Two bad, two good this week as I went to the theater to see and review Jupiter Ascending (read the review here) and Seventh Son (read the review here) and we all know how that turned out. However, at home I was inspired by Tony Zhou’s recent video essay to watch Akira Kurosawa‘s The Bad Sleep Well for the first time. So I fired up the Hulu and gave it a spin. Very good movie with a rather dark ending as not only do the bad sleep well, but the bad defeats good… at least in this instance.
Finally, I also watched the Oscar-nominated documentary Last Days in Vietnam as it was available for free over at PBS’s website at the end of the week. Solid doc and one some are trying to say is sneaking up on Citizenfour at the Oscars for Best Documentary. As much as I think it’s a better doc than Citizenfour, I think the timeliness and impact of everything surrounding Laura Poitras‘ Edward Snowden doc is what wins the day.
Also, since I’m such a slow reader, I’m still reading “Of All the Gin Joints: Stumbling through Hollywood History” and, again, I highly recommend it, a very brisk and entertaining read.
Now, what did you watch?
SIDE NOTE: Not sure how many of you live in the Seattle area, but I also bought tickets to watch Seven Samurai and Yojimbo at the Cinerama’s Fists & Fury festival in March… both in 35mm in the newly designed theater! Can’t wait!
