Four Movies, Slouching Toward Bethlehem

Catch and Release: 1 star. Boooooring.

Breaking and Entering: 3 stars. I really enjoy its script. The dialog between Jude Law and Robin Wright Penn is amazing stuff. I suspect that the film won't work for a lot of people, but I so enjoyed seeing a very different kind of relationship breakdown than is usually trotted out in this kind of film.

A Crude Awakening: 2 stars. The category of "Peak Oil" documentary needs to get out of 101 territory.

Land of the Blind: 2.5 stars. I enjoyed this film, while being well-aware of its flaws. It's cartoonish and over-the-top, but I enjoyed its literate script. I'm a bit suspicious of films that seem to say, as this one does, that it doesn't matter what you do to try to change the system -- every replacement system is just going to be as bad.

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Dear Bush and company,

Have a look at this:

The teenage pregnancy rate in Canada has hit an all-time low and the teen abortion rate has fallen to its lowest level in more than a decade, according to a new report.

The number of unwanted pregnancies among adolescents and young adults has fallen principally because they are using birth control, said Alex McKay, research co-ordinator at the Sex Information and Education Council of Canada, and author of the study.

"It's due to greater contraceptive use, not teens having less sex," he said.

Just sayin'.

(The article does go on to say that we're not doing as good a job as we should regarding STD education, though).