Possible Worlds (2000)

Had I seen this movie when I was younger, I probably wouldn't have liked it all that much. After all, it is a pretty slow film, there isn't much colour or energy in the proceedings, and it pulls a bait-and-switch maneuver when it reveals that

!!!SPOILERS!!!the main character is just a dreaming brain in a jar and the titular possible worlds don't actually exist!!!SPOILERS!!!

Now that I'm older, though, I can appreciate the quiet, melancholy beauty of it all. Plus it has Tom McCamus in a starring role -- I'll watch him in anything (even that dreadful POS Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen).

Jeremiah Johnson (1972) - A

Blancanieves (2012)

This is the best feature-length, live-action film I've seen in a long time and certainly one of the most original takes on the story of Snow White I've ever seen. (That it's also a homage to silent B&W films certainly doesn't hurt, of course).

I was also quite captivated by the performance of Macarena Garcia, who played the adult Snowhite; she's one of the most wholesomely beautiful actresses I've ever seen and I'd definitely like to see more of her work.

A/A+

Moving (1988) - B

Black Robe (1991)

Well, that was certainly depressing. Well written and performed, but depressing all the same. I wouldn't want to be a Jesuit priest living in Quebec in the 17th century, I can tell you that much.

B+/A-

Nightwaves (2003)

I only watched this movie for Sherilyn Fenn, and she did a good job with what she had to work with. The movie itself, though? Standard made-for-TV fare -- mediocrity at its blandest.

Blood Simple (1984)

So this is the Coen bros. first film, eh? Not bad for a first effort, I have to say. Still, it felt kind of truncated to me -- like a number of scenes had been cut out/never filmed -- so it came off as pretty uneven to me. I did enjoy seeing Frances McDormand in this, though; she looked exceptionally pretty in this role.