Gran Torino

"Get off my lawn!!"

Great move, Clint's kept both his directing and acting tempos at his fine levels.

Dr Strangelove

Thumbs up for Dr Strangelove. This is one of those rare movies that manages to be political, serious and funny all at the same time... Given the year it was released in 1964 & some of the lesser known facts it portraits [1] [2], I can only imagine how simply outright it was about the whole political context back then. I'd rate this as the 2nd best movie Kubrick directed, right after the timeless classic of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Eastwoods's Duo

Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima & Flags of Our Fathers are a truly unequaled movies when combined together. Two differing perspectives on the same historical event show the differences and similarities between both sides of the conflict in a very neutral manner. It's relieving to see that Clint at his 76 years of age still manages to retain his character, whether he'd be on stage or behind the scenes. His son, Kyle Eastwood, is now in a "family business", co-creating the movies' soundtracks. To my unexpected surprise, soundtrack are actually quite decent. The stories and side comparisons are the best characteristics of the two movies. Definitely worthy of a watch...

Renaissance 2054

A movie like Renaissance 2054 manages to come along once in a long while. The combination of computer graphics (on IBM equipmet), motion capture and fine attention to detail make this a real eye candy. Most of the scenes come to life when motion captured physics are revealed. Somehow the French lyrics audio track adds a nice essence to the movie. I'm suspecting this is the fact either because of the usual stylishness associated with the French or more technically all the motion capture was tuned to French lyrics...

Check out some of the hi-res in movie screens here. You could almost call this a French anime comic film. Attitude Studio has really entered the market well, with a great 1st full length movie production.

All-in-all: Big thumbs up, a definitive keeper.