Football, Politics and Elizabethan sex scenes.

So lets catch up my movie loving friends.

Elizabeth:
First lets just recognize how awesome Cate Blanchett is. Now lets mention how creepy Geoffery Rush is in a non-comical role. Next we will acknowledge how the only role Joseph Finnes is good in is when he is in a period piece as the sexy love interest who is later found out to be a married liar. That is basically Elizabeth. It has a killer opening, insane costumes but all the history bogs it down at the end. I'm not sure now if I would be willing to give the sequel a chance except for Clive Owen is in is so it might just jack up the sex appeal to the piece. All and all it was a good period drama that presented an interesting look at one of most prominent female figures ever as she rose to power.

Wag the Dog.
Maybe I'm just tired. Or maybe I've seen too many movies. Lately all of the movies I've seen have seemed to have these really strong starts and then just trail off into their own mediocrity. This was a super interesting piece and a nice situational comedy. At the same time it kind of dragged because it is almost quite true to real life. Personally it was interesting because it is a lot of the time what we joke about as happening behind political doors but presented on the screen as fact. Dustin Hoffman saves this because he is just soooooo hilarious I love him to death. Unique little flick with a pretty true to life plot line. Worth renting.

We Are Marshall.
I'm a sucker for all movies that are inspirational and somehow involve students and education so I obviously checked this one out. First of all Matthew McConaughey is hot buttt when he isn't all sweaty and shirtless he is kinda annoying. He talks out of the side of his mouth and not just for this role but this time it was all I could focus on for some reason. Other than that it was a sweet movie and I appreciated that it wasn't like oooh we solved our differences and now we win. It was just accurate historically which I appreciated and therefor it got a higher rating than if it had taken the cheesy Hollywood re-write avenue.

HBO Documentary series begins this Monday with a little piece on Roman Polanski carrying on every other Monday for the rest of the summer @ 9 pm. Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-check it out.