Two fine films last night.

Next, starring Nicolas Cage and Julianne Moore.  Cage’s character can see two minutes into the future and he makes a living as a second tier magician and blackjack player in Las Vegas.  He gets noticed by the FBI who “enlist” his help in preventing a smuggled nuclear weapon from being detonated in Los Angeles harbor.  Admittedly the whole time travel/seeing into the future genre appeals to me and this film (very loosely based on a Philip Dick short story) was pretty well done.  Nice little cameo appearence by Cage’s Korean bride as well.  It holds the attention well, but for me the ending was a big disappointment.  Still, for entertainment value I’m giving it a 4/5 rating.  You can read what Wiki has to say here.

Stardust is a nice little fantasy/fairy tale/romance/action film with a great overall job from an ensemble cast, including a hilarious Robert DeNiro as a gay pirate and Michelle Pfeiffer as a wicked witch.  Again, entertaining and fun to watch, with some laughs along the way.  A solid 4 in my book.

As I’ve mentioned before, since moving to Korea in 2005 I’m pretty much out of touch with popular culture in America.  Both of these movies came out in 2007 and I had heard nothing about either.  The nice thing about my Netflix subscription is I can read a little blurb and at least gain a little idea about what I’m renting.

Next up in my Netflix queue is The Civilization of Maxwell Bright, an independent film highly recommended by Dennis, a frequent commenter here at LTG.

And yes, I know my reviews suck, that’s why I provide the Wiki links.  But at least it gives me something to post, right?