movies

Friday night I watched Snow White: A Tale of Terror, which I'd been waiting to be available on netflix for a few years. It was worth the wait. Sam O'Neil as the King, Sigourney Weaver, beautiful and scary as the wicked stepmother, Monica Keena as Snow White. Just looked up Keena's filmography as I don't think I've ever seen her before. Interesting that she's really a pretty nondescript blonde in all the photos--she's much more striking as a brunette. Oh well. (and she's going to be playing Squeaky Fromme in the forthcoming Manson Girls. Anyway, it's a very effective rendition of Snow White, with the seven dwarfs transformed into seven miners (one is a dwarf).

Next up Wild Target recommended by someone (anyone out there remember who?)with Bill Nighy as a lonely top assassin (from a family of assassins) whose current assignment is Emily Blunt, a seductive schemer who is so chaotic in her daily life that her very being is an obstacle to his killing her and then he becomes attracted to it. Rupert Grint (from Harry Potter) is charming in it. In fact, everyone's charming and it's a lovely, silly enjoyable concoction. I loved it.

Tonight I watched the 3 hour 20 minute Spike Lee movie Malcolm X. Good acting, especially by Albert Hall, Al Freeman, Jr., and Delroy Lindo. Denzel Washington as Malcolm and Angela Bassett as his wife Betty were good too but not as good as the supporting actors. It's based on The Autobiography of Malcolm X written by Alex Haley and Malcolm X and a fascinating account of the Black Nationalist's life. Absorbing.

Photos from the Teeth reading at the Jefferson Market Library

It was great fun and an interesting discussion ensued about the stories read and about vampires in general: Jefferson Market Library Teeth reading.