Today I watched Inside Man, my first Spike Lee joint since She’s Gotta Have It (1986) and, even more surprisingly, my first Denzel Washington ever. It’s swell. My housemate said after the opening shot, “Clive Owen is so great I’ll even watch him doing an American accent.”
I also watched an hour of Vermilion Pleasure Night, a Japanese cult tv show. Um. Imagine the most annoying of SNL’s recurring bits all strung together . . . .
“and, even more surprisingly, my first Denzel Washington ever.”
Although a bit preachy, I’d recommend Glory quite a bit (an ensemble film, to be sure, and a fine one).