Movie Night: Next

Title: Next (2007)

Cast: Nicholas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel

I'm not a big fan of Nicholas Cage but I have to admit that his movies usually have an interesting premise and I appreciate that he's in so many action/sci-fi films. And this one's no exception, a really good film with sci-fi flavor based on Phillip K. Dick's short story.

I'm surprised nobody has tuned this idea into a TV show yet since it offers plethora of things to explore. I would be interested in exploring the relationship between Cris and Liz, why his ability works better on her than on anybody else. But mostly, I would love to see him use his thing to help Callie solve crimes. I didn't really like Callie - yes, she was kick-ass, decisive and a great shot, but I didn't like that she was willing to torture Cris to get what she wanted. Cris, who was innocent in this whole thing, he had nothing to do with the terrorists and she knew that, she just wanted to force him to do her bidding any way possible. Was she any better than the terrorists they were chasing? I mean, she was willing to hurt completely innocent people to get what she wanted... Still, I would be interested in seeing Cris and Callie work together.

I would give the movie 6/10. The premise is really cool - I would've just preferred someone else in the main part.

Acapulco HEAT S1

I finished Acapulco HEAT S1! Tommy's hands down my favorite character, that's why I loved eps that focused on him, more or less, like the one that took place in Israel where Tommy posed as a martial arts trainer. Or the one where he, Cat, Marcos and Chrissy were stranded on a deserted island, that was lovely.

Funny thing, we got to know more about him than about anyone else on the team, Mike and Ashley, the leaders, included. I mean, we know that his great-grandfather was a Pocomoke Indian and that it was he who taught Tommy martial arts, that Tommy went to martial arts tournaments as a teen, that his parents sent him to a survival training when he was 16, that he went to university in Hongkong, that he studied astrology, that he's a practicing zen Buddhist and that he knows a lot about mind control.

I also loved all the scenes Tommy had with Cat. Either the actors were amazing at their craft or they enjoyed those scenes immensely, too. It wasn't just the dialogues, which were scripted, it was their reactions, their body language. They poked and prodded each other, making faces at each other... It was so lovely, like when Tommy grabbed Cat's hands and started pulling her way and she pouted and dragged her feet, being all, "I don't wanna!" It was really cute :)