Two small movies

These are both instant downloads if you do the Amazon thing or have a Roku player, the small english muffin sized purple amazing device.

"Take Me Home"  A true indie movie, no stars but several of the players are related, obviously made on a budget but truly made well.  Two out-of-sorts people taking a long road trip, get kind of connected, sort of share a little of their lives, almost like each other at the end.  Yes, it sounds vague. It is in the beginning, isn't in the end but I don't want to give too much away.  The guy drives a renegade cab, the woman gets into it and wants to go from NYC to California.  All that time in a cab, well you can predict what happens. Except it doesn't.  It's charming (which I usually steer away from) and nice and the script is good and the actors are quite fine. It seems like it could happen, the dialogue is real and it made me tear up (not hard right now) and also made me laugh out loud and smile several times. It's not long so put it on your instant queue, make some popcorn on a quiet night and check it out.  It carries you along for the ride and in the end  you will be glad you paid the fare.

"Rare Birds"  This has been on my queue for a while because it stars William Hurt, whom I always like.  This is such a quiet role that it seems odd to say he "stars" in it.  Whatever.  (Made about ten years ago, it also has Molly Parker, one of the key actors in "Deadwood." )  The story isn't important (well, the set up of the story seems important at the moment but it just serves to drive the plot)  but the characters drive the movie.  Slow at times (but it's supposed to be that way) and worth the wait.  Again, nothing great happens except the characters unfold nicely. A small tale of duplicitous actions but not in a mean way.  Honor wins out, sort of.  Check it out. Hurt is, as always, lovely to watch, his face registers so much in such small ways.

That's it for today, folks.


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