This film is a heart breaker. I am a big fan of Edith Piaf, and having spent some time in France - I believe that her sound really is the soul of her Nation. Her life, like the tone of her voice and her music, was tragic. There are moments of sheer triumph and moments of the most desperate kind of despair. It took a life like this one to produce the voice of the sparrow with such depth of feeling.

Death at a Funeral! One of the funniest films I have seen in a long time. It you love British Humor, you have to see this film. If you don't, you still need to see it. Great comic timing. Although it is from the director of Bowfinger, the film is very british while Bowfinger was decidely american, however they share the same mixture of subtle and over the top comedy that makes a film really enjoyable. Just when you are beginning to recover from a giggle you are taken by an outright knee slapping laugh. Nice ride!

This little movie was a guilty pleasure. I am a Queen Latifah fan - there is just something very real and solid about the way she plays all her characters. She has a level of confidence that trancends the screen. Of course Diane Keaton is always a riot. I love her classic head shaking, hand flailing, squealing hysterics. Alway funny. A surprise to me, was Katie Holmes, playing a totally whacked out, but likable bimbo. You cannot help but like her in this film - she is just too cute. Great job on her part and I am personally glad to see her out of the house - Tom is freaky!

Paris, Je T'aime Gorgeous and breath-taking, fun, funny, spooky, lovely... a must see... j'adore!

A romp! I loved it. This film is literally a journey. Lovely, and funny, witty and somber. poignant and yet completely frivolous!

For Your Consideration: I love the absolute superficiality of it. The way the people just back slap eachother like crazy,.. you are fabulous darling! And the fact that it is Home for Purim is hysterical... they poke fun at all the basic stereotypes... i love the botox and the TRL slam... amazing... Not everyone is going to like this film, but I loved it.

ALPHA DOG: This would have been completely contrived, over dramatized and self indulgent, if it wasnt a true story.... Justin Timberlake actually gives a pretty good performance. He doesnt over do it. Very much a GUY film. Basically, A bunch of over priveledged, over-sexed, drugged up white kids playing "Gang like games" in the valley when a fight turns bad and ends in the kidnapping and murder of an innocent teenager... apparently 98 in the valley was quite a time for the "wanna be black ganstas - scene". in a weird way it reminded me of Zodiac... the style and setting.. there was one scene near the end where the green screen technology totally failed and you could clearly see the actors were not at that location.. but other than that.. worth a rent...

Deja Vu: Pretty Cool. A wild ride. I liked this movie. I wont give away anything. See it if you like action, Denzel and a mildly cool ending. I would say the major problem with it was that they introduce you to this really cool thing that you want to know more about outside of the context of the story..

If you liked "In The Bedroom", you will love this. Certainly not a fun little jaunt of a film, Little Children is very real... It examines the calm and seemingly normal lives of suburbans who are anything but satisfied with life... i think it really speaks volumes about the sometimes supressed desires of people whose lives are otherwise devoid of "real" problems. If you are sick, or poor, or opressed, ugly, fat, disliked or damaged in some visible way, people often allow for you to complain about not feeling complete... but if you are in all those ways complete... then nothing could be missing... or could it?