HAVE YOU SEEN THIS? Across the Universe is the most amazing film I've seen in a long time. It's a musical of the Vietnam era told with freshly arranged Beatles songs, sung (in most cases live during filming!) by phenomenally talented vocalists.

The whole thing is paced kinda like a chemically induced vacation. It starts clean and clear and pristine and slowly, almost without you noticing, starts to degrade into a chaotic and hallucinogenic state. As the surreal-ness begins to dissipate your left in an uncomfortable and gritty stage of the tale. I'm not going to tell you how the ending felt, because until it happened I never really know if it was going to end well. You should have that advantage too.

Don't expect to hear all your favorite Beatles songs if you're a radio listener. Lesser known tunes are often chosen over the standards, and even in songs like Let it Be and I Want to Hold Your Hand, the emotion is totally new and arrangement is different. It's almost like have new Beatles tunes again!

Jon brought it home to watch, and to be honest, I didn't expect to dig it much. By Let it Be, I was hooked, and by Something, I was totally in love with this movie.