Hi there.

Sorry to get this missive to you so late on Friday but I had those three movie reviews to write yesterday. I just wish one of them would have been amazing or terrible so I could rave or rant. No one likes nuance on the Internet and saying "egh, it's good under certain conditions" just brings out all the nuts who loved or hated it. In between is not the place you want to be in the movie reviewing business but Righteous Kill, Burn After Reading, and The Women didn't leave me any room to operate. Plus Tyler Perry didn't even screen his film, and that's probably the one that will win the weekend. Confounding.

Now then, to business. I went through everyone's emails twice to make sure I found the winning quote. We had way more entries than I thought we would, and from all over. Venezuela, Canada, The UK, and Indiana were all represented - plus points in between too. I'd of shipped to any of them - but the winner was a gal named Christine from points unknown with:

"Granddaddy used to handle snakes in church.
Granny drank strychnine.
I guess you could say I had a leg up, genetically speaking."
Bobby De Niro as Max Caddy, Cape Fear

I'm a huge personal fan of the "30 seconds" quote (from Heat) and the Pacino locker room speech (from Any Given Sunday) but I had to give it up to Christine for the sheer audacity of the sentiment.

Next up on the docket, I received a couple of Changeling photos (including the one above and to the right) - and as it looks like the Oscar for Best Costume is all locked up I figured I'd include them:

This might start a whole new "brown hat revolution" - so be on the lookout for that.

Moving right along, the aforementioned Pacino and De Niro hit up Letterman to handle the top ten list. Here were the results:

#4 is my personal favorite.

Lastly, and on a more serious note: we're implementing a universe-wide boycott on Lou Lumenick. Okay, by "universe-wide" I really just mean me. And maybe Christine as I'm mailing her free DVDs. But Lou has it coming for a few reasons. Here's a list of his transgressions:

1. He hit Roger Ebert.

Actually, that's all I need. I'm not going to comb through his movie reviews to take umbrage because that seems petty. When Lou says he's sorry to Roger I will lift this personal boycott and go back to the status quo of not reading his reviews again. Until then it's war.

Next week I'm screening The Duchess, Ghost Town, and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. Life will be good. If Ebert comes I'll welcome him.

Until then please tune in to the podcast, become my friend, or simply consider new and innovative ways to make Laremy Inc. (A subsidiary of LaremyCorp) thrive. If we all work at this hard enough perhaps I'll become the new Ebert. An Ebert for this generation. An Ebert who carries a taser with him to movie screenings.

Sincerely Yours,
Laremy

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