Here's an idea...

That's right, I haven't dropped off the face of the earth! We have been busy with a lot of different things. Not much of an excuse, but it is the truth! At any rate, here is the blog for today. Actually sort of a rant.

Sue and I were talking the other day about the continuing issue of the illegal immigrants, and Farmers Branch. It occurred to me that one of the problems that people have with illegal immigration is that the people who come here illegally tend to act as though they were still in the country they illegally immigrated from! They refuse to learn our language, they demand -not ask for but demand services, have babies that automatically become American citizens, and then wonder why Americans are up in arms!

I have a solution, (of sorts -) When they come here, across the border illegally, they need to immediately assimilate into American culture. Learn the language, learn the customs, not demand anything, just act as if they had been here forever ( like the rest of us that wrested the country away from the original inhabitants) and generally not act like an illegal immigrant. In other words, they need to stop drawing attention to themselves!

I think that if they stopped acting like Mexicans, Guatemalan, El Salvadorans, Costa Ricans, Irish, whatever, and acted like Americans, no one would notice them as much as they do when they speak only Spanish, and act as if they are still in the country they claim was so bad they had no choice but to leave and come here illegally! Something to think about!

A Day Late....

Not only that, but I haven't really done a real blog in a while. We have been a tad busy. Here is the Movie Guide, and I will try to get back here later for a real blog!
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New releases this week
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Third installment is confusing but has some dazzling bits, including the climactic battle sequence.
Bug
Psychodrama of surveillance technology and bio-warfare creates excruciating intensity.
Once
A street musician and a Czech lass in Dublin make beautiful music together in this modest, magical musical.
Red Road
Heroine's compulsion to watch leads her to acts that are shocking in their rawness and self-loathing.
Chalk
Scrappy mock documentary centers on the teachers and students at Harrison High.
More movie reviews
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The Cheap & Easy one... Friday's Movie Guide

New releases this week
Click on the film's title to read a full review.
Shrek the Third
Latest installment has laughs, but also a been-there, done-that stench as Shrek inherits Far Far Away.
The TV Set
Like the industry it parodies, this film about the world of television has its moments but is mostly compromised.
The Wendell Baker Story
This loose-limbed comedy aims for laid-back and eccentric but more often hits lazy and annoying.
Fay Grim
Talky, snide satire of international intrigue movies turns serious about halfway through.
More movie reviews
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Anti-Immigration Law passes in North Texas

By now you have likely heard that an Apartment ban requiring Apartment managers to obtain proof that those renting or renewing leases are in the country legally was overwhelmingly passed by the voters.

This law was the brainchild of city councilman Tim O'Hare who last fall had proposed a law with a bit more teeth. Along with the Apartment Ban was a law making English the official language, and requiring the FB Police Department enroll in an ICE training program.

The ban initially went into effect, and immediately the opposition went into action. They went to court and got an injunction. Ordinance 2903 would require apartment management to obtain proof of citizenship or legal immigration status before entering into or renewing leases or rental agreements.
The only exception to the ban would be that mixed-status families could stay if they were already living in the apartment, the spouse or head of household is a citizen or here legally, and the household includes the head of household and spouse and their minor children or parents.

Several groups got into the act complaining about the ban including the ACLU, LULAC, ( League of United Latin American Citizens) and others calling the law racist. Is it racist to ask people to follow the law? I don't think so.

I fully understand why people want to leave their home countries to come here. I understand that it is not always easy to wade through the red tape to come here legally, but the law is the law. To put it another way and I hate to use his tired cliché but "What part of Illegal don't they understand?"

It gets put to an election, the people of Farmers Branch overwhelmingly approved the measure 68% to 32%, and that is not good enough for them. The name of the organization that opposed the ordinance was "Let the Voters Decide" So the voters decided, and that apparently isn't good enough. I guess it was "Let the Voters Decide" as long as they decide our way!

The opposition now plans to clog the courts with more injunction requests, and appeals. Why? All that is going to happen is to delay the inevitable. A judge is eventually going to say "Hey, it's over. The electorate had it's say and decided that they want the ban. Go the hell away!"

Well, it is time for these people to give it up, and understand that the people of Farmers Branch have had it with illegal immigrants. If you are here illegally, and I don't care what country you are from, be it Mexico, Guatemala, Iran, Iraq, whatever. If you're not here legally then you are breaking the law!

If you are breaking the law, then you are illegal no matter what country you are from. That's not racist.

Friday's Movie Guide

Here is the Friday Movie Guide - Quite a few movies this week, though I doubt anything will beat Spiderman 3!
New releases this week
Click on the film's title to read a full review.
28 Weeks Later
28 Days Later sequel offers another helping of English apocalypse with a dose of current events allegory.
The Ex
A workable idea, but except for a few funny moments, this is material more fitting for a so-so TV sitcom.
Georgia Rule
Lower your expectations and your jaw, and you might find this the most watchable fiasco of the summer.
Delta Farce
Three Army reserves are accidentally dropped off in Mexico on the way to Iraq in this comedy. This film was not screened in advance for critics.
Mafioso
An unsavory task awaits a Fiat plant foreman from Milan who takes his family to Sicily in this dark 1962 comedy.
Away From Her
Truly, deeply effective tale follows a woman's slow descent into Alzheimer's and her husband's response.
Jindabyne
Aussie buddies decide to keep on fishing after they find a dead Aborigine woman in this thoughtful drama.
The Hip Hop Project
Uplifting doc follows a guy who overcame his own sad childhood to help other troubled kids make better music.
Waitress
Keri Russell's strong performance saves an otherwise too-cute sitcom about an unhappily married pie-slinger.
Home of the Brave
Americans returning home from Iraq deserve a deeper, more substantive portrait than this drama.
The Salon
This comedy rarely inspires even chuckles, much less the belly laughs generated by the Barbershop movies.
Blind Dating
Comedy mixes cringe-worthy blind jokes, the sexual immaturity of American Pie and overeager actors.
More movie reviews
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What an Injustice! I'm too famous to obey the law!

Paris Hilton, the blond airhead heiress to the Hilton Hotel fortune is apparently too famous to obey the law.

First she gets busted for DUI and Reckless operation of a motor vehicle last September. Her license was suspended. Then in February of this year, she was caught driving on the suspended license. The judge gave her 4 days in jail to being in earl June. Her story: She claimed her publicist told her it was okay to drive on a suspended license if it was "work related" What work does this airhead do? Appearing in public with the rat dog in her purse? Performing oral sex on the Internet?

Now she is appealing to California Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger to pardon her. Here are some excerpts from her petition on her Myspace.com page:

"My friend Joshua started this petition, please help and sihn it," the spellcheck-challenged Hilton wrote on her MySpace blog. "i LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!"

Supporters wrote:

"Please allow her to return to her career and life," the petition reads. "Everyone makes mistakes. She didn't hurt or kill anyone, and she has learned her lesson...She is distraught and understandably afraid."

And:

"If the late Former President Gerald Ford could find it in his heart to pardon the late Former President Richard Nixon' after his mistake(s), we undeniably support Paris Hilton being pardoned for her honest mistake as well, and we hope and expect The Governor will understand and grant this unusual but important request in good faith to Ms. Paris Whitney Hilton."

Frankly,
if Arnold grants this broad a pardon, I will lose all respect for him. We may not live in California but Sue and I know several people who do. We may get our friends to start a recall petition against the Governator if he does grant the pardon.

Friday's Movie Guide (Just a bit late!)

New releases this week
Click on the film's title to read a full review.
Spider-Man 3
The darker story line features three baddies in this fun ride with touches of humanity.
Lucky You
Poker player Eric Bana blandly tries to persuade Drew Barrymore he's more than just a compulsive gambler.
Offside
Absurdist story follows a group of Iranian teen girls who get busted sneaking into a males-only soccer stadium.
Civic Duty
A man's obsession with his new Middle Eastern neighbor escalates to an explosive conclusion.
The Page Turner
A girl plots revenge for her failed music school audition in this suspenseful, sinister tale of destruction.
The Valet
Billionaire tries to persuade his wife that his mistress is seeing the parking attendant in this French sex farce.
Grbavica
A mom takes a job for a thuggish local kingpin after the Bosnian war in this pained, clear-eyed drama.
Snoop Dogg's Hood Of Horror
The deserving get their just deserts in this trilogy of played-out neighborhood horror tales.
More movie reviews
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Writers Group

Monday night, Sue and I went to a monthly writers group that meets at the Barnes & Noble at a Mall near our house.

We were going to check it out last month, but ended up staying home because of nasty storms. We made it this time, and it was really interesting.

The leader of the group had everyone who had brought something they had written read the story to the group. We then went around and critiqued the piece. Sue and I didn't have anything with us this time, but plan to make certain we bring something with us next time.

The leader of the group Ron, has something he calls "Flash Fiction" This consists of sitting down and writing something relatively short in a short amount of time. Sue and I are thinking of trying this.

At any rate, the group seems like a lot of fun, and we are hoping to get something interesting out of it.

Teacher must really get lousy pay!

I just read on The Smoking Gun.com, about an Oregon first grade teacher, who stole a jacket from one of her students. She then attempted to sell it on E-bay!

I realize that teachers get really crappy money, but to steal from a kid?

The coat belonging to an eight year old girl went missing. The girl's mother went up on E-bay to see if she could find a similar coat, and found one that looked identical to the one her daughter was missing. She noticed that the seller came from the same town in Oregon, and got suspicious. The coat went up for sale on E-bay the day after it went missing.

After a little detective work, the mother figured out what had happened. The Teacher, Elizabeth Logan, 41 faces felony charges. The real kicker is that she was asking $25.00 for the coat, the final bid was $46.00

Here is a link to the original article on The Smoking Gun.com. Look how smug this woman is. It seems like she doesn't give a crap that she has trashed her career for $25.00.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0502072coat1.html

People just make me wonder these days.

And then there was one, too!

Last night, the youth of our church, Covenant Presbyterian put on their spring Dinner Theater Play. The title was"And then there was one, too!" This is a sequel to the play they did last spring, called "And then there was one." The premise of both plays is nearly identical to the similarly titled book and play by Agatha Christie. A group of people are lured to a remote location for various reasons, and then bumped off, one by one. Or so it seems.

Our daughter Sandy played Margaret LaRue in both plays. Last year she was the first character "killed" and went through much of the play being covered by a blanket, disguised as a lamp, or being carried ( and dropped accidentally ) by other characters.

This time, she was the first to arrive for the festivities, and didn't become a "corpse" until much later in the play. At that point she was brought into the scene in a shopping cart, covered by a blanket!

Both plays were hysterically funny, with a lot of silly one liners, and double entendres. At the end of both plays it is discovered that no one has actually been killed, they have been brought together to write a mystery play to earn $10,000.00 each.

Sandy and all of the kids had a great time. We had dinner first, and then went down into the Parlor for the play. Ticket sales are to help earn money for youth trips with the church. It was a great cause, and a fun night.

Oops, This is a day late! (But not a dollar short...)

New releases this week
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Next
A man can see two minutes into the future in this sci-fi thriller that is both fun to watch and think about.
The Condemned
Action flick about a live broadcast of convicts fighting to the death for their freedom lacks heart and smarts.
Black Book
Director Paul Verhoeven delivers a brazenly entertaining war movie of a Jewish singer who joins the resistance.
Something to Cheer About
Tribute to the first all-black school to become state champs captures the coach's wisdom before his death.
Diggers
Four friends cling to their livelihood against corporate forces in the 1970s. Think of it as a chick flick for men.
Old Joy
At the end of this tale of two old friends on a camping trip, you understand them, and maybe yourself, better.
Dog Problem
A lonely man who is bad at relationships get a dog. Turns out he isn't much better with pets than humans.
Wind Chill
Two college students find trouble when their car breaks down on the way home. This film was not screened in advance for critics.
The Invisible
Two teens find that others are not able to see the real them: one is dead, the other has been neglected. This film was not screened in advance for critics.
Kickin' It Old Skool
A breakdancer (Jamie Kennedy) wakes from a coma with the hopes of reviving his career. This film did not screen in advance for critics.
More movie reviews
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President of Southern Baptist Thoelogical Seminary: "Virginia Tech Male students should have protected their women!"

Last Wednesday, April 18th, 2007, two days after the worst campus shooting in US history, the President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, addressed male students. He told them that in a situation like the Virginia Tech shootings, he would expect them to charge the assailant, sacrificing their lives if necessary.

What?

Dr. Paige Patterson stated in an address to male students "All you had to do was have six or eight {students} rush him right at that time, and 32 people wouldn't have died." In a statement issued later, Dr. Patterson said he wasn't criticizing the conduct of any of the survivors, and in fact praised Liviu Librescu, the Israeli Professor and Holocaust survivor who gave his life barricading the door to his classroom so that students could escape.

"Since I was not at Virginia Tech when {the shootings} occurred, any judgment on my part would be inappropriate, " Dr Patterson said. "But it is not inappropriate for me to ask my students and faculty to be prepared to act as courageously as the Israeli professor. We cannot bring back the dead, but we can determine in our hearts if there is even the slightest chance we ever find ourselves in such an unfortunate situation, we will be prepared to prevent some of the carnage to the best of our ability"

He went on to elaborate why Christian men should rush an assailant in such a situation:

"My own perspective is that Christians - who believe that Heaven is their real home and that they are prepared for eternity as a result of a life changed by Christ - are even more obligated to act courageously and sacrificially. And I am still just old-fashioned enough to believe that men are responsible to protect women and children."

Sgt Allen Barron of the department of Security and University Police at Texas A&M University would not recommend that someone without training charge an armed assailant.

However Bruce Prescott, a moderate Baptist minister who has often been at odds with Dr. Patterson supported Patterson's ridiculous ideas. Prescott said: "I do think it wise for persons who are willing to voluntarily sacrifice themselves to be prepared to respond aggressively if they find themselves confronted by a gunman like the one at Virgina Tech"

So according to these two morons, unarmed men should rush a nut-job armed to the teeth to protect women and children? While the idea sounds chivalrous on the surface, it is idiocy if you think about it. Suppose you rush a guy who is armed, and you get shot, then he gets pissed and kills even more people. Seung-Hui Cho was already deranged. Do you really think he could have been subdued by unarmed students without training, and protective gear? Why do you think SWAT teams don't go running into a building where hostages are being held? When the opportunity presents itself, they toss in tear gas, or flash-bang grenades, to distract or blind the gunman so the can go in and disarm him.

Consider this possibility also. Suppose male students had rushed Cho as Patterson suggests. Suppose further that he was not acting alone. What if there were two or more assailants at Virginia Tech? Wouldn't that have likely gotten more people killed? What if Cho had wired the campus with explosives like Klebold and Harris did at Columbine? What do you suppose would have happened then?

I don't have an answer for the best way to act in a situation like this, but having unarmed people rush an armed assailant is foolish at best.

Of course the conversation must turn to Flight 93. Several passengers rushed the terrorists and brought down the plane in a field, rather then allowing it to crash into the White House or the Capitol, or another heavily populated building. Lives were saved. However, passengers on that plane had been in touch with loved ones who had told them of the WTC attacks. The knew they were going to die, and they wanted to try to save lives on the ground. Their willing sacrifice was one of courage, knowing full well they would not survive. That is the difference.

To suggest that men should have rushed Cho and to suggest that if they had 32 people would still be alive diminishes those who died, and those who survived, regardless of what Patterson says. I pray that Dr. Patterson will think before he opens his mouth again. His comments are nothing short of pouring salt in a tragically raw wound.

Virginia Tech Tragedy - The Aftermath

We now know a bit more about Seung-Hui Cho. We know that he was a troubled, mentally ill loner. We know that 2 years ago, VT University Health officials attempted to help him, and he was deemed "mentally unstable, a danger to himself and others." Then he was released. We know that despite this he was allowed to legally purchase firearms. So much for the gun control lobby!

Why was this sick young man not given the help he so desperately needed? How did he slip through the cracks? Obviously, we need to drastically fix the mental health system in this country. I do not have the answers, only more questions.

Even Cho's family says he had problems as a child. His parents were concerned that he might be autistic. Yet he passed through the public school system. Professors at VT all say that much of his work was substandard and frightening. Yet he was about to graduate in less than two months. Why? So he would no longer be the problem of this prestigious University?

Then there is the manifesto that he sent to NBC, during the two hours hiatus between the first shootings, and the final. NBC aired some of the video that he sent, showing the world a twisted, rambling diatribe against his imagined demons. He claimed that:

" I didn't have to do this. I could have left, I could have fled. But no, I will no longer run. If not for me, for my children, for my brothers and sisters, the that you (EXPLETIVE DELETED), I did it for them.You had 100 billion chances and ways to have avoided today but you decided to spill my blood. You forced me into a corner and gave me only one option. The decision was yours. Now you have blood on your hands that will never wash off. You just loved crucifying me. You loved inducing cancer in my head, terrorizing my heart and ripping my soul all this time. "

NBC has been castigated for airing any of the so-called manifesto. Some of the families of the victims were appalled that the decision to air the clips was made. In hindsight, perhaps they should have run a text crawl with the words and not shown the pictures of the angry Cho brandishing guns. Perhaps they would have been better off posting the pictures and video links up on the network website.

Additionally I have seen family members being accosted by the media, and tearfully saying how much their loved ones meant to them. I hope I am never in the position that these people are in, but if I ever was, and someone came up to me with a camera and microphone,. and started asking me stupid questions at the worst moment of my life, the reporter would walk away very awkwardly and painfully with a camera of microphone ( or both) up their asses!

Cheap & Easy Blog

Here ya go, the Friday Movie Guide:
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New releases this week
Click on the film's title to read a full review.
Hot Fuzz
Hollywood spoofs would do well to emulate this affectionate English send-up of American cop movies.
In the Land of Women
Fine acting all around as a young man serves as a sounding board for a woman and her two daughters.
Fracture
Watching pros Ryan Gosling and Anthony Hopkins spar is an entertaining battle of wills and styles.
Year of the Dog
Molly Shannon is funny, sad and heartbreaking as a secretary whose life changes after her dog dies.
Vacancy
Tale of a couple stranded at a dangerous hotel holds some appeal but wears out its welcome.
More movie reviews
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Virginia Tech Tragedy

Today is a dark day for one of the country's most well know institutes of higher education, Virginia Tech. In what is now being called the worst incident of mass murder in United States History, 33 People are dead.The dead include at least one of the gunmen who perpetrated this tragic event. Police are looking for a "person of interest" Apparently around 7:15 this morning, a man, who may or may not have been a student entered a dormitory and killed two people.

About two hours later, on a part of the Campus that is a half mile away from the site of the first killings, more shots rang out. When it was over, a total of 33 people were dead including one of the purported gunmen. On the news tonight, I heard that the dead man may have been a Chinese National, official are still uncertain of his status and why he was at the university.

Many students are angered because the only warnings that went out were sent via e-mail. Officials did not make use of the campus Public Address system.

While I realize that they may have been trying to avert panic, and in fact the first shootings were initially thought to be a domestic dispute, I have to wonder if they could have advised students to stay in their dorm rooms, and not move about needlessly.

Many questions go unanswered tonight. One thing is certain though, the victims, their families, and the families of the gunmen need our prayers. I feel for the family or families of the man or men involved in this horrific shooting. They will be asking themselves questions just as police, and families of the victims will be asking. Why did this happen?

In the days and weeks ahead, we will no doubt learn a bit more of how these events unfolded. The question of why may never be known.

Friday Movie Guide

I know, some Fridays, all I publish is this. I will try to get a real blog written and posted a bit later today!!!!
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New releases this week
Click on the film's title to read a full review.
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film...
Adaptation of the Adult Swim show that explores the origins of the Force could be subtitled "For Fans Only."
Boy Culture
A reclusive, older client causes a gay hustler to look at the lives of those around him in this slick drama.
Perfect Stranger
A journalist investigates the death of a friend in this undeniably stylish but rarely suspenseful thriller.
Pathfinder
Primitive and bloody tale follows a Viking raised by American Indians who must battle his homeland.
After the Wedding
Melodrama conveys its scenario with enough intensity and forceful acting to overpower audiences.
Disturbia
It's no Rear Window, but this thriller is far smarter than most big studio flicks with teen protagonists.
Slow Burn
A District Attorney gets involved in a showdown with a gang leader. This film was not screened in advance for critics.
Redline
If you like exotic cars and not much else, this one's probably for you. This film was not screened in advance for critics.
More movie reviews
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At Last! Will the BabyDaddy Please stand up!

The long national nightmare is finally over! Well, not really, but we finally know who DA BabyDaddy is!The DNA results are finally in. Is it (Drum roll) Howard K Schlep? Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Is it (Drum roll)Prince Frederick Ahole? ( Zsa Zsa Gabor's Hubby)Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo (A side bit here, he claimed to have been thinking of Zsa Zsa while he was doing Anna Nicole.... Hmmm Let's see 80 something wife with sagging parts, vs. Bleached Blonde Chubbette with huge fake boobs? DO you believe that? I didn't think so! Of course, Zsa Zsa is senile, while Anna Nicole was an airhead, so the pillow talk was probably about the same!) Is it some homeless guy who got Lucky in between Howard, Larry, Freddie, and The Entire NCAA Basketball team roster? Nope! And the winner is: Larry Butthead!!! Larry's the BabyDaddy!!!!

To his credit, Larry was gracious about it. He stood there facing the cameras, saying HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I TOLD YOU SO HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! Well, not quite. But close. He is obviously so proud to be the father of the money... I mean Dannilyn.. He'll be thanking his accountants for years that he forgot to put on the condom that night!

I still say this poor kid is gonna put a team of therapists kids through college. When she gets old enough to know about all of the hoopla she will probably go to Tibet, and become a recluse. Who could blame her!

Too stupid to live!

Okay, from the title, you may assume that I am going to rant about someone that did something really. really, really stupid. I am. Unfortunately, the stupid idiot I am going to rant about is me.

What, pray tell, stupid thing did I do? Well, let me tell you. We got a really cold snap here in North Texas. Sue and I had picked up a bunch of scrap wood and twigs on our walks around the neighborhood over the last few weeks, and decided to have a fire tonight. A couple of the pieces of wood that Sue had brought into the house were a bit too long to put in the fireplace, so I took them out into the garage to cut or break them. One piece was particularly brittle, so I figured that I could just break it by leaning it up against something and using my foot to break it in the middle.

Here is where the stupidity comes in. I have been using an empty Kitty Litter container, as a platform to saw these pieces of wood. Initially, I planned to lean the one piece against the container, and snap it in the middle with my foot.

Then I got the oh so brilliant idea to stand one foot on the wood on top of the container, and use my other foot to break the wood. Remember, I told you this container was empty!

Naturally, as soon as I put my weight on the wood and the top of the empty container, and picked up my other foot to break the wood, the container did two things pretty much simultaneously,. It crumpled from my weight, and went flying out from under me. All I could think of as I was going down was... "Shit, that was really pretty freakin' stupid!"
In fact after I hit, and I was trying to assess whether I had broken anything other than the container, and my pride, I believe I said just that! Sue heard the thud, and my "Oh shit, that was really stupid!" from the garage. She came out, and found me standing, clutching my arm, and looked at me as if to say... You guessed it. "Well, that was really pretty stupid!" And it really was.

Cheap & Easy Blog ( The Friday Movie Guide, that is!)

Here ya go. The movies that are opening today....

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New releases this week
Click on the film's title to read a full review.
Grindhouse
If your head's in the right place, this pair of exploitation films can be a heckuva lot of fun.
The Hoax
Richard Gere gets his best role ever as an author who cooks up a bogus biography of Howard Hughes.
First Snow
Guy Pearce's strong performance anchors this well-crafted thriller of psychic predictions that come true.
The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Cannes top-prize winner concerns a derailed freedom fight in which brother fights brother for the same cause.
Into Great Silence
Documentary about the Grand Chartreuse monastery isn't about zeal, devotion or faith, but simple happiness.
Avenue Montaigne
Fluffy soufflé of a film follows a sprite who takes a job at a cafe and proceeds to affect the lives of the clientele.
Inland Empire
David Lynch's latest is even more plotless than his other work, but it will seriously change your mood for hours.
The Reaping
Religious allusions in this supernatural thriller don't register as strongly as The Omen and Rosemary's Baby.
Are We Done Yet?
No cleverness was exerted as Ice Cube settles down with the mother of the brats from Are We There Yet?
The Night of the White Pants
Pointless, badly acted and rushed tale follows a Dallas millionaire during a wild night on the town.
Firehouse Dog (opened Wednesday)
When a firefighter's son brings a canine movie star to the firehouse, the dog brightens everyone's spirits.
More movie reviews
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Who da Babydaddy!

Well, Tuesday we were supposed to find out who Anna Nicole's Babydaddy is. There was another court hearing on Tuesday, purportedly to reveal the DNA results, but all they came up with was that they would reveal the DNA results next... You guessed it. Tuesday!

This story has grown some major legs. I mean first they argue for a month over where to bury the poor dead broad. The Babydaddy debacle has gone way over the top. You have Larry Butthead, the photographer, you have Howard K. Schmuck, then if that isn;t enough theres Zsa Zsa Gabor's hubby Prince Ahole all claiming the money I mean the kid is theirs.

I will laugh my ass off when the father turns out to be some homeless guy she was boffing. I want to to see the look on these morons faces when it turns out not to be any of them!I would probably pay to see that!