Well Hello again my friends out there, all two of you that actually read this little thing. I am back with a little something different this time. I don't exactly have a movie review for you and I'm not really about to go out and ramble on about whatever has been popping in my head. What I came on here to do tonight is to give you guys a mere suggestion. Something that you can take if you want and you life with be better and more fulfilled because of it, or you can leave it and go on toward the downward spiral that you are probably already on. Now that suggestion that I am giving all of you out there is this. At some point in the near future you need to go out and rent or buy yourself an EDWARD BURNS movie. I'm not talking about a movie that he happens to be in, I'm talking about a movie that he himself has written, produced, and directed.
Now I know that a lot of you out there don't really know who EDWARD BURNS is, and the ones of you that do think that you know, I assure you that you probably do not. Because right now I'm not talking about the EDWARD BURNS that plays the dick head boyfriend in THE HOLIDAY, and I'm not talking about the EDWARD BURNS that plays the boss that Katherine Hiegel is in love in 27 DRESSES. Yes this is that guy, but I am of the firm belief that these characters are not really this guy. For those of you out there that don't know it, EDWARD BURNS really has a passion for writing and directing. And believe me anyone who has ever seen a movie that he has written and directed knows just how good he really is. The thing is he uses movies like THE HOLIDAY and 27 DRESSES are basically a paycheck so that he can fund his own projects which thank god, because I love his work.
Now his earlier work such as movies like THE BROTHER McMULLEN and SHE'S THE ONE even though they were critically acclaimed for the most part are still a bit rough around the edges and you really have to like movies to really get into those, but some of his later stuff to date, all I can say is that it is brilliant. Not only are they these great little independent movies which by the way I'm a sucker for, but they also have some of the brightest stars out right now playing these parts and making you realize how they can get some of these bigger roles that they get. A prime example of this is the actor PATRICK WILSON who really is blowing up right now, but I promise you if you go out and get the movie PURPLE VIOLETS you will see exactly why. I mean that movie is one of the best movies I've seen in the last 5 years.
A couple of other titles that he has done that are just really good movies that I feel that everyone out there should see, would be SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK and THE GROOMSMEN. I just love both of these titles. I mean the thing about BURNS is that he has a very unique perspective in his movies and after seeing a few you can really tell when you are watching a BURNS film which I really find kind of wonderful in the same way that you can tell when you are watching a SPIKE LEE or WOODY ALLEN film. I just really feel that people can get so much from his movies and I really am being to think that he is one of the best story tellers of the last 10 years. So if you're out at blockbusters and you don't really know what you want to rent, don't go to the new releases section, go try and find one of these EDWARD BURNS flicks I've just mentioned, I promise you will not be disappointed.
Until next time my friends. Don't start nothin' won't be nothin'
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