No changes this week.
In French. 91 minutes so the right length. Watched on Netflix so I couldn't fast forward, which I probably would have done if I could, but again, I didn't regret that I couldn't. Maybe they're trying to cash in on the Blue is the Warmest Color thing (a movie I *loved*) ... this story is sorta kinda similar. Beautiful girl ("Charlie"), high school senior, meets new girl in school, also attractive though in a more big-mouthed Carly Simon way ... anyway they grow close, maybe Charlie falls in love, then Charlie discovers the girl has a secret, which she keeps, but the girl still goes psycho on her, and Charlie kind of loses her mind too, with a tragic ending. It wasn't bad but for some reason I can only give it a yellow (consider), not a green. Would have benefited from more young flesh being revealed (almost none was), Charlie had a great bod.
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est
In Italian (and some Calabrian dialect). 103 minutes so the right length, and I was streaming this one (Netflix) so I couldn't fast forward it, which I'm kind of glad about because I *would* have fast forwarded if I could, and then I wouldn't have liked it as much. Not that I liked it a LOT, but it wasn't bad. Mafia story. Mafia family dynamics. The real Mafia, not guys wearing Tommy Bahama shirts. Turns into a Greek tragedy. It's a bummer. But not badly done. Tentatively a yellow and if I can't come up with a top ten after finishing all 80! movies from 2015 on my list, I might upgrade it to green.
Reminder that I've only liked and can recommend the following movies from 2015: Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Shaun the Sheep, and Tangerine.
Luigi and Ms. Fine Buttocks
104 minutes so the right length but I fast forwarded from 20 minutes in. Gandalf as nonagenarian Sherlock Holmes (McKellen and his nose are both "only" 77). Several stories at once, none of them very interesting. In his old age Holmes learns that it's better to tell white lies than simply state the facts. And Watson made most of the stories up out of whole cloth. Maybe a yellow rating, but for most I'd say it's more of a red (avoid).
Not at the peak of his powers
