Hot Dog Safari

I haven't been in a while - this year's Safari is happening on June 4th. Who wants to go with me?

http://www.hotdogsafari.com/

Mission: Unwatchable

I feel a bit badly about paying Tom Cruise and the Church of Scientology money just to watch him masturbate on the screen. It was a completely manufactured studio pop production, tailored to make Cruise feel special. It doesn't compare at all to the work done by the previous two movies, which felt much larger and were better directed.

I intend to make up for it by going to see Hard Candy at the Nickelodeon tonight.

Hard Candy: Terrific

A good, good film. Smart and edgy, but just a tad of film-school-cliche and pretentiousness. Felt like it began life as a play, and graduated to film status. But the acting by the 14y.o. was decent (not quite Natalie Portman in The Professional quality, but pretty high up there) and Patrick Wilson was awesome. The direction definitely built tension well, though he repeated some of his camera tricks a little too often.

Tonight

Tonight is a port and chocolate night.