[Magdalen] Film puke.

[Jay Weigel]

S/O recently renegotiated our cable package, so we now have, for the next
24 months, all the premium channels as well as more sports channels than we
know what to do with and a whole raft of foreign language channels. I've
been toying with the idea of watching some Spanish language channels just
as kind of an immersion exercise, but the main benefit has been that we've
been watching "Outlander" on STARZ. I loved the book, and so far the show
is moving just about as quickly, which is to say it's taking its time and
being very atmospheric (and funny in spots, as the book is!). I'm enjoying
it immensely.

On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com>
wrote:

> We've been watching "The Leftovers". A twisted, disturbing yet weirdly
> brilliant retelling of the Rapture, or at any rate "a" Rapture, if that's
> what it is. Explores grief, loss and guilt with a powerful message of
> simply being human.
>
> Another series we watch and have wondered what, if anything people overseas
> might make of it: Fox Crime's "Nightguard". A reality show set in Northern
> Johannesburg and featuring a private security company, family owned and
> run, which appears to do exactly as it likes from stop-and-search to riot
> control and ad hoc social work.  It's like those Westerns where the sheriff
> strides into town and kicks butt, except the heroes are these absolutely
> typical laid-back (yet macho) South African types. If anyone thinks it's
> being made up for the cameras, trust me - it's not!! Bizarrely fascinating.
>
> Currently watching the movie version of Midnight's Children. Sumptuous,
> wild and sad. I love movies!!
>
> Sally D
>
> On Tuesday, 16 September 2014, James Oppenheimer <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > We'll observe to each other that some film like Brunnhilde Breaks
> Brooklyn
> > sounds like a must-see, and we'll agree to think about it.
> >
> > "Think we ought to see that Brunnhilde film?"
> >
> > "Uh, I think it was three months ago."
> >
> > "Oh. .  .     Well, I guess we'll catch it when it comes around on the
> TV."
> >
> > James W. Oppenheimer
> > *"If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things
> better
> > for people coming behind you, and you don't do it, you're wasting your
> time
> > on this Earth."  -- *Roberto Clemente
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Charles Wohlers <
> > charles.wohlers at verizon.net <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> >
> > >
> >
>