Netflix

So once upon a time, a couple of years ago, I heard mention of a new movie mail-order service called "Netflix." This company would, amazingly enough, send you movies THROUGH THE MAIL directly to your house and charge no late fees, and plus they have a GIANT movie database that offers really super obscure films like Italian films from the 1600's. Heh, not quite, but an ample selection nonetheless. In any case, I only just rediscovered how awesome this service is, and how handy it is for college students who a) don't have transportation to go to the video rental store, and b) are bad enough about returning movies on time that late fees can add up and force you to avoid Family Video for months waiting for their computer system to crash so that you'll be deleted out of their customer database forever. And this summer, it's been the perfect chance to sit around and catch up on all those great movies or tv shows that I haven't had a chance to watch for one reason or another!! Including: "The Queen" -- see it, for real. Helen Mirren is a genius and eerily dead-on as Queen Elizabeth in the days after Princess Diana's death in 1997. Also, "Weeds" is rapidly making its way up my list of great TV shows -- Mary Louise Parker is fantastic as usual and the story line is amazing and maybe a little too plausible? Makes you wonder about suburbia, if you weren't already a little suspiscious. Also, the opening song is great.

Take these reviews as you will, and as always, have a good night!! ~ LDM