A few more nano-reviews:

Boogie Nights
An oldie (1997), but very much goldie from Paul Thomas Anderson, the brilliant man behind Magnolia. The latter has been a favourite of mine for years, so it was about time I got around to watching this one. The two movies are similar in many ways, and I recommend both highly. Like Magnolia, it’s a lengthy drama, but with some good humour sprinkled on top. If you don’t let the running time or the genre scare you away, you are in for a big treat. (If you’ve seen the movie you may giggle now.)

Little Miss Sunshine
A heart warming comedy about a dysfunctional family on a road trip to enter cute, little Olive into a beauty pageant. Sounds cuddly, doesn’t it? This was a pleasant surprise, because the humour in the movie was much, much darker than what I had expected - sex and drugs play dominant roles in the plot. So go see it.

I watch a lot of movies - or try to, at least, but I rarely write anything about them. I thought I would try to change that, so here are some short reviews of things I’ve watched recently.

(While movies have long been one of my primary interests, my recently renewed interest in the art came about as a result of stumbling across movielens.org, a site where you can rate movies you’ve seen and get recommendations back, based on the ratings of people who appear to have a taste similar to yours, also known as collaborative filtering. It seems to be working fairly well, so I recommend you go and try it.)

The Fountain
This is one of the most fascinating movies I’ve seen in a while, to be honest. It’s a visual and thought-provoking story that spans a 1000 years, touching on subjects such as life, death, love and mortality. It is beautifully shot, perfectly cast and the soundtrack is fantastic. (Those who have seen Requiem for a Dream should know that Aronofsky knows how to score a movie.)

Adaptation.
Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman, the duo behind the brilliantly funny Being John Malkovich are back in one of the most cleverly written movies ever. Seriously. It’s about the movie’s very screenwriter, Charlie Kaufman, and his quest to adapt a book to a screenplay, and the challenges therein.

Deja Vu
Denzel Washington is back to save the day in this popcorn-friendly action flick, which actually isn’t all that bad. I’m usually not too crazy about what mainstream Hollywood puts out, but this one has a somewhat interesting plot that manages to keep my interest throughout. I’m reluctant to say more, as I wouldn’t want to spoil anything, but if you want a movie that’s entertaining and doesn’t take itself too terribly seriously, this just might do the trick.