Film Fatale

Hero is still the cream of the crop over at Rotten Tomatoes. And if I needed proof that there are no new ideas, a Boston Herald reviewer penned almost the same thing I wrote to a friend after seeing the movie. To paraphrase myself: It's more like an amalgamation of a ballet/poem/painting than a film. (Aforementioned reviewer writes: hybrid of ballet/martial arts/acrobatics/painting.) It really is a lovely film and well worth shelling out $14 to see it in The Dome.

Still on my list of films to try and catch over the next few weeks: Criminal and Nicotina (both star Diego Luna), Stage Beauty (set during the Restoration), Vanity Fair (despite lackluster reviews), Bright Young Things (Evelyn Waugh adaptation), We Don't Live Here Anymore (Mark Ruffalo), and Red Lights (French thriller). I'll save Wicker Park for Netflix. (Am I the ONLY person who thought Josh Hartnett was stellar in Hollywood Homicide? Oops, did I just say that outloud?)