Be Kind, Rewind

I liked this one too. It was a good weekend for movies. It was not the simple, kinda stupid movie I expected it to be. It was about community and gave a little hout out to the value of community and the value of old neighborhood stores, even though they are doomed to change. I like Mos Def a lot, even though he usually plays himself. I also like Jack Black as himself when he has good material to work with. The Fats Waller bit was good here, and there were several cool shots, indicating Michel Gondry's participation in the project. I did not like Mia Farrow's small role, but other than that, it was all good.

Definitely, Maybe

Well, here's the thing. When Ryan Reynolds isn't doing things like Waiting, I really like him. I thought he was good here. I also thought Isla Fisher was good. I like her, too. The story was interesting. I liked thinking about Abigail Breslin in the movie as being Olivia's age. I could imagine her doing some of that stuff. Not all of it, but some of it. I liked the way the story was told. I liked the connections to the Clinton campaign. I liked the ending. Maybe it was facile, but I enjoyed it. And, I thought Isla Fisher was very good, as was Reynolds, as was Elizabeth Banks. Enjoyable, easy movie.

Shoot 'Em Up

This was somewhat entertaining, though it certainly felt more like satire than an actual action flick. I like Paul Giamatti and he was good here as a terrible bad guy. Clive Owen was also good as a terrible good guy. This was all about guns and violence. Ridiculous things: a carrot was a murder weapon more than once, Owen participated in major gun battles while delivering a baby, having sex, and the standard dropping down the middle of a stairwell, he used a gun to cut the umbilical cord in the aforementioned delivery, he used a gun to make a merry go round turn so that the target on the merry go round would not be so easy a target for Giamatti, etc. Not much funny, not much actual story, mostly just gun battle after gun battle after gun battle. I'm glad I saw it. I won't need to see it again.

Hannah Montana ...

This was not terrible. Ah parenthood.

Semi Pro

This was not a very good movie, it seemed poorly edited, the story was kinda silly. However, it did make me laugh out loud a couple of times and it's not like I was expecting Citizen Kane. Ithought Andre Benjamin was typically good. I thought Woody was believable. I thought Mara Tierney played Abby from ER, which was surprising, I guess I expected more from her. Will Ferrell was good, if he was playing himself. So, over all, it was doable, but not worth a trip to the theater if it was on DVD.

And the Winners Are:

Best Supporting Female Role
Allison Janney, Juno

Best Supporting Male Role
Sam Rockwell, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Best Actress
Elle Page, Juno

Best Actor
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises (I mean naked fighting? Come on!)

Best Film
Juno

Worst Film
The Contract

Best Comedy
Knocked Up

The Beeb Noms

Best Performance by a Female in a Lead Role







Amy Adams, Enchanted






Hope Davis, Charlie Bartlett







Katherine Heigl, Knocked Up






Ellen Page, Juno




Emma Thompson, Stranger Than Fiction

Best Performance by a Male in a Lead Role







Casey Affleck, Gone Baby Gone







Christian Bale, 3:10 to Yuma







Josh Brolin, No Country For Old Men







Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises







Brad Pitt, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Best Performance by a Female in a Supporting Role







Jennifer Garner, Juno







Allison Janney, Juno







Nicole Kidman, The Golden Compass







Amy Madigan, Gone Baby Gone





Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

Best Performance by a Male in a Supporting Role







Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men







Armin Mueller-Stahl, Eastern Promises







Sam Rockwell, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford







JK Simmons, Juno







Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

Best Picture

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Gone Baby Gone

Juno

Knocked Up

Michael Clayton

No Country For Old Men