The Nap Effect

What Doesn't Kill You

Date Watched: 05/07/11
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1133991/
Runtime: 100 min
Nap Effect: 0 min
Summary: meh.

Dorian Gray

Date Watched: 05/01/11
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235124/
Runtime: 112 min
Nap Effect: 0 min
Summary: Colin Firth is great, but Ben Barnes could have done it better.

Hurricane Season

Date Watched: 05/01/11
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172998/
Runtime: 102 min
Nap Effect: 22 min
Summary: I'm a sucker for these kind of movies, but this just didn't cut it. Forest doesn't convince, and neither does Lil' Jon.

Coco Before Chanel

Date Watched: 02/12/11
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1035736/
Runtime: 106 min
Nap Effect: 0 min
Summary: a tale of inspiration and perseverance.

Motherhood

Date Watched: 02/11/11
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1220220/
Runtime: 90 min
Nap Effect: 45 min
Summary: boring account of a mother's hectic day. Uma doesn't convince.

New York, I Love You

Date Watched: 02/08/11
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808399/
Runtime: 103 min
Nap Effect: 0 min
Summary: really interesting, well-written and entertaining stories.

Local Color

 

Date Watched: 02/07/11
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472126/
Runtime: 107 min
Nap Effect: 0 min
Summary: great performance by Armin Mueller-Stahl. Script is well written, too.

The Messenger

Date Watched: 01/23/11
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0790712/
Runtime: 113 min
Nap Effect: 0 min
Summary: finally an interesting war movie. Steve Buscemi is perfect.

Crazy Heart

Date Watched: 01/07/11
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1263670/
Runtime: 112 min
Nap Effect: 0 min
Summary: solid movie, but I'm still scratching my head over the choice of Colin Farrell for a country singer.

Alice in Wonderland

Date Watched: 01/04/11
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014759/
Runtime: 108 min
Nap Effect: 20 min
Summary: absolutely amazing wardrobe, but the movie never quite does it for me.