World War Z review - Max Brooks, was it worth it?

Ok, folks, I finally saw this flick this past weekend. I resisted, oh how I resisted the temptations of this one at the theater. And it rested on a couple of things.

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES: HALL OF FAME: FILE # 0027: THE RULES OF ATTRACTION (2002)

Written & Directed By: Roger Avary 
Based On The Book By: Bret Easton Ellis 
Cinematography By: Robert Brinkmann 
Editor: Sharon Rutter 
Original Score & Music By: Tomandandy 

 Cast: James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Jessica Biel, Kip Pardue, Kaye Bosworth, Ian Somerhalder, Joel Michaely, Jay Baruchel, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Clifton Colljns Jr., Faye Dunaway, Swoosie Kurtz, Russell Sams, Clare Kramer, Eric Sroltz, Fred Savage, Paul Williams

TRANCE (2013)

Directed By: Danny Boyle 
Written By: John Hodge & Joe Ahearne 
Cinematography By: Anthony Dod Mantle 
Editor: Jon Harris 

 Cast: James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassel

CITY OF MEN (2007)

Directed By: Paulo Morelli 
Written By: Elena Soarez 
Story By: Elena Soarez & Paulo Morelli 
Cinematography By: Adriano Goldman 
Editor: Daniel Rezende 

 Cast: Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha, Jonathan Haggensen, Rodrigo Dos Santos, Camila Monteiro, Naima Silva

THE LAST EXORCISM PART II (2013)

Edited & Directed By: Ed Gass-Donnelly 
Written By: Damien Chazelle & Ed Gass-Donnelly 
Cinematography By: Brendan Steacy 

 Cast: Ashley Bell, Muse Watson, Julia Garner, Spencer Treat Clark, David Jensen, Tarra Riggs

MOTHER, JUGS & SPEED (1976)

Directed By: Peter Yates 
Written By: Tom Mankewicz 
Story By: Tom Mankewicz & Stephen Manes 
Cinematography By: Ralph Woolsey 
Editor: Frank P. Keller 

 Cast: Bill Cosby, Larry Hagman, Raquel Welch, Harvey Keitel, Allen Garfield, L.Q. Jones, Bruce Davison, Dick Butkus

ASHES OF TIME...REDUX (1994)

Written & Directed By: Wong Kar Wai 
Based On The Book “The Eagle Shooting Heores” By: Louis Cha 
Cinematography By: Christopher Doyle & Pung-Leung Kwan 
Editor: Patrick Tam & Kit-Wai Kai 

 Cast: Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung,

BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW (2010)

Written & Directed By: Panos Cosmatos 
Cinematography By: Norm Li 
Editor: Nicholas T. Shepard 

Cast: Michael Rogers, Eva Bourne, Scott Heylands

MOVIES WATCHED IN AUGUST (2013)

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AMERICAN MARY (2013)

Written & Directed By: Jen & Sylvia Soska 
Cinematography By: Brian Pearson 
Editor: Bruce MacKinnon 

 Cast: Katherine Isabelle, Antonio Cupo, Tristan Risk, Paula Lindberg, David Lovgren, Clay St.Thomas

THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER (1947)

Directed By: Irving Reis 
Written & Story By: Sidney Sheldon 
Cinematography By: Robert DeGrasse & Nicholas Musuraca 
Editor: Frederic Knudtson 

 Cast: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple, Rudy Vallee, Ray Collins

JUMPING JACK FLASH (1986)

Directed By: Penny Marshall 
Story By: David Franzoni 
Written By: David Franzoni, Charles Shyer (as J.W. Melville), Nancy Myers (as Patricia Irving) & Curtis Thompson , Steve E. De souza (Uncredited) 
Cinematography By: Matthew F. Leonetti 
Editor: Mark Goldblatt 

Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Jonathan Pryce, John Wood, Stephen Collins, Annie Potts, Roscoe Lee Bowne, Phil Hartman, Tracey Ullman, James Belushi, John Wood, Tony Hendra, Peter Michael Goetz, Jereon Krabbe, Miguel A. Nunez jr., Jamey Sheridan, Kellie Martin, Garry Marshall, Michael McKean