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I'M THE SON OF RAGE AND LOVE
THE JESUS OF SUBURBIA
FROM THE BIBLE OF "NONE OF THE ABOVE"
ON A STEADY DIET OF SODA POP AND RITALIN
NO ONE EVER DIES FOR MY SINS IN HELL
AS FAR AS I CAN TELL
AT LEAST THE ONES I GOT AWAY WITH
AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH ME
THIS IS HOW I'M SUPPOSED TO BE
IN THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE
THAT DON'T BELIEVE IN ME
--Jesus of Suburbia, Green Day
"In war there is no substitute for victory."
--Douglas MacArthur, General (1880-1964)
"In time of war the first casualty is truth. "
"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
--Albert Einstein (1879-1955) , sign hanging in Einstein's office at Princeton
Volver
Penelope Cruz stars in the story of a mother who must deal with the murder of her husband by her daughter while her dead mother seems to be appearing to neighbors in her home town. Pedro Almodovar (All About My Mother, Talk To Her, Bad Education) has written and directed a wonderful film, and I defy you to take your eyes off of the voluptuous Ms. Cruz. One of the year's best and a solid awards contender.
Highly recommended
The Fountain
What an unusual, romantic, gorgeous...mess. We follow a conquistador (Hugh Jackman) as he travels through the centuries in search of the Tree of Life and a cure for his beloved (Rachel Weisz). Trippy stuff from Darren Aronofsky, a director for whom trippy is pretty much standard issue (check out Pi and Requiem for a Dream). I enjoyed it for the mood it set and the feelings it evoked, but I suspect most will find it dull and incomprehensible. What a weird double bill it would make with Steven Soderbergh's 2002 remake of Solaris.
Recommended, but don't blame me if you hate it
"What's another word for "Thesaurus?""
"A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author."
"Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings."
--George F. Will , journalist, political commentator, 1994
For Your Consideration
An obscure website mentions an actor in a small independent film as a potential Oscar nominee and the hype machine goes into overdrive, both in the press and in all the egos on the set. A chucklefest from the folks that brought you Waiting for Guffman and A Mighty Wind, what tweaked my funny bone the most was the complete misrepresentation of the Jewish holiday Purim in a movie titled Home For Purim, and the earnest and desperate for affirmation performance of Catherine O'Hara. Who knows--maybe she'll get some Oscar attention.
And so it begins again...
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