The Italian Job is not the best heist movie with Jason Statham, that would be Snatch. It's not as good as Ocean's Eleven with George Clooney either.

One thing that it is though is an excellent commercial for the Mini Cooper.

It's a good movie, good action, good direction. 'Nuff said.

The Twenty-Fifth Hour is a good movie as well. A bit slow, but with fine performances from all involved. It seems that the last two days were Ed Norton days for me. Also Anna Paquin is hot.

A certain person got me the Incredible Hulk Returns and Trial of the Incredible Hulk DVD two disc set for my birthday, and I was watching the Return yesterday. Did no one who was involved with that call the writer/director on the fact that the writing and directing on the film are horrible? As a director, Nicholas Corea seems to have real trouble framing an image. As a writer he's marginally worse than Stan Lee's early days. I kept expecting Bruce Banner to defeat Thor using the mighty power of leverage or a Judo throw. The dynamic between Thor and Donald Blake doesn't make much sense either, why doesn't Thor stay outside the hammer all the time? Is he some kind of Norse Genie?

Luckily, The Trial of the Incredible Hulk is much better. Who can forget Kingpin's flying car at the end? Or the wonderful way that they do Daredevil's senses, or his wonderful ninja costume?