: June 15 2013

individual segments: (favorites highlighted red)

• Simon Barrett's "Tape 49"                                         ****
• Adam Wingard's "Phase I Clinical Trials"                ***1/2
• Eduardo Sánchez's "Ride in the Park"                       ***1/2
• Gareth Evans & Timo Tjahjanto's "Safe Haven"      ****1/2
• Jason Eisener's "Slumber Party Alien Abduction"     ****

 
 
 

Viewing Journal: 6/14/2013

193) MAN OF STEEL
(2013 dir. Zack Snyder) Date Seen: June 14 2013

Viewing Journal: 6/13/2013

192) WE STEAL SECRETS: 

THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS
(2013 dir. Alex Gibney) Date Seen: June 13 2013

Viewing Journal: 6/12/2013

191) THE LAST STAND
(2013 dir. Kim Ji-woon) 2nd Viewing: June 12 2013

Viewing Journal: 6/11/2013

190) THE INTERNSHIP
(2013 dir. Shawn Levy) Date Seen: June 11 2013

Viewing Journal: 6/10/2013

189) THE ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT 
    DOCUMENTARY PROJECT
(2013 dir. Jeff Smith) Date Seen: June 10 2013

Viewing Journal: 6/9/2013

188) THE PURGE
(2013 dir. James DeMonaco) Date Seen: June 9 2013

Viewing Journal: 6/8/2013

187) MOVIE 43
(2013 dir. Lots of dudes) Date Seen: June 8 2013

Viewing Journal: 6/7/2013

186) BEFORE MIDNIGHT
(2013 dir. Richard Linklater) Date Seen: June 7 2013

Viewing Journal: 6/6/2013

185) THE ICEMAN
(2013 dir. Ariel Vromen) Date Seen: June 6 2013