Plum Crazy

I avoid Leonardo DiCaprio movies like the plague, but assuming that my current girlfriend is still in my life next year, which is a safe bet, I will have no choice but to see him in Martin Scorsese's The Departed. Judy wants to see the movie because part of it was shot in the bar owned by the family of a child she teaches. Because the parents live in the same building as the bar, she has been in the bar on numerous ocassions, most recently on Sunday.

There, however, will have to be a quid pro quo. We must see at least one, preferably more, George Clooney movies. Judy doesn't like Clooney because not enough of the money he and other celebrities raised for 9/11 families went to the families. She saw him making excuses why on a talk show and hasn't been a fan since. Well, tough luck, I say. He's a much better actor than DiCaprio and much more likable. He's also cut his teeth directing two movies, including the stellar Good Night, And Good Luck, and owns a piece of Section 8 productions with Steven Soderbergh. Thus, when Syriana opens, we are seeing it, unless it gets putrid reviews.