The tension is thick. Feel something bad coming. We are out of here. Kelli, Alexis and me. We are going to see "thirteen" again and "Once upon a time in Mexico"

Alexis sent me these reviews for "thirteen":

"�Thirteen� is the most powerful of all recent wayward-youth sagas; indeed, it's tough to recall the last such drama that packed as much emotional clout� though the script feels assured and Hardwicke's visual style is provocative, this is an actor's show: Holly Hunter; Nikki Reed, who was 13 when she wrote the screenplay; and Evan Rachel Wood of TV's �Once and Again,� who gives a lead performance worthy of an Oscar nomination � �Thirteen,� from Fox Searchlight, is the latest screen achievement from a smaller studio to prove that the major studios and worthwhile movies are virtually mutually exclusive until late in the year." --Mike Clark, USA Today

"It's shocking, yes, but skirts charges of sensationalism by employing a sincere and empathetic tone --largely due to the fact that the semi-autobiographical script was co-written by then-13-year-old Nikki Reed�Reed also makes a startling acting debut as Evie, a sassy, promiscuous, multi-pierced seventh-grader who applies her makeup with a trowel�Hunter and Reed are excellent, but it's the scarily talented 15-year-old Wood whose scorching, star-making performance drives �Thirteen.� She is by turns preening, confused, hysterical and achingly young - and she takes us down with her as she self-destructs slowly�Despite its shock value, "Thirteen" rises above dysfunctional-family-drama cliches, thanks to the truthfulness of its script and the keen eye of a sympathetic director. --Megan Lehmann, The New York Post

"Every parent's nightmare about how girls go wrong is packed into this movie and onto Hunter's frazzled face as she watches her daughter deteriorate. The whole thing would stink of phony moralizing if Catherine Hardwicke, who won the directing prize at Sundance 2003, didn't pack it with such raw vitality. Reed is strikingly good as Evie� But the revelation is Wood, 15, formerly of TV's Once and Again, who makes Tracy's transformation harrowing and haunting." --Peter Travers, Rolling Stone