I'll Do Anything (1994) - ★☆☆☆☆

Deeply, painfully, meaningless and irrelevant. Woody's only been in a few movies that were actually difficult for me to get through—most of the bad ones are at least entertaining or hateful enough that it doesn't feel like one thousand eternities pass in the time it takes me to watch them. And if they are that dreadful, at least Woody's presence in them serves to sweeten the deal enough to make the experience bearable. In this case, unfortunately, Woody's appearance is one of the most irrelevant yet, as he plays a role in a movie which the characters go to see, and is on screen for no more than a few seconds.

It's easy to tell what kind of movie this movie was trying to be. But don't we already have enough incompetent dads and precocious daughters filling up our silver screens? And if we wanted more, wouldn't we turn our attention instead to Hallmark Movies and Mysteries so we could at least get a dose of Christmas spirit along the way? In short, this movie is an unnecessary waste of time. Don't watch it (not that the opportunity should ever come up. This movie was pretty tough to find, and I can't imagine anyone not on a quest to see every movie Woody Harrelson's ever been in would have any inducement to watch it, if they even came across it in the first place!)

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The Big White (2005) - ★★★☆☆

It is, perhaps, a little-known fact that a movie only needs exactly one (1) ingredient to be a good movie. That ingredient is not a good director (what even is a director? The guy who clacks the black and white thing and shouts "action!"?). That ingredient is not beautiful cinematography (though The Big White has no shortage of that. I really liked the vast snowy landscapes and also the matching snowy whiteness of the insurance office, especially since it was snowing outside my window while I watched this movie and I guess that just felt serendipitous). That ingredient is not an incredible and talented cast—something I think everyone agree this movie has (Robin Williams, yes, but also this guy , who looks like Pete "Mad Men" Campbell, but isn't. I like him a lot and would like to see more of him!). That ingredient is not even—dare I say it?—Woody Harrelson. Many a movie, in fact, as this blog evidences, is very bad in spite of Woody's wonderful presence. ...

Indecent Proposal (1993) - ★★★☆☆

I am reminded today of my first ever endeavor into the blogosphere. It was only just over two years ago, believe it or not, and it was an assignment for my English class—we had to blog about whatever novel it was we chose to read—my choice was Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge , and my blog was called Oops, I Sold My Wife!! (and it still exists! ). Although my teacher may have taken issue with my prolific use of multi-media story-telling devices, I knew from the first moment that blogging was, in fact, right up my alley. Something else that was right up my alley, of course, was the decades-long tragedy depicted in Hardy's novel, which begins with a shock many readers find themselves unprepared for—Michael Henchard, the eventual mayor of Casterbridge himself—sells his wife for five guineas (a pretty low price! In 2018, that was equivalent to only 700 US dollars). Of course, for our friend Henchard, this sets off a chain of unimaginable tragedies, and because the author...

No Country For Old Men (2007) - ★★★★☆

I think it's interesting that this, the second movie I've viewed on this grand adventure with a motif of tube-related crime, is called 'No Country For Old Men,' because something I noticed while watching it was that there were actually a couple old men in it, and they don't even die. I think that some would have me believe it is called this because it is a line from a famous poem, and is a reference to the disillusionment Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (an old man) feels with these modern times.... kids have green hair and nose piercings, and guys do violence with tubes. He probably feels like he doesn't belong in Texas anymore because of all these crazy kids and their newfangled violence, thus making the country not one which is for an old man. Nonetheless, he's there, and time sort of goes on no matter what, and things have always been bad in one way or another. He should probably get over it. That being said, I have a few ideas of other names this movie (yeah, I kno...

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