Henry and Hustle and Flow
For date night last night Alexis and I were going to go see the syrupy sweet “Must Love Dogs”. I like Diane Lane and especially John Cusack, but I hadn’t heard anything good about the movie. Luckily, we were going to the over-commercial but often-surprisingly-independent AMC Bay Street in Emeryville and at the last minute decided to see John Singleton’s “other” film, “Hustle & Flow” (I call it his “other” film because he was actually the producer on H&F, while his latest big-budget “Four Brothers” also opened this weekend). This was a very good movie and I’m happy we made the switch.
The only actual press I’d seen on the film so far though was on my favorite new movie show, “Rollins Film Corner”, where Henry Rollins (yes, singer/poet/actor/general badass Henry Rollins) pretty much assaults the camera every week with his opinions on film and sometimes culture and interviews some of the more interesting but less celebrated names in Hollywood: Crispin Glover, Michael Madsen, Rob Zombie). You can catch Rollins’ diatribes on Friday nights on IFC, during their Indie Fridays. Henry’s show usually bookends a fantastic small film on the late end, with the always great “Dinner For Five” starting off the set.
So check them out. Hustle and Flow is one of the better movies I’ve seen this year; great story and fantastic acting.
