FRIDAY FILM BEAT: Cuban Fury

This movie was actually quite a good movie. It stars Nick Frost as Bruce Garrett, a natural born salsa dancer with fire in his heels and the world at his feet, who at the age of 13 was perfectly poised to clinch the title at the UK Junior Salsa Championships in 1987. But then a freakish bullying incident on the mean streets of London robs him of his sequins and his confidence, and our young hero finds his life diverted down a very different path. Despite such a not-so-funny beginning, it was one of the funniest British movies to have come out this year, and is one that I would certainly recommend in the face of "average reviews" on Metacritic. James Griffiths really pulled his weight as far as directing the film went. I just wish David Moyes could've shown the same initiative with Manchester United this season. For the good of the team and its fans, he needs to go, and hopefully be replaced with somebody who will pull his/her weight next season.