Movie : Slither

Said by practically an entire town of alien/hive-minded/zombie southerners: "Staaarlaa! When you said for better or for worse, you liiied to me! Staaarrrllaaaa!"

Recommend? Yes. This is by far the best and most entertaining alien/zombie/sci-fi/horror movie I have seen in a while. You should go see it right away. Also, Captain Mal from "Firefly" is the star. He rules.

Food: Chicken Feet

Eating it requires that you put the foot in your mouth and chew on it until the ligaments and skin fall off so you can swallow them, and then you spit out the bones. I had much trouble with this maneuver. I ate one (1) foot. She ate three (3) feet in the same time period. I think it takes practice. The best part is the fatty yellow padding on the soles of the feet.

Recommend: Surprisingly similar, in taste, to a pig's foot, but much much smaller.

Movie: Marebito

So I love Japanese horror and I rent any one that I find that doesn't sound warped in a bad way. So I rented this one. Before I watched it, I found out it was filmed in eight days while the guy making it was making another movie. At first it totally reminded me of the Hard Boiled segments of Hard Boiled Wonderland by Murakami. Then it didn't. Then it reminded me of crap.

Recommend: It was totally rocking while the videotaping guy descended through the subway into the subterranean netherworld while talking with a dead man and chasing after those weird guys that crawled around on all fours and were painted white and tattooed. Once he finds the chained naked chick, however, it kind of goes downhill. AND THAT is a statement, my friends, that it takes a really badly handled movie to allow.

Movie: Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austin classic. Remake. Haven't read the book. Maybe it was faithful. Maybe not. Pretty though. Well acted if a bit stilted, perhaps intentionally so.

Recommend: Pithy at times. I'm sure there's some commentary on the roles of women. Maybe something about quintissential Englishness.

Movie: Good Night and Good Luck

Clooney, politics, McCarthy, blah, blah, blah. I thought this movie was really good until I realized it was over. Then I realized that none of the sub-plots ever went anywhere, that none of the characters ever change, and that the film completely lacks climax.

Recommend: The most unexpected part of the film was when I suddenly realized the credits were rolling.