Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I spent most of my weekend playing as much of the HALO 3 Beta as I could before it expired about an hour and a half ago. I was even playing with a guy who was talking about this particular movie, Zak Penn's THE GRAND.

He saw it and said it was fantastic, really hilarious... basically an improv movie (think Christopher Guest) set around a Poker game. The game was not set up or pre-planned, so whatever happened as the game continued on, happens in the movie.

Lots of great names in this flick: Michael McKean, Richard Kind, David Cross, Judy Greer, Dennis Farina, Werner Herzog, Woody Harrelson and Cheryl Hines to name a few. It screened at Tribeca and recently at CineVegas, to very positive word.

The good folks at Anchor Bay are adding it to their list of movies getting the big screen treatment. BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON was their first movie... it didn't go very wide, but it's a great flick. They also have HATCHET, which is a great horror flick, soon to be released. So, their tastes are correct. It's just about how well they can actually push a movie.

I hope to see this one soon. I'm a poker addict and I love those names in the movie. Sounds right up my alley!