Jay's Movie Blog

* * * (out of four) Seen 4 September 2004 in Jay's Living Room (WGBH) Director Carol Reed would go on to make propaganda films durin...

* * ½ (out of four) Seen 1 September 2004 at Landmark Kendall Square #1 (preview) Aw, geez. I hate when the people responsible for me g...

* * ½ (out of four) Seen 27 August 2004 in Jay's Living Room (WGBH) (Note: This review contains spoilers for those who can't gue...

* * ¾ (out of four) Seen 26 August 2004 in Jay's Living Room (WGBH) Not much of Kansas City Confidential actually takes place in Ka...

* * * (out of four) Seen 26 August 2004 at Landmark Kendall Square #2 (first-run) Open Water had the most effective trailer I've se...

* * ¼ (out of four) Seen 25 August 2004 at Loews Copley Place #3 (first-run) I wish Code 46 were a better movie. Granted, I wish that ...

* * * ¼ (Out of four) Seen 24 August 2004 at the Brattle Theater (Special Engagements) Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (with co-writer Prabda Yoon) t...

I'm tempted to put a review of My Man Godfrey here, but, sadly, the ReplayTV cut out with 5-10 minutes left. I'm sure that nothing...

* * ½ (out of four) Seen 22 August 2004 at Landmark Kendall Square #9 (first-run) Part of what's enjoyable about watching foreign fi...

* * * (out of four) Seen 20 August 2004 in Jay's Living Room (WGBH) There's a lot to like about Life With Father , especially wh...

* * ¼ (out of four) Seen 19 August 2004 in Jay's Living Room (WGBH) Buster Keaton was a funny guy, perfectly suited to the silent mo...

* * * ¾ (out of four) Seen 19 August 2004 at the Arlington Capitol #1 (second-run) As beautiful and joyous and smart as Before Sunset i...

* * (out of four) Seen 18 August 2004 in Jay's Living Room (WGBH) Some months ago, WGBH ran The Triumph Of Sherlock Holmes and I me...

* * * (out of four) Seen 17 August 2004 at Loews Harvard Square #3 (first-run) I found myself half-wondering during Takeshi Kitano's...

* * * ¼ (out of four) Seen 15 August 2004 at Landmark Kendall Square #3 (first-run) Wow. A Takashi Miike movie in a multiplex, albeit a...

* * * ½ (out of four) Seen 14 August 2004 at the Brattle Theater (Orson Welles: Rogue Genius) Unlike many of the movies Orson Welles dir...

* * * * (out of four) Seen 14 August 2004 at the Brattle Theater (Orson Welles: Rogue Genius) This was going to be a "clever" ...

* * * * (out of four) Seen 10 August 2004 in Jay's Living Room (see it before the sequel) I must admit, I approached Before Sunrise ...

* * * ½ (out of four) Seen 10 August 2004 at Loews Harvard Square #1 (first-run) That Michael Mann has directed only eight features in h...

* * * (out of four) Seen 9 August 2004 at the Brattle Theater (Orson Welles: Rogue Genius) The Brattle's summer Orson Welles series ...