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Tropic Thunder

At The Ritz with Jen.

Run Fatboy Run

The Bank Job

The Simpsons Movie

National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets

Worse than the original?

A Passage to India

If...

Wanted

At The Ritz with Jen. What a turkey. I'd prefer less blood, better editing and more action. Arnie is sorely missed in this genre.

The Trials of Henry Kissinger

Well made and quite depressing. You can watch it at Google Video and there's a somewhat pointless official website.

Vertical Ray of the Sun

I did not understand this movie.

The Dark Knight

At the 8:30pm session with Jen at The Ritz. I'm glad we didn't try the 9:30pm session, we would've fallen asleep.

Bomb Harvest

Great story of an Australian bloke doing his bit to reduce the unexploded ordnance in Laos. Pretty funny, and oh-so-familiar when the rice wine comes out.

Into the Wild

Even better than I expected. The lead actor was pretty amazing when he wasn't trying to be a younger Leonardo DiCaprio. Adroitly directed by Sean Penn.

21

On the plane from Singapore to Sydney on the lower deck of the A380. This possibly-interesting topic of taking the luck out of some forms of gambling is ruined by hum-drum angst and clunky plot twists. Watching Spacey pull out some worn-out maths novelties was tedious beyond belief. I only managed to watch half of Run Fatboy Run, a more promising proposition.

The Painted Veil

Land and Freedom

Another Ken Loach effort, quite similar to the later The Wind that Shakes the Barley, about a revolution gone sour. The inspiration is clearly George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia.

By the way, it seems that the complete works of George Orwell are available at that website. Never be bored again.

Good Night, and Good Luck

Thank You for Smoking

Carlito's Way.

It's a Free World

Clearly Ken Loach saw Dirty Pretty Things and thought he could improve it. I don't think this movie needed to be made.