Has my mind turned to mush. I've liked 8 films in a row

Having recently watched an interminable number of low budget independent films, perhaps it has been a relief to see films that can command a big screen. Perhaps my tolerance of mediocrity has increased as well. Certainly tolerance of FINDING NEVERLAND, wherein Johnny Depp has a role that is less flamboyant than usual, but in a character that has no range within a film that has no vision (it required a Fellini of AMARCORD, a Kusterica of UNDERGROUND or Tim Burton) and GARDEN STATE, a rip off of THE GRADUATE and HAROLD AND MAUDE, which is suitable only for mid-20 somethings that are in the first stages of falling in love, has me wondering. On the other hand, I was glad to see the near great Hong Kong crime film INFERNAL AFFAIRS at the Brattle. Gritty and intense, it combines the best of Hollywood low budget B-movies of the 50;s with the best of John Woo. I hope the Scorsese remake with (yawn) Leonardo DiCaprio isn't as big a disaster as GANGS OF NEW YORK was. Kudos to the Brattle programmers, Ned and Ivy, who consistently bring exciting movies at box office risk. KINSEY avoids most of the cliches of the biopic and has excellent acting and art direction, and some clever humor. Watch for the gripping HOTEL RWANDA, which has its heart in the right place, and by all means see HOUSE OF THE FLYING DAGGERS, the most engaging of the recent martial arts megahits.