Thighs Wide Shut

Smashed
Post Drunk Love
Official Website | Trailers & Mo
R | 85 min

Mary Elizabeth Winstead is adorable.  This is a general statement, and has nothing to do with James Ponsoldt‘s Smashed.  In Smashed, MEW is a school teacher by day, and an alcoholic by night AND day.  One day she vomits in front of her students.  Then she tells the students that she’s preggers as a cover, and realizes she has a problem, a BIG problem, BUT HER PROBLEMS ARE JUST GETTING STARTED, but maybe her problems are just getting started to getting solveded!!!!  Her husband is also a drunkard, and is played by Aaron Paul, who had to stretch real hard to play someone who’s really fcuked up.  Supporting MEW are TV players and real-life hubby-wife duo – Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally.  Offerman sports a mustache and speaks softy, like he does on TV.  Mullally speaks cheerfully and endlessly, like she does on TV.  Octavia Spencer shows up too, cause some movie needed to hire her after winning an Oscar.  It’s actually kinda sad, cause what kinda roles is Spencer gonna get?  Endless supporting ones?  Someone make a movie for this woman!  Anywho, this movie is MEW’s movie, and she egggggcellently carries what’s barely there to a predictable, yet satisfying finish.  Bottom’s up, while bottoming out! MEW!!!

MEW has the best eyes ever.  maybe.  really.  probably

Verdictgo: Jeepers Worth A Peepers

take a sip of Smashed in limited release

and until next thyme the balcony is clothed…

Travis is one of the most unappreciated bands going, which makes their frontman Fran Healy the most unappreciated frontman going, which means that most people are missing out BIG TIME on a whole lot of fun and lovely music.  Their/your loss!  You can keep yer Thoms & Radioheads and Chrises & Coldplays, cause we’d rather have our Frans & Travises and their awesomenessness!  Heck, seeing Fran and axe-man Andy Dunlop present a stripped down version of classic Travis ditties resulted in the 3rd greatest concert we had ever seen!!  So what would happen if you remove Andy and just let Fran go it alone?  The answer is his first solo joint, Wreckorder, and while it may not be the 3rd greatest album of all time, it’s equally as delicious and head-bobbin as any Travis album!  Out of the 10 cushy songs, 8 are udderly franztastic (much love to and for ‘Buttercups’ & the Neko Case duet on ‘Sing Me To Sleep’), with 2 being less than memorable.  We’re no mathmagician, but 8 outta 10 is purty dangs good, no? And having Paul McCartney play bass on one of yer songs aint bad, right?  Fran, please never stop, even if the world ignores your bestness.  And oh yeah, if yer reading this, get the boys together and put out a covers only album, PLEASE!!!  Hit me baby a million more times!!!