sexy espionage, a queen, a band, a floating head, a hit 'n' run (images from rt)

Reservation Road	Well, I sincerely thought this was going to be a really powerful, melodramatic tear-jerker, but I was in no such luck! Jennifer Connelly delivers a powerful performance. Something is wrong with Joaquin's shoulder and my friend and I couldn't figure out what (was it dislocated? Tumor? Goiter?) An empty movie.
Zardoz	Perfect choice for Flecks. And for the record, penises aren't bad! Geebers. :)
Control	Wow. Amazing. Anton Corbijn's black and white biopic of the band Joy Division is extremely compelling, twisted, wonderfully casted, and totally brings back a lot of memories of listening to music from the band originally called warsaw. Ian Curtis is portrayed as a precocious (sorry, I hate that word but he really was bigger than his years) artist with epilepsy. Smoking, drinking, cheating, always writing, and giving his all for his art. Amazing. Amazing, amazing. Please go see this, and Anton, make more films!
Elizabeth: The Golden Age	Not bad. Not great. Cate Blanchett was beautiful and wonderful - everything else from Walter Raleigh (was he really that important, or did someone want to just cast him because he is a great actor?) and the choppy pacing didn't do anything for the continuity of emotion for this film. Pretty forgettable. :(
Lust, Caution	Wow. My first NC-17 movie. I have to say I thought the appearance of balls would be in order, but I think it was the first violent sex scene that prevents me from really recommending this movie. The pacing was great, acting was wonderful; the story was intriguing but MAN does Ang Lee push my buttons in a strange way. I felt exhausted after watching "Lust, Caution." There is murder, there is death, there is rape, there is a power struggle, there is cheating, there is despair. Owie. It was a great foreign film but it really could have done without the NC-17 bits. Seriously.