10 films, part 8
Frequency (Gregory Hoblit, 2000). A man finds his dad’s old radio, and manages to contact his father from 30 years before. Nice time-travel movie with fun paradoxes and time manipulation. [8/10]
St. John’s Wort (original title: Otogiriso) (Ten Shimoyama, 2001). A girl inherits an old house and together with some friends decide to base a computer game on it. The parts that remind you of how video games work are interesting, but as a whole the movie’s crap. [3/10]
Peeping Tom (Michael Powell, 1960). A man tries to capture fear on film by filming women as he murders them. Psychological thriller that manages to be creepy. [8/10]
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (George Lucas, 2005). Anakin Skywalker runs around and tries to do good, but turns into Darth Vader. I really like the first three films, but the next three were really disappointing. This one is at least better than the first and second, and actually manages to hold my interest. [5/10]
Good Bye Lenin! (Wolfgang Becker, 2003). A woman falls into coma just as the Berlin wall falls, and when she wakes up her son tries to conceal the truth to avoid a shock. Fun movie, with good music. [8/10]
Flicka och hyacinter (English title: Girl with Hyacinths) (Hasse Ekman, 1950). When a young woman commits suicide and testaments all her belongings to the neighbors, one of them swears to find out why she did it. A nice mystery story, with interesting characters from different walks of life that the woman associated with before death. [8/10]
The Blob (Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., 1958). When a meteor lands in a small town, a formless blob of goo appears and attacks people. This is a classic sci-fi that is still fun to watch. I was impressed by the special effects, and the theme music. [7/10]
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (Craig R. Baxley, 2003). The prequel of Rose Red that tells the story of the first owner of the haunted house. Not a specially good movie by any means, and not something to spend time or money on. [5/10]
2046 (Kar Wai Wong, 2004). An author writes about a time or place called 2046, which is of great significance to him. Beautifully filmed, with portraits of less-than-perfect people. [7/10]
Insomnia (Erik Skjoldbjærg, 1997). A cop is sent to investigate a murder, but is haunted by nightmares of bad things he has done. This is the original version, later remade in America, with the fantastic Stellan Skarsgård in the main role. His character is, if possible, even less good than his American alter-ego which makes the line between law enforcer and criminal even more blurred. [8/10]