Sheik Ahmed Yassin, founder of Hamas, was assassinated last night by Israeli forces. After engineering the murders of scores of innocent civilians, I say good riddance. Many readers of this blog may decry Israel’s action claiming that it won’t help matters and that assassinations are wrong. That may be true. It certainly won’t help in the short term as the followers of Hamas are sure to seek revenge attacks. But it may very well help in the long term. Peace in the middle east will never happen as long as terrorist organizations such as Hamas exist and are bent on the destruction of the Israeli state. Hopefully, by cutting off their head, their influence will eventually diminish. The U.S. should be so lucky by murdering Osama Bin Laden.

I saw “Monster” this weekend. It was a good film with an excellent performance by Charlize Theron. Her physical transformation was astonishing and we got an excellent glimpse of her emotional torment. Christina Ricci was solid in her supporting role.

I also saw “Duplex” on Netflix. Bad!!! I wanted to like it since they filmed it a few blocks away from my office in Park Slope and I often walked over to the set to watch. But it just wasn’t funny! Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore tried their best but the screenplay just wasn’t delivering.

“The Passion of the Christ” was defeated at the box office this weekend by “Dawn of the Dead.” If they make a sequel of “Passion”, that could be its subtitle.