Filmcap: The week of May 8-15

There seems to be much fewer things in the summer on this blog, but that's not much of a surprise for me. Family life, work life, and the addition of many more extracurricular activities in a much more urban area will have that effect. This week I saw the finales of two television series', the only connecting strand between the two being Kevin Corrigan (who has a minor role on both of them). The only film this week is an American classic I had never seen, and it did not disappoint. 

Filmcap: The week of May 1-8

Yes I am still very behind on these, you should probably get used to that now. In this post I include a great TV show that I've now caught up with, a spaghetti western (right when "Community" had their spaghetti western episode), a Woody Allen film, and brand new superhero movie of cosmic proportions. 

Filmcap: The week of April 24-May 1

Still a few days behind with this one because of finals, but they are now over thankfully. Finals are also why only 3 movies this week and expect something of the same for the next filmcap. This week though does feature a nice variety. A colorful Spanish film, a black-and-white American film, and a samurai Japanese western. 

Most anticipated films of Summer 2011

I made a most anticipated list for the first 4 months of 2011, and it was a completely useless list because the movies that come out during that time are never really any good with the exception of some foreign films that I usually don't see until they come on DVD anyway.

Here's a list for the summer (first week of May to last week of August) which will surely be packed with spectacle, but probably few movies that will end up on my year end list. The number one movie on this list was very easy to pick because it is Terrence Malick, one of the top 5 directors working today, and from what I hear the movie promises to be a very unique experience. It's easily my most anticipated film of the entire year. The rest of the movies were chosen by director, trailers, early buzz, and gut feeling.

Filmcap: The week of April 17-24

So I am officially about a week behind on these because of finals. Though I think I'll be able to catch up soon once finals die down. This week I finally finish Band of Brothers, some Italian World War II stories, one very artistic Iranian film, one very Hollywood-ish Iranian film, and two movies about bank robberies.