I went to see The Last Samurai last night with the BF. It was surprisingly good. I was a bit skeptical going into it. I am not a huge fan of Tom Cruise, either of his personality or his acting. However, the movie was beautifully shot, Cruise's acting wasn't so bad, the fighting and battle scenes were awesome and Ken Watanabe's performance was refreshingly good. He is well deserving of his Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor. I have revised MY Golden Globe picks accordingly. That's one more checked off the list to see. I really want to see a lot of pictures from the list, that includes:

SEABISCUIT
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
VERONICA GUERIN
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
MONSTER
THIRTEEN
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
BIG FISH
LOVE ACTUALLY
SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE
CALENDAR GIRLS
BAD SANTA
THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS
THE COOLER
PIECES OF APRIL
SHATTERED GLASS
IN AMERICA
MONA LISA SMILE

After the movie, we went to Grand Szechuan in Hell's Kitchen hoping to get some crab meat and pork soup dumplings. But no such luck. As it was so late, they were out of them. We settled for some pork pot stickers, but they were not that great compared to Mama Buddha's. Though we did have some really good beef and green beans.