Well folks, since I've spent that last few days (joyously) sitting on my lazy ass, it's movie review time. and no, I don't mean Lord of the Rings, since at this rate I won't be able to afford to see it until next month, so thus I have been watching el-cheapo blockbuster rentals.

Oceans 11: The new one Star rating: a few too many
Slick and amusing in a nice and Brad Pitt-y kind of way, with a side of George Clooney and that Damon kid. Purtty. Which is good, because it made the average puddle look deep.

Velvet Goldmine: what the fuck? Star rating: run away!!
Seriously though folks, don't waste your time. A fair amount of nudity (both sexes, though more guys I think, at least in the part BEFORE I fell asleep) but not nearly enough to make up for the plot (that's if there was one) and complete lack of character development. The movie follows some 80s glam-rocker and his wife/lover/etc. and the reporter who tries to track him down a decade later, but since none of them are actually developed characters who the viewer has any concern for, the whole movie seems like a comple waste of time. I mean really, did they really expect me to spend two hours of my life following characters that they have left me no choice but to be completely ambivelant about?? yeeshk.