scream-of-consciousness;
"If you're trying to change minds and influence people it's probably not a good idea to say that virtually all elected Democrats are liars, but what the hell."
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Monday, June 11, 2012
Sixty Six and Doc Martin
At
The Cinema
Two for you
This is a two minute trailer
Sixty Six Plot
Bernie Reubens (Gregg Sulkin) a young Jewish boy is about to have his bar mitzvah. Initially, he meticulously
plans a lavish reception to upstage that of his older brother Alvie
(Ben Newton), but as the family's finances lurch from one disaster to
another, the family is forced to lower Bernie's expectations and stage
the bar mitzvah reception at home in North London. When England reach
the 1966 football World Cup Final, most of the guests make excuses not
to come to the reception so that they can watch the game.
I
so thoroughly enjoyed this 2006 movie that I think I'll recommend it to
you. A great "Father's Day" film on the order of Field of
Dreams.
For me anyway.
While I'm at it
— Now that I've exhausted
Sherlock Holmes and Perot on NetFlix, "Doc Martin" has become my best
television series of all time. I'm up to episode 8 of 32 (I
think) on
NetFlix, and as the characters firm up, each new episode is better than
the last.
It was created based
after the character of Dr. Martin Bamford in the 2000 comedy film Saving Grace.
Martin Clunes plays Dr. Martin Ellingham, a brilliant and successful
vascular surgeon at Imperial College London who develops haemophobia (a
fear of blood), and as a result is forced to stop practicing surgery.
He obtains a post as the General Practitioner (GP) in the sleepy
Cornish village of Portwenn, where he spent childhood holidays with his
Aunt Joan . Clunes is brilliant.
There is a future episode with the Doc's old aunt and a house painter that will......well, you just can't prepare yourself for it so I won't be the spoiler.
Clunes is absolutely brilliant - as is the entire cast !
ReplyDeleteIndeed they are .. and that includes the dog
ReplyDeleteSix seasons of Foyle's War is now on Netflix. I liked the new Sherlock but I quickly ran thru the THREE episodes.
ReplyDeleteFeddie Sykes
There is a future episode with the Doc's old aunt and a house painter that will......well, you just can't prepare yourself for it so I won't be the spoiler.
ReplyDeleteOne tires of the endless hand-wringing by the shark-jumping end of the fifth season, but Clunes is great.
ReplyDeleteAs for "must see", The Last Days of WWII, all on Netflix.
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