DUPLICITY- Directed by Tony Gilroy and starring Julia Roberts and Clive Owen. They play corporate spies who are involved with 2 companies in heavy competition. The movie was convoluted and lacked any sense of drama and suspense for me. I turned it off. Netflix. 8/09 
September 3rd, 2009
TRADE- 2007. With Kevin Kline. About the sex trade in Mexico. The movie was formulaic and boring and I turned it off before Kevin Kline entered the movie. Netflix Streaming. 8/09
September 3rd, 2009
GOODBYE SOLO- 2008. Starring Souleymane Sy Savane and Red West and directed by Ramin Bahrani. Solo is a Sengelese taxi driver in North Carolina who is offered $1000 to drive a despondent man to Blowing Rock N.C. at some point in the future where he presumably plans to commit suicide. The film is about Solo’s “mission” to save this lonesome depressed man. A few too many unanswered questions for me. Netflix. 8/09 
September 3rd, 2009
SUNSHINE CLEANING- 2008. Starring Amy Adams, Emily Blunt and Alan Arkin. Directed by Christine Jeffs. Cute story about two sisters who, out of financial necessity, form a company that cleans up messy crime scenes. Light but OK movie. I love Alan Arkin and I enjoyed the relationship between the sisters. Netflix. 8/09
September 3rd, 2009
I LIKE KILLING FLIES- A documentary about Charlie Shopsin who has owned and operated a neighborhood restaurant in Greenwich Village for 32 years. The movie is mostly a running dialogue by Shopsin about his restaurant and life in general. Who cares? The movie was clever but I eventually got tired of watching. Netflix Streaming. 8/09
September 3rd, 2009
ALL ABOUT STEVE- Premise by Zap2it. “After a lovely blind date, crossword puzzle-writer Mary Horowitz falls head over heels in love with Steve, a news cameraman. Mary is convinced that she and Steve are true soul mates, and, with the encouragement of a reporter, follows Steve around the country in a bid to win his love. Along the way, she befriends an assortment of misfits who accept her for whom she is, leading her to reassess her reasons for this strange journey.” No reviews as yet.
September 3rd, 2009
SANDSTORM- Premise by Zap2it. “Trapped by a massive sandstorm, a policeman is tormented by memories of his past persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.” Sounds interesting but I couldn’t find any reviews as yet.
September 3rd, 2009
Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. About a group of Nazi killers in Germany who were an offshoot of the U.S. military. A colossal waste of time as the movie was a collection of way too long scenes and every cliche in the book together with a screenplay that was unbelievable- really.
September 1st, 2009
2008. A documentary about Charlie Shopsin who has owned and operated a neighborhood restaurant in Greenwich Village for 32 years. The movie is mostly a running dialogue by Shopsin and his family about the restaurant and about life in general. A clever idea but I did get tired of watching. Netflix Streaming.
August 30th, 2009
2009. A documentary about Vogue magazine and in particular the preparation for the all important September issue, this one from 2007. I enjoyed the film and especially got a kick out of the negative comments about the editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. It’s tough to be boss. TRDB.
August 29th, 2009