My wife and I are definitely planning on attending - I'd love to get a group together to go eat, then watch the movie or vice/versa... So if you want to go with us, email me and let's work out the details!! ASAP!!!
You can buy your ticktets online (for the Austin, TX showing on Ocober 9th) here.
Here's what the Dobie has on their website:
This first-of-its-kind feature rockumentary reveals a terrifying secret: There are more slaves today than ever before in human history. Call + Response goes deep undercover where slavery is thriving. From the child brothels of Cambodia to the slave brick kilns of rural India, slave traders made more money in 2007 than Google, Nike and Starbucks combined. First-hand accounts from luminaries like Cornel West, Julia Ormond, Madeleine Albright, Daryl Hannah, Ashley Judd, Nicholas Kristof and others provide the backdrop for a 21st century nightmare. Grammy-winning and critically acclaimed artists including Moby, Natasha Bedingfield, Cold War Kids, Matisyahu, Imogen Heap, Talib Kweli, Five For Fighting, Switchfoot, members of Nickel Creek, Rocco Deluca and others perform live creating this century's first abolitionist songs.
This weekend the fam was out of town so I went to see Traitor starring Don Cheadle. I am a pretty big fan of his work and he didn't dissapoint. The movie is really great... The action is non-stop, the dialogue is sharp and witty and the acting is really well done.
I particularly liked the interaction between Cheadle's Muslim character, Samir, and FBI agent Roy Clayton played by Guy Pearce. Roy's from a family of Baptist ministers and has some really insightful thoughts on Muslim extremists... He also provides some really great one liners!
Some movies aren't just good - they mess you up. This is one of those movies...
"In just one hundred spring days, a million Rwandan Tutsis were massacred by their fellow Hutu countrymen and a small African country was turned into a charnel house. The barbarity was beyond imagination. But not beyond prevention. The UN was there, watching. Watching but not acting.
And at the heart of it all a British priest and his young acolyte were forced to confront the depths of their faith, the limits of their courage and, ultimately, to make a choice. To remain with their people or to run away."
The acting is incredible, and it's actually filmed in Rwanda. Watch it sometime, just be careful. It might actually change you...
Anthony Hopkins plays Burt Munro, a Kiwi with the dream of breaking the speed record on his 1923 vintage Indian. The World's Fastest Indian is a great little movie. Hopkins does an amazing job playing the eccentric and charming Munro. This is actually a true story too... Munro travels all the way across the world to America in his seventies (with a heart problem) to break the record at the Salt Flats during speed week. With everything stacked against him, he perseveres. It's really an amazing story and a powerful film. If you need some inspiration, rent it!
...but I can't wait for this freakin movie to come out!! Ping-Pong Nerds Unite!!!
Over the weekend, I rented Black Snake Moan. Basically, I was out of options at the store...lol I'd also seen a preview, and I love Samuel L. Jackson, so I figured, why not. I was sooo surprised by this movie! (and in a good way)
I think most of us want happy endings in life. However, the truth is that things are never as easy or as simple as we want them to be. Changed lives are usually messy and when we really see God's power in redemption, it often looks like nothing we'd ever expect or believe. Most of us give up too quick. Very few of us ever actually get involved. Like the Levite and the Priest we walk right by... But what if the Good Samaritan story was told in our culture's language? ...well it might look a lot like Black Snake Moan!
Here's the IMDB plot outline:
A God-fearing bluesman (Jackson) takes to a wild young woman (Ricci) who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, looks everywhere for love, never quite finding it.
Jackson's character is amazing. He's struggling with all kinds of issues and yet somehow does the right thing. Ricci is every guy's worst nightmare - and yet, through the film she finds faith, hope, and love. There is also a great "preacher" role... Not the typical Southern Black preacher, but a real guy living a missional lifestyle! Rent it sometime - just understand...it's messy!
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