It’s not what you're like, it’s what you like.”
Rob Gordon, High Fidelity

I get it. It’s a slacker-fantasy about working with in a low-key job, with people with whom you can bullshit all day, every day about movies, books, and albums. It’s about finding your people— the ones that ‘who spend all their time looking for deleted Smith singles and original, not rereleased – underlined – Frank Zappa albums.’.

The first thing I love about this movie is its soundtreck, anchored largely by Scottish artist, Alexi Murdoch. Then it's a road movie about an expecting young-ish couple trying to figure out where home is to them. Beautifully filmed and performed. And directed by American Beauty director, Sam Mendes.

“Seven days.”

My brothers, sisters and I love horror films — maybe not so much the pop-out and scare you horror films, but the ones that are a slow, terrifying burn. Other horror films I love: The Conjuring, 28 Days Later, The Exorcist, and It Follows. Bonus points for Cabin in the Woods.. The early 2000s were a Golden Age for horror.

I am not sure why I enjoy this movie. It's well-acted and the location and filming capture the tone of the movie very well. The writer also wrote Pieces of April and Dan in Real Life. All three movies are entertaining movies.

As a six- or seven year old kid, this movie sealed my fate as a sci-fi and pop-culture nerd. Also, Forty-plus years later, it's still the best Star Wars film.