Movie Clearinghouse

I've watched bunches of movies during my recent travels, but haven't had the time/inclination to write bunches of reviews, so here is a sentence or so about each, although, the first movie on this list deserves more.

Hurt Locker - 9.0 - Hands down the best film I've seen this year. Edge-of-your-seat fails to do the atmosphere justice. A must see.

Funny People - 8.0 - Each of his movie's has gotten a little more serious (40 Year Old Virgin < Knocked Up < Funny People), but really, it's standard Apatow, and by standard, I mean really good.

I Love You, Man - 7.5 - I wasn't really expecting to like this as much as I did, but damn, Segel and Rudd are funny dudes. I've actually already re-watched this, which says a ton, I think.

Harry Potter #6 - 7.0 - One of the better movies in a series that will live on for a long looooong time.

Adventureland - 6.0 - And to finish off the stuff I've seen this year, we have a nice 80s coming of age story. It's mostly a comedy, but sometimes the acidic humor is too much acid and not enough humor. Still worth watching though.

Remains of the Day - 5.0 - Not quite as boring as Days of Heaven, but boring. Thompson, Hopkins and Reeve were all stellar, but, yeah, boring.

Sense and Sensibility - 8.0 - Kate Winslet was even scary as a kid. The movie was good though.

Brick - 4.0 - Jumping from Victorian England to present day Noir Los Angeles. This movie didn't do much for me. Too noir-y for it's own good really.

Let the Right One In - 4.0 - Our final stop in the review hodgepodge is in the foreign horror movies section. We have one not so great Vampire love story from Sweden ...

The Host - 7.5 - ... and one pretty damn good Mutant/epidemic action flick from Korea.