Monday, February 19, 2007 Movies I Have Enjoyed of Late If there is a must see film before the Oscars this Sunday, it is Pans Labyrinth, directed by Guillermo Del Toro.  The film is about a young girl who is forced to go with her mother to live with her mom's new husband in the mountains. Her new father, a general for Spain's fascist regime (1944, during Franco's rule) is stationed in the mountains to fight the separtists.  To cope with the general's sadistic nature and the horrors of war, she escapes into a fanatasy world.  This is a truly spectacular film, though violent and heartbreaking. Pans Labyrinth is nominated for Best Foreign Film. I've also enjoyed re-watching Sophie's Choice, the 25th Anniversary Edition of Reds, and Children Of Men. Tomorrow, the favorite to win the Oscar for Best Picture, Babel, comes out on DVD. If he have not yet seen this, pick it up and watch it. Another amazing film. 10:27:04 PM   | COMMENT [] | Title illustration by Michael Parker HOME READ MY POETRY REVIEWS AT MiPOESIAS E-MAIL ME FILM PAGE BIO PREVIOUS POSTS Like Lightning on the Dancing People: A Review of PF Potvin’s ‘The Attention Lesson’ Best Albums of 2006 Oscar Predictions 2007 Movies I Have Enjoyed of Late Writing About PF Potvin We're On 'Good Morning America' Today Best Family Films of 2006 Valentine's 2007 Dixie Chicks Go 5 for 5 At The Grammy's! This Is A First! The Day of the Epidural Are you a movie buff? Scorsese Wins Director's Guild Award!!!! Top Grossing Films of 2006 Review: Jack Gilbert's 'Refusing Heaven' The Worst Blogger In the World... The Great SOTU Parody Conversations on Passionate Themes: A Review of 'Wanton Textiles' Hillary makes it official: “I’m In!” Diego Quiros & Parker In Blues Voting for the New 7 Wonders of the World Boise State Beats OU! Makes Case for National Champs! My blog is worth.... Review: Evie Shockley’s "a half-red sea" Person of the Year 2006, My Choice Tuesday Update, December 19 FAVORITE BLOGS    ARCHIVES July 2003 August 2003 September 2003 October 2003 November 2003 December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 POETRY "Out of the Lower 9," Small Potatoes Magazine, Issue 1 "The Prelude to War," The Bonzai Project "The Summer Monsoon," Asian American Poetry "On the Effects of Wind and Rivers," OCHO, Vol. 2 "The Return" published by Virtual Occoquan, August 2005 Walking to the Cineplex My Son’s Chants Plotting Escape Defending Yourself I Don’t Like MY REVIEWS "a half-red sea," by Evie Shockley "Wanton Textiles," by Reb Livingston & Ravi Shankar "Refusing Heaven," by Jack Gilbert The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova The Portrait of Diego Keros, by Didi Menendez Little Terrorist (2005) Sin City (2005) War of the Worlds (2005) Yes (2005) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Shaun of the Dead (2004) Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) The Door In the Floor (2004) The Aviator (2004) House of Flying Daggers (2004) Hero (2004) Million Dollar Baby (2004) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Sideways (2004) Hotel Rwanda (2004) Finding Neverland (2004) A Very Long Engagement (France) (2004) Before Sunset (2004) Ray (2004) Kill Bill, Volume 1 (2003) Love Actually (2003) Dogville(2003) Northfork (2003) The Triplets of Belleville (2003) Whale Rider (2003) 8 Mile (2002) Adaptation (2002) Charlotte Gray (2002) Road to Perdition (2002) Russian Ark (Russia) (2002) Signs (2002) Solaris (2002) The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings (2001) Gladiator (2000) The Gift (2000) Tigerland (2000) Titan AE (2000) American Beauty (1999) Being John Malcovich (1999) The Blair Witch Project (1999) Bringing Out the Dead (1999) Eyes Wide Shut (1999) The Insider (1999) Magnolia (1999) The Three Kings (1999) MUSIC REVIEWS Mario Frangoulis Concert: Sarah Brightman's 'Harem' Spectacular Switchfoot: The Beautiful Letdown The Reinvention of Madonna Concert: Duran Duran "Astronaut" Tour U2: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb IL DIVO: Review of "Mama" Video IL DIVO: Ancora IL DIVO: Siempre NEWS   Salon   LiberalOasis   New York Times   Slate   Tom Paine   Mother Jones   The Guardian   CNN   The Washington Post   - Start your own blog   Subscribe to this blog in   Radio: