American Hustle

If you're anything like me, American Hustle is not the movie you were expecting.

That's not to say it's a bad movie. It's actually quite a good movie with a great cast and a pretty engaging story.

The trouble is, it's billed as basically Ocean's Eleven but set in the 70s. Woooooah, look out, Christian Bale is wearing a hairpiece. Wooooooah, Bradley Cooper has a perm. Lololol.

The reality is that it's closer to a flick called The Bank Job that was released a couple years back. But seeing as nobody actually remembers that movie, this was kind of a dumb point to make.

The Great Gatsby: DVD release

First things first, I have a confession to make: I've never read F. Scott Fitzgerald's seminal book. Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby was the first time I'd experienced the whole story.

I know, right?

That's not to say I didn't know the narrative or the characters almost intimately. But it's one thing to be told about something, and another to experience it for yourself. And seeing Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, and Tom and Daisy Buchanan in glorious 3D was like meeting your friend's friends at an insane party.

"So...How do you know Sanjay?"
"Oh, you're a wanted bootlegger. Cool, cool"

For those of you like me who have never read the book, but also missed out on seeing the theatrical release, The Great Gatsby has been released in the last week.