Yes. Tonight is the night of the Oscar party.

I haven’t seen a single movie, so really, I’m just going for the social aspect. Things may be awkward at times - note previous blog entry - but I assume the other party is mature enough to not say or do anything offensive. I know I wont. I have no reason to do so.

As for movies, I don’t know anything about the one’s up for Oscars (except for, perhaps, animated feature). I am, however, keeping an eye on two upcoming movies. The first, Sin City, is inspired by a series of graphic novels written by Frank Miller. Sin City hits theatres on April 1st, and I am going to be right there at the front of the line. It has an excellent cast of big names. Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Alexis Bledel, Jaime King, Jessica Alba and Brittany Murphy to name a few. It looks to be a very exciting event. I’m looking forward to it, with a mouth frothing to see a Film Noir-esque movie.

Rosario Dawson as Gail

The second movie is Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Sadly, they still haven’t updated their trailer from that musical video of the planet blowing up to the new footage (and sadly I don’t have a link to the new footage). Because of this, I won’t bother linking to the trailer. The movie hits theatres on May 6th, and features actors Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent, Mos Def as Ford Prefect, Sam Rockwell as Zaphod Beeblebrox, Zooey Deschanel as Trillian, and Alan Rickman as the voice of Marvin. This movie is based off of a radio series turned trilogy in five parts written by the late Douglas Adams. Adams also wrote the Dirk Gently novels, as well as Salmon of a Doubt and some other stuff.

Marvin the Paranoid Android

I expect great things from both of these movies, and waiting for them to arrive in theatres has made me giddy with anticipation.____