I went to see Brotherhood of the Wolf this weekend. It’s well worth catching while it’s still in the theaters. It’s a horror/martial arts/period piece flick from, of all places, France. The plot’s based on a historical event, but just barely, and covers the appearance of a murderous supernatural beast in rural France and the efforts of the main characters to get rid of it. The action is truly superb and the cinematography is very cool, lots of swooping camera angles, slo-mo/fastforwad effects and really awesome morphs between scenes. The movie is also chock full of great costumes and sets. Be warned though – it’s subtitled and it clocks in at over 2 and a half hours. And about 30 minutes of this feels a bit….it could have stayed on the cutting room floor and the movie would have been just as good. But still, all in all, well worth your $7.

Between Lord of the Rings and this movie I am really wishing they would bring back the intermission. People need to pee and 2 and a half hours is too frigging long to sit in rapt attention.