Tonight's Entertainment (Reality Bites)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110950/

This movie? 4 stars. Reasons why? Read further:

1. Winona Ryder. Oh Winona, fruit of my loins (not really), fire in my belly (don't even know what that means). I love you in all your shoplifting glory. I love you for Little Women, I love you for Edward Scissorhands, I love you for your perfect, Elflike face. I love when you emote. I love when you get all sassy up in Ethan Hawke's face. I love when you make out with Ben Stiller and I forget (but for just a second) that "there's more to life than being really, really, ridiculously goodlooking."

But really, I like Winona's acting in this movie and I think she played the character sincerely well. Especially the emoting. That gorgeous face looks even more beautiful when it's all scrunched up and super-pissed.

2. Ethan Hawke. Ever since watching Gattaca (year 8? Year 6? Year 5? I can't remember), I have been marginally in love with this man. He played a perfectly grungey, no-shit, man-child in this movie that was difficult to dislike.

3. My favourite scene. Okay, there were multiple favourite scenes that I must discuss but won't because I want you to watch the movie and me slobbering about it would just be boring. My favourite scene, if I had to choose, would be one of the final scenes in the club when Winona and Ethan are arguing. There's just so much emoting going on and then Winona's face gets all amazing and Ethan Hawke looks like this kicked dog you just want to hug for eternity. It's just one of those perfectly built rom com fight scenes. You know the one; every rom com has one. It's a "fight" but you know those two crazy kids are going to end up together and, even though it's meant to be angry, IT STILL TURNS OUT SEXY. What the eff?

4. The sexual tension. I wanted to describe this movie as Say Anything but grungier and with more sexual tension but I didn't want to get Big Michelle's hopes up. But really, it kind of is? I get the same feels from it. The sexual tension is just of magnificent magnitudes though. There is so much; you could scoop it up with a spoon. I would eat it. I admit to that much.

5. Ben Stiller's directoral debut. Huh, what? Yes, it is and it is amazing.

J