I saw the newest Harry Potter last night. Gotta say, it was pretty good, probably my favorite yet. Generally I think each of the movies has gotten progressively better. (although I didn’t really like “Goblet” all that much)

I haven’t actually read any of the book to be honest, so far I’ve just waited for each movie to come out, but with the final installment hitting later this month, I don’t think I can wait another two years to learn the fate of Harry.

Maybe I’ll actually read this one… or at least have my wife explain the ending.

My best guess, Harry pulls a Jesus and dies to stop Voldemort but somehow comes back to us.

I saw Pan’s Labyrinth last night. I walked out impressed by the film. One of the better one’s I seen recently alongside The Last King of Scotland (****) and Children of Men (****), but today I am even more impressed as the film has sunk in.

The beauty of the film is in the way del Toro shows us a young girl retreating into fantasy to deal with the brutality of war around her. It isn’t a retreat into happy safe fairy tales or the schmaltzy nonsense of Life Is Beautiful that pretends war isn’t ugly and scary. This is fantasy that mirrors the experience of life. Scary, sometimes ugly, and yet filed with hope. One of the best films I have seen in a long time. Don’t let the subtitles scare you off this is truly one of the best films of this or any year.

The trailer has been out for a while and now ABC News has done a story on the new documentary.

I don’t even know where to start.