[AGL] movies again

[Frances Morey]

If they have Bhaji On the Beach I would be surprised. It's Bollywood but made in 
UK and priceless. If you can get it a group of the girls together for a 
mini-housewarming it would be fun to watch it together.
Best,
Frances


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From: Connie Clark <connie_3c at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Fri, September 10, 2010 11:58:41 PM
Subject: [AGL] movies again


signed up for Netflix streaming, instead of cable tv in Austin house.  The 
internet based service allows me to download movies to my blu-ray player queued 
ready to play when I'm ready. I rate the movies occasionally, as well as give 
Netflix my 'preferences' so they suggest accordingly. Very slick process.

This week, I watched a couple of interesting dark, suspense flicks. The 
Machinist (2004) staring Christian Bale (a Batman). For this role he lost 60 
pounds, looking deathly and always anguished...kept me puzzled 'til the 
satisfactory end.

The other was a well-acted sci-fi story Moon (recent).  Sam Rockwell is the only 
actor seen in the film, and I won't give it away, but there are more Sams, he 
plays them  all. Directors' father is David Bowie, btw. Roger Ebert says:

"Moon" is a superior example of that threatened genre, hard science-fiction, 
which is often about the interface between humans and alien intelligence of one 
kind of or other, including digital. John W. Campbell Jr., the godfather of this 
genre, would have approved. The movie is really all about ideas. It only seems 
to be about emotions. How real are our emotions, anyway? How real are we? 


turned out to be fairly good suggestions from Netflix' AI program. Will also 
take suggestions from discerning movie buffs, as Netflix seems to have a very 
big library available.

the south Austin house on Williamson Creek faired just fine this week of heavy 
rain.  Rising water did not get very close at all.

Connie


      
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