Apparently, I watch a lot of movies…

The Departed – This movie was all that and a bag of chips, although I didn’t entirely care for the very end. I wasn’t completely enthralled like some of Scorsese’s other work but it was still a great movie. Not the best movie that came out last year though, that’s still Children of Men.

The United States of Leland – This was an odd movie. Stellar cast of Kevin Spacey, Don Cheadle, Ryan Gosling, and a few others. It was a fairly straight forward indie feeling movie, but the pace was fairly slow. It also used a voice over from the main character, but it didn’t add much to the movie. I think the movie was trying to tell me something, but I’m not sure what.

I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead – One of the trailers on Leland. It looked like a great thriller starring Clive Owen. In fact it was a really boring supposed thriller with Clive Owen in it. I was completely disinterested from the start.

Northfork – Another Leland trailer, but this one didn’t disappoint. This was part movie, but mostly an art house flick / cinematography-palooza. The movie parts and dialog were interesting, and the imagery was great. Roger Ebert’s review covers it well, although he’s more effusive about it than I am. I would recommend it, but you should probably read Ebert’s review to make sure it’s your cup of tea.

A Good Year – Last year’s Russell Crowe / Ridley Scott team up that was pretty much a flop. It was an okay movie, but fairly uneven and well below the recent standards of those two guys. Genre wise it’s a “romantic comedy”, but the romance was slight and the comedy was mostly incidental.