Movies, movies, movies...

Over the weekend, I watched http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226774/ In The Loop -- it's highly recommended if you like filthy mouthed political drama / satire / comedy. No one hates government like the government funded BBC hates government! Very much inspired by the lead up to the Iraq war. Great acting by Peter Capaldi and the guy who played Tony Soprano. Two thumbs up (in this case, probably up someones arse). I rented it from DVDplay for $1 -- bargain!

Also recently watched http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0790799/ $9.99 -- a very nice stop-motion animation amalgam of a number of short stories into a very cohesive whole. As someone who gets annoyed with people who assume that if you are smoking you'll give them a cigarette I found the approach of "Do you have a light?" "Sure." "...and a cigarette to go with it." close to perfect. Again, recommended if you like quirk, the search for the meaning of life, and just a smattering of swearing. Another buck well spent. Two disconcertingly long thumbs up.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484111/plotsummary The Good Night was alright, but didn't really live up to it's potential (or it's trailer for that matter).Martin Freeman and Danny DeVito give good performances, but remain very much in their rather type-caast niches. That one, of course, I'd purchased. If you can see it for a buck, see it: but it's not worth $9.99. One average thumb sideways.

Gilded Hearts

"Hey, there you are! I've been looking all over! I guess you'd turn up in the last place I checked.

Well, other than walking my heels off looking for you, I'm doing fine. It's a beautiful day outside: you really should come see it before it's gone. Blue sky. Little fluffy clouds. Not too hot."

(This one-sided conversation continues for some time, and becomes disconcerting. Finally, the girl tells the awful truth: she's dumping him as her boyfriend. In the closing, we learn that she's actually been talking to his dead body, his having shot himself in the head sometime earlier.)