Movie: Crash

TV for the big screen. Some great performances, a few gems of
scenes, but all shrink-wrapped to phoney formula. You feel the
buttons being pushed and feel that the scenes themselves thrill to no
consequence--it's a hit and run by the filmmakers. Nothing
breakthrough, nothing true. Pretty forgettable, Oscar
notwithstanding. A Christmas Carol meets LA.

candle thoughts

I can't hold a candle to you. It'd burn your hair.

A woman reading "US" magazine in the subway. Poring over pictures of
downy pears beading with condensation, she a melting candle.

Movie: Six Shooter

So this short film, which won the Oscar, is the best the world can
do? A good actor pitted against a bad actor in a script that...what
can I say, is just hollywood writ small. No life, no relevance, no
mystery, humor that misses, a few gags. Just some phoney crap by a
for some reason "celebrated" playwright cutting his teeth in the
typical slighting way on the movies. the best the world can do...
well that leaves some room for improvement at least.