Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai (1999)
recorded off IFC and watched last night. was a pretty good "lone wolf hitman vs Mafia family" movie. decent action with a modern "film noir" quality to it. kind of drags the first 15 minutes or so but picks up the pace later.
the Forest Whitaker character Clyde Snow in his 2006 movie Even Money with Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, and Ray Liotta has a lot of similarities to his Ghost Dog. it's also worth viewing when it's on.
I may try to watch Megamind.
almost have to watch Despicable Me first for comparison. both have about the same level of CG but I personally think D-M has the more interesting "plot" and characters.
just happened to watch part of The Professional (aka "Leon" in Europe) and I can't understand how then 13 year old Natalie Portman didn't get an Academy Award Best Actress nomination as Mathilda and Gary Oldman a Best Supporing Actor nomination as Stansfield. hell, his character is listed #43 on the Online Film Critics Society "Top 100 Villains of All Time" and I think it should be higher. GREAT portrayal of a corrupt murdeous psyco. just the scene with him and Mathilda in the Federal Building rest room should have been a winner. WICKED motherfucker.
ref: Villians List >>> https://www.ofcs.org/2010/09/ofcs-top-100-top-100-villains-of-all.html
Pandorum (2009)
watched last night and it was a pretty good "Alien-Aliens" style SciFi space thriller with good action, a bunch of plot twists and a "Psyco" angle to it. worth watching IF you like the genre.
only problem is the sound was "arty-smarty" and the dialog was unintelligible in about a third of it.
it's on Starz Edge again Saturday @ 12:10 am and 4:20 pm pacific time.
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