In case you were wondering what we have been doing all week, here is a list of the films we have watched since last time.

The Cinesthete:

1. Last Starfighter - A fun film for the 80’s generation. It’s every kids dream come true. I wish I saw it 20 years ago.
   
2. Twilight - A hilarious atrocity. I’m glad LCD made me watch this.
   
3. Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project - I was looking forward to some stand-up, but I more importantly got a glimpse into film history. Eye-opening.
   
4. Eight Days a Week - Funny late-night teen comedy. Better than most.
   
5. Soylent Green - A great idea,  but a bit cheap and not executed as well as it could have been. Also, if you know the ending it loses alot.
   
6. District 9 - A good film, but try to take all the hype with a grain of salt. It’s not that good.
   
7. Iron Giant - Well-animated, great characters, touching story. You can see how Brad Bird moved on to Pixar after this.
   

The Lowest Common Denominator:

1. Die Hard with a Vengeance - Bruce Willis kicks ass while Samuel L. Jackson does his patented angry not quite yelling thing.  It’s a totally awesome match made in heaven.
   
2. The Last Starfighter - Classic 80s sci-fi adventure about a boy escaping the trailer park to take on intergalactic tyrants.  The Last Starfighter kicks ass despite the prehistoric special effects.  Michael Bay should take note of what you can accomplish by utilizing outdated film concepts like decent storytelling and likable characters.
   
3. Twilight - The best unintentional comedy of the past decade? I think so.  This movie is bad, so bad it’s kind of unbelievable.  This is the kind of movie you’d expect to see on at 3am as part of some hokey late night horror program.  It’s like a lifetime movie that reinforces all the stupid things chicks do for boys.  Remember ladies, if you want that bad boy to love you, all you have to do is give up everything you are and conform to everything he wants you to be!  Also, don’t pay any attention to his severe character flaws like acting nauseated by the near sight of you, wanting to suck your blood until you are a hollow husk and sneaking into your room at night to watch you sleep.
   
4. In Bruges - off-beat comedy about two hitmen on the lamb in Bruges, Belgium.  Funny and well-made, I’m not sure how it managed to fly so far under the radar with a cast of Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes.
   
5. District 9 - Harkens back to the days of yore when filmmakers actually cared about producing something worthwhile instead of just throwing together a loosely connected plot and having a bunch of shit blow up.  Everything a summer blockbuster used to be.
6. Rocky IV - how can something be so bad and so good all at the same time?  I don’t know either, but Rocky IV manages to be both a captivating masterpiece and a hollow piece of crap in the same breath.  One great, big glorious breath of awesomeness!