Cine-ing: Huckabees, Dog

[da]

Saw this week:
I ♥ Huckabees - I'll watch Lily Tomlin in anything. I think this is the movie that Hitchhiker's Guide should've been. Leads us down wacky rabbit-holes, with just enough to tie everything together. I loved the visual gags, especially the clowining between Jason Schwartzman and Mark Wahlburg; they had good chemistry. The only weak part was the existential psychobabble- but it was mercifully mild. If anybody reading this hasn't seen it, I'd recommend it.

My Life as a Dog - I saw this once before, in highschool with my family. It was funny to me that I'd totally blocked out what an embarrassing movie this was. I liked the uncle character, I thought the kids acted well, but... I dunno.

Tonight I went to the library to pick up some cookbooks for using a slow-cooker, since we got one from dan's sister for Christmas, and I enjoyed the results of the slow-cooked chili I made last weekend. I found two that looked promising.

For the record, the main branch of the library's video collection kicks ass right now- I'm guessing during the summer, people are more apt to check them out? Dunno. I took out Triplets of Bellville & Dr. Strangelove, neither which I've seen all the way through. Movies I didn't get tonight: whale rider, harvey, an american in paris, winged migration, east side story, and desk set, one of the remaining few Kate Hepburn movies I've not seen. Yay, public libraries!

Comments

[melted-snowball.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile, Netflix thinks I've somehow ceased to exist. I am distressed.

[da-lj.livejournal.com]

That's not so good. (...unless they were foolhardy to leave you with a pile of movies they won't accept back which you can sell on craigslist for a quick profit...)

Seriously- hope that can get straighened out quickly.

[dawn-guy.livejournal.com]

There are several videos that probably never make it to the shelves due to demand. Tonstant Weadew recommends getting on the holds list for Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer (if you haven't seen them already) if you're up for some good Chinese action comedy.