Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1961)

Rating: ***

Good but not particularly entertaining.

White Zombie (1932)

Rating: *** 1/2

An extra 1/2 star given its age.

The Killers (1946)

Rating: ***

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Rating: ** 1/2

Just read the Wikipedia summary of the original short story from which this was adapted. Boy, did they Hollywoodize this!

The Smashing Machine

Rating: ***

Murder on the Orient Express

Rating: *** 1/2

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

Rating: **1/2

Could have been good, but suffers from Cassavettes amateurish direction. Also, the plot (which WAS interesting) is pretty much abandoned for the last 30 minutes of the movie.

The Lives of Others

Rating: ***

Street Fight

Rating: ***

The Taking of Pelham 123

Rating: ***1/2

The Black Cat (1980) (D: Fulci)

Rating: **

Pretty stinky except for Patrick McGee's performance.

Slumdog Millionaire

Rating: ***

Good but not as amazing as most critics are making it out to be. Love story detracts some.

Swingers

Rating: ***

Dracula Contra Frankenstein (1972) (D: Jess Franco)

Rating: **1/2

The Wolfman inexplicably makes an appearance at the end. Not one of the better Jess Franco movies, but has enough interesting moments to make it worth a watch. From the same period as "The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein" and "The Demons," using most of the same cast and settings.

Howard Vernon = Best Dracula Ever

Curse of the Cat People

Rating: ***

I Am Cuba

Visuals: ****
Story: **

Average Rating: ***

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Rating: ***1/2

Stage Fright (1950) (D: Hitchcock)

Rating: **

Way too long for such an uninvolving story.

Under The Volcano (1984)

Rating: ***

Let The Right One In

Rating: ***1/2