http://kennelco.com/film_diary every movie I've seen, since 2002 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:49:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (2009) dir. Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad, Marcos Martínez viewed: 03/08/10 Not one of my top picks to see from last year's slew of animated feature films, a sickday home with my son turned to boredom as the mother of invention, or at least, the mother of opportunity for such a viewing.  Planet ... http://kennelco.com/film_diary/2010/03/11/planet-51/ (2010) dir. Tim Burton viewed: 03/07/10 at the Castro Theatre, SF, CA There are a lot of "Alices" out there and a lot of "Wonderlands" too.  My personal favorite has tended to be Jan Svankmejer's 1988 Alice, which is largely stop-motion animated and not exactly true to the source material, so I'm ... http://kennelco.com/film_diary/2010/03/09/alice-in-wonderland/ (2007) dir. Chris Weitz viewed: 03/05/10 I'd long planned to see The Golden Compass but I think that at the time it came out, I guess I figured it would be a bit much for the kids (they would have been 3 and 5, respectively).  And then it stayed in my queue ... http://kennelco.com/film_diary/2010/03/07/the-golden-compass/ (2010) dir. Chris Columbus viewed: 02/27/10 at AMC Loews Metreon 16, SF, CA The latest teen novel franchise to become a movie franchise (as of this last week), bears the unwieldy over-branded title of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.  Adapted from the first book in a series of Percy ... http://kennelco.com/film_diary/2010/03/01/percy-jackson-the-olympians-the-lightning-thief/ (2008) dir. Marcel Sarmiento, Gadi Harel viewed: 02/26/10 I'd been on a little horror jag for the day, not planned, though I'd queued all the films up and they were all sitting here, waiting to be watched.  No planning.  No plan.  The only theme being that they were recent horror films.  I'd ... http://kennelco.com/film_diary/2010/02/28/deadgirl/ (2009) dir. Ti West viewed: 02/26/10 As you can probably guess from the title of this film, Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, an unfortunate title any way you slice it, this film is the sequel to the film Cabin Fever (2002), the film that put Eli Roth onto the the film world.  Though ... http://kennelco.com/film_diary/2010/02/27/cabin-fever-2-spring-fever/ (2009) dir. Tommy Wirkola viewed: 02/26/10 When you've seen one Norwegian Nazi zombie movie, you've seen 'em all. That said, it's not all that often these come along. Dead Snow, I think I just summarized it reasonably well for you, is your typical horror genre film, a bunch of young people in an isolated ... http://kennelco.com/film_diary/2010/02/27/dead-snow/ (2009) dir. Michael Hoffman viewed: 02/23/10 at the Albany Twin Theater, Albany, CA The Last Station is a film about the turbulent last year in the life of a great writer and the love of his life.  In this case, the great writer is Leo Tolstoy in his 80's and the love ... http://kennelco.com/film_diary/2010/02/25/the-last-station/ (2009) dir. Drew Barrymore viewed: 02/22/10 I've liked Drew Barrymore since I first saw her as Gertie in E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) when she was all of about 6 years old.  I was charmed like many people by her and saw her in Firestarter (1984) and Cat's Eye (1985).  And while I ... http://kennelco.com/film_diary/2010/02/23/whip-it/ (2006) dir. Kelly Reichardt viewed: 02/20/10 A movie about a couple of guys who go camping, find a hidden hot springs, take a bath and chat.  What's not to like, right?   Honestly, I've never been one for camping.  And watching two guys go camping in a movie lacks the inconvenience of really ... http://kennelco.com/film_diary/2010/02/21/old-joy/