I have to disagree about painting all his films with such a wide brush. MEMENTO is pretty much perfect, THE PRESTIGE has the best acting Bale has done since LITTLE WOMEN, and I'd stand by Ledger and Oldman's performances any day. INSOMNIA is a crackerjack thriller, with Pacino actually acting for a change and a…

Mandy first, please. Any civilian character who aggressively drives their car over a curb as if it's normal human behavior is poorly-written, incredibly stagey, and insultingly annoying. (See also: COOKIE'S FORTUNE, et al.)

I liked it but didn't love it. I think the projections needed more personality or menace. I'm thinking of the 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers. This was almost instead like a personality-free video game at times. Good spectacle but the characters, for the most part, needed more depth or charm.

I like discussion, and it sounds like this one's churning up a lot of it.

I'm four hours away from seeing the movie
Can't wait to dig further into these reviews…

SHOOT THE MOON
I forgot about this. Alan Parker movie with Diane Keaton and Albert Finney I remember being very good and really depressing.

NAKED LUNCH and THE NEW AGE
Lest we forget.

He's 80. I don't know what kind of shape he's in, but it would be nice.

Bob Newhart
…a boy can dream.

A NIGHT AT THE OPERA is my favorite
Maybe it had to do with expectations or because I saw it first, but that one seems not only more fresh, but much more tight. Even "stopping everything" for Harpo's solo contributed, whereas other movies came seem overstuffed.

I second that emotion.

DDL even turned down Soderbergh for SOLARIS. Can't really see hi
doing a movie for Richie.

At least this doesn't sound as bad as the Monopoly movie
I mean, with the simple "battleship" premise, this could be *anything*.

Built to Spill, one assumes.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME!?
"My dad won't give me an Emmy nomination, Julie won't give me an Emmy nomination, YOU won't give me an Emmy nomination…"

— and Swank is terrific in it. Her gradual realization is beautifully done.

@Joel — yep. I still don't know if I like the movie, but I'm really glad it got made.

Soderbergh is on my list. The fact that he's wildly hit and miss doesn't bother me like it does, say, Spike Lee. Just because he's clearly following his muse and at least the idea of his career isn't boring. I saw Che part one in the theater and was kind of bored, but I love that he can put these projects together.…

You mean Varsity Blues.

I'd like to see a movie made of Willa Cather's "One of Ours." Potentially heartbreaking.