I've caught a few movies over the past few days (catching up), and thought I'd share them with you.

The first one was Eulogy, which is a very entertaining story of a family coming together after their father's death. It's surprisingly full of big names like Hank Azaria, Rip Torn, and Ray Romano. It wasn't the be-all and end-all of films, but definitely worth the hour and a half run time.

A couple of days later, Kirsten and I watched The Corporation, which was an amazingly well-produced documentary about corporate encroachment on American (and world) society. Henry Faber, the lead designer for the film, is my new personal god.

Finally, on Wednesday, I attended a free screening of Kung Fu Hustle, by the director of Shaolin Soccer. I'd actually seen it already, but it was way better on the big screen. Director Stephen Chow obviously has a love for those cheesy kung fu movies and film in general, and he sends them up in this movie. He readily satirizes some of the more popular films of late, such as Gangs of New York and the Matrix series (which is ironically funny, considering the action choreogpraphy is done by none other than Woo-ping Yuen (also known as Yuen Wo Ping, the fight choreographer for all the Matrix movies, the Kill Bill movies, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. What makes the film lovable is its cartoony nature. Chow makes full use of CGI to ham up the movie. But he also knows when not to use the CG, such as in the fight with the blind musicians (one of the most beautiful 'fight' scenes I have ever seen. And not beautiful in terms of the fighting skills, but rather in the cinematography). It's truly one of the most entertaining movies I've seen in awhile.