Bogo.

I can't even begin to tell you how much I am in love with that video store previously mentioned. I also found out that M-TH its rent one get one free. So I picked up two new releases for 2.95. Granted I have kept them like two days past their due date but even with late fees they are still cheaper than Blockbuster. I love locally owned businesses.

I'm a little behind in posting with finals coming up. Its been a wild week. Here are the latest two editions:

Sylvia.
Now I'm not a Gwyneth Paltrow fan....I do love Shakespeare in Love but I could almost always do without her. Yet I think this was finally a perfect piece for her. She could use that bland personality and lifeless eyes to perfectly portray Ms. Plath. It is always difficult in biopics of deceased individuals to do two things:
the first being to accurately portray their life while making it appealing to the audience. especially with someone as troubled as Plath its difficult to make that type of despair and downfall into something non-cringe worthy but still accurate
the second making you believe that you aren't watching a rendition to a life but making you feel as though you are watching that person unfold. That is great acting and is not something I expect ever from Paltrow especially.
Daniel Craig was a nice surprise to see him prior to his success in James Bond....The duo took you there. to the passion. through the infidelity. into the madness. I thought it was a fine portrayal that swept you into the poetry and the inspirations behind it.
Plus the post-coital couch cuddling is perhaps one of the best scenes mixing raw sexuality with intense heartbreak ever.

The Jane Austen Book Club
This is a must see for any Jane Austen fan. And I mean true fan not just seen the movies. A nice modern twist on Jane Austen's six novels and a great ensemble movie, something as difficult to pull off as a good biopic.
The cast was wonderful a few sort-of famous actors, a few unknowns but everyone turning in an Austen inspired wonderful performance.
I especially enjoyed the opening sequence...the modern shuffle of our lives is so apparent and its almost saddening and humorous to watch how ridiculous our lives have become. Then the piece surprises you by showing the wonder in human connection as well as the complications that come with this.

Look forward to the upcoming review on The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. I will hopefully not be falling asleep during the last part of it tomorrow.