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The 2008 Screening Log, Boyo

Re: the White Elephant Blogathon... wait until you see what I got. I'll say no more.

 3/13/2008 View
An Still-Entirely-Redundant (But More Useful than Expected) Viewing Log for 2007

I agree. I don't think One, Two, Three is necessarily Wilder's best, but it's almost certainly his funniest.

 12/15/2007 View
Films seen: in 2007

Whew... I thought the only one who found Fast Times to be overpraised. The direction feels more than a little tone-deaf, which results in an uneasy mix between the comedic and dramatic aspects of the screenplay. As a result, the Jennifer Jason Leigh storyline sort of clangs around in the middle of the teenage comedy, rather than seeming like a logical extension of the hornball shenanigans that are happening around her.

 12/8/2007 View
The '07 Movie Hierarchy

Affleck's directing skills won't blow anybody away, but they're not distracting. Plus he's smart enough to stay out of the way of the material, which is wicked awesome, as they say up there. The thematic richness of Gone Baby Gone really clinched the film for me, turning a solid crime drama into one of the year's most pleasant surprises.

 11/4/2007 View