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Any of the John Le Carre adaptations should qualify. Since Le Carre just died in Dec. there should be a lot of articles regarding the best ones. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/movies/john-le-carre-netflix.html The British tv series for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Smiley's People are on regular youtube. Alec Guinness plays Smiley and he as always is terrific. A current viewer has to get past the late 70s visuals, but I think the acting and directing are really good.

The TCM intro to Spinal Tap indicates it was being shown as an in memoriam piece and specifically honoring Fred Willard. The movie after was the belly of an Architect featuring Brian Dennehy.

It's a Richard Curtis move set at Christmas. I don't understand why Rhys Ifans wasn't in it. I'd rather watch Pirate Radio than this at Christmas. Or Kiss Kiss Bang Bang if I want some Christmas fun.

Breeders - hilarious and dark. The grandparents are a riot. Do three episode mini-series count? Quiz, about the cheating scandal in Who Wants to be a Milionaire.

I heard the Skids on George Gmarc's show in 1980 and loved Into the Valley and bought the album, Scared to Dance. Another great song is Saints are Coming later covered by U2, but the original is better. Adamson left the Skids to form Big Country.

Defending Villanova means not biting on every ball fake. Texas bit on every one and Villanova took advantage to get easy shots and makes when they needed it. Seems like it would have been a point of emphasis by the coaches. They attacked swider to score points when he was matched but then let hid slow feet juke and get open for 3 point makes. Lots of promise with this team. Hopefully they can learn how to play smarter against a quality team like Villanova.

Sargent not released by his club. Lletget takes his place since his club finished in the shitter.

I'm bewildered by the lack of mentions for Hunt for the Wilderpeople.

There’s a Storms in Hamilton county too so that works.

We know some people who are on a journey to visit every county to check out the courthouses, so I'd like to to do the same for burgers. What are your recommendations for each county? Since there are 254 counties and the limitations of my gastric system, I will be proceeding at a slow pace of 2-3 days at a time, so any suggestions for other activities would be welcome. Especially swimming holes. You can recommend the foo-foo burgers but I'd rather know of old timey cheeseburgers. As an example, several years ago we stopped at a convenience store on I-10 east of Beaumont and they had a nice looking grill so I went for the cheeseburger and it was fantastic--just an old time drug store burger.

Two movies back to back last night on one of the pay channels. Namesake - Irfan Khan is fantastic in this movie. Little Children - Love the narration in this one. Gives it a Frontline feel for its suburban setting.

Belongs in Guest Pantheon.

Trick for me is to add (big + symbol) for future recordings. For example, NFL Network has Cowboys at Seahawks at 2 pm. Click on the program and use the plus to add a recording. I get auto recordings on Champions League games as it gave me option to record all that are shown on CBS Sports or CBS.

The last paragraph of Criterion's review sums it up pretty well. https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/3713-breaker-morant-scapegoats-of-empire Breaker Morant’s stature has grown over the years. In a varied and distinguished career, Beresford has done nothing finer. It belongs with Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory (1957) and Joseph Losey’s King & Country (1964) among the cinema’s most scathing indictments of military (in)justice; and its interrogation of atrocities committed under the heading of “standard operating procedure” looks more relevant and prescient than ever. One need not look very far in our own century for parallels, including, when such procedures are deemed politically unacceptable, the speed with which scapegoats are found and soldiers on the ground become victims of the hypocrisies of government and high command.

I tend to follow directors and below are some of my favorites and I think underrated. Noah Baumbach: Kicking and Screaming and The Squid and the Whale are two early ones I enjoy rewatching and both are on netflix. Atom Egoyan: Exotica and The Sweet Hereafter. I miss video stores and browsing for unknown titles in the suspense section. Jonathan Demme: Melvin and Howard and Swimming to Cambodia. Don't like to watch many films while high as I lose the plot, Swimming to Cambodia is an exception. John Sayles: Matewan and Secret of Roan Inish. I like most of his films, but these two are my faves. Lone Star may not be underrated, but it is certainly unavailable. Hal Hartley: Trust and The Book of Life. Hartley also directed some of better episodes of sitcom Red Oaks available on Prime. Book of Life is a short movie that I've seen on youtube about the end of days. David O Russell: Flirting with Disaster. Three Kings is a great movie whether it is rated or not. Bruce Beresford: Breaker Morant and Don's Party (available on Prime). Is Breaker Morant underrated? It is, if it is not considered a great film.

And Reyna draws the foul where Haaland scores the PK.

Broadway Danny Rose is one of my favorites of his and it's not overly funny. “It's important to feel guilty. Otherwise, you're capable of terrible things.”

Decline of Western Civilization is on later tonight as well as Part 2: Heavy Metal. Never thought, I'd see these on TCM. A doc on Mance Lipscomb was recently on--recorded but have not watched. The Kids are Alright is on tonight as well. Recorded the Abba movie from 1979 as Lasse Hallstrom directed and I want to see if there are any My Life as a Dog parallels.

Who are the assistants now? Is it just Berry?

I did last year on the way to Colorado last summer. Absolutely beautiful water and cold (62 degrees). I went at 6 am (7 am Texas time) to beat the scuba traffic. I only lasted two minutes in water before having to get out. Worked my way to staying in for 15 minutes before needing to get out and then would get back in. Called them this year and they said no out of state visitors and they were booked up with scuba reservations through October. Could have probably done the 6 am visit again, but decided to go another way thru NM. Swam in Roaring Fork River in Colorado for the two weeks I was there, but waited til afternoon for the sun to warm up the water a little. Also swam in some of the gap lakes. Unfortunately, that area of Colorado just had devastating fires. Isn't Balmorhea still closed? We used to stop every time when driving west. I try to swim in natural water daily and living close to the San Marcos and Comal Rivers with constant temps makes that possible in normal times. When they opened state parks in the spring, we went to Lost Maples and did a creek walk along the Sabinal and found some nice spots to swim, but that's too far for a regular excursion. Under normal circumstances, we'd do a day trip and go to Wes Cooksey park to swim in the Nueces and to Fort Clark Springs in Bracketville for some good swimming spots. I have done the slime bridge on Blanco and Kendall County parks for the Guadalupe. But the water is so warm that it's just not an enjoyable swim. Have been going to Landa Pool regularly, but that ends on Labor Day. The March shutdown was much better as there were no fences limiting access and I would just go at 6 am to get in.

Kinks - We are the Village Green Preservation Society Who - Quadrophenia The Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime UB40 - Signing Off Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights Marvin Gaye - What's Going On Townes - Live at the Old Quarter Guy Clark - Old No. 1 Lyle Lovett - Pontiac

And then there is The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Not a good suggestion for family night. Saw Greta Gerwig's Little Women for family night. This is the first Little Women version that I watched all the way through. Best parts of the evening were exclamations of hey, it's the guy from Matewan. He's been in a thousand things since Matewan, but he'll always be the from Matewan. Aand then someone interjected Better Call Saul when the father showed up. It was entertaining fare--Saorise Ronan (sp) is always good in the movies I've seen, albeit that's Gerwig's prior movie and was it, Brooklyn. Bullitt - Steve McQueen is Mr. Cool in this pic. Amazed that Peter Yates is the director. Better chase: Mustang v. Charger or ten speed v. Cinzano Semi? Lovely shots of SF and a few nice McQueen moments, but I prefer other McQueen movies like The Getaway and his ensemble movies.

Valley Girl - original. Holds up ok as an 80's teen-com with Plimsouls and Frederick Forrest making it rise above the middling fare.

All four seasons of Fresh Meat are available. Comfort food, but comfort food that makes one laugh. Six main characters awkwardly fuck and fuck up at a uni house in Manchester.