I dunno if it's cause it's Oscar time, but there's a lot of decent-looking films popping up in theatres at the moment. I'm dying to see Pan's Labyrinth, for starters. The Idi Amin biopic The Last King of Scotland looks solid, as does Letters from Iwo Jima (though I didn't particularly care for its companion piece Flags of Our Fathers). Even The Queen looks interesting, though you probably couldn't pay me to see Volver (I can think of few directors more overrated than Pedro Almodóvar). I see today that the Algerian/French war film Indigenes is up for a Best Foreign Film Oscar. That one was everywhere when I was in Paris this past fall so I'm looking forward to it's North American release.
Sadly, summer looks like it will be pretty rank: Spiderman 3, Fantastic Four 2 and Transformers are notable turds in the bowl. 300, based on the Frank Miller graphic novel, could be interesting, especially if they steer clear of themisogynyy that marred Sin City.
Carry on.
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