Anyone following the news this week?  Jeff Hardy got arrested on another DUI this week, in the morning no less.  The big one, Vince McMahon is getting investigated for paying hush money to some paralegal he was having an affair with.  I'm surprised it took so long for stuff like this to come out given it's not exactly a secret that Vince has had affairs and is more or less a scumbag.

I really don't get this at all.  What is wrong with being skinny and healthy?   If anything she should be applauded.  Who the fuck wants to be fat and obese?

Thanks for the review on Coherence.  That one is streaming and it always sounds interesting.  When I first saw it though, I thought you were doing a review on Confidence the 2003 Hoffman films.

At this point, it's a waste of fucking time to me to find films made in the last 15-20 years that are creative etc.  Mainstream and American anyway.  I mean yeah I might find one, but then I'd have to go through a lot of turds to get there.

It's the food shortage plus rising price of produce, meat etc.  Most mom and pop type restaurants live on the margins, and an economic downturn like this could put them out for good.  I had a favorite chain restaurant (local) that I went to the other day that closed up permanently the other day.

Plus McDonald's has gotten into the "shrinking" game, the large iced coffee I usually buy got transfomred into a medium size.

Dems will get thumped in the midterm and they would be insane to go with Biden again in 24.  You can easily make the "he is out of touch" argument on him.

That one is pretty good.  It's more of a character piece.  Very 70s.  Great later Mitchum performance.  I really liked Peter Boyle in it as well.

Bananas--I kinda miss this version of Woody Allen.  Just goes for the jokes and it suceeds for the most part.  The Howard Cosell bits are the funniest.  I do wonder if he had Keaton instead of Louise Lasser whether or not this film could have been improved.  They don't seem to have much chemistry to me.

Battle Royale.  Still holds up and one of my favorites despite numerous viewings.  I never realized how funny Kitano is in this.

The Ring (2002 version) and Ringu (Japanese original).   I'll just compare and note some stuff since I watched both of these on consecutive days.  The American version, specifically Seattle is better in terms of setting than the original (Tokyo).  There some mystical quality that I preferred with the American version.  Something about the prevalence of the color green that I liked over Tokyo which was just kinda there.  The ghost was actually stronger and much spookier in the American version.   The character of the ex-husband is far superior in the Japanese version.  He is more developed and far more interesting as opposed to the American version who just seems like a tool.  Conversly, the kid or the reporter's son is much more creepy in the American version.  I much preferred the second half of the film in the original as I think the story was stronger.  The "horse" scene in the American film was laughable.  But the "well" scene, I preferred the remake.  It got to the point and was scarier.  I probably preferred the original more probably because of the second half was stronger than the remake.  But they are different films.  The American one is more of a mystery/investigative film.  Whereas the Japanese one, incorporates folklore and the "ghost" aspect more.