This Weekend's Theme: Royalty

First, we finally got The Queen off of our DVR. It was a really good movie. It's an interesting look at the aftermath of Princess Diana's death, specifically the dealings between Tony Blair and the Queen. I was worried it would be dull, but it wasn't - it was really fascinating. Definitely worth checking out.

We caught a sneak preview of The Kingdom and it was excellent. Yes, that's right, excellent in bold. And this was in spite of the fact that it stars probably the two most vile, despicable men on the planet - Jamie Foxx and Jeremy Piven. Unfortunately - spoiler alert - Piven doesn't get beheaded. Luckily, they are balanced out by Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, and Jason Bateman (WTF?). And actually Jamie Foxx was completely tolerable. (I bet that phrase doesn't appear in any other review of the movie. But that's a glowing review from me - "completely tolerable".)

An interesting plot leads to the most incredible, incredible, incredible action sequence - car chases, car crashes, explosions, gunfire, hand-to-hand combat, more gunfire. Really an amazing sequence that had the audience cheering. The director had an interesting way of showing both sides of the conflict - things would happen to both sides at the same time. There was also plenty of comic relief so that it wasn't a total downer. It's just really good and a must-see film.