Viewing Journal: 6/24 - 6/25/23

251) ASTEROID CITY

(2023 dir. Wes Anderson) Date Seen: June 25 2023

movie day with the siblings!!

[my current ranking of Wes Anderson]

1. THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (2001) *****

2. THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX (2009) *****

3. BOTTLE ROCKET (1996) *****

4. MOONRISE KINGDOM (2012) *****

5. RUSHMORE (1998) *****

6. LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU (2004) *****

7. HOTEL CHEVALIER (2007) *****

8. THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (2014) ****1/2

9. THE DARJEELING LIMITED (2007) ****1/2

10. THE FRENCH DISPATCH (2021) ****

11. ASTEROID CITY (2023) ****

12. POISON (2023) short ****

13. ISLE OF DOGS (2018) ****

14. BOTTLE ROCKET (1994) short ***1/2

15. THE RAT CATCHER (2023) short ***1/2

16. CASTELLO CAVALCANTI (2013) short ***1/2

17. WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR ('23) short ***

18. THE SWAN (2023) short ***

19. LE APARTOMATIC (2010) Stella Artois ad ***

20. CANDY L’EAU (2013) Prada ad **1/2

20. COME TOGETHER: A FASHION 

            PICTURE IN MOTION (2016) H&M ad **1/2

21.  untitled Softbankソフトバンク ad (2008) **1/2

22. MY LIFE MY CARD (2006) AMEX ad  **

[updated 10/5/2023]

250) THE LEAGUE

(2023 dir. Sam Pollard) Date Seen: June 25 2023

249) I SEE YOU

(2019 dir. Adam Randall) Date Seen: June 24 2023

248) THE ADULTS

(2023 dir. Dustin Guy Defa) Date Seen: June 24 2023

247) VOYAGE TO 

    THE PREHISTORIC PLANET

(1965 dir. Curtis Harrington) Date Seen: June 24 2023

Viewing Journal: 6/26/23 - 6/30

258) NIMONA

(2023 dir. Quane/Bruno) Date Seen: June 30 2023

257) EXTRACTION 2

(2023 dir. Sam Hargrave) Date Seen: June 28 2023

256) EXTRACTION

(2020 dir. Sam Hargrave) Date Seen: June 28 2023

255) I AM T-REX  我是霸王龙

(2023 dir. Ming Shang, Si Lin) Date Seen: June 28 2023

254) BUDDY GAMES: 

            SPRING AWAKENING

(2023 dir. Josh Duhamel) Date Seen: June 27 2023

253) BUDDY GAMES

(2019 dir. Josh Duhamel) Date Seen: June 27 2023

252) NO HARD FEELINGS

(2023 dir. Gene Stupnitsky) Date Seen: June 26 2023

J-Law carries the entire film on her back (in what is arguably her greatest performance). Stupnitsky is a decent writer but I wish he was a better director.. That Hall & Oates dinner scene was conceptually something special 👍

Viewing Journal: 6/23/2023

246) THE FLASH

(2023 dir. Andrés Muschietti) Date Seen: June 23 2023

245) QUANTUM COWBOYS

(2023 dir. Geoff Marslett) Date Seen: June 23 2023

Viewing Journal: 6/21/2023

243) TRANSFORMERS: 

         RISE OF THE BEASTS

(2023 dir. Steven Caple Jr.) Date Seen: June 21 2023

Viewing Journal: 6/22/2023

244) NEO TOKYO

(1987 dir. lots of dudes) Date Seen: June 22 2023

Viewing Journal: 6/19/2023

241) PAST LIVES

(2023 dir. Celine Song) Date Seen: June 19 2023

Viewing Journal: 6/20/2023

242) WILLY/MILLY

(1986 dir. Paul Schneider) Date Seen: June 20 2023

[SOMETHING SPECIAL aka I WAS A TEENAGE BOY]

Viewing Journal: 6/18/2023

240) NEFARIOUS

(2023 dir. Solomon/Konzelman) Date Seen: June 18 2023

Viewing Journal: 6/16/2023

238) 

OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN

[LES ENFANTS DES AUTRES]

(2023 dir. Rebecca Zlotowski) Date Seen: June 16 2023

Viewing Journal: 6/17/2023

239) THE BLACKENING

(2023 dir. Tim Story) Date Seen: June 17 2023

Viewing Journal: 6/15/2023

237) MENDING THE LINE

(2023 dir. Joshua Caldwell) Date Seen: June 15 2023

Viewing Journal: 6/14/2023

236) GUARDIANS 

       OF THE GALAXY VOL.3  

(2023 dir. James Gunn) Date Seen: June 14 2023

Viewing Journal: 6/13/2023

235) TIME BANDITS

(1981 dir. Terry Gilliam) 4th Viewing: June 13 2023

#Criterion #bluray

Viewing Journal: 6/12/2023

234) BLACKBERRY

(2023 dir. Matt Johnson) Date Seen: June 12 2023

"the blacker the berry the sweeter the juice" 

- Mike Lazaridis

233) INFINITY POOL

(2023 dir. Brandon Cronenberg) 2nd Viewing: June 12 2023

[UNRATED CUT]