If all goes well I will have another review posted tomorrow, this time on an obscure slasher film from the late 80’s that is best known for starring both Sam and Ted Raimi, as well as having a brief appearance by Bruce Campbell. Only this isn’t any ordinary slasher film, it is Intruder.

I know I am several days late in posting this review. I know I am also late in posting the preview for next week. Hell, I know I will probably be late in posting my theatrical and DVD move releases for next week as well. But you see I have had a bit of a busy week. I like worked and stuff. By stuff I mean I joined Andrew James and Kurt Halfyard on the Row Three Cinecast this week. I also spent my one vacation day attending multiple screenings, leaving me with little to no free time to actually contribute anything to this site. Also, my cat ate my homework.

Now I know that sounds like a lame excuse that I’ve cooked up to explain why I am late, but it really is true. Those few of you that have had the pleasure of meeting Kali know of her addiction to eating paper. Christmas tends to be her favorite time of year, what with the wrapping paper, ribbons and bows strewn about for her to chew on. But it seems in recent years that she has grown especially fond of Netflix envelopes.

Now Anna and I learned pretty quickly that leaving the envelopes on the coffee table was a less then bright idea considering Kali’s particular vice. Inevitably we would come home from work to discover little nibbles of paper strewn about, and a half eaten envelope laying in tatters. The number of shoddily taped up envelopes we’ve sent back to Netflix is too numerous to count, and until recently we had solved this particular problem. We began hiding the envelopes far above Kali’s reach, and more importantly out of her sight, atop our DVD shelves. But unfortunately, Kali is a bit of climber.

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It is time I let you in on a little secret, Gossip wasn’t the movie I originally intended to review for this week. What I had wanted to review was a small film from the Czech Republic called Sílení (Lunacy). It was described as a mixture of live action and stop-motion animation that was based on the works of the Marquis de Sade but also borrows from several short stories by Edgar Allen Poe. I know, it sounds like all manner of awesome. But there were some … complications.

Now we lucked out and received the film from Netflix over a week ago, ensuring us plenty of time to screen the film and review it. Both Anna and I were looking forward to the film, and the DVD certainly had us intrigued, what with an image of a cow’s tongue inching along as if it was a worm for the cover art. Then, when the film opened with a disclaimer that the film would disgust and revile all those who watched it, our interests was definitely piqued. But something funny happened on the way to the film’s ending, it didn’t disgust us, it bored us.

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I committed a bit of a faux pas recently, I bragged on an Internet message board at how punctual I have been with my reviews. While I’ve had a few complications in finding the movies I want to review, I’ve been pretty good at getting the film watched before the weekend ends, thus giving me a day or so to write my flowery prose. Then Netflix went and shipped me a copy of Alfred Hitchcock’s Stage Fright, rather then Michele Soavi’s StageFright.

This, as you probably assume, this caused a bit of a dilemma. First off, what the hell do I do for a movie review? Do I pick something different? Or should I just review the film they sent me? But more importantly, how do I write an intro for this?

You see I wanted to write about how I dragged a small group of people to a beer tasting out in St. Louis Park that was taking place at a new specialty beer store that was opening called The Four Firkins. The store was devoted entirely to imported beers and domestic specialty brews. They were having their Grand Opening on Saturday, and to celebrate several local breweries were giving out free samples for people to try. And while Summit is probably the best known of the breweries that were present, I was going because Surly was giving out samples.

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