Comments on: Late June movie round-up

By: Ilya

Ilya — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:48:15 +0000

At long last, Jason!

I think I’m going to quit while I’m ahead

By: jason

jason — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:05:50 +0000

Ilya, the only thing on this list I’ve seen is sex, lies and videotape, but it was years and years ago and I don’t remember a damn thing about it except that it put the Sundance Film Festival on the cultural map. A good friend of mine was deeply infatuated with it for reasons I could never fathom, and there was certainly a lot of buzz and conversation around it — plus it had a provocative (at the time) title — but I’m guessing I was distinctly underwhelmed when I finally saw it, or it would’ve made more of an impression.

So the important observation here is that you and I finally agree on one of these classics!

By: Ilya

Ilya — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:43:13 +0000

Thanks, Sergey. I’m planning to check it out definitely.

By: Sergey Kornilov

Sergey Kornilov — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:13:02 +0000

Ilya,

if you liked “21″ gonna love the book it’s based on. “Bringing Down the House” is fun and intriguing. I liked it even more than the movie.

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:34:26 +0000

sex, lies and videotape is and was an important film, but I’m not sure it’s aged all that well. It’s certainly not the Steven Soderbergh film I’d recommend at this point to somebody trying to get a feel for Soderbergh’s career, nor is it a film I’d really recommend if I was trying to introduce someone to “Indie” film (a category that’s become meaningless since (sl&v, but still).

So, you know, there it is. You can say you’ve seen one of those seminal contemporary classics or whatever, for whatever it’s worth.