A Brief Bulletin from Movie/TV Land

Loads of knitting/crocheting to be done, and it’s too miserably cold to garden. Thank goodness for a backlog of quality entertainment!

Hits:

Detective Inspector Irene Huss, a Swedish cop drama. Episodes 1-3 now out on DVD in the U.S. My only question is how on earth does her professional chef/husband leave the restaurant every night to have dinner with his family? It is subtitled, so knitting stockinette is the only way to go.

Exporting Raymond. The creator of the U.S. sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond is sent to Russia to help them re-create the series in that cultural setting. Having grown up during the Cold War (I received booklets in grade school advising how to prepare for/and survive a nuclear bomb) I found this particularly interesting.

Sopranos. I know. I’m late to the party. But it’s too great a party to miss!

Long Way Down. Sequel to Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman’s Long Way Round documentary when they circumnavigated the globe west to east on their motorcycles. This time they begin in northern Scotland and travel south to Cape Town, South Africa. Watching the shifts in culture, political and natural landscapes is fascinating. I hope they follow through on their plan to do a third sequel through the Americas.*


Misses:

Hollow Man, a Kevin Bacon remake of The Invisible Man.


Looking forward to:

Saving Private Perez. (Yes, it is on order at the local library. I’m hold #1, thankyouverymuch.)


The quilt is still coming along beautifully, though ever so slowly. The callouses that have formed on my fingertips are making it hard to use my smart phone. At times I find myself wondering if sewing conductive thread directly into my callouses would help... Not that I would, but there are times! On a recent episode of Castle, the police were pondering the identity of a dead body, based on physical attributes: calloused fingertips, and a wide bottom. What career would cause that combination? My answer: Professional hand quilter! (Turned out he was an over-the-road trucker. I like my answer better.)


* All the above titles, except for the Long Way series, are available through our local library. Long Way may be rented from the local art house, but be forewarned that each title is a full season of shows, so watching even one title during a single rental period is a challenge. Renting and watching both would only be possible if the viewer gave up sleep and personal hygiene rituals.