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Earlier this week*, Bonnie and I went to see Zombieland. We were probably the last zombie fans on the whole planet to go see it, but if you like zombies and somehow haven't seen this movie yet, then just go! I dare not say more, as I hate giving out spoilers – even hidden ones, as these tend to show up in some feeds and viewers. I will warn that this film belongs to the "comedy," "fast zombies," "fearless zombie-slayers," and "infected" subgenres of zombie cinema, which might make it unappealing to prunish conservatives who don't believe that zombies should be funny or scary-fast, don't count insane plague victims as "zombies," and don't like to see humans win. On the other hand, if you like Left 4 Dead, you pretty much have to see this film (and look carefully at that auto-shotty . . .).

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* I didn't post about this right away because . . . well, because I was forgetful or something.

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Remember how when I was blathering about Burn After Reading, I said that I don't generally go on about movies? Well, I'm about to do it twice in one month . . .

I'm slowly catching up with my backlog of 2007 and 2008 movies-to-see. Okay, to be honest, I know that I'll never actually catch up. They keep making new movies, I keep getting distracted, and I have a pile of DVDs that I haven't even watched yet. But I'm trying!

Tonight I finally watched Juno (Jason Reitman, 2007). It is possibly the best movie I've seen in 2009. It butts right onto my Top 20 list, and maybe my Top 10. This isn't because of its story, really, or its dialog – not that those were in any way bad – but because it's possibly the best-cast movie I've ever seen, and every single cast member does incredible things with her or his part. If you like movies that are 99% about the quirky characters walking around being quirky, but you don't like them to be so quirky that they're unbelievable, then you might want to check out this movie.

Other random things that amuse me about this film:

Ellen Page is from my home town, and where I lived for the first 23 years of my life: Halifax, Nova Scotia. How cool is that?
Juno and Burn After Reading, in addition to being the only two movies to get me blabbing in this blog since I started it, share an actor: J.K. Simmons. I was indifferent to him as J. Jonah Jameson, but his roles in both of these films were memorable.
The soundtrack pretty much owns.

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While I like movies, I rarely go on about them . . . but if you haven't seen Burn After Reading (Coen Bros., 2008), you might want to check it out. It's truly mental. Don't let the rather disconnected start throw you off; it all makes sense in the end. Actually, it makes no sense, but at the end, at least you know why. If that isn't enough of a reason to see it: It has George Clooney, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, and Tilda Swinton, all of whom I regard as brilliant.

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