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Scene any good movies lately?

It only takes a walk outside to realize that summer is upon us.  This summer, I’m left wondering “where have all of the blockbusters gone?” This year’s summer lineup leaves much to be desired.  Forgive me if I don’t consider White Chicks, Dodgeball, or Garfield blockbuster movies.  On the horizon there are movies such as Will Smith’s AI meets Men In Black techno-thriller “I, Robot.” Haven’t we seen Will Smith save the world from an army of bad guys before?  Next we have the Spiderman for girls movie Catwoman.  This movie looks great if you’re into the whole S&M thing.  Matt Damon returns as that obnoxiously annoying confused ex-killer, Jason Borne in The Bourne Supremacy.  Is it a bad sign when even the trailer is predictable?  I’m told that The Bourne Legacy has recently been released in print so look for a third movie coming to a theater near you soon.  The only movie that I can see upcoming that is worthy of blockbuster status is Alien vs. Predator.  Maybe I’m just biased because I am a video game nut, but this movie has the potential to blow the audience away.  Overall I give this summer’s movie season an F+. 

You may be wondering if I’ve seen any good movies lately (among other things).  The answer is an enthusiastic YES!  The other night I sat down to watch a movie that never made it to theaters in Monroe or much of the rest of the country.  I’m sorry to report that this movie did not hang out with the cool kids.  It did not conform with the status-quo, read Seventeen magazine, or try to be something that it wasn’t.  This movie was simply, Bubba Ho-Tep.  The plot was simple:  Elvis and JFK team up to save their nursing home from a soul-sucking mummy.  As soon as you finish laughing at that summary, seek this movie out and watch it.  You may not get back those 2 hours you wasted seeing The Day After Tomorrow, but you will laugh a little. 

Friday night I joined at least a hundred level headed, open-minded citizens of Monroe and its surrounding area (the number surprised me too, don’t worry) to see the premier of Fahrenheit 9/11.  The movie was VERY well received here in Monroe.  The audience chuckled constantly at the film, hissed at members of Bush’s administration, and gave a wild round of applause for Moore when the movie ended.  I had already seen the film on the 3rd of July (I felt it was my patriotic duty) and found the showing in Monroe to be better received than the showing in south Louisiana.  There were at most two dozen empty seats in the entire theater.  If you are in an area where this film is showing and you have not yet seen it, please take the time to go and see it.  If you are short on money, I’ll tell you how to see it for free.  You were probably planning on going to see I, Robot next weekend.  An army of service robots suddenly become aware and start terrorizing the country.  Will Smith makes it his duty to stop the robots, who are led by an evil greedy CEO, from taking over the world.  Smith destroys all of the robots and then has a showdown with the CEO only to defeat him and get the girl in the end.  Now that you know this, you can spend the $7 on Fahrenheit 9/11.

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