Monday Morning Cup O' Netflix Member Review Zen/SFFF Update

-"The movie is stupid. If I was the Kremlin, I would NEVER let Stallone into Russia to visit." ("Rocky IV")

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I was all up in the Sacramento French Film Festival this weekend; here are my letter grades for each film that I saw:

-Paris: B-
-The Beaches of Agnes: A-
-35 Shots of Rum: D-
-Z: A-
-Lola Montes: A
-Born in 68: C+

My Scene and Heard article about last weekend will be in this Thursday's News and Review, so give it a look. I'm seeing "Transformers 2" after work tonight; what's the over/under on gratuitous product placements for that one? 150? 200? Infinity plus one? I realized this weekend that Douglas Sirk's insanely underrated "The Tarnished Angels", which is not listed on Netflix, was omitted from my top 250. Talking to Dub made me realize that I'm an asshole for not including "The Asphalt Jungle", so let's add that to the list while we're re-editing. Those two will replace "Slap Shot" and "Bonjour Tristesse" in the I Am DB 250.

LATER TODAY: Previews - "Hotel Rwanda" and "The Hottie and the Nottie"
THIS WEEK: Reviews of "Amores Perros" and "Hotel Rwanda"