Moving On To June

1) My Blueberry Nights (June 15)

I forgot I'd even seen this until I was going through my movie diary to write all these five-sentence reviews. It's a god thing I write down what I watch.

Norah Jones’ pop-jazz standards are creamy, gorgeous - but downright drowsy after a bit. The same applies to the languid road-trip drama in which she makes her acting debut, Wong Kar-Wai’s My Blueberry Nights. Not much happens: Heartbroken by a boyfriend, Elizabeth (Jones) leaves New York and ends up first in Memphis, then out West, where more takes place around her than to her. Jones doesn’t have the experience to give the sketchily written Elizabeth any depth, a circumstance made most glaring against a vibrant Natalie Portman as a blond Vegas con artist. As most Wong films are, My Blueberry Nights is really pretty, though: Melting desserts and honky-tonk bars never looked so seductive.