At the movies
It occurs to me that right now is a very good time to visit your local theater. There are a number of fllms in theaters now that look interesting, and also score well on the Tomatometer. Cloudy With a chance of Meatballs looks like a delight for both young and old. The comination of Steven Soderbergh and what's supposed to be a great performance by Matt Damon makes The Informant look like a great time. Drew Barrymore made her debut as a director in Whip It, which looks like a hoot and stars the immensely talented Ellen Page. And finally the Coen Brothers have another film out, and I have yet to see a Coen film that didn't leave me thoroughly entertained, starting with Miller's Crossing. A Serious Man opens tomorrow. I'd like to go see them all.
And then there's Zombieland. B-movies have been making fun of Zombies for years, and Shaun of the Dead taught us that the zombie apocalypse can be fun with a pint of beer. But Zombieland had me from the first trailer. It might be typecasting to have Woody Harrelson play a red-neck zombie killer with style, hey in the trailers it really, really works for me. Abigail Breslin as a shovel-wielding survivor, no problem. Jesse Eisenberg plays a local survivor, Columbus with nervous and fragile geekiness which seems like a great counterpoint to Harrelson's divine madness.
My brains require that I go. Anybody up for a Friday night movie or a Sunday matinee?
And then there's Zombieland. B-movies have been making fun of Zombies for years, and Shaun of the Dead taught us that the zombie apocalypse can be fun with a pint of beer. But Zombieland had me from the first trailer. It might be typecasting to have Woody Harrelson play a red-neck zombie killer with style, hey in the trailers it really, really works for me. Abigail Breslin as a shovel-wielding survivor, no problem. Jesse Eisenberg plays a local survivor, Columbus with nervous and fragile geekiness which seems like a great counterpoint to Harrelson's divine madness.
My brains require that I go. Anybody up for a Friday night movie or a Sunday matinee?
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