MOVIES

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I have watched three really nifty videos this weekend: Brokeback Mountain, Capote and Ray. All three were worth my time, effort and dollars.

Brokeback Mountain is terrific. I didn't think I'd like it, but it was a really good story about love and relationships -- the homosexual issue was just an interesting facet. I highly recommend it.

Capote is slow-moving but worth it just to see the performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman. His portrayal of Truman Capote is amazing. If you're not old enough to have seen Capote himself (he was a regular on Johnny Carson's Tonight show), you probably won't have enough of a frame of reference for the brilliance of this performance. The storyline, however, is interesting from another standpoint, and that's the relationship Capote forged with Perry Smith while he was imprisoned for his part in the murder of the Clutter family in Kansas -- and about which Capote wrote his non-fiction best seller, In Cold Blood.

Ray is a wonderful film about Ray Charles and his life and music. You won't think of Jamie Foxx as just a comedian after seeing this movie.

Time well spent.

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