no "one-click" for you, chappie!

Hey, news-flash: US Amazon's One-Click shopping requires a credit card with a US-domestic billing address. Purchases from Amazon's MP3 store can only be made via One-Click. I do not have a card with a US billing address; hence, I do not have access to Amazon's MP3 store.

I am distinctly not enjoying the direction the internet-as-marketplace has been taking this past couple years.

i must see this. soon.

Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat:

From there we meet the other players in the game and it’s basically a cavalcade of comedy stars including Dennis Farina, Jason Alexander, Cheryl Hines, David Cross, Gabe Kaplan, Chris Parnel, Werner Herzog and Richard Kind. Quite a cast. Add to that, each actor is improvising their lines and working off an outline they’ve embellished and you get so much information thrown at you, it can be hard to keep up. I kept asking myself…is it possible a movie can be too funny? That’s not gushing praise, in fact it’s kind of the weak point of the film. “The Grand” starts off in fourth gear and doesn’t stop until the final poker showdown which is as intense as any you’ll see on TV. Why? Because director Penn wrote the outline with an open ending because the players were really playing. It’s a cool idea and a nice twist to put on an already well improvised film.

While you automatically would think Faro would win it all and save his casino, that may or may not happen (I ain’t telling you who wins) because the final table is really being played. What’s even cooler about that is all the players are playing the game in character and by the time we’re in the final showdown, the audience has a pretty good handle on what each player is like. I found myself rooting for some and hoping others would lose. If you understand poker even a little bit, you’ll get a kick out of the final sequence.

because I am occasionally meaninglessly cruel