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Alright,here, if you choose to accept it, is a mission of probably impossible demands. Don't feel bad if you can't answer this, but I swear I saw this movie and having just seen SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE it reminded me of a flick I saw way back in the Sixties (yeah I remember them; sans drugs). It happens in South America and I'm inclined to think it was Brazil although I may be wrong. A very poor kid gets a winning ticket for a horse race (I think - could've been the lottery) and loses it and spends the rest of the movie trying to get it back. I won't spoil it for you by telling you whether he gets the ticket in the end, but I thought it was a better movie than Slumdog and I suddenly got a hankering to see it again. I don't think there were subtitles, but couldn't be sure as I was extremely young and I'm not sure I could read. Thanks for this. Even if you can't answer the question, every day I miss you guys.

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Randy & Meg, I was of two minds on Gran Torino. At first, I thought that Eastwood’s character was unrealistically abrasive, so much that his Vietnamese neighbors would never have had anything to do with him under any circumstances. But as the film went on, I found myself getting more interested and curious about where the story was going. In the end, to me it wasn’t as good as Unforgiven or Million Dollar Baby, but it’s certainly a serious attempt at a complicated story. I don’t know if it will turn out to be his last screen appearance. I hope it’s not because he has generally made such smart decisions. If he decides to act again, it will probably be a well written character. For a really good horror movie, check out Let the Right One In—best vampire movie since 30 Days of Night, but in a very different way.

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Hiya Randy, I've been looking forward to "GT" & love Clint Eastwood! My fav "Dirty Harry" movie is "Magnum Force"--fantastic!! Been busy here but will try and check in more often. Looking forward to the latest batch of horror flicks. BTW, "REC or Quarrantine?" hope this works. Meg

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Mike, I saw Gran Torino and I have looked and did not see a review from you. Did you like it? I found it predictable but not a bad predictable. I like how the relationships formed and evolved. Even the one between Eastwood and his son. Some say this was Eastwoods' swan song, you think so?

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Randy, Yes, “The Forgotten,” a title that defines itself. I was happily surprised by the restrained use of 3-D in Pixar’s “Up.” There’s a lot of vertiginous aerial stuff and the 3-D enhances that, but they don’t have a lot of things jumping out of the screen at you, and I was thankful for that. (By the way, for my money, “Up” is the best Pixar since “The Incredibles.”) Judging by the previews I’ve seen recently, we’re in for a flood of 3-D. I haven’t seen any of them on DVD yet, so I can’t say anything on that. Another “that guy” character actor is Luis Guzman. He’s fine in a too-small role in the new “Taking of Pelham 123.”

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Mike, I am sure you have looked up the Julianne Moore movie but it is The Forgotten. And, if I am not mistaken, Anthony Edwards was in that, too. Boy, that one was different. I enjoy Asia's movies. But some are certainly out there. She can split those parts well, however. The mainstream, like The Keeper and Land of the Dead. Then some of her Italian themed ones. I have seen a couple on IFC. We were trying to think of a Tony Soprano/Gandolfini sort of type cast and right off the top of our heads we thought of Larry Hagman/JR. Any others you can think of? Finally, I wonder what you think of the latest rash of 3D movies. I haven't seen any, yet. However, the new Ice Age might be the first. Or if anyone else has seen the newer 3D movies, what do you think, too?

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Randy, I’ve never understood why Jennifer Esposito isn’t a star, but she seems to have been stuck in supporting roles. Monica Potter looks like Julia Roberts. I think Julianne Moore is now a star, no question, and she continues to make odd choices—that goofy horror movie where people were forgetting other people who had died (can’t remember the title), and “Blindness” last year—and really smart choices like “Children of Men.” I think Asia Argento is simply too far out there ever to be a mainstream star. (That tattoo?!?) And Gandolfini is certainly a star, though I doubt he’ll ever find a role that equals Tony S.