Get Low

It's a pleasure to watch Robert Duvall, Bill Cobbs, Sissy Spacek and Bill Murray being completely comfortable within their wrinkly wrappers. Duvall, at 78, has the tics and snorts, Bill Cobbs the arthritic hands and stoop, Murray's genial smarm and Sissy still with those eyes like limpid pools you could fall into.

There're no real surprises anywhere in the movie. Anyone can tell at the beginning of every scene who's going to walk in and what's going to happen, but there is a chuckle or two, and as I say, it's fun watching old pros do what they do.

I do wonder why I'm becoming so compassionate toward obstreperous, cranky, crabby old men?

Reasons I Love The Times

From today's "Corrections" section:

"The crossword puzzle on Tuesday gave an erroneous clue for 5 Across, seeking the answer "ESTH," for the Bible's Book of Esther. The clue was incorrect because Esther is not the "only" book in the Bible that does not mention God. Neither does the Song of Solomon."