May 5th-May 11th

The Nun (La Monja) - With FEARnet (and perhaps the horror genre) it’s hit or miss. You hope for good horror movies or bad horror movies. What you fear are horror movies that are neither. That’s the way La Monja was for me. A killer nun. That should’ve been enough. But, it just didn’t do it for me. The movie was fun enough, but it always seemed to be lacking. They should have just made the movie around the elevator (El Ascensor?). Or maybe it would have been scarier in Spanish.

The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) - I quite liked it. Sarah thought it way too melodramatic. Certainly, we both agree that Pan’s Labyrinth should’ve won the Foreign Language Oscar.

Lake of Fire - Absolutely chilling. The so-called “pro-life” zealots are so much scarier than the procedure itself. And to think these people still surround us, especially in this part of the country. Chilling. I enjoyed the scope of the film–that the footage spans back to the 90’s and is presented in black & white gives it a more even perspective. Still, I would have liked to have seen more of the less rabid opponents and supporters.