Movie: Superman

Yes, I went to see the Superman movie. I went with my girlfriend and my mother. I was given a choice between going to see Al Gore talk about global warming and going to see Superman.

Recommend: Very similar to the first superman movies. A bit mopey. Good though.

Game: New! Super Mario Bros.

We've been waiting since 1985 for a mushroom a size or two bigger than the plain old super mushroom. It's here, and you can bust the hell out of pipes when you're on it.

Recommend? Yes. It's like old Super Mario Bros., except it is new. I still lament the lack of Tanuki Mario, but so shall we all, till the end of time.

Movie : Firewall

This movie had Harrison Ford in it. If I were bitten by a vampiric donkey that ejaculated through its mouth by way of a secondary set of testicles located underneath the tongue, I would think, "This is horrible, but interesting."

Recommend? It wasn't interesting, if that's what you mean. Maggie proposes that most things can be judged against this movie. For instance, this evening she said her dinner (leftover tuna casserole) was worse than Firewall. The gyoza we had late in the evening as a snack, however, was better than Firewall.

Movie : Invisible Child

This is a Lifetime movie, starring Tom Hanks' wife, the little boy from "The Ring" and the dad from "Alias." In it a mother believes she has an invisible child named Maggie. She has two real children. For some reason, her family has been playing along with this delusion for five years without seeking professional help. The movie does not mention what her extended family thinks of this decision. Things get complicated when they hire a nanny to help take care of their two (three) children.

Recommend? This movie is not a commedy. And yes, I recommend. It's the "Deadly Outbreak" of family dramas.

Movie : Nacho Libre

The story of a cook who wanted to become something more. I think we can all remember our own cook who wanted to become something more.... This movie review goes out to you, Samba. You were our Fuckin' Cooka.

Recommend: Did you know this was a Nickolodean Picture?

Movie : Equilibrium

Oooh, this weekend I was lucky enough to get to watch the movie Equilibrium. It's one of those movies about the bleak future where people take drugs to be zombies and normal people are punished and stuff like that...but with one big difference: GUN KATA.

Recommend? Of course! See bold letters above.

Movie : Saw

Hey, I finally saw this Saw movie. It's not as gross as I was hoping, and I don't believe the doctor in it is the same guy who's in the Princess Bride.

Recommend? I mean, I guess he kind of looks like the guy in the Princess Bride, but the guy in Saw... nah, it can't be the same guy.

Book: Parasites Like Us

By Adam Johnson. A novel. So- I'm reading this book, and I'm thinking, ok - this is funny at times, some good writing in here, but otherwise, it just feels like I dunno, pop fiction or an empty shell of an attempt at literary fiction. There's, well, lots of useless stuff in this book. Several characters who serve no purpose. One major character whose presence is absurdly coincidental and absolutely unessential. A shitload of stuff on the Clovis people who migrated to North America over the Bering Strait land bridge that just doesn't really seem to pay off. I was sorely disappointed by the novel by such a great short story writer.

However- that being said, the ending of this book makes it all worthwhile. Okay- so you know what the ending is if you read the back of the book (the description on the back of the book tells WAY TOO MUCH because it actually kind of misleads you about the kind of book you are about to read), but the execution of the ending rocks totally.

Recommend: yes, if you have any empathy for pigs.

Dr. Who (present version)

This show is really great!!! There are many incarnations of the doctor. The one where I got hooked was the early eighties and late seventies Dr. which was reran on PBS. Lately Scifi has been running the most current version of Dr. Who and I have to say that this show is really great almost as great as the version that got me hooked so long ago.
Summery: I say check this series out if you have heard of the series or had been interested at all in Dr. Who. I ( fuck I can not stop hicupping!!!)think that there will be a first season dvd out sometime in june or july. So, if you have missed the first season check out the dvd. Also on the plus side Rose is a cutie.