A person doesn't change just because you find out more.

The Third Man - 7.5/10. The movie skips along. It's a lot more fun to watch than I'd have suspected, the music and all. The problem, I guess, is that it makes a stab at being important but it just wants to be a thriller.

Box office poison.

Bringing Up Baby - I love Howard Hawks, I love Katherine Hepburn, I love Cary Grant, I hate this fucking movie. It's loud. It moves too fast and doesn't reward keeping up with it. It's a two-hour meditation on 'Who's On First?' Jesus Christ, it's annoying. 2/10.

The world 'll be shut of ya.

Sling Blade - 7.5/10. Bill Bob is a treasure. Some weak points mar an otherwise fine film.

To me,

my X-Men.

Smoking crack.

Sucking dick.

Everyone's wrong

but us.

Maus I and II.

Yo, the cats is Nazis and the mouses, they is the Jews, ha.

Don't do me no favors.

Born Into Brothels - 6/10. Surprisingly not moving.

Demimonde.

Sweet Smell of Success - 8.5/10. Casually dark. You could drown in it. It's where 'In the Company of Men' gets its guts. I only like Tony Curtis in this role. Wonderful.

Then there are those of us who do it

because we think it's funny.

Pre 9/11.

Post 9/11!

Dear Transamerica,

You were very boring. 3/10.

Competence

is attractive.

pettifogger

1 : a lawyer whose methods are petty, underhanded, or disreputable : shyster
2 : one given to quibbling over trifles

shyster

a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger