Wristcutters: A Love Story

For David: It was good. Everyone should watch it.

Mongol

The first part in Sergei Bodrov's triology about Genghis Khan made me very mad because I want to see all three right now. I only learned later that Bodrov had a very low budget for such a massive epic and that it was a joint effort between Germany, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Russia. The cinematography is incredible and most of it was filmed in Mongolia. Both the young and old actors that play Temujin (Genghis Khan) do a superb job and there is recognizable continuity between the two.

The Visitor

Thomas McCarthy's second film (his first being "The Station Agent") again delivers a film with characters that are uncomfortably realistic. He excels at finding the perfect actors for these roles that place ordinary people in situations that push them beyond their comfort zone. All the while making the viewer experience it along with them.

Young At Heart

If you watch the trailer for this film you will most likely feel the beginnings of a good cry when and elderly gentleman does his version of Coldplay's "Fix You". When you watch this film (and you most definitely should) the tears will start flowing as the director introduces more and more of the characters that make up the Young @Heart chorus group and you begin to realize the context in which this song was song.