* Antichrist (Von Trier, 2009)|||||7
Sita Sings the Blues (Paley, 2008)|||||7.5
Bad Teacher (Kasdan, 2011)|||||3.5
What a weird, pointless movie. Almost translucently thin in story and real-life-resembling connective tissue. (It's not unenjoyable, though.)
Green Lantern (Campbell, 2011)|||||3.5
Summer Hours (Assayas, 2008)|||||8.5
Source Code (Jones, 2011)|||||6
The Adjustment Bureau (Nolfi, 2011)|||||3
The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer, 1928)|||||8
Kick Ass (Vaughn, 2010)|||||5
Silent Light (Reygadas, 2007)|||||5.5
1941 (Spielberg, 1979)|||||4.5
The Silence (Bergman, 1963)|||||7.5
Nick's Flick Picks review
Kung Fu Panda 2 (Yuh, 2011)|||||7
I think I liked this much better than the first (and I did like the first one). Do away with the conventional, plot-based action and replace it with whimsical, almost metaphorical action. Replace a funny and endearing good guy-vs.-bad guy plot with a not-quite-as-funny, rather dark tale that evokes historical tragedy and world-shaping ancient politics.
And the square-one, anti-any-and-all-technology, pro-inner-peace-and-simple-things message plain and simply trumps every other preaching I've seen in any recent movie in a long time.
* X-Men: First Class (Vaughn, 2011)|||||6
X-Men: First Class (Vaughn, 2011)|||||6.5
