it's film review time! first up, the house of the flying daggers, aka infernal affairs in period costume. i would give it 2 stars out of five. everyone i know thinks that it's darn funny and for a good reason too. it starts off pretty decently and then it's downhill from then on. points deducted for bad accented mandarin, draggy storyline and censoring off zhang ziyi's sex scene. you still gotta watch it for the cheoreographed dance-like fights and the dramatic deaths of various good soldiers. i hope wong kar wai has got something better up his sleeve. cannot believe they gave a standing ovation to this bore at the cannes. 25th hour, in dvd, edward norton has got to be the best actor of his generation. although his characters tend to rant a bit. this one has a good fuck the world rant- about minorities, as usual. longish film but great opening sequence showing the two beams of light shining skyward where the world trade center once stood. the girl next door, weird flick about puppy love between a student and his porn star neighbour. about as funny as mean girls. 3 1/2 stars for the hot non-r(a) action. there's a guy in the film called eli who is such a turn off i don't even wanna call myself eli anymore.

i'm watching private parts tomorrow.