Screeners!

A perk of my job that I've recently attained and will continue to use for the next couple months is Screeners. Wahoo! Screeners are DVD's of films up for awards consideration that are sent out to various people in the entertainment industry for them to watch before they vote for the Golden Globes, Oscars, etc.

I asked my boss if I could borrow some his movies after he's seen them and he thankfully said yes. Last night I watched the movie "Defiance" with Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell about Jews in World War II who live in the woods and fight to survive against the Nazi's.

I'm a huge fan of World War II movies and especially anything where the underdogs fight back. This was a great movie directed by Edward Zwick ("Blood Diamond," "Glory," Legends of the Fall") that has a fascinating subject matter which is the true story of the Bielski Brothers who helped save around 1,200 Jews from being killed by the Nazi's.

I'm hoping that this weekend I'll be able to get my hands on "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." That movie looks awesome and I'm a huge fan of both the director, David Fincher ("Fight Club" & "Se7en") and Brad Pitt (you already know a lot of his movies) so I'm really excited for it. I'm even more excited about the prospect of not having to pay for it. Yay.

Some of the other screenres I'm hoping to get my hands on are "Revolutionary Road," "Frost/Nixon," "Seven Pounds," and "Slumddog Millionaire." Seeing as movies are a little more expensive in LA than Michigan it'd be nice to see these on the cheap, especially since we have a nice TV at home. Sorry Film Industry, I'm not making enough money to regularly support the process just yet by forking over my cash for your overpriced tickets.