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May 25, 2008

Good Movie About a Bad Financial Plan

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them.

                                                                Jane Austen

There is a whole genre of movies about pretty women out after rich, marriageable men.  "How to Marry a Millionaire" starring Marilyn Monroe is one of the most famous. 

 

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May 11, 2008

How I Spent My Saturday Afternoon

What more could you ask for?  A film about a road trip AND a love story.   And it gets better.  This is not another of those  guy-takes-a-road-trip pictures.  This one's about a gal taking a road trip. Norah Jones (Yes, the singer.) has branched out, trying her hand at acting.  Jude Law and Natalie Portman also star.    

"My Blueberry Nights" was the opening film at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.  The French, you know, love those love stories, unlike Americans who can't get their fill of action pictures.  This is director Wong Kar Wahl's first English language film.  I liked it.  It's playing now at the Pittsford Plaza Cinema.  Here's a trailer.