Ryan McNeil
Confession: I’m finding it hard to concentrate on movies lately. I’m a Red Sox fan, so it feels like every spare moment is spent wondering if I might be witness to another World Series championship. Not only that, but game nights are automatic ‘don’t make plans’. So while there are easily half a dozen films playing in theatres right now that I’d love to go see, I find myself sitting on the couch, remote in one hand, beer in the other for fourth night out of six.
It’s only the baseball playoffs where I find myself so conflicted. Hockey and basketball both go to playoffs in the spring – hardly the time of year for good cinema. But in October, especially if a team I love (Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, L.A. Dodgers) starts making a playoff run, I start to hum and haw over whether I want to go home and watch game three, or go out and see GONE BABY GONE. The whole sad dance doesn’t stop there. Seems like everything gets back-burnered for baseball…just ask my fiancee.
Opening This Week…
CONTROL (A Film Fest favorite of mine, reviewed here)
DAN IN REAL LIFE (Carell tries to scrape the EVAN ALMIGHTY off his shoes)
RAILS & TIES (With Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden who was in MYSTIC RIVER with Kevin Bacon)
SAW IV (Maple Leafs nothing)
SLEUTH (Caine plays Olivier, Law plays Caine)