If I go there will be trouble And if I stay it will be double ... The Clash 1982 Yep, the age-old question: Should I stay or should I go? Oh, this isn't pertaining to love or the angst of a lost love or any of that crap. I'm trying to decide if I should go out tonight. But I have a dilemma. …
Precious, the Movie
I was watching a clip from the Ellen Degeneres Show in which she is interviewing Gabourey Sadibe, the actress who portrays "Precious" in the movie. Ellen kept saying "it's so sad"... "the topic is so depressing..." and all I kept thinking to myself was: "Stop saying that! This movie is not depressing!" "Precious" is not a depressing movie because the character is not a tragic figure. She is a survivor. …
Some Great Movies.
I have been back at it folks - going to the movies. I had a moment there (about a month or two) where I didn't see shit, but I'm over that now. The thing is you gotta go every week to keep up with the indie and foreign flicks cause some of them stay at the theater less than a week. Oy! One day I will OD on buttered popcorn. I've put together a short list of some movies that stick in my mind. Some of these films are long gone from Chicago theaters. You will have to rent them or wait for the …
Paris, Je T’aime – watch it, rent it. own it!
I'm watching: "Paris, Je T'aime" (Paris, I love you.) 2006 C'est magnifique! 20 different directors each filming one five minute movie (2 days shoot time allowed) including the likes of The Coen Bros, Wes Craven, Gurinder Chadha, Nobuhiro Suwa, to name a few. They are all film shorts, in and about Paris and featuring a multi- national cast. I am enjoying it very much! Tales of love, heartache, humor, fantasy and bit of tragedy, all created by 20 different film makers, each one showing their …
Away We Go & Seraphine – two great movies!!
Away We Go: wonderful film about a couple trying to find a new home as they prepare for their first child together. His parents have decided to move to Antwerp a month before their first grandchild is born and so our lovely couple (we totally fall in love with them) decide to go visit their various good friends and families to find a new home state & city to be around family. It turns out that most of their happy friends and families are dysfunctional and crazy. Follow the adventures in …