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Crash, The Island, L&O and Lost. Spoilers for the two movies.

( Crash )

Crash is moving and quite tense but it's layered with light and delicate humour. There are times when you're laughing but you really shouldn't. There are other times when the full impact of the film hits you, breathless; I got quite emotional as the separate threads pulled together. It's a very sad story, even if there are moments of joy in the conclusion. I do recommend going to see it; it's truly beautiful just to look at. The colours and the filming alone are worth the ticket price.

( The Island )

Again, a good movie to see; not too heavy on the brain and definitely entertaining. One to check out if you have the time.

Last night's L&O was so good and, somethign I find quite amusing, prepared me for Crash today. An ex-Black Panther kills a white cop and racial tensions fire in the city; Jesse L. Martin rocked every single one of his scenes in the episode. The writing was fluent and controlled; the issues brought up were, as ever, so pertinent. Jack McCoy's disappointment at losing the case was poignant, I felt and I loved how Greene had to balance being a black man with being a cop. A really beautiful small screen performance that I wish I'd paid more attention to.

Lost is intriguing, to say the least. Everyone on that island is damn pretty. There were a few scenes that I liked in particular - Hurley collapsing at the sight of the marshall's blood and Walt talking to Locke. Yunjin Kim's character is wonderful; there's something loevly to the actress and it's not just the innocence she portrays or the quiet melancholy of her face. There's a little something extra there that I hope we see more of. Emilie de Ravin is a surprise - I hated her in Roswell (then again, I hated Roswell at times so, oh well) but Claire is fun. I love the Lord of the Flies quality to the interation between Jack and Sawyer; Sayid is also an interesting character. Shannon and Boone are...well, they're annoying. Kate is very, very pretty (cheekbones!) Daniel Dae Kim was boring, as was Mercutio (Luhrmann's R&J). I want to see what happens so I'm going to stick with it. Next episode tonight!

Tomorrow is results. Um, yay? Also, I love this song so much.