Off to DC again

It's about 2 degrees celsius outside so I've been literally chillin' in this weather, getting my arse frozen off. In all honesty, my ability to deal with the cold weather seems to have improved from the days yonder. Then again, it could just be me learning to wear more clothes in this crazy weather.

The week that's just gone past has been quite a week for movies - have caught the following ones (in order of ability to remember). Just a note, for those that don't know, UVa has a place known as the Robertson Media Center (yes, spelt 'Center') and it's a fantastic joint where you can borrow just about almost any DVD. Their collection is amazing and it's all free. So the movies are:

1. Leaving Las Vegas - One of the saddest movies I've watched in a long long time. And very depressing. About the story of 2 people who are in a destructive relationship that is doomed from the start. Very very very haunting soundtrack.

2. Elephant - I think this one won at the Cannes Film Festival in 2003. Explores the viewpoints of many different people in a school shooting, although officially not based on Columbine (yeah, right). Supposedly great cinematography.

3. The Shawshank Redemption - A really good film about how Tim Robbins learns to age on camera gracefully while portraying a wanted man in prison. With Morgan Freeman in the token black man role. I wish I watched this in the cinema, though.

4. The Matador - A supposedly funny film with Pierce Brosnan sporting an Irish accent and Greg Kinnear sporting a mustache that makes him look rather less gay. Incidentally, Pierce Brosnan doesn't age quite as well as Tim Robbins does.

Finally, I'm off to DC again tomorrow - the good folks at IRC (da Collective, remember?), after having a wonderful wine-drinking session (where we were introduced to Boursin, a kind of garlic cheese that goes very well with free wine), are taking us up to the capital once again. Whoever wants something from DC, drop me an SMS.


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