Mary Milan and I have waged war against our Netflix queue. Instead of letting the DVDs sit and gather dust on top of our TV we’ve decided to do a novel thing and actually watch them.

As a consequence, my service to the public to keep a copy of Sideways out of Netflix circulation has sadly ended as we finally experienced how overrated that film truly was. At times, Payne glimpses the satirical fluency he showed in Election and Citizen Ruth (Miles going back to retrieve Wings’ wallet, for example), but at its core, Sideways just isn’t particularly deep, resembling an afterschool special for oneophiles (er…aftertasting special?).

Tonight, we saw Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. If you’re one of those people who have trouble getting mad and you’re in therapy to access your anger, save that money you’re paying your therapist and go see this movie. As always, the cinetrix does the heavy lifting; she has very lucid write up of the documentary which you should read.

This is what Mary Milan, a devout atheist, had to say, “Man, I wish I believed in God - and the Catholic God at that - because if I did, I would believe that those bitches would burn in hell for the rest of time. I may not be good enough to ever go to heaven but they’d certainly go to hell.”

I said, “Yeah. Why the hell wasn’t there a public lynching? I don’t believe in the death penalty but man, I’d show up at the old town square with a torch and shit.”

A movie that’s powerful enough to make you want to change some of your core beliefs, just for a moment?

That’s hot.

“EEEYAAAAOOWOOWRRRL!!”

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