Well, Melaine used to be sexy as hell (Body Double), but the moment she opened her mouth I was out of the house, faster than Don Johnson.

What, you don´t like The Graduate???? To this day it´s one of the best comedies of all times. Maybe because it´s timeless. I watch it once or twice a year. It´s like visiting a favorite friend.

I, for one, liked The Graduate. But you're not expected to love EVERY classic (case in point, I didn't like Citizen Kane that much).

Anyway, onto the films:

The Hustler ~ One of Paul Newman's best works.

Days of Wine and Roses ~ Absolutely heartbreaking movie about alcoholism. Jack Lemmon is outstanding.

I'm not a fan of the Graduate either, simply didnt find it all that funny.

I must one of the very few that hasn't seen The Graduate, there's quite a few films i need to watch

Robocop – hadn't watched this in years, brought memories of trying to copy Robocop's walk when i was a kid. Watched for our course on science-fiction and enjoyed it very much, there are some great lines in there and it really is a film that does not need to be remade.

Monsters Inc – also haven't watch this in quite some time and its funnier and more endearing than i remembered it and the ending always makes me smile

House: Season 3 – Very addictive show to watch and the last episode took me by surprise

Watched 3 Hayao Miyazaki films for the first time (our local theater has been running a retrospective since Oct. 15)

The first was Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. I can't say it was a disappointment, but I definitely left the theater unsatisfied. On the positive side – it is, like all Miyazaki films, quite original, has very good soundtrack and beautiful imagery. At the same time, it was definitely boring (at 115 minutes), some characters and the whole premise with the prophecy were as cliched as they come, and the message was all over the movie and soon became annoying. While not so bad, it's definitely Miyazaki's worst ever and I even reconsidered going to his other films after this one, but after all I saw them. And it turned out it was a right decision.

I loved simply everything about Porco Rosso – how original, sarcastic and likeable its lead character was, how Miyazaki treated some very typical situations with a fantastic humor, I loved the music, the setting, the imagery and the overall atmosphere of a '20s Italy. It was filled with great humor but the scene in "pilot heaven" had me in tears – so beautiful and tragic, and instantly adding another dimension to the film that prior to this scene was very entertaining and nothing more. I believe it's a masterpiece and it instantly became my all-time favourite Miyazaki film – yes, beating even Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke.

Then I watched Kiki's Delivery Service, and while it was no Porco, it was great movie. Original, atmospheric, very humorous and entertaining film. The atmosphere and mood of the film in particular was wonderful, I loved all the characters except Tombo (the boy really got on my nerves for some reason), and the soundtrack was fantastic. Overall it never reached the masterpiece level, but it has no huge flaws – it's simply an excellent film throughout.

As far as Miyazaki goes, I still have to watch My Neighbor Totoro and Ponyo, which I really hope I do in the next several days.

Miyazaki aside, the only other film I saw this week was (500) Days of Summer, and I have to admit, around 20 minutes in I knew I have just found my second favourite movie this year. I sure expected a good movie but I got a brilliant one. Very realistic, with the characters you can very easily relate to (and great acting on both parts doesn't hurt too), some very familiar situations (the expectations vs. reality scene of course, and some others), great humor, wonderful soundtrack and a brilliant finale, which I don't want to spoil in any way, but it had me in tears and was optimistic at the same time. And besides, it was actually a deep film. I instantly fell in love with this movie, and I sincerely hope it's the kind of love that will last for a very long time. As I said, it's currently my second favourite film this year (behind Basterds), and it may very well remain one come the end of 2009.

I saw the awful Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

RE: Working Girl
Brings back memories. I was 20 at the time and thought the best way to spend Saturday with a friend was at the movies. ALL DAY. Started with 'The Fly II' at 1:00 (meh), quickly followed by 'The Burbs' (Tom Hanks really had some stinkers before he started getting Oscars) at 3:15, the at 5:20 or so 'Working Girl" (finally a good, not great, movie) and capped off with a 7:45 show of 'Dangerous Liaisons' (a great movie). This was at a multiplex where we hopped theaters for the first 3 flicks, then at night they had more ushers and we had to go out and pay again for the 4th movie. I guess I would have seen just about anything back then. Now my time is more valuable to me, and anything than can wait for DVD does. I don't really care for the 'crowd' experience, so if it's not Star Trek or Avatar, there's not much chance I'll check it out in theaters.

I watched In the Bedroom. Very good movie with great direction.

Finally saw inglorious basterds really good movie one of tarintinos best for sure – B

Million dollar baby(2004) B didn't think i would like it as much as i did

Jerry Maguire (1996) C- other than Cuba nothing really that good

Zombie land (2009) B- a lot of fun might not age well though

To Kill a Mocking bird (1962) C+ overrated

Deer Hunter (1978) C great acting but very slow, and i found it dull

can't wait to see paranormal activity on tuesday it finally came to my town

The Evil Dead (1981): A-. Scary, fun, original.

The Naked Spur (1953): B+. Underrated James Stewart-Anthony Mann western. Very dark and highly entertaining.

Poltergeist (1982): B-. Fun popcorn horror.

The Shining (1980): A+. Kubrick is my favorite director, Jack Nicholson is terrifying and this is IMO the best horror film ever made.

Animal House (1978): A. Can't really say anything about this one.

Amadeus: F. Murray Abraham was truly incredible in this film. His love and appreciation for music was pure poetry.

Saw 6: thankfully i did not have to pay to see this film. awful

Ocean's Eleven (original and remake): Steven Soderbergh did an excellent job on the remake because the original was not what I expected. Of course, Frank and Dean made it worth watching, as did Sammy Davis Jr.

Stranger Than Fiction: great film. I love Hoffman and Ferrell in this film. A different genre of film for Will and he did very well. Emma Thompson was excellent as always.

Rain Man: "K-Mart sucks" is probably one of the best lines of all time.

Invention of Lying: very disappointed in this film. Expected more from Ricky Gervais

Just watched Chinatown for the first time. Absolutely excellent in all aspects film, which I'm sure I will be re-watching for years to come. Though I don't think I'd call it a masterpiece right now, 10 minutes after I turned off my TV, but I sure as hell might after a couple of repeated viewings.

@Owen: Totally agree about The Shining. Just thinking about that movie gives me chills. The scariest film I've ever seen.

I watched several films, some for the first time, some were rewatches:
The Wrestler – 3.5/4 (first time)
Saw – 3/4 (Second Time)
Saw II – 2/4 (First Time)
The Shawshank Redemption – 3.5/4 (First Time)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -4/4 (Forth Time)
Where the Wild Things Are – 3/4 (First Time)
Paranormal Activity – 3/4 (First Time)
Pi – 3.5/4 (Second Time)

Quite a few films this week:

The Truman Show (Rewatch) – 9/10 – Jim Carrey gives a tremendous performance in a film that is pretty ingenious and expertly directed by Peter Weir.

Eastern Promises (rewatch) -8/10 – A solid thriller, notable for Mortensen's excellence, ably supported by Vincent Cassell.

Bringing out the Dead (rewatch) – 6/10 – Cage is good in one of his rare restrained performances, but the film doesn't amount to much as not a lot seems to happen.

Zombieland (rewatch) – 8/10 – Doesn't lose anything on the second viewing as its such an entertaining and essentially just 'fun' film.

The Killing Room – 5/10 – I can't say I was impressed by this film much, the acting, direction and storyline was standard at best.

Tormented – 6/10 – Not a bad attempt at a teen slasher film, contains a couple of original death scenes to keep you interested.

KIDULThood – 7/10 – Surprisingly good British film, about teens living in inner city London. Some excellent performances from the young cast.

ADULThood – 6/10 – Sequel to the above. Again contains some good performances and the direction is probably a step up but there is an issue with the plot that I won't go into here that lets it down overall.

I love "The Graduate"! Also see Mike Nichols's much ignored, much underappreciated, but unqualifiably brilliant adaptation of "Catch-22." How come nobody ever talks about it? Those two, plus "Angels in America" are my favorite Mike Nichols films. "Charlie Wilson's War" was pretty entertainment, but sort of light weight, and "Closer" was well-made but I personally found it a bit pointless for a movie so downbeat (not that I mind "pointless" movies or "downbeat" movies, but when you combine the two it isn't very pleasant. And by "pointless" I mean that there's no character arc, and every character is in the same hole they were in when the film started).

I had to search through my "memory banks" to figure out everything I've watched this week. I'm knee deep in my "Horror movie" marathon month, with a few others thrown in between. I just started back at work after being off for three months due to a broken leg, so I've been saving money by staying home and watching DVD's and TV.

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE… I love this movie, but upon watching it this year, i noticed that it's not aging well… but that could just be that it needs a new DVD edition with a better transfer of the film. I also noticed that Tom Cruise, while good in the movie, got a little hammier than normal.

My Tim Burton triple feature: BEETLEJUICE, CORPSE BRIDE and SLEEPY HOLLOW… love all these movies. Beetlejuice, i used to watch every Sunday when i was kid, when i got home from sunday school. I think that is kind of funny. Corpse Bride just looks amazing and I know it doesn't have strong story line, but i still like it quite a bit. And Sleepy Hollow, Gotta love Depp as inspector Icabod Crane and the late 18th century (sort of) film noir spin on the classic Washington Irving tale. If you're wondering why I didn't watch Nightmare Before Christmas, it's because I've never decided if it's a Halloween movie or a Christmas movie, so i just watch it on Thanksgiving, LOL. (I'll probably watch it this week though)

MONSTER SQUAD… Ha Ha Ha Ha, what can say… "Kick him in the nards!!!" "Wolfman doesn't have nards!" "Kick him anyway!" *Kick! Wolfman keels over* "Wolfmans got nards?" Makes me laugh everytime i see it.

IRONWEED… A 1987 Jack Nicholson film where he plays an alcoholic drifter in 1938 who returns to his hometown of Albany, New York 22 years after he accidently dropped and killed his 13 day old son… Along the way down memory lane, he is confronted with ghosts from his past and struggles to stay sober, along with his drifter pal "Helen" (played by a very understated Meryl Streep) and Rudy (played to boozy perfection by singer Tom Waits). I'm a huge Jack Nicholson fan, this is a movie that wasn't available on DVD in America till about 4 months ago, so it was really good to sit down and watch it. It's a tad slow and the repeat viewing factor is low, but it's got great performances, an interesting story, phenomenal photography and a few cool surprises. And it's based on Halloween and the following days… so it unintentionally fell into my marathon category.

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF SUNSHINE THE SPOTLESS MIND… I hadn't watched this movie in along time, i forgot just how great this movie is. I'm still confused on why Jim Carrey didn't get an Oscar Nomination for this movie, I'm not saying he should have won, but at least a nod. Overall great film.

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE… Actually saw this film last week and commented on here about it, but this movie is still on my brain and I'm still thinking about all the different layers and the overall psychology of it. A movie hasn't done that to me in a long time… I know it has it's detractors… But for me, I'm definitely going to have go see it a couple more times in the theatre.

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER… very much a guilty pleasure movie for me and it was on my free movies list on ON DEMAND, so i put it on while i was getting ready for work tonight. I had forgotton quite a bit of it, but of course remembered that's where my love affair of Jennifer Love Hewitts boobs started, LOL, they totally should've been given the fifth billed cast credit, right before Muse Watson as the killer.

I know there are a couple more movies i watched, but I'm blanking on them right now…

Where the Wild Things Are- 8/10
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy- 6/10
Dark Water- 2/10
Watchmen- 9/10

Rewatch:
Beetlejuice- 9/10

10/18-10/24:

Whatever Works – A
The 40 Year Old Virgin – D
Tombstone – C
The Man Who Would Be King – A
Dreamcatcher – F
Never Say Never Again – C-
First Knight – C-
Basic Instinct – B+
Ocean's Eleven – C-
Pulp Fiction (rewatch) – A+

Moon – very satisfying, still chewing on this one. ****
Little Ashes – a missed opportunity, if only they had more money for cinematography and better actors, a very interesting story.**
12:08 East of Bucharest – very enjoyable ***
X Men 3 : The Last stand – very cool, but not great ***

Looking forward to watching watching Whatever Works this week. Long live Woody Allen!!!

Any indication what his latest film is going to be called?

Watched:

Where the Wild Things Are: ***
A Serious Man: ****
Bright Star: ****

RetroWatched:
The Children's Hour: ****
East of Eden: *****

@Marcell: Do not watch Whatever Works. I curse myself for loving Woody Allen's movie because I had to watch that one knowing that it was gonna be terrible.

I am beginning a horror marathon for Halloween. Here is what I watched:

"Antichrist" – My first experience seeing a Lars von Trier film. It thought it was though-provoking, disturbing, cringe-inducing, but ultimately brilliant. 10/10

"The Midnight Meat Train" – A serial killer movie with Vinnie Jones and Bradley Cooper. It had an interesting psychological aspect to it until the WTF ending ruined it. 4.5/10

"Paranormal Activity" – What was the big fuss? It was terrible. Paramount is doing a sequel to this? Are you kidding me? 1/10

"Juno" – I had the same feeling about this when I saw in theaters. It has a lot of heart, but the dialogue could make you scratch your head. 8/10

"The Pursuit of Happyness" – An "inspirational" movie that showed the bond between father and son. It was okay. I got bored with it. Will Smith gives a great performance. He deserved the Oscar nod, but the rest of the movie is a mess. 3/10

"Outrage" – The doc about closeted Republican officials. It was a nice experience. Nothing eye opening. 7/10

"Unforgiven" – I could cross this Eastwood masterpiece off my list of shame. It was a great swan song to his western life. 10/10

"Office Space" – Mike Judge's cult classic is a testament to the average working person nowadays. 9/10

Four Rooms 9/10

Reservoir Dogs 10/10

Pulp Fiction 10/10

Jackie Brown 10/10

Star Trek (2009) 9/10

Drag Me To Hell 8/10

Terminator: Salvation 6/10