Uh, ya might want to rethink that intro paragraph

So I’m perusing The Boston Globe’s web site this morning and stumble upon a review of Drillbit Taylor, a movie that from the start looked destined to end up in the $1.99 bin at Wal-Mart.

Globe staffer Wesley Morris opens his review with the unsubtle line, “It’s just Owen Wilson’s second comedy since it was reported last year that he tried to end his life.” Okay. Surely a review of an Owen Wilson movie can’t go without at least subtly referencing his suicide attempt. It goes without saying that Owen Wilson is a talented actor, and we’re all thankful he’s around.

But really, Mr. Morris – have some taste. Look at Morris’ use of the qualifier ‘just,’ which suggests that, had it been six or seven comedies removed from Wilson’s suicide attempt, this movie might not have been a steaming turd. In all likelihood, anything that tries to rip off Superbad this blatantly – while asking Wilson to mail in his sunny, whimsical self – will be truly awful.

Read the full review here.

“There Will Be Blood” Even Better the Second Time Around

If you haven’t seen my pick for the best film of 2007, There Will Be Blood, please hurry up and see it on the big screen while you have the chance. Daniel Day Lewis’s performance is untouchable; and breakout Paul Dano does a commendable job keeping up with Lewis’s intense performance. Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood handled the haunting score, and Paul Thomas Anderson’s interpolation of Upton Sinclair’s 1927 creative nonfiction tome Oil! is riveting.

I’ve seen it twice already. At that price, I could’ve owned the movie on DVD – but honestly, its just that good.