Thinking Hamm.. Jon Hamm

Newsweek had an interesting article on why ladies love Jon Hamm/Don Draper.

So insanely Mad for Mad Men. My favorite t.v show at the moment. I never failed to watch every episode of the first season. Deja vu it seems cos back in early 2000, Six Feet Under was my favorite show and I never failed to watch an episode either... and now it's Mad Men.

Anyway, a few months back I blogged about my dreams of of Anderson Cooper (I know, I'm puzzled too) and I told myself.. why couldn't it have been "Don Draper" aka Jon Hamm in real life.

He he. I'm damn crushing every time.

Love and Devotion

**edit/update.. Farrah Fawcett passed away Thursday morning 25 June. (AP/yahoo).
Remember the first scene and lines from Love Story and also the the last scene? Sad day for Ryan O'Neal.
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In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving~ Nicholas Sparks

Enduring, Endearing, these words simply cannot describe the sacrifices partners of Farrah Fawcett and Patrick Swayze has had to endure.Both actors are now facing a battle with sickness both had been diagnosed with cancer. Lisa, Swayze's wife and Ryan, O'Neal, Farrah's long time love have been by their side throughout the ordeal and I think it's just worth mentioning.

We are often so jaded and cynical about relationships but there those whom we can admire the longevity of love and devotion for one another. In these trying times they're facing, we are being reminded about faith, hope and strenght

NBC recently showed video diary/ documentary of Farrah's battle with anal cancer and many have been touched but it also earned criticisim. It's been reported that she is nearing death and it must be heartbreaking for the loved ones. This post is mainly about the devotion of long time partner in the struggles faced by the ones they have devoted their life and love.

Freedom, Justice and theTruth

Maybe it's because I saw an earlier film about injustice to the 4 Irish men falsely accused of being IRA terrorist and languished in jail for 15 years (yes it only a film but it's a true to life account of locking innocent people in jail), but I do firmly believed and I have and I know and it is fact that there are really innocent suspects serving life imprisonment or even death penalty.

Lawyers and those advocating freedom of the innocent need to pursue the case. Keep digging, keep reading, keep going over and over and as many times as possible with all the evidence. You know there's bound to be inconsistencies. There might be loopholes. If one has to prove the innocence of wrongly accused convicted person, keep on going. Decades spent in prison for a crime an innocent person didn't commit should get justice

Reviews for the Spike Lee documentary

When the Levee Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. Click this HBO link for more information.

Even when Lee's subjects are calm and composed, their words cut to the bone. Along with visuals that capture all aspects of the disaster, these bitter, wounded, poignant, thoughtful, expert and often foul-mouthed voices are knitted together in a tightly edited film that manages to sustain four hours without a central narrator. (Washington Post)

Although seeds of hope are woven into this tapestry of rage, sorrow and disbelief, the inability of government at almost every level to act quickly and decisively leaves you aghast at what amounts to a collective failure of will. Some of the stories that hurt the most describe indignities suffered by ordinary New Orleanians leaving the city, like those who were turned back by armed police officers as they tried to cross a bridge into the town of Gretna. (NYTimes)

In this way, "When the Levees Broke" isn't so much investigative as impressionistic, the kind of storytelling you still get on a radio show like Ira Glass' "This American Life." But it's the accumulation of anecdote, not the rhetoric, that makes this such a valuable document. "When the Levees Broke" is like the New Orleans jazz funeral — a dirge on the way to the cemetery, an up-tempo parade in the deceased's honor on the bittersweet walk back home. (LA Times)

I'm not sure if HBO Asia will air it here but I hope they do. I've seen 9/11 docus before (haven't seen Oliver Stone's film, WTC or the film flight 93,though). I'm sure Hurricane Katrina, will resonate with emotional thug just as 9/11 documentaries.

Btw, I hope HBO Asia plan to show the Kevin Carter documentary also.

Source for many reviews from Metacritic

Thumbs Up (reviews) For The Galaxy Far Far Away

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith got a very good review from NYTimes.

"Revenge of the Sith," which had its premiere here yesterday at the Cannes International Film Festival, ranks with The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as the richest and most challenging movie in the cycle.

Anyway, nobody ever went to a "Star Wars" picture for the acting. Even as he has pushed back into the Jedi past, Mr. Lucas has been inventing the cinematic future, and the sheer beauty, energy and visual coherence of "Revenge of the Sith" is nothing short of breathtaking. Some of the most arresting moments are among the quietest - an evening at home with the Skywalkers, for example, as they brood and argue in their spacious penthouse overlooking a city skyline set aglow by the rays of the setting sun, or a descent into the steep, terraced jungle landscape of the Wookiee planet. Read more

The Washington Post Review: Sith: A Promise Fulfilled, echoes the same sentiments as well.

I'm hoping to see the film this weekend. Opening day tomorrow or tonight. I'm not sure but it's this week. Hmm, I wonder are the Siths. I wanna know. Yeah, gotta watch the movie.

A Telling Documentary

So I watched Bowling for Columbine (links below) earlier. Michael Moore, the anti Bush film maker, featured a lot of the guns that easily available on the streets, the net, anywhere actually. Of course who could forget the tragedy that Columbine(high school) suffered. It was the place where those gun toting teenagers riddled bullets everywhere killing a lot the students. More than the guns, He also high lighted the fact that whenever there's a crime, whatever level of it maybe, it would always be the black men who gets the blame and is incarcerated. He cited some samples in the film. He also featured, the panicked that people dealth with because of the Y2K scare and he mainly(and I think that it is what he was trying to point out) presented that because of the way the government handled the situation, they somehow created a picture of doom come the Y2K event..which of course nothing happened..duh. But basically, the main focal point of the film is what really ails America's society that really pushes them to brink of social disintegration.

I can't really critique the film. Just saw parts of it and it was good. But I still don't like the film maker!