Did you just say "My ass"?

Only a couple reviews to give since the last post.

Rounders was an interesting look at the world of illicit poker in New York. Scott points out in his blog that the movie was ahead of his time, and he's right. One has to wonder if this movie had anything to do with the incredible popularity of poker on television. The movie itself was really good. It is very well written, and the acting is impressive, with the exception of Matt Damon's girlfriend, played by Gretchen Mol. I was really impressed with Edward Norton. He's good at making you feel a certain way about his character. You're supposed to dislike him, and you do. I gave Rounders 4 stars.

May was another one of those movies I went in really wanting to like it. The description on Netflix made it seem like a really interesting story about a girl who's had a hard time in her life. Which it is for most of the movie. Then it finally started earning its place in the Horror genre, and became very ridiculous and cliched (and flinchingly gross). I think the movie could have been a lot better with a different last ten minutes. Angela Bettis was incredible playing the fatally introverted main character. Anna Faris was very over-the-top; I was hoping for more from her. Jeremy Sisto of Six Feet Under fame was pretty good though. I gave May 2 stars.

I love watching TV series on DVD. Wonderfalls was a show I'd only heard about because Tim Minear was the executive producer. Minear was a writer on dozens of Angel episodes and was an Executive Producer and writer on Firefly. Despite the Joss Whedon influence, I didn't pay the show any heed. The show centers around a girl named Jaye, who puts her philosophy degree to good use at a souvenir shop in her home town of Niagara Falls. Toy animals begin to talk to her, coercing her into performing good deeds. The writing is really good, and Caroline Dhavernas (copy and paste for the win) does a great job making Jaye snarky yet sensitive. Sadly, this show got the Fox special treatment, and was cancelled after 12 episodes. I gave it 5 stars on Netflix.