new movies and old devils

A real murderer's row coming up to a theater near you.

I dunno. I find it hard to believe such a loathsome human being could engender enough sympathy to make a good movie, at least this close to the disaster that was his presidency.

Then again, I guess one could have said the same thing about The Last King of Scotland. Plus, it did't help the first clip that the dialog was awful.

Speaking of loathsome human beings engendering just enough sympathy to make a great movie:

I was happy to find that the villain is Mathieu Amalric, the lead from The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. That is one damn talented Frenchman.

And speaking of loathsome, well, you get the idea:

I'm actually very excited about this one.