Spring Movie Recap
Hey everyone, I've been utterly uninspired of late when it comes to blogging, but I have seen a couple of movies worth mentioning: Thanks for Smoking , Take the Lead and Lucky Number Slevin. Smoking is the best movie of the year (not that that's saying much). It's really smart and funny and even better, politically incorrect. Aaron Eckhart plays a lobbyist for a whole bunch of cigarette companies. His best friends are fellow lobbyists - one for guns and one for alcohol. They are quite the unholy trio. The cast includes the now unpregnant Katie Holmes, Maria Bellow, Rob Lowe and the great Robert Duvall. If you're a smoker or not, it's worthy.
Take the Lead proved to be the most enjoyable movie of the year for me. Something of a cross between To Sir, With Love and Dirty Dancing. Antonio Banderas returned to form here and reminded me why I really used to like him as an actor (see Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down for a prime example). He stars as a gentlemanly ballroom dancing teacher who, after a chance encounter with a high school student from the wrong side of the tracks, begins teaching the worst of the worst kids ballroom dancing. It's based on a true story and was so much fun to watch. Yaya from one of the past seasons of America's Next Top Model has a major role in the movie as well and was surprisingly good. This one I did not want to end. And I don't think that much.
Slevin is a Tarantinoesque revenge movie that had be guessing up until almost the end. I went with Creede and he guessed the gambit in the first ten minutes. My powers of deduction obviously need some help. The cast is great: Bruce Willis, Sir Ben Kingsley (Sir was actually specified in the credits - I hear he has a thing for this), Josh Hartnett and Lucy Liu, who stole the whole movie. It's a good one with lots of violence and humor.
And now, I'm off to meet Cyd in NYC for the Tribeca Film Festival. We plan to catch a couple of good flicks and spot a few stars of course. We already have tkts to Festen, a new play on Broadway with a killer cast. In other travel news, my brother is relocating to delightful Santa Fe this wkend and my parents are going there to help him get situated. So we're all out and about.
Next time: Recap of Tribeca Film Fest (Tom Cruise is going to be in town premiering MI:III, so I'll be on the lookut for all kinds of bizarre antics).
Boulder Bumpersticker of the Day: Amateur Gynecologist (this was on a mini-van which just made it weirder)
New Orleans T-Shirt of the Day: I stayed here for Katrina, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt, a Cadillac and a plasma TV.
-sunday
Take the Lead proved to be the most enjoyable movie of the year for me. Something of a cross between To Sir, With Love and Dirty Dancing. Antonio Banderas returned to form here and reminded me why I really used to like him as an actor (see Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down for a prime example). He stars as a gentlemanly ballroom dancing teacher who, after a chance encounter with a high school student from the wrong side of the tracks, begins teaching the worst of the worst kids ballroom dancing. It's based on a true story and was so much fun to watch. Yaya from one of the past seasons of America's Next Top Model has a major role in the movie as well and was surprisingly good. This one I did not want to end. And I don't think that much.
Slevin is a Tarantinoesque revenge movie that had be guessing up until almost the end. I went with Creede and he guessed the gambit in the first ten minutes. My powers of deduction obviously need some help. The cast is great: Bruce Willis, Sir Ben Kingsley (Sir was actually specified in the credits - I hear he has a thing for this), Josh Hartnett and Lucy Liu, who stole the whole movie. It's a good one with lots of violence and humor.
And now, I'm off to meet Cyd in NYC for the Tribeca Film Festival. We plan to catch a couple of good flicks and spot a few stars of course. We already have tkts to Festen, a new play on Broadway with a killer cast. In other travel news, my brother is relocating to delightful Santa Fe this wkend and my parents are going there to help him get situated. So we're all out and about.
Next time: Recap of Tribeca Film Fest (Tom Cruise is going to be in town premiering MI:III, so I'll be on the lookut for all kinds of bizarre antics).
Boulder Bumpersticker of the Day: Amateur Gynecologist (this was on a mini-van which just made it weirder)
New Orleans T-Shirt of the Day: I stayed here for Katrina, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt, a Cadillac and a plasma TV.
-sunday
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