The Orphanage This is a Spanish language horror film from 2007. It's about a couple and their son that move into an old orphanage (the woman was raised there) with the intent of using it as a home for special needs kids. Once settled, their son starts to exhibit some strange behavior and making "imaginary" friends. Let me tell ya, it gets creepy. It's really well done and delves deeply into themes about overcoming loss - much more texture than your average slasher flick. Thumbs up. JCVD This was Jean Claude Van Damme's most soul bearing performance since, well, ever. Who knew the guy could actually act? Reminds me of Rourke in The Wrestler although not quite as polished a performance. It's JCVD playing himself and he gets caught up in a bank heist in his native Belgium. The plot itself is pretty much your standard bank heist, hostage flick but the direction is creative and there's a bit of black comedy. For the most part, though, its about what Van Damme has had to endure during his time as a celebrity. He talks about his drug use, the crappy movies, the silly image, his wives, his family....etc. He makes no apologies and is very candid about the fact that he chose the life he led. I ended up feeling really sorry for the guy but there's a teeny little piece of me that thinks it was a put on to curry favor. The ironic thing is tyhat despite this being his best reviewed film and performance of all time his only upcoming roles are B grade action flicks (per IMDB) - the very typecasting he rails against in the movie.