Reviews

Today, I went to a place that I thought no longer existed, the discount theater. That's right, there is a dollar theater in Mansfield. So today, I saw Penelope which was pretty good. I recognized a lot a British stars, besides Richard E. Grant, Lenny Henry (from Chef!) and Nick Frost (from Hot Fuzz! and Shaun of the Dead (the heavier set guy) so that to me is the mark of a good movie. The theater isn't to far away, and the movies that are shown there are a better good selection of big budget movies (like National Treasure 2) and more independent movies (like Penelope and Be Kind Rewind). There is a second theater is Mansfield as well that shows first-run movies and there have a lot of special events (like Met Opera showings and a This American Life live event (which I am going to!). And tonight, I watched the Turner Classic Movie Essential: The Night of the Hunter. I don't think that I like Shelly Winters (but that could be the result of the movies of hers that I have seen, like Patch of Blue where she plays a horrible woman). But Robert Mitchum scares the crap out of me, because of this movie, and because I have the parts of Cape Fear where he is particularly menacing (if you have seen this movie, you know what I am talking about!). I liked the movie, but it made me cry because I just felt so sorry for the little boy John.

PEGGY (singing):
Fan Fair can be Fun Fair,
But if you don't wait your turn in line,
Well, that's unfair!