Mafiascum Movie Club

[Mr. Flay]

Can I jump in, just to review at this point? How far back shall I go? (I've seen four of the current 13, not counting Ocean's 11)

[Mr. Flay]

Run Lola Run

Thoroughly enjoyable film, never even noticed it was foreign-language because of the pace and wit. The scenario of the movie was certainly ground-breaking at the time, but has been imitated since. That's no reason not to see this masterpiece.

I've probably watched it 3-4 times, and it never gets boring. I actually end up seeing new things about it that I missed before (the opening sequence when she's leaving the apartment is fantastic). And the soundtrack doesn't suck, either...

Grade: A

[Mr. Flay]

A Beautiful Mind

Oscar-caliber is a good synopsis of this film. Crowe's acting is superb, and the idea of losing your mind in such a way that you don't know it until the worst has already occurred was visualized impressively. All the way through, I don't think I got up, ate or drank anything, I was that mesmerized. Even the visual tricks of watching him work through a problem were impressive (and echoed in this year's

National Treasure

).

Of course, having a schizophrenic genius for a grandfather (he worked on the atomic bomb project) made it all the more poignant. The giving of the pens was the

coup de grace

.

And my, but Jennifer Connelly has matured since

Labyrinth

, hasn't she?

Grade: A

[Mr. Flay]

Okay I lied, I'll jump in the queue.

The Boondock Saints

(1999), sometimes referred to as

"the Irish

Pulp Fiction

"

. No sex, somewhat unrealistic violence, moral issues galore. Comedy.

[Mr. Flay]

Never even heard of it, actually...

[Mr. Flay]

Oh, okay; I've heard of it, just not by name.

Yeah, he's supposed to be a real winner in the personality department...