With Netflix’s prices going up, it’s nice to have a respite from the company that started all the trouble originally and is now in a huge financial crisis…Blockbuster.  On Sundays in July, the videos that are usually $1.99 or less, are reduced to $0.49.  It’s a great deal that allows you to feel more inclined to watch those movies that you didn’t want to pay full price for at the theater or even spend $1.99 on.  For example: Red Riding Hood and The Dilemma…
    I loved Big Love, and I liked Amanda Seyfried’s character in the show, so I followed her to Mama Mia!, and Dear John just to name a couple.  However, last Sunday, I decided to follow her and Gary Oldman to Red Riding Hood and now my significant other has banned me from choosing movies…even if they only cost $0.49.  It was that bad.  It was long.  It was cheesy.  It needed to stop.  Thank goodness I was able to multi-task while watching it, otherwise it would have been a total waste of 2 hours of my life that I can never get back.  
    Then, because that wasn’t bad enough, I popped in The Dilemma…and it was truly a dilemma…do I really have to watch this movie?  How is it possible that the only woman allowed to play me in my movie (Winona Ryder), could choose to act in such a terrible film?  I was distraught.  Vince Vaughn films are usually neutral…everyone likes them.  Not this one.  Keep your $0.49…two quarters will serve you better in a parking meter.
    Now onto the films not chosen by me: Red and The Next Three Days.
    Red: Wonderful.  I loved it.  Amazing cast: Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker (who only likes the wild side now), John Malkovich (who is brilliant, particularly with the pink pig), Morgan Freeman (no need for words although I will mention that his presence adds elegance to any scene), Richard Dreyfuss (it’s Richard!), Brian Cox (who is smooth and truly a hidden treasure in this film) and then there’s Helen Mirren (she can watch my back anytime…she was witty, smart and just kickass!).
    The Next Three Days: It was good.  Russell Crowe’s acting is always superb.  Elizabeth Banks is also good (and recently spotted by moi at the Tim Burton exhibit).  
    The point is go check out Blockbuster on Sundays in July!  This deal gets 4 Malkovich pink pigs!