Had no time or inclination to review the first-run movies I’ve seen in the last few months, but I’ll scatter 1-5 stars among their titles using Netflix ratings (*= “hated it” through ***= “liked it” to *****= “loved it”)
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days, a Romenian film about an abortion (****)
Juno, an American film, starring a Canadian, about an abortion not (****)
No Country for Old Men, a new-Western about man hunting man (****)
Live and Become about an Ethiopian in Israel (****)
Atonement, about a naughty lie that ruined 3 lives (*****)
Charlie Wilson’s War, about a tippling, womanizing Congressman, his blowzy rich lady friend, and Afghani War I (***)
I’m Not There, about Bob Dylan played 7 ways including by a convincing Cate Blanchett (**)
Persepolis, about growing up in Teheran post-Shah; animated and inspired (*****)
The Savages, about what are we gonna do about dotty old Daddy (***)
The Diving bell and the Butterfly, about a soaring soul within a “locked in” body (*****)
American Gangster, about Denzel as one tough dude and Russel Crowe with a NJ accent chasing him (*****)
