Malcolm X

Malcolm X is one of the best biopics I've ever seen.  It really wrenches one's heart to see racism like this.  Denzel Washington lost a lot of weight for this role! And this was probably one of Angela Bassett's best roles.  The beginning of the film is really fun.  I love all the jump cuts.

This dance scene is really fun:

Coco avant Chanel

My sister really wanted to see Coco Before Chanel, so we netflixed it.  Unfortunately, it turned out that Coco's life pre-fashion designer was pretty uneventful and not really worth making a movie about (even thought I have a personal interest in fashion).  She had a couple of boyfriends.  She was headstrong.  And so on.  Yawn.  Audrey Tautou is charming as ever, though.  Does anybody else think she looks kind of like a French Anne Hathaway?  Oh, and the shots with the mirror staircase in the last scene ^ were cool.

Milk

When Milk  first came out, I wasn't too interested in seeing it, in spite of all the praise it got.  I didn't much want to see a movie about recent history and a bunch of stuff I already know.  Well, as it would turn out, Milk is about events in the 70s that we already know about...and really should never forget.  Seeing it on film like this really drives it home...people were actually treated like this.  In the 70s.  That wasn't so long ago.  This was such an important film.  The Proposition 6 in the film reminded me a lot of the recent Proposition 8 here in California.  Society has a long way to go, eh...

Anyway, Milk has a great cast as well.  Sean Penn won an Oscar and all that, now I know why.  Joshn Brolin is also kind of a sleeper...he's not a movie star but he's also a good actor.  He has one of those chameleon faces so a little styling can make him look like anyone...

Anyway, whatever, the whole world needs to watch this movie.