Hepcat used his iPhone to look for what movies are playing in town but we still couldn’t get excited about much that’s out there.

We considered Ocean’s 13.

We were curious about tear fest, Evening, based on the Susan Minot novel and starring Vanessa Redgrave, Meryl Street, Glenn Close and every major female actress you can think of and her daughter.

The reviews were mostly awful.

There’s something called Meet the Dwights about a female comedian with English actress Brenda Bleythen.

Finally we noticed something about Rescue Dawn in this week’s Entertainment Weekly. It was number one on The Must List: 10 Things We Love This Week. Directed by Werner Herzog it stars Christian Bale and Steve Zahn in a gripping drama about Viet Nam era POW’s.

All I can say is WOW. This film gripped me from the get-go. A masterful portrayal of the eccentric POW Dieter Dengler and the relationship that develops with fellow POW Duane, played by Zahn, I was in "shock and awe" for much of the film, which has disturbing scenes of torture, worms, snakes, leaches, and human cruelty that is hard to take. 

Here’s what the Times’ critic had to say.

Mr. Herzog’s movie reimagines his 1997 documentary, “Little Dieter Needs to Fly,”
as a drama of imprisonment, survival and perseverance. Although
financed independently, it superficially resembles the likes of “Papillon” and “The Great Escape.”
With its straightforward narrative, which observes Dengler being shot
down during his first mission over Laos; surviving torture, isolation,
confinement and starvation; and hatching a daring breakout, “Rescue
Dawn” seems a departure from Mr. Herzog’s “Aguirre, The Wrath of God,”
“Fitzcarraldo,” “Grizzly Man” and other cautionary tales of visionary madmen.