MUST-SEE MOVIES

Posted by JOpinionated on September 4, 2005 in Film | 0 comments

While watching the Highland Games today, surrounded by plaid kilts and haggis, I realized that So I Married an Axe Murderer is actually a damn funny movie. Directed by Thomas Schlamme (Christine Lahti’s husband), this quirky comedy features one of Mike Myers’ most subdued performances. If that is even physically plausible. One of my favorite SNL phrases of all time was a Myers specialty: ”If it’s not Scottish, it SUCKS!”

I am hesitant to see The Constant Gardener because the last theatrical adaptation of a John LeCarre book, The Tailor of Panama, was a tad misogynistic. I was quite disappointed to see Jamie Lee Curtis in a retread of her atrocious role from True Lies.

Films opening soon that I am looking forward to include Cameron Crowe’s Elizabethtown (starring a non-heroic Orlando Bloom with an American accent), Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman in yet another transformational role), and Good Night, and Good Luck (about Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy, directed by George Clooney).

Current releases I need to see before they disappear from theaters are Hustle & Flow (Terrence Howard is a huge star on the rise - see him in Crash as well), Murderball (about quad rugby players), Junebug (an indie with good buzz) and The Aristocrats (one very dirty joke, as told by over 100 comedians.