Last night I started watching Frost/Nixon at about 1 a.m. and to my surprise found myself awake and attentive for the full length of the film. I have no clue how well it ties in with the actual events of David Frost's interview of the impeached president, but the film does a nice job of representing the guillotines that hang on both Nixon and his interviewer and how that influences their cat-and-mouse game. Frank Langella as Nixon sounds like he's rolling marbles in his mouth, and Nixon's drunk phone call to Frost which triggers the final outcome sounds like a dramatic device conjured up for the film, but it's on the whole worth watching, if you're not a huge stickler for historical accuracy.

Zatoichi meets Yojimbo
A meeting of 2 renowned cinematic badasses and directed by Kihachi Okamoto (Samurai Assassin, Kill!)...sadly turns out to be a meandering and mediocre entry. Incidentally this is my first Zatoichi movie and I was impressed by Shintaro Katsu's performance as the blind masseur-swordsman. While I don't automatically say Tatsuya Nakadai was a weaker choice for Kagemusha, it would have been interesting to see what Katsu would have done with the role, if he hadn't tried to be one-up on Kurosawa.

Saw Nadunisi Naaygal aka Midnight Dogs yesterday. This Tamil language serial killer-filler about a sex-obsessed psychotic is stupefyingly prosaic and dull, a hodge-podge of Psycho and Sivappu Rojakkal aka Red Rose (another Tamil language psycho killer movie), both infinitely superior. The characters are so cut-and-dry I don't feel any shock or revulsion whatever nasty thing happens to them and the director seems more concerned about which unlikely ass-crack he can place the camera.

Saw Psycho itself with the commentary track on blu-ray. Movie looks great on the BD format. The commentary has a lot of interesting anecdotes, like how Perkins was allowed by Hitchcock to bring in a lot of his own suggestions on how to play Bates, the various manipulations he achieved to obfuscate the audience's perceptions of Mother and why he included that shtoopid psychiatrist explanation scene at the end.

Also saw Sympathy for Lady Vengeance by Park Chan Wook (Oldboy), a very good looking and reasonably well made revenge movie, but has a climax and epilogue that go on forever.

What, no one else watching anything? Too busy with drinks and khana, kya? :p

Inside Job - a documentary that reveals the scummy inner workings of financial corporations which led to the global recession of '08 and why this will happen again and again. Makes you scared to invest your money in anything.

Deliver Us from Evil - A documentary on the cover up of various acts of paedophilia by a priest in Northern California by Bishops so that they didn't have to lose face with the Vatican in their quest for power. It also shows the Catholic Church going all out to protect paedophiles instead of the victims.

Merchants of Cool; This CBS Frontline documentary about the 5 or so big American media corporations ruling the '90s "mainstream" exposure, especially MTV's role in it (which was pretty much the Apple of it's times); from sleaze to family-inclusive, ultimately selling teenagers their very sense of "underground" rebellion and discontent. Quite an interesting take on pop culture as it turned out to be, and a basic historiographic account of how it all happened anyway.

Can be streamed here.

The Law
A good movie by Jules Dassin about the power-plays between the people of a small Italian province seething with ego and desire. A quick resolution with a smack happy ending doesn't stop you from being absorbed by the bulk of the proceedings. And Gina Lollobrigida is a treat to watch!

Microcosmos
Unless you have an unreasonable phobia for insects and sundry tiny creatures, you must, really MUST, see this tremendously beautiful documentary. It's different from the BBC type of nature series in that it's almost entirely composed of visuals set to oftentimes brilliant music, no fact-doling narrator here.

Roger Ebert's review HERE

I see everyone decided to stop posting their erudite opinions on this thread.. LOL.

Or maybe, just maybe, people have stopped watching movies.