Revanche 2008 Gotz Spielmann

It's about a guy who makes a bad decision, his girlfriend pays for it, and he wants to take revenge on those responsible for his current girlfriendless situation.  In layman's terms.  I could dress it up all flowery and tell you about the truths it expresses regarding human interaction and how, you know, we never really "know" one another, and how we should all be nicer to each other, because we never know what we might have done offhandedly to someone and how it hurts them for weeks, months, and years to come, but I won't.  Because I don't want to watch a movie to learn a life lesson.  I want to be entertained, or at least interested.  I was interested in this movie for about half of it's 2 hour running time, but I watched it because it's a Criterion movie, and mostly those are at least watchable.  This one is for a while, then you're just trapped in a moralistic prison of your own making, because you won't hit stop on the DVD player.  Do it.  It doesn't make you a bad person.  Do it.  You'll feel better.  I promise.

Saw 3-D 2010 Kevin Greutert

It's my own fault.  I've seen all the Saw movies.  I haven't liked one of them since Saw II, but I still watch them.  This is one of the better bad ones, but it's still bad.  It has Betsy Russell in it, who I've loved since I saw her ride a horse in Private School when I was 8 or 9, and Costas Mandylor, plus Sean Patrick Flannery and the return of Cary Elwes.  It's kind of like a reunion of failed 80's and 90's actors, so that's fun.  It's been 3 weeks exactly since I watched this, and I can't remember too much about it.  I'm sure the end was "shocking!", but whatever.  Bring on Saw 8.  I got a couple of hours to kill.

Criminal 2004 Gregory Jacobs

I watched this one night on Netflix Instant.  It's completely average.  It's not nearly as clever as it would like to be.  John C. Reilly is a career criminal who takes Diego Luna under his wing for a day to learn the ropes of being a criminal.  John C. Reilly is great, Diego Luna is bland, and I'm sure your mom or grandma would really get into this movie, but that's about all I can say about it - nicely.