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DVD pick

Sweet Land was, well, one of the sweetest and most touching movie I have seen in awhile. Set in Minnesota after WW1, it's about, yes, Norwegian bachelor farmers, mail order brides, religious intolerance and a woman who will not take no for an answer. Brilliant acting and I dare you not to tear up at the end, and smile.

tiny percussionists

How odd and wonderful to be in Louisville and catch this HBO special: The Leopards Take Manhattan, a wonderfully sweet documentary about some kids, their drums and xylophones, their teacher and a trip to NYC.

romantic dvd out tomorrow!

Don't fail to get ONCE on DVD this week! So sweet and poignant and beautiful.

a must see!!!!

If you love books and a love story, you HAVE to see Miss Potter on DVD ASAP!! It was wonderful and beautiful.

Scrubbing bubbles

Just saw a repeat of an old Scrubs episode that was all done as musical numbers. Absolutely brilliaint!  And did the guy who played Dr. Cox ever get an Emmy nod? Shoulda.

movie music

It doesn't sound as promising as Once, but a guy in the office told me about the new Beatles-inspired movie, Across the Universe. i'm intrigued!!  And still in shock about $35 for a vinyl copy of Rubber Soul that i didn't plop down...yet.

Shakespeare v. Austen

I know they are centuries apart, but it's eerie that an Anne Hathaway would play the part of Austen, no? Eerie, but nice.

Factory Girl

Just saw Edie's story on DVD. Omigod, how depressing to SEE her downward spiral, vs. reading about it. And Guy Pearce as Warhol is brilliant!

FUNNIEST thing on TV right now

Maybe I'm the last to catch this, but PBS is running the 7 or so Posh Nosh clips from BBC2 some evenings. Omigod they are hysterical!! They are fabulous send-ups of cooking shows. I never laugh out-loud at home - just one of my foibles - but I laughed at least a dozen times last night during the paella episode. It is the perfect combination of droll and the absurd that the Brits do so well.