Drive Angry and Winter's Bone

With having a subscription to LoveFilm, I get to watch the occasional movie on DVD. Upon Mr. Glitz's recommendation I got Drive Angry.



Although not quite as enthusiastic, I too thought it wasn't bad for something to watch over pizza on a Saturday evening. Notable was William Fichtner as the Accountant from Hell (literally) sent to bring back Nicolas Cage's character to the Underworld and also, typically understated, was David Morse as Cage's old friend. Either of these could act Cage off the screen without too much effort, and proceeded to do so, Fichtner especially. Maybe the Devil doesn't have all the best tunes, but his accountant certainly had all the best lines.

Contrasting with this is Winter's Bone.



This is a modern crime drama centered around a young woman in the Ozark's struggling to keep the house she lives in from being repossessed. There's not much to the film, a bit slight, but it has one of the scariest anti-hero's I've seen in a while in the form of Teardrop, the protagonist's uncle and self-appointed guardian angel. Played by John Hawkes, this is a performance that makes Nick Cage look like Doris Day. If there was an Academy Award for Supporting Actor in a Scary Meth-head Role, I know who my money would be on.

Klaatu barada nikto

I've been watching this and The Forbidden Planet:

Judge Parry

I found a web site that makes Judge Dredd badges:

Tron

I was shopping in Bluewater today and I noticed that in the HMV they had this on sale:



I know it didn't do well, and the original wasn't that fantastic, but I bought the double pack anyway.