In my continuing quest to see all of Zooey Deschanel’s back catalogue that I’ve missed until now (nearly there), today I got my hands on The Good Girl. It’s a decent film. Jennifer Aniston plays a store clerk in Texas who lives a very dreary, mundane life. She has a boring job and a boring redneck husband (John C. Reilly) and she longs for a little bit more. (read more…)

I rewatched this film yet again today and it still causes a buildup of some kind of watery substance around my eyes. I must go to a doctor to get that checked out. This is one of those films that will always be seen by way less people than should see it, which is a shame because it’s such a gem. (read more…)

I knew this was a total chick flick and I knew that it would be rubbish before I watched it but I had to see it because of the lovely Zooey Deschanel. Thankfully it was worth watching for Zooey’s performance. She was the only decent thing in the film and any scene she wasn’t in had me reaching for a pen in order to stab at my eyeballs. (read more…)

This 2006 film is about a witless wannabe criminal and his unwitting accomplice getting up to no good in New Hampshire. Well, they think they’re getting up to no good when really they’re hardly a blip on the radar. (read more…)

On deciding to take a break from watching films about fake girls, I watched two films today called “Lars And The Real Girl” and “All The Real Girls”. The three pertinent questions of (i) whether the films are related in any way, (ii) is it significant that they both star Paul Schneider and Patricia Clarkson and (iii) is there a reason I watched them both on the same day can all be answered with one word – no. (read more…)

Set in 1880s Midwestern America and filmed in the prairies of Alberta, this is a really beautifully shot film. At 2hrs 40mins, its running time and sedate pace will put off some people but I found it captivating. (read more…)