Having seen the controversial new movie Funny Games over the weekend at the Landmark Century, we feel compelled to chime in. In case you haven't heard about it, it's provocateur Michael Haneke's nearly shot-for-shot English-language remake of his own 1997 film, which was in German. Naomi Watts and and Tim Roth play a well-to-do married couple just arriving at their summer home for a vacation, with their young son and beautiful sailboat in tow. Soon however their lives are invaded by two extremely polite young psychopaths (Michael Pitt and Brady Corbett) who take them hostage, forcing them to play a series of pointless "games" as torture. more ›