Jan. 4: Kind of a spoiler

Have you seen the ads for Marley & Me? That puppy is so dang cute. I love Owen Wilson (no, I don’t know why either) and Jennifer Aniston is usually tolerable, so it seems like a lovely way to spend an evening, right?

WRONG.

If you’ve read the book, or if you’ve ever seen any “life of a dog” movie, you know what happens to Marley at the end. And I’m sorry, but the movie ticket could come with a free puppy and I still would not go in to laugh for two hours because I know I would then bawl my head off for a week (or more) afterward. Those sweet, funny, romantic trailers give no clue as to the level of sadness that lurks in this movie.

Ye be warned.

And that, my fellow dog-lovers, is our public service announcement for today. As always, you are oh-so-welcome.

May 19: "Museum" critique

We just finished watching "Night at the Museum," a surprisingly entertaining movie. It wasn't too scary for the kids but still suspenseful enough to keep Mom and Dad's attention. Besides Dick Van Dyke and Mickey Rooney being total bastards, I give it a thumbs up.

Oh yeah, and I love Ben Stiller. I also love Owen Wilson, much as I try not to. I did not love the Attila the Hun dude. I think he probably smelled bad.

Also movie related, it turns out there are only FOUR more days until Pirates. They're doing a limited opening on Thursday; some of the Portland theaters are running five or six showings that evening. This isn't necessarily good news for us, since Vic is really not wanting to take Jack to see the movie on its opening weekend, and starting it a day early is just more anxiety for Jack. Whatever will we do?

One more thing, a joke Orlando Bloom told on The Tonight Show the other night:

How do you know you’re a pirate?

You don’t know, you just aaaarrrrr.

--Jen