2005: Summer of Film
Starting this weekend, I am entering my “Summer of Film”. My objective is to watch 100 films by Labor Day (The first weekend of September). The only criteria is that they should be films I have not seen before. It is an ambitious project (especially considering the fact that I work full time), but one that I have succeeded at once before (granted, back then I was unemployed). Let the games begin!
UPDATE: Day 10 progress report: At the 10th day of my 82 day endeavor I have seen 9 films; must give up half an hour of work and half an hour of sleep a day :)
June 16th, 2005 at 9:16 pm
Mad Dog and Glory (1993)
Summer of Film #5 of 100
I sincerely hope there was a good reason for making this film in the first place, but let me put my critique of it this way: if the best thing in a movie starring Robert De Niro, Bill Murray and Uma Thurman is the great perfor…
June 16th, 2005 at 9:17 pm
Layer Cake (2005)
Summer of Film #4 of 100
If I tell you that Layer Cake is a British film directed by the producer of Lock, Stock and Smoking Barell and Snatch (Matthew Vaughn) you are going to think you probably know what kind of film it is. If I tell you it’s …
June 16th, 2005 at 9:17 pm
Cinderella Man (2005)
Summer of Film #2 of 100
When I read this from Roger Ebert last week I thought my expectations were off the mark for Cinderella Man. I had figured it would be a manipulative drama that used boxing only to hide what it really was; a Ron Howard family d…