"Do you drink?" "Oh God yeah."

I was gone for the past week and a half for work, but I managed to sneak a few from netflix. First I saw Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, an excellent piece of work from one of the greats, Sidney Lumet. The always spot on Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke play brothers who plot what they think will be the perfect crime. They are wrong, of course. Definitely check out this very well made film and don't let anyone tell you about it so you're nice and surprised.

I also saw Jumper, which should have been a big ballsy action flick, instead it just felt like a slight, paint by the numbers- holy-shit-did-they-cut-alot-of-stuff-out- standard popcorn movie. That being said, it flew by, had some fun action, good effects, and was fine for a brain dead sunday afternoon.

Finally, I saw Charlie Wilson's War which I liked quite a bit. The two out of three ain't bad, can't miss cast consisted of Tom Hanks, Phillip Seymour Hoffman (in another stellar performance) and Julia Roberts. Mike Nichols directed from a Aaron Sorkin script. The film is based on a true story and you don't know whether to laugh or cry at the outcome, but it seems pretty fitting for our government. I'm going to take this film as an opportunity to rail a bit. I think Julia Roberts sucks. I just wish she'd continue to be a stay at home mom and not act anymore. Actually to call her an actor is an insult to actors. She sucks, and yet she always comes across as so pleased with her performance as she's performing it. I have news for her- she shouldn't be pleased because she isn't good, and it's all the more apparent when she's acting opposite Hoffman and Hanks. Would've been nice if they got Cate Blanchett, or Kate Winslet, or the numerous other ubertalented actors out there besides her. But enough about her, Charlie Wilson's War is very good.