Hey everyone, I hope you are all enjoying the summer Folk Fest, Fringe, and any other little get together you can name. Moving to the country has had its perks-silence, no neighbours- and its drawbacks-no tv, no internet, no movie theaters or rental places within blocks- but somehow I will solider on. When I wrote last I claimed to be done with bad movies, welll a guy can only resist so much.
When you make a movie with George Takei as a ninja master who runs a strip club what's a boy to do? The answer: watch Ninja Cheerleaders. It's as bad as it sounds in that special kind of way that makes you laugh and wonder where your evening went. Three cheerleaders, all straight A students, train as ninjas (ninji?) in the afternoon when not fending off sexual advances from students and faculty at their school. By night they "dance" at the Strip Palace where they have to fend off sexual advances by the Navy. Why are they dancing you might ask? WHy to raise money for tuition at Brown University of course. This film is amazing for its lack of nudity and violence the film makers' show a lot of restraint and class because the film should always be about a terrific story. Ooops, they forgot to add that as well. This is a must rent for die hard Trishelle Cannatella fans only. If you know who that is with out looking her up then I am talking to you.
Meanwhile on the good movie front I just rewatched the stunning and boggling epic There Will Be Blood. Daniel Day-Lewis is mesmerizing and the visuals of the film never fail to delight the eye. A strange and compelling story that unfolds over years about a man as driven and focused as Captain Ahab. I'm finished.
Also good news, The Wire Season 5 is now out on video, how does a show this rich and compelling get overlooked for so long? After I became a convert intent on swaying others to my viewpoint I cannot think of a single person I persuaded into watching this gem who has come back disappointed. Right from the gfet go in season 1 the tension begins to build and a desire to see these characters, who are fully rounded and flawed, through to the end. Even the unpleasant aspects of Sgt. Jay Landsman grow on you. Rent season 1 and tap into The Wire ...get it?
Hopefully the Mrs., the boy and I will be getting Interwebs hooked up sometime soon so these transmissions will not have to be dictated to my assistant from a pay phone on the side of the Yellowhead at a rest stop any longer.
So until next time remember what Omar tells us.
"The game's out there, and it's play or get played. That simple."
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