Lonely Hearts

The true story of two murdering con artists from the 40s, is the basis of Lonely Hearts. A dramatic story on its own, now add the star power of John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Salma Hayek, Jared Leto, Scott Caan and Laura Dern, and you've got one heck of a movie. The writer director, Todd Robinson, is the grandson of one of the detectives, played by Travolta, that chased and apprehended the pair. That personal note runs through the film. Violent and very graphic, this is a good piece of historical crime fiction. On my way home after the film, I stopped at a convenience store and happened on a man telling the story of the time Travolta gave him a ride in his plane....only in New York!!!

Enforcers in DVD

Traveling to an out of town wedding this weekend left me no time for movies, thus no new films to comment on. The wedding was a blast, all the best to Laura and Elliot!!! (Elliot's Mom is one of my movie buds, the Boston navigator) . So .... it's all about DVD releases this week!

Hot Fuzz is a cheeky cop movie satire from the Brits. Laugh-out-loud funny, this film was fun for me.

300 has the head dogs of Sparta (480 BC) fighting the Persians with all they've got. The bodies pile up and the visuals are amazing.

Lonely Hearts has 2 detectives chasing 2 serial killers. This well acted story, based on true events (told by the grandson of one of the detectives), makes for a good historical crime thriller.

*warning* use of blood and violence is rampant in all of these films ...

DVD Binge

Since there is nothing for me to comment on in newly released DVD this week, I thought I'd share my recent DVD purchases. This week, I received an e-mail from Netflix saying that as of Nov 3oth they will no longer sell previously viewed DVDs. They have great prices, good selection and pristine DVDs. I snapped up 9 titles. Some for me, some will be gifts. My point here is, if you want gently used DVDs at great prices, check it out .... Here's what I bought:

There Will be Blood - mine
The Kite Runner - gift
Wordplay - gift
Shine a Light - mine
Atonement - mine
The Host - gift
Lonely Hearts - mine
Once - mine
Volver - gift