DOO, DOO, DOODOODOO, deedleedleedleDOODOODOO (heh, hard to type out 'Iron Man')

Iron Man, with Robert Downey Jr, Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jeff Bridges. And a nice up and coming Arab actor, Faran Tahir. So, uh. Go see it. Right now. Downey is the perfect Tony Stark, there's a tiny Hulk cameo, plenty of other easter eggs through the end of the credits, action, a plot based on character development of the best kinds (ie, awesomeness coming from personal effort, or finding purpose through proper identification, etc), touches of hopeless-romantic, a narrative laced with echoing motifs, and heroics. Just. Yowza.

Wait, they're going to get even bigger?! Awesome. (brings back that old fear of Archie.....)

Have I mentioned how much I love Nike commercials? (nsfw peripheral ads, though)

I'm surprised there's not more commentary on a plant that has flowers and berries growing from the dang middle of the leaves

The River Wild, with Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon (and I'm right, the ranger was Benjamin Bratt!). Streep is an odd kind of attractive, definitely not conventional. Actually, not a bad movie at all, but not one I'd ever go out of my way to see or even sit through, normally. It's...solid, but that's about it - the characters, unique idea, relationships, etc are all well put together. I suppose the photography in the midst of all the rapids must have been hella hard and exhausting, though, kudos on that.