Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, Gran Torino — all fabulous in their own ways. Slumdog for some scenes into a country and culture and lives that are unforgettable; Milk for a view into our history that is moving and inspiring, and for great acting; Gran Torino for great acting in a touching and surprisingly humorous story.
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Amazon Unbox rental — never again
Rented a flick on Amazon Unbox last night — it downloaded fine to my Tivo and it looked fine, but the 24 hour exploding limitation is beyond stupid. We regularly watch a movie on two nights running, half each night, but this is impossible with Unbox rentals thanks to the fact that the movie explodes in 24 hours. I can pay the same price and buy a movie off Tivo PPV and keep it forever. This unbox thing will be a failure until Amazon can get DRM straightened out.
Bioshock film?
Verbinski to direct BioShock film — I will run to see this. How many films are about Ayn-Rand-ish Objectivist paradises gone horribly wrong? On the bottom of the ocean? If you haven’t played the game, you should.