Underworld:Evolution

A movie of lengthy prologues, multiple flashbacks, and riddled with expository explanations of an elaborate back-story involving an endless war between vampires and werewolves. Admittedly, Beckensale’s posterior looks pretty awesome in that shiny, black leather costume, this movie made almost no sense to me. (…and I have no memory of the first one, which I know I saw.) Beckensale, who could’ve gotten an Oscar nom last year for The Aviator if Blanchette hadn’t gotten it, commits fully to the fetish leather and fake karate. There’s also a couple of old British dudes, who, if I’m not mistaken, are Shakespearian trained, and who wallow in their Goth-horror-villain dialogue with aplomb. The secret to these vampire movies: don’t load me down with a bunch of plot. Just suck.

The Matador

Funny. But it won't resonate. Brosnan's lines were dirty and snappy. He plays a great foil for Kinnear's nerd. Hope Davis does a lot with a throw away "wife" role, but some of this reminded me of The Tailor of Panama. Shot completely in Mexico, but takes place partially in Denver. Weird.

The New World

I really got into this. Deeply meditative and contemplative. The cast was great, including Q'Orianka Kilcher; her first movie. Malick uses the same shot of the same sunset numerous times. He does this because he can, because he owns his style.

Yes. I saw this as a double feature with The Ringer. So what?

The Ringer

Johnny Knoxville should have honed his retarded character. Few laughs. Not politically incorrect enough. Only really funny when Knoxville flips out.