A SPELL

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IN CASE YOU'VE BEEN WONDERING WHAT MY BETTER HALF HAS BEEN UP TO LATELY

NO, I SAID, WHAT KIND OF BIRD ARE YOU

I'M VERY EXCITED

BEGINNERS

the first movie i've seen in a long time that made me feel something.  everything about it is sad, wonderful and charming in the best kind of way.

NEVER EVER NEVER

i am sorry to say that i haven't read the book by kazuo ishiguro, but i did see the movie NEVER LET ME GO. the movie was a reminder to me of the importance of independent film. i walked out of the theatre and felt like i couldn't talk for awhile. it was a breathtaking, subtle, beautiful movie about love, heartbreak and settling into your role in life whatever that may be. there's a scene where kathy h. is listening to the song, never let me go, by herself in her room and it literally broke my heart.

BEAT THE HEAT...

i love going to the movies, but i will definitely say that the over air-conditioned solitude it provides for 2 or so hours is more that worth the ticket price in the summer. i saw INCEPTION a few weeks ago and totally loved it. the costuming, the cast and the brain twists were all spot on. i haven't gravitated towards anything leonardo dicaprio has done in a long time, but this might be changing my mind. plus it has the beautiful marion cotillard and the ever charming joseph gordon-levitt.

THE BLACKEST OF SWANS

i tend to get a lot of flack from a certain person about liking aronofsky films, which i don't like all of them, but this one looks kinda rad. it stars my favorite french actor-vincent cassel-natalie portman and mila kunis. plus aronofsky is engaged to rachel weisz who i like a lot in film. it's ballet and swan lake and ballerinas possible turning into alter ego swans? sign me up!