A brief history of my January viewings

Match Point — a very dif­fe­rent Woody Allen film. So very very tense, the per­fect thriller?

3-Iron — A quiet and allu­ring love story, astoun­ding work by Kim Ki-duk.

Old­boy — Another Korean film. I’ve been mea­ning to watch this for 6 months now. Having seen this I must now seek out the rest of Chan-wook Park’s ven­geance trilogy. 

Lady in the Water — An inte­res­ting fairy tale but nothing to match Pan’s Laby­rinth. I also spent the whole movie trying to work out the twist.

Le Ballon Rouge — a short and sweet french film.

Ong Bak — A fun filled action pac­ked romp (or just another OTT kung fu flick, though at least bet­ter than most — but they did make sure to show all the good bits twice… every big jump was shown from ten dif­fe­rent angles).

Wait Until Dark — Another top thri­ller, although Hepburn’s por­tra­yal of a blind house wife isn’t enti­rely con­vin­cing. This trai­ler is horrific.

Renais­sance — The super­mo­del of movies — beauty without brains.

Miami Vice — Terrible.

Adrift — Terrible.