The first bite draws blood. Blood draws the pack.

Piranha 3D embraces its exploitation roots with buckets of gore, plenty of nudity, and the gimmick of 3-D. Seriously, of the recent spat of 3-D films, this is the one smart enough to know that it is best used as cinematic exclamation points. The strong cast is in on the joke and plays it straight. Not only do we have Elizabeth Shue playing one heck of a foxy MILF sheriff, but we’ve got Ving Rhames as her deputy, Jerry O’Connell as the Girls Gone Wild wannabe scumbag, Richard Dreyfuss reprising his role from Jaws (seriously, if you don’t smile the instant you see him on screen, you’re not a true movie geek), and Christopher Lloyd as the exposition-spouting pet store owner who just happens to have a handy piranha fossil in his office. Nobody does a data dump like Christopher Lloyd. He chews up the scenery the way the piranha chew up flesh. Highly recommended so long as you have the stomach for it.

Lawrence of Arabia Screening

On Thursday September 2nd, the Ambler Theater is screening Lawrence of Arabia, a film that demands to be seen in the theater on a big screen. My first viewing was during the theatrical run of the fully restored version in 1992, and the film was projected in glorious 70 mm. This showing will be 35 mm but still better than most home theaters.

Welcome to my Nutshell

The title of my blog comes from Shakespeare's "Hamlet."

How pretentious of me.

The full quote is: "I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space," and I think that describes the desire to blog. . Here I am King. Outside of this little corner of cyberspace, not so much. But here, I rule, so I'll post various ramblings on a variety of subjects. Will it be interesting? Maybe. Am I merely another voice shouting in the wilderness? Most likely. So take my hand loyal reader and let's hope for the best.