February 6
Another set of movies I’ve seen recently…trying to get through the important Oscar candidates. Here’s the first and the second set.
Precious: Mo’Nique’s performance was simply astounding. It seems the movie might be just too overwhelmingly sad, but not so.
Crazy Heart: Good, and Jeff Bridges was certainly very good, but for me not craaazy good.
Coraline: I caught it on video and it was so imaginative, so well crafted, so engaging, and pretty dang scary.
UP: I saw UP when it came out in the middle of the year and still carry around those characters with me – mostly the kid and the dogs. Everybody loves this movie.
The Last Station: Helen Mirren was quite wonderful but what I float back to is the music and the scenery, and the history lesson. Oh Mother Russia, sing us your song.