Wild Target: This movie was funny but... not a great movie overall, it was okay but not great. Also there was far more of Rupert Grint in the tub than I ever cared to see - not that but just much more than I care for. It was kind of a cute and quirky movie though. Also did I miss something where Rupert Everett just decided to be a character actor or something?

Iron Lady: I heard this movie was very good and so I wanted to see it, I don't think I'd even seen any previews, just heard the oscar talk. This movie was quite good, even though all I knew about Margaret Thatcher previously is that she was the first woman to be prime minister. I'm sure there's more to appreciate about the movie if you know more about Margaret Thatcher but I thought it was quite good and that Meryl Steep did a wonderful job. I did not expect though to be moved to emotion by a biopic about a British politician but I was.

Mao's Last Dancer: Apparently this movie was based on the autobiography of the main character, about his life, being taken to Madam Mao's dance school at age 11 or so, to be trained as a communist and a ballet dancer, later to get to go to America and to defect to the west and become a famous dancer. At first I wondered how much American slant was being given to the communists as the bad guys and the American's as the good guys, finding out that it was an autobiography I feel like if it is a slant, that it's at least more justified. It's very interesting to consider a life so wholly different from mine or any around me. Ps beautiful dancing.

Kiki's Delivery Service: This is probably the second Miyazaki movie that I ever saw. It's a fun movie and of course beautifully animated. As a kid I didn't notice or think about it but watching it now I noticed discrepancies in in the time periods represented but that's part of the fun in Miyazaki movies.

Castle in the Sky: Another Miyazaki movie, another one of the first that I saw. There are parts of this movie that I love, like airborne pirates, there are also parts that I don't like, which are too much and perhaps make the point a little too strongly for me. Overall it's a good movie but it's not my favorite

The Lodger: This was apparently Hitch's first thriller, it's a silent movie and as it began I wasn't too impressed, the quality was not very good (film quality, not movie) and it is an adjustment to watch silent movies where you don't always get a write up of what's being said. It was good thought.

Empire of the Sun: This is a really good movie, a great story, great acting and sets. It's great, it's also a little weird seeing Christian Bale as a kid.