Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Today's recommendation of JOY: Double Mint Edition

So I know we are in a recession and we all need to cut corners and glamorous little cookies are going to be the first to go but OMG Pepperidge Farm Chocolate Mint Milanos are AMAZING. They are about as close to Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies as you can get without actually interacting with girl scouts.
SPECIAL BONUS RECOMMENDATION:
The french movie "Tell No One." The premise of the movie is that a man's wife is killed and then eight years later he gets an email that might be from her. To say anymore would be to spoil the twists which is 90% of the fun of the movie. It had been recommended to me as "the best movie I have ever seen" which is a set up for disappointment. The fact that I still was head over heals in love with it, even with heightened expectations is a testament to its greatness. It is also the best acted movie I have ever seen. The entire ensemble just inhabits their characters completely. There is one scene in which a woman doesn't have a single line, and yet, because she is acting so well, and because the writing has done such a great job of setting it up, we know this woman's entire story. The vibe reminds me a lot of "Cache" in that everything just feels real and lived in. And because it is so real, the moments of brief gore and terror are so much more effective. I watched it with Asher and apparently I was squirming all over the place, covering my eyes, gasping, etc. I was completely entranced the entire time.

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