Flightplan
is a nicely executed mystery.
Most of the fun of this Jodie Foster star vehicle (other than seeing Greta Scacchi again) is in unravelling what’s actually going on. Once the mystery is untangled, the movie loses a bit of steam as it changes modes to deal with the consequences of the answer. But it still has enough steam to propel it to the end.
Flightplan is long on atmosphere, shot more like a top-drawer classic horror movie, complete with long, lingering, mysterious camera shots and spare music. Everyone around Foster’s character seem to be in on some grand conspiracy and stare at her with portentous expressions.
This wasn’t a movie I expected to enjoy as much as I did.
A strongly recommended mystery/thriller.
It would be hard to imagine a sweeter, gentler comedy that the whole family will actually enjoy (as opposed to “family friendly” fare only small children will enjoy) than Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
Loaded with gentle humor, this Wallace & Gromit full-length feature has a much lighter touch than Chicken Run while still retaining a core of sharp wit.
A must-see film.
This just keeps getting stranger:
In response to the Danish newspaper doing an anti-Islamic political cartoon contest, an Iranian newspaper decided to push the boundaries of free speech (well, sort of) by doing Holocaust cartoons contest. In response, now, an Israeli comic book company has decided to show that, when it comes to anti-Semitic humor, no one can beat the Jews.
No, seriously:
“We’ll show the world we can do the best, sharpest, most offensive Jew hating cartoons ever published!” said Zusman, and Sandy added: “No Iranian will beat us on our home turf!”
The contest has been announced today on the www.boomka.org website, and the initiators accept submissions of cartoons, caricatures and short comic strips from people all over the world. The deadline is Sunday March 5, and the best works will be displayed in an Exhibition in Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Sandy and Zusman are now in the process of arranging sponsorships of large organizations, and promise lucrative prizes for the winners, including of course the famous Matzo-bread baked with the blood of Christian children.
Fresh Air (“jazz hands!”) has interviewed one of the organizers.
The world is getting extra-nuts recently.
Hesperians should check out Friday’s Daily Press for what should be a very Hesperia-heavy day in the newspaper. Lots of big news came out of Wednesday’s budget workshop.
I’ll be reading it, if nothing else to see how I can follow Tracie’s pieces up with even more, despite city hall being closed on Friday. 😉
- Whoops, spoke too soon. Only one article on Friday. The others seem to have been pushed to Saturday through Monday.
By the one-year anniversary of my operation (May 5), I think it’s pretty likely I’ll be on my back/zonked out most of the day again. My legs, specifically my knees, are starting to lock up if I leave them in one position too long, and even if I don’t, I have major spikes of pain, despite my meds. I’m also periodically experiencing fatigue and my left hand and elbow starting to lock up again.
It’s not as bad as it was last year yet, but it’s ramping up quickly suddenly.
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