The Fall (2006)

1st View
Format: Blu-ray
Venue: Rivendell

Just before we departed to catch the midnight screening of Immortals, the wife and I decided to watch director Tarsem Singh's previous film The Fall. It was every bit as breathtaking, visually, as I had expected, but for some reason I had also expected the narrative to be abstract and barely existent. Not sure why. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that while I had heard people universally praising The Fall's visual landscape, I had never heard anyone even mention the plot. Turns out, the storytelling is just as beautiful as the imagery.


Rating: 8/10 Atkins

FANTASTIC FEST 2011: Sennentuntschi (2010)

1st View
Country: Switzerland

Rating: 5/10 Atkins

Conquest (1983)

Revisit
Format: DVD
Venue: Captain Murphy's Movie Submarine (24hr Movie Marathon)

In the Fantasy category. One of Fulci's strangest films.

Rating: 4/10 Atkins

The Land of Faraway (1987)

1st View
Format: VHS
Venue: Rivendell

Rating: 3/10 Atkins

Beauty and the Beast (1946)

1st View
Format: Blu-ray
Venue: Rivendell

Rating: 7/10 Atkins

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt 2 (2011)

1st View
Venue: Alamo South Lamar (Summer 2011)

A fitting end to one of the most epic and encompassing film franchise's in history. Did they cover everything I wanted them to? No. But striving to do so would have been a fool's errand. I think the studio, the screenwriter, and Peter Yates did a superb job adapting a massive book into two great films. Their task was unenviable and they excelled. Poor out a little butterbeer, Harry's journey is at an end.

Rating: 8/10 Atkins

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Revisit
Format: HD-DVD
Venue: Rivendell (Toni's Potterthon)

Liked the fourth film much more upon this viewing. Sadly, this was the last I made it all the way through before crashing hard.

Rating: 7/10 Atkins

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

Revisit
Format: HD-DVD
Venue: Rivendell (Toni's Potterthon)

I was in and out during the wife's Potterthon due largely to having to work, but I did see all of this one again. Still my favorite.

Rating: 8/10 Atkins

Dragonslayer (1981)

Revisit
Format: 35mm
Venue: Paramount (SxSW)

The Ain't It Cool News 15th Anniversary Secret Screening with special guest Guillermo del Toro! I had only just seen this film for the first time a few weeks ago. Decided to take advantage of this happenstance and cover Dragonslayer for Junkfood Cinema. Enjoy!

Krull (1983)

Revisit
Format: DVD
Venue: Rivendell

The subject of this last week's Junkfood Cinema. Enjoy!

Rating: 6/10 Atkins

Dragonslayer (1981)

1st View
Format: VHS
Venue: Rivendell

Dragonslayer may be dry and a little rough around the edges but it has some interesting religious commentary and some of the very best practical dragon effects I have ever seen. Young Peter MacNicol creeps me out.

Rating: 7/10 Atkins

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse 2010

1st View
Format: Netflix WI
Venue: Rivendell

As a die hard Batman fan, and considering the amount of positive buzz I'd been hearing about all DC's new animated films, I was very excited to see this. I found it to be...terribly average. Not bad, not great, just average. Disappointing.

Rating: 5/10 Atkins

Legend (1985)

Revisit
Format: 35mm
Venue: Alamo Drafthouse

Won't say too much as this will probably be this week's Junkfood Cinema on Film School Rejects so that'll get ported over. But I will say HAPPY BIRTHDAY AARON MORGAN!! Your birthday screening of this Ridley Scott fantasy disaster was phenomenal. Special thanks to Eric Vespe for allowing us the use of his gorgeous 35mm print. Unicorns!

Rating: 7/10 Atkins