395) House (1986), RV!: Night of the Creeps (1986), RV!: A Boy and His Dog (1975) and 403) The Monster Squad (1987)

395) House (1986) Dir: Steve Miner Date Released: February 1986 Date Seen: December 2, 2010 Rating: 4/5

RV!: Night of the Creeps (1986) Dir: Fred Dekker Date Released: August 1986 Date Seen: December 10, 2010 Rating: 4.25/5

RV!: A Boy and His Dog (1975) Dir: L.Q. Jones Date Released: November 1975 Date Seen: December 10, 2010 Rating: 4/5

403) The Monster Squad (1987) Dir: Fred Dekker Date Released: August 1987 Date Seen: December 10, 2010 Rating: 3.75/5

Unfortunately, I didn't get to talk as much (ie: at all about A Boy and His Dog at the first of two panels I participated in at last year's Doomsday Film Festival and Symposium). But the second panel, the one I moderated before a screening of Night of the Creeps, was a blast. Standing room only at the latter screening, baby. You can find embedded video of both panels after the jump. Thanks again to Andrew Miller for asking me to participate in the fest. I had fun.

394) The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)

394) The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) Dir: Michael Apted Date Released: December 2010 Date Seen: December 2, 2010 Rating: 1.75/5

Eh. Still kinda phlegmy at the point when I saw this. But still. Eh. See my review for Slant Magazine.

393) Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983) and RV!: Devils on the Doorstep (2000)

393) Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983) Dir: Nagisa Oshima Date Released: September 1983 Date Seen: December 2, 2010 Rating: 4/5

RV!: Devils on the Doorstep (2000) Dir: Wen Jiang Date Released: December 2002 Date Seen: December 3, 2010 Rating: 4.25/5

Such much goodness. See my piece on the Japan Society series where both films screened. For the New York Press.

RV!: RoboCop (1987), 391) RoboCop 2 (1992) and 392) RoboCop 3 (1993)

RV!: RoboCop (1987) Dir: Paul Verhoeven Date Released: July 1987 Date Seen: November 29, 2010 Rating: 4/5

391) RoboCop 2 (1992) Dir: Irvin Kershner Date Released: June 1990 Date Seen: November 29, 2010 Rating: 3/5

392) RoboCop 3 (1993) Dir: Fred Dekker Date Released: November 1993 Date Seen: November 30, 2010 Rating: 1.25/5

All for the sake of praising RoboCop 2. I was sick at the time. So sue me. See my piece for the New York Press.

390) The Father of My Children (2009)

390) The Father of My Children (2009) Dir: Mia Hansen-Løve Date Released: May 2010 Date Seen: November 28, 2010 Rating: 4/5

It does live up to the hype and then some. I greatly prefer this to Summer Hours, he said as if that mattered. See my review for the New York Press.

389) The Next Three Days (2010)

389) The Next Three Days (2010) Dir: Paul Haggis Date Released: November 2010 Date Seen: November 28, 2010 Rating: 3/5

Surprise, surprise, a Haggis film that's kinda entertaining. Falls apart in the last act but when it's in heist and then chase mode, it's kinda fun. Wouldn't know how it compares to the original film though so it's probably not that great. But still: Haggis made an ok film! Weird, right?

388) Too Bad She's Bad (1954)

388) Too Bad She's Bad (1954) Dir: Alessandro Blasetti Date Released: December 1955 Date Seen: November 28, 2010 Rating: 3.75/5

I really enjoyed this film's screw-the-working-man-out-of-everything-he's-got paranoia. And  the Rome location shooting. And Marcello Mastroianni. And Vittorio De Sica's con man! But the thing I was most pleasantly surprised by was Sophia Loren's performance. I had previously not really known her to be much of an actor, let alone a comedienne. So her performance here was kind of eye-opening. She's gorgeous and can act after all. Nice.