This Weekend

I had a pretty busy weekend.  I watched Young Frankenstein and Shawn of the Dead with my lady.  Then today I watched a new doc called "Inside Job" about the finical collapse, and I watched a Chinese movie called "A Woman, A Gun and A Noodle Shop".  It is a retelling of the first Coen Brother movie "Blood Simple".  Reviewed on this very blog about a month ago.

I will try to get around to reviewing them this week as well as "Saw" which I just finished last week.  I have started the 1934, John Ford film Stagecoach staring a young John Wayne.  I have also started David Fincher's Panic Room with Jodie Foster.

This weekend I spent over 10 hours on the highway.  Most of the time I was listening to Peter Biskind's book "Easy Riders and Raging Bulls".  It is all about the ushering in of the New Hollywood in the late 60's and follows it through the early to mid 80's.  I listened to it on audio book. It was awesome.  I like another one of his books as well.  It's title is "Pictures at a Revolution".  It is similar however it mainly focuses on the 5 Best Picture nominees for an Oscar in 1968.  Among them are Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, In the Heat of the Night, Look Who's Coming to Diner and Dr. Doolittle.  Both are great reads (or listens).