Wow. Keanu Reeves actually can act. I saw "The Gift" this weekend. The script was nothing special. Kinda of predictable, actually. Cate Blanchett was excellent as small-town psychic Annie Wilson. Keanu Reeves was chillingly malevolent as the abusive and violent Donnie Barksdale, husband of one of Annie's clients Then there were other cast members and some murder mystery blah blah blah. It was a decent movie, though a bit contrived. Nothing spectacular.
Speaking of spectacular, I saw Almodovar's "All About My Mother" last night. Muy excellente. You must see. I don't want to give away anything about the plot, not because it's a twists-and-turns type of movie, but because it's the sort of movie that's more affecting the less you know in advance.
Maybe I want to live in Barthelona.