Not a lot happened this past week. Lots of work and a few movies.
From Netflix I’ve watched:
Ascenseur pour l’échafaud (1958) — Louis Malle’s first film, which features a beautifully haunting soundtrack from Miles Davis. The film is called Elevator to the Gallows in the US.
Balls of Fury — A silly stupid comedy about ping pong, death match style. Mindless entertainment, not great film by any means, but it served its purpose.
Good Luck Chuck — A silly romantic comedy about a guy who is always the guy before the marriage. Also kind of mindless entertainment. But Jessica Alba is nice to look at.
Dan In Real Life — Another romantic comedy about a single father of three girls (two teenagers) who also happens to be an advice columnist. He ends up falling in love with his brothers girlfriend. Silliness ensues.
Slueth (2007) — Kenneth Branagh remake of the 1972 movie of the same name. The original screenplay was written by Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter. Michael Caine reverses his role from the original, playing the aging detective writer, instead of the struggling young actor (he was nominated for an Oscar in the original film version). I haven’t seen the original however, so I can’t say which was better, just that this was enjoyable.
At the theater I saw The Bank Job. Set in the 70s, a band of amateur thieves get conned into performing a heist for MI5. Based on a true story (at least according to the promotions). I enjoyed it.
I didn’t get as far in my job searching as I would have liked. But I’m going to wrap up my resume updating by Monday (which is spring break) and really start the search in earnest.
