REVIEWS

V For Vendetta - Saw this one on an IMAX screen. Big Ben exploding singed my weekend mustache. The best film of the year so far. One of the more goosebump-inducing scenes was when a huge pattern of dominoes went down. Go figure. This in a movie where two well-known English buildings explode.

Capote - That guy was fucked up. Still an interesting story worth renting.

Good Night And Good Luck - Also worth renting. Proof that there are plenty of reasons to fear fascism, but you simply can't let fear get in the way of bringing the bastards down. (clear throat and say "ahem-tomdelay")

The Weatherman - One of those subtle comedies, similar in its rhythm to the recent Bill Murray movies (Broken Flowers, etc.). It was thoroughly entertaining, and then I got distracted and didn't watch the end.

Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal by Anthony Arnove - An important read, especially at a time when a majority of Americans think we should leave Iraq and neither political party seems to want to represent the majority. Maybe we shouldn't have started the war, but now that we're there, shouldn't we stay and clean up our mess? Or at least make sure Iraq doesn't slip into civil war? Arnove rips the arguments apart and reminds readers that the U.S. created a mess in Iraq that it continues to fuel. What makes anyone think Donald Rumsfeld, Bush or a future Clinton president, will actually do what's right in Iraq? I thought it relied too heavily, at times, on long quotations from other sources, but Howard Zinn's contributions make up for that one tiny flaw.

Right About Now by Talib Kweli - I have to say that it isn't as good as Beautiful Struggle, but there are some tracks that stand out: Drugs, Basketball and Rap as well as Fly That Knot for example. I've only listened to it a few times but Ms. Hill is my favorite right now. Try downloading those on iTunes and see what you think? It seems like he was going for a rougher feel on some of the tracks, but that's hard to pull off well, unless you just want to be considered "experimental." Some of the rhymes were also lacking in relevance or originality.

My Favorite Mutiny by The Coup (with Talib Kweli) - Highly recommended. Complex rhymes and a defiantly catchy bass line. I can't wait for Pick a Bigger Weapon.

More soon.