Other Recent Rentals

To hell with it. I don't have the attention span to write a decent review with more than two sentences tonight. So I'll just compress the rest. Thank You For Smoking Perhaps the last Katie Holmes movie ever? Unbreakable Yeah, I know, I'm delayed. And I honestly knew barely anything about this movie. So when the intro about comic books came up, I had a "Is this the right movie? What the hell?" freak out. It is the right movie. Winter Passing I dig Zooey Deschanel. Unfortunately, I'm not sure what the hell was going on in this movie. The Chumscrubber Before doing this film, Justin Chatwin was in SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2 with Jon Voight and Scott Baio. Just a tidbit. Art School Confidential I didn't go to art school, but I imagine this is what it would be like if I did.

Lucky Number Sleven

I've liked Josh Hartnett more overall since he decided to fix his hair. Anyway, the setup is a basic mistaken personality but mistaken by two crime bosses, which is a suck situation if you think about it. Boss A wants him to do a job against Boss B, who also recruits him for a job. Plus, your basic twists and turns along the way. It was enjoyable, but I did get confused at first when I tried to multi task while watching it. The cast was excellent- Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Gandhi, Stanley Tucci.... I loved Ben Kingsley as Gandhi. So much so that I refuse to acknowledge him as anything but. I gotta tell you, Gandhi is a bit of a hard ass in this movie. What the hell.

Brick

IMDB link To use imdb's summary,

"A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend."

What I enjoyed most about this film was that it was a very "grownup" story in a teenage setting. Yet it manages to still feel very adult. It's part detective, part gangster, part thriller, and part drama all wrapped up in a very solid package. And it was definitely one of those movies you have to pay close attention to. I almost wish I would have watched it a second time before returning it.I have to admit, I was a bit surprised seeing Joseph Gordon-Levitt being able to pull off a role that was so crucial to the film's structure. I didn't think he was a bad actor before, I was just to surprised to see that he was that good.It was also good to see Lukas Haas again, who I haven't actually seen in anything since Mars Attacks! (he's been in stuff, I just haven't seen any of it.) Definitely an owner.