Life's like a movie - political edition.
"McCain's situation really does mirror Snakes On A Plane," posits David Poland at the Hot Blog, who goes on to present a bizarre and elaborate box office metaphor that I don't buy, but enjoyed anyway: "But then... it turns out that the only movie opening against it is a Denzel Washington movie. Yeah, he's a movie star and everyone seems to love him, but there also seems to be a glass ceiling when it comes to his grosses." Over at pullquote, the cinetrix sees some Palin movie parallels: "The patriotic, pro-life, pro-gun, pageant vet Alaskan governor shares DNA with the Leeman ladies from 1999 mockumentary Drop Dead Gorgeous." U.S.A. is a-okay, y'all. On the flipside, Jonathan Demme and screenwriter Jenny Lumet, at Venice, tried to add some post-premiere political significance to their seemingly apolitical family drama "Rachel Getting Married" (which I only just noticed also stars TV on the Radio's...
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