ATL 12/31/07 - Happy New Year

Didn't work on the wayback machine project for Dad this weekend, so here's a pic of me and S. hard at work setting up for this year's company Christmas party group photo. Sharing most every aspect of my life with S. gives me one more reason to celebrate a Happy New Year!

MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/WEB/WEB NEWS

MOVIE NEWS - Nothing new...just want to see as many great, new films as I can before the Oscar nomination announcements on January 28th!

SEEN IT..
Sweeney Todd - Blood - buckets, music - singing!
No Country for Old Men - Blood - unrelenting, music - haunting score
Hairspray - Blood - blushing cheeks, music - singing!

NOT YET...
There will be Blood - Blood - in the title, music - unknown
American Gangster - Blood - gang violence, music - unknown
Eastern Promises - Blood - in a steam room?, music - unknown
The Great Debaters - Blood - none, music - unknown
Michael Clayton - Blood - none?, music - unknown
Juno - Blood - ewww, pregnancy?, music - unknown
Charlie Wilson's War - Double feature with "Kite Runner"?
Across the Universe - Blood - unknown, music - loads

ART NEWS - Okay, so the movies they screen at CINEPROV really aren't "art", but I think that any creation that elicits a response from a crowd is a good thing.

This is a live, MST3000 movie group that meets on Fridays and watches/heckles bad movies...call me if you want to go!

LOCAL NEWS - Compound (in "Westside" or "Westown") is closing; a new nightclub is to be rebuilt on that property. Vision II is also planning on opening, across Peachtree Street from the old location. ajc

...and in drought news, the big debate in the ajc seems to be "was 2007 the driest year or not?" To me, it's a moot point; driest or not, it's obvious we used more water than we received and "driest" or not, it's a wake-up call for Atlanta.

NATIONAL NEWS -By now, Britney's impending Aunt-hood is old news; I loved the ancillary damage that the publication of her Mom's book on parenting is on hold. 'It's like Jeffrey Dahmer writing a cookbook...'

FRENCH NEWS - Bonne Anee!

WEB NEWS -Nothing special this week, although I do love going to boxofficemojo occasionally to gauge the level of interest Americans are showing in current movies.