If Inception Doesn’t Win the Oscar, I Don’t Know What Will

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I haven’t seen a movie like this in a long time. Mostly because there was a stretch of time I would only see chick flicks and comedies (Date Night, Get Him to the Greek) so I didn’t have to think too hard. But also because I’ve been disillusioned by Hollywood lately, and its inability to make a movie that doesn’t completely suck. But we’ve been on an up-trend recently at the theaters (Salt, The Kids Are Alright) and Inception is, without a doubt, the front-runner.

The film begins ominously, with Leonardo DiCaprio’s body washed ashore on some beach, most likely in Asia. He’s brought to see a very old man (hopefully they’re not in Japan, otherwise he would be missing), and the old man asks if Leo, all sunburnt and bleary-eyed, is there to kill him.

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Japan Loses Old People in an Attempt to Honor Them

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Japan is misplacing its really old people. Is misplacing the right word here? Maybe it’s better phrased as MSNBC put it: “loses track of its centenarians.”

Let me break it down for you. According to reports, Japanese officials admitted on Tuesday that they have “lost track” of a 113-year-old woman, who is recorded to be Tokyo’s oldest living person. But here’s the kicker – officials went looking for the woman only after a police search of the home of Tokyo’s oldest living man proved that said man was in fact dead, and his body had been resting in a mummified state in his home for approximately 30 years. Are. You. Getting. This?

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Quote of the Day

“Arresting Snooki for public intoxication at the Jersey Shore is like arresting Santa at Christmas for going into people’s houses.”Me, to just about everyone I saw this weekend, because I thought it was hilarious (and quite frankly, right on the money).

P.S. I could not be more lame.

P.P.S. This, and Chelsea Clinton’s wedding, were the only news on NY TV this weekend.

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