Performance of the Day

Actor: ZIYI ZHANG

Film: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"

Character: Jiao Long

Year: 2000

Perhaps one of the most beautifully filmed movies in cinematic history, Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was a monster hit when it was released in 2000. One of the best things to come out of it's success was twenty-one year old Chinese actress, Ziyi Zhang. Zhang was spectacular as Jiao Long, a rich kid who falls in love with an outlaw. Her martial arts skill and acting talent is what makes her the performance of the day.

Flick of the Day

Film: TAKING WOODSTOCK

Director: Ang Lee

Actors: Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Mamie Gummer, Emile Hirsch, Eugene Levy, Jonathan Groff, Christina Kirk, Liev Schreiber

Year: 2009

Synopsis: The story of the family who hosted the festival that would become Woodstock in 1969.

I took a chance on this film, mainly because I was interested in a new comic I had seen on 'Comedy Central'. His name... Demetri Martin. I thought I was in for a big comedy, but instead I got a fact-based, biopic of sorts. I wasn't disappointed because it was very interesting and quite entertaining (especially Liev Schreiber in drag). The most interesting thing about this story is that no one really knew what a big deal Woodstock was actually going to be.