Recent movies

I had the pleasure of getting a pass for the pre-screening of Millions last Thursday. Tucker had a focus group to attend for work, Lara was studying for her mid-terms, and Anna was busy tearing off ugly wallpaper left behind by the last tenant, so I went by myself. It's a great movie, very touching and funny. The movie is about two brothers who move to a new house with their father after their mom dies. The house is next to the railway and one day, off one of the passing trains, falls a bag filled with money. The youngest boy thinks this money is from God and tries to give it away to the poor (he's big into Saints and their stories), while the oldest boy, a sharp mind for numbers, thinks of different schemes to invest the money without involving their father. Oh, and in the story, England is a few days away from switching to Euros and Pounds will be worth nothing once the switch is done... Millions comes out in theaters March 11, it's worth seeing.

Tonight, I rented Ararat, from Atom Egoyan. Not funny, that's for sure. Very somber and dramatic. The movie is about characters searching for the meaning, meaning of a mother's suffering, meaning of a father's death, meaning of life and meaning of art. A film about a film on the Armenian genocide, about a young Armenian boy struggling with his identity and his history... When the film was released a couple of years ago, it generated a lot of interest and a lot of controversy. I'm not a historian so I'll leave the political and historical interpretation of the movie to others. Not my favorite movie.