My stock answer is “Good” “Canadian” and “movies” in the same sentence is an oxymoron. Yes, including Egoyan and Cronenberg.

Trigger was good. It was a quiet, thoughtful story of two people, in this case women friends, who had been through hell together, parted, and reunited ten years later. Molly Parker, of unknown sexual orientation in the film, and the late Tracey Wright of the lesbian persuasion,(she could have persuaded me ), are pitch perfect. There is no female hysteria, “no I am having my period,” “ I always loved you but couldn’t tell you” kind of crap.

There is also no “looking back in nostalgia at our moment in the sun” garbage. This is the story of the ebb and flow of all of our lives in one way or another. Highs, lows, confidence, lack of confidence, get on with it stuff, not in a dreary way either but with laughter and love and tears.

If you are looking for the meaning of life, this will help. If you are looking for lots of sturm und drung ( aka bang bang , crash, smash of cars, guns, people) this is not for you. Guess that leaves out most of the straight men reading this ( luckily, there won’t be many.) Enjoy

I loved Easy A. It is so post-Obama. It talked about gay stigma and how it is not okay; condoms and how they are okay ( teachers even give them out ); about the silliness of the right wing religious agenda. It teaches that being unique, “different”, individualistic is great.

I liked not only the youth in the film but also the adults who are portrayed as less than perfect role models but not as cartoons either. Adults are people too- imagine.

It was funny, sharp, fast moving, full of bright dialogue.

This film would never have reached the screen under the Bush era.

I liked it and recommend that you encourage youth you know to see it.

Dame Velveeta Peron

Dear Readers,

Still out in the wilds of Kenora.  No further wild life spotted.  Painted toenails blue to pass the time in desperation, I watched "Flags of Our Fathers" by Clint Eastwood.  Compared to "Saving Private Ryan" this is a gem at least there is some semblance of reality to it.  I also like the fact that Eastwood did not sugarcoat the racism against the "Indian" in the film he also was honest about the willingness of the Americans to use any emotional  (triggers so to speak and trickery) to get money for the war effort overall really not a bad film.  Best seen after the "Companion" film he made from the Japanese side "Sands of Iwo Jima" that is a real classic.  Returning to civilization tomorrow night

Yours truly,
Dame Velveeta Peron