2)
Funny People
: I loved Judd Apatow’s
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
and hated
Knocked Up
. I put this on the list because I wanted a laugh, but I’ve seen some clips, and it doesn’t look very funny. I’ll probably delete before it gets mailed.
4)
Flame and Citron
: This is a Danish movie recommended to me by my friend, the Netflix algorithm, about an actual pair of resistance fighters during World War II who assassinated Nazis and collaborators. What’s not to like? The only problem is that because of the way our TV is configured, we have to watch foreign movies on the little TV in the basement in order to read the subtitles.
5) Dexter, Season 1 : We must have endless loads of laundry because somehow I was otherwise engaged while my husband and daughter worked their way through the last four seasons of Dexter, about a serial killer who offs only people who deserve it. I’ve seen a few minutes while passing through the den, and it looks pretty good. Plus, in high school I walked home occasionally with an older classmate, James Remar, who plays Dexter’s father!
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