In keeping with my current trend of watching great movies after everyone but me has seen them, I finally took Silver Linings Playbook for a spin. I have to say that I wasn't in the Jennifer Lawrence camp until just recently. I understand what the fuss is about now. Well, I did after seeing the Hunger Games and was not a bit surprised at how much I liked her in this. Bradley Cooper is pretty great too. But then I've…

I'm a regular listener to the Film Junk Podcast, of which Jay Cheel is a founding contributor. I ordered my copy of Beauty Day a month or two ago and finally got around to watching it this weekend. Given the long wait (the film premiered over a year ago), the availability of Cap'n Video shenanigans on the internet and my familiarity with the director I had a difficult time managing my expectations. Not to mention that I grew up with…