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It's Monday January the 22 around 7:22AM and

Movie Shorts: Good German, Babel, Idiocracy, Gore

Babel. I'm not sure this movie ever really lives up the hype of its Golden Globe, but it is watchable, at some points engrossingly so, even at 142 minutes, you'd never know it. But, at some points you do wonder "why are these characters doing such really stupid things?" So inspite of itself, it succeeds in making you want to watch. Well, as much as you could bare watching last year's version, Crash. B-

The Good German. You'd think Clooney + Soderberg + black and white loveliness would equal an instant classic. If you sat through this movie you would know why that isn't so. It is sad that the poster was better than the movie, even though it was full of spectacular black and white beauty shots. C-

Idiocracy. Any movie that promises so many groin kicks, truck and tractor pulls and a language that has devolved into an odd mix of, "hillbilly, Valley Girl, inner-city slang, and various grunts," directed by Mike Judge (Office Space) and featuring Maya Rudolf as a prostitute just has to be enjoyed. You can now officially thank Fox for both cancelling Arrested Development and keeping this cult classic from us. Bastards. B

An Inconvenient Truth. Finally saw this. Will Al Gore's power point presentation get an Oscar nomination this week? I guess the film works if Harper is faking Green, and Bush is set to admit that global warming exists Tuesday. But seriously, kudos for the marketing brains who are rebranding global warming into the more impressive but nebulous climate change. Nevermind that, Gore in '08? Bwhahahaha. Bonus: Sarah Silverman one ups this on Kimmel with "Global comforatabling" You can watch the other side of the story from the CEI. C+