I'm probably spoiled on Robin Hood movies, having seen too many darker versions to really appreciate the technicolor spectacle that is The Adventures of Robin Hood. Errol Flynn ("Cuban Rebel Girls") is very charismatic and the Merry Men have a joviality not even matched by the Disney version. The film has all the familiar legend highlights, including the archery contest, and everyone is into their parts. Maid Marian's handmaid brings in some excellent comic bits. But no one will every be as good as Alan Rickman in the Sheriff of Nottingham role.
WarGames is a really fun thriller from the '80s with the lovable Matthew Broderick ("Bee Movie") and a surprisingly cute Ally Sheedy ("Steam"). Broderick is a computer geek who stumbles upon a military computer and gets it started playing a nuclear simulation "game." The computer is so huge it takes up a room, and Broderick has a telephone line especially for his modem. It's so cute. Anyway, despite the outdated technology, the story is very tense. Broderick and Sheedy are adorable together. Lots of fun. And a good moral about the misuse of technology with personality.
Room 6 seemed promising. A woman's in a car crash and her husband gets taken away in an ambulance. Then she can't find him in any local hospitals. Weird dreams, visions and creepy little girls ensue. And boringness, unbelievability and ridiculously twist endings. Lame.
I also thought The Hamiltons would be good. But it wasn't. The style was very film school. One of the annoying main characters even carries around a hand-held camera, so we get those shots, too. Great. Weird family keeps hostages in the basement where they drain the victims blood and feed it to something mysterious in a cage. I just didn't care. Avoid. Avoid.
Mira Nair's ("Vanity Fair") The Namesake was amazing. I loved it. I feel in love in the beginning of the film and just stayed there all the way through. The story follows and Indian family over the course of about 30 years. It focuses on their family relationships and the struggle of the son (Kal Penn, "Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay") with his heritage and the modern American world. I enjoyed the earlier part of the film with the parents, Irfan Khan ("The Darjeeling Limited") and Tabu ("Fanaa"), more than the later half. The film had so much going for it that I ignored any flaws. I bawled like a baby more than once. And I thought about the movie for days. See it now.