And my childhood crush wrote the script!! (I know it says co-written by Ben, but I'm pretty sure Aaron did the heavy lifting.)

Ben's movie has gotten surprisingly good reviews. At least that I've seen.

They note particularly the performances he gets from his actors (which you would expect from an actor-turned-director), but also that it's well paced and directed.

I *so* want to go to that. go on, pretend you're suprised. But I love it when Ben(and Matt) get all Boston. But I live in the land of no ethnicity, so I want all the stuff my grandparents fled here from.

Also, am fucked up enough to consider Zodiac as mom-daughter bonding. Suddenly, my lack of childhood slumber parties is not exactly Shock Theater, huh?

Huh. I didn't know the Stephen King short story "The Mist" was turned into a movie. I remember thinking when I read it that it'd make a great flick. Anyway, it opens in about a month. You can see a preview here (I think): [link]

Looks awesome.

Is Mist the one (won't play for me) where someone gets pulled through the slats in the floating platform? Don't remember any narrative, but it sure was freakout material.

Is Mist the one (won't play for me) where someone gets pulled through the slats in the floating platform?

Ooh, I know the story you're talking about! That ending was burned into my brain. Nope, that's not it. It's the one with the people trapped in the grocery store. There's weird monsters from another dimension out in the mist. And the rest writes itself (if the writer happens to be Stephen King).

eta: I think both of these stories were in the same book of SK short stories.

Also, anyone seen Fido?

Welcome to Willard, a small town lost in the idyllic world of the 50s, where the sun shines every day, everybody knows their neighbor, and rotting zombies deliver the mail. Years ago, the earth passed through a cloud of space dust, causing the dead to rise with a craving for human flesh. A war began, pitting the living against the dead. In the ensuing revolution, a corporation was born: ZomCon, who defeated the legions of undead, and domesticated the zombies, making them our industrial workers, our domestic servants--a productive part of society. ZomCon would like the people of Willard to believe they have everything under control--but do they?

more: [link]

It's the midnight movie at a place near me. (Musicbox)

Also, anyone seen Fido?

No, but it's playing at the Red Vic (in my neighborhood) this week.

FIDO has Billy Connelly as the title charceter (a zombie, natch). I heard it was a fun moive, but it only played here for a week, so I never got to it.