Dynamite is a greta movie. Try to get past the first 15 and you will "probably" see why it is a great simple story. The ending is probably the best part.

Little Miss Sunshine is also a very funny movie that takes about 15-20 minutes to get going. No harm in giving them a try.
The ending bit (after credits) of Napoleon Dynamite was completely unnecessary IMO. Other than that the movie is superb!

I was more referring to the last 10 minutes of the movie...not the after credits part.

Immortal By Bilal. France Sci-Fi at it's most unique.:D

Angel-A - A sort of French take on Wings of Desire meets It's a Wonderful Life. When André's debts overwhelm him, and thugs are nipping at his heels, fate takes him to the Pont Alexandre III, where an angel ends up in his arms. Of course, this being France, the angel is a sexy, leggy blonde who chainsmokes. Together, they embark on a journey to discover their true identities, and love. Directed by Luc Besson, gorgeously filmed in B&W.

Angel-A - A sort of French take on Wings of Desire meets It's a Wonderful Life. When André's debts overwhelm him, and thugs are nipping at his heels, fate takes him to the Pont Alexandre III, where an angel ends up in his arms. Of course, this being France, the angel is a sexy, leggy blonde who chainsmokes. Together, they embark on a journey to discover their true identities, and love. Directed by Luc Besson, gorgeously filmed in B&W.
I was going to rent it, but it was on DVD only and not on BD. C'mon Sony, cough it up!

Working my way through Entourage, Season 3, Part 2.

Watching random TV on DVD... Reba, Married With Children, South Park. (unusual combination?)

Man of the Century - Johnny Twennies is an old-fashioned newspaper reporter. Old-fashioned being the operative term; in contemporary Manhattan he's stuck in the 1920's, with a penchant for dry cocktails, ragtime music and turns of phrases like he just came out of the neighborhood speakeasy. But with his job on the line, and his best girl on the outs, will Johnny Twennies write the story of his life, outfox the thugs on his tale, rescue the damsel in distress AND get the girl? A fantastical, whimsical little low budget movie, filmed in B&W.

O Lucky Man! (1973) - A great new 2-disk transfer of this excellent satire film with young Malcolm McDowell & Helen Mirren + great songs from The Animals keyboardist Alan Price. Kudos to Warner Bros.

Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same (http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showpost.php?p=642767&postcount=16)

Shrek the Third - Shrek bids farewell to a pregnant Fiona and sets off to find the next heir in line to the throne of Far, Far Away. During his absence, Prince Charming takes control of the kindom and plots to kill him. Shrek returns to confront his enemy, to install (so-called) Arthur as king (and all his silly English knnnnnnniggits) and to face up to his responsibilities as a father to three little ogrelings.

Twelve seconds of laughter notwithstanding, nothing remains of the charming and entertaining original movie in this crass piece of cr*p sequel.

Ratatouille - Very funny movie. PQ is excellent on DVD. Default audio was 2.0, and I didn't realize it until half way through the film. Just a heads up for anyone else.

Transformers - saw it on a little 21" TV, then at home in full 5.1! Unbelievable. I've seen it twice in a week, and I'd watch it again! Could be Michael Bay's best, next to The Rock (IMO of course).

Futurama - Bender's Big Score - Absolutely hilarious! A must watch for Futurama fans. It has a lot of references to older shows, but it's still funny if you haven't seen a Futurama episode (but most people have I would assume). A perfect 10/10. :cool:

You Kill Me - Frank likes his job - he's a paid assassin - but his drinking problem keeps getting in the way of his work, so he's sent to San Francisco to "dry out". While there, he falls in love and learns a bit about himself. Eventually, duty calls him back to Buffalo to settle a score, but will he remain the new man he's become or return to his old ways?

A low-key but entertaining movie, with another solid performance by Ben Kingsley.

Daywatch - A centuries old truce between Good and Evil is about to come undone in modern day Moscow in this slick, stylish Russian sci-fi horror thriller that is part John Woo film meets The Matrix. The storyline is almost incomprehensible, the film is too long, but the ride can still be fun.

The Golden Compass - Adaptation of the Carnegie Medal-winning novel by Pullman, the first volume in the His Dark Materials trilogy. In a parallel Oxford, young Lyra Belacqua begins a dimension-crossing odyssey that builds from a merely atypical children's adventure into a complex (and frequently quite dark) philosophical epic.

Mala Noche (1985)
Dir: Gus Van Sant Studio: Gus Van Sant Productions Re-release Studio: Criterion
Tim Streeter, Doug Cooeyate, Ray Monge

In October, 1984, noted film-maker Gus Van Sant, at 32, was ready to begin a month long shoot on his first feature film -- Bad Night, or, as now released on video for the first time, Mala Noche. As he comments in a 2007 half hour interview/remembrance with this first ever video release, he had to "save up for years" to pay the $20,000 to make it: in b&w, 4:3 ratio, and with a handful of actors plus three or four crew members, including himself. It is his only strictly gay themed movie.

Walt (Tim Streeter) is pretty much a lost soul romantic teetering on the fringe of homelessness and squalor. He has a job running a hole-in-the-wall convenience store in the seediest part of Portland where hookers, down-and-outs, and less savoury folks, survive on the streets and in flop houses -- as does Walt. Yet he's an openly gay man, in 1984, and, in his late 20s, falls scruffily in love with a young Mexican street kid who has come across the border and up the coast, speaking very little English. In fact, it's a combination puppy love and obsession, as he gently pursues the boy, hoping to score. Johnny is hanging out with a slightly older, more street wise Mexican stray named Roberto (and Pepper to his friends). Johnny accepts Walt's attention, but has no interest in sex with a male gringo. Walt's romantic notions of the world, and of men, leads to dangerous acts, short road trips into the country, and some reckless behaviour; it also provides him an opportunity to reach out, care and protect his friends when needed.

It's quite remarkable that this film was made when it was and no surprise that while it's been forgotten until this release, it opened the doors for Van Sant to arrive as an auteur, often focussing on the seedier side of life. His next film -- made five years later -- was a breakthrough and won him huge critical acclaim: Drugstore Cowboy, starring Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch. My Own Private Idaho (1991), with Keannu Reeves and River Phoenix, followed next; then Even Cowgirls Get The Blues, To Die For, Good Will Hunting, Finding Forrester, Elephant, Last Days (of Kirk Cobain) and this year's Cannes Winner, Paranoid Park.

Mala Noche is a film which simultaneously sits in your belly and your heart; it will haunt your soul for days after viewing. John Campbell's on-the-fly cinematography is ripped from real life yet much of the film feels dream like, even half awake, in that cozy, "not going to open my eyes just yet state" we greet the morning with, reluctantly. It's a remarkably visceral film and, in spite of his crazy flaws, it's impossible not to fall in love with Walt, as he falls in love, hopelessly.

Very strongly recommended. A Criterion release, with some nice extras, including a multi-page booklet.

Death Proof - Having previously killed successfully using a "death-proofed" car, Stuntman Mike tries again...but this time his victims prove a little harder to take down.

An over-wrought, self-indulgent piece of cr*p, at once pointless, tedious and bogged down by excessive amounts of lame dialogue.

The Namesake - Mira Nair's sprawling story of the immigrant experience through the eyes of two generations of an East Indian family in America is a nice, poignant journey, but lacks much of a dramatic destination.

This is England - In Margaret Thatcher's England, a 12 year-old boy who lost his father in the Falklands war finds acceptance with a group of skinheads. Writer/directer Shane Meadows' autobiographical film is gritty and poignant at the same time, occasionally witty and inevitably violent and always smart. Great ska soundtrack and amazing performances from the young cast.