Entertainment

If we can't have any new material from Jeff Mangum, then I guess Elvis Perkins will have to do.

Seriously, I really like this song...but it is SUCH a blatant NMH rip-off, especially the ending!

Lately I've been watching the Gavin & Stacey series on BBC America.  From IMDB:

Gavin and Stacey have been continuing their romance on-line and by telephone for the last six months. Now they want to be together but will their friends and family let them?

Over lunch today I watched episode 7 of the second series (or season, as we yanks would say).  I'm sure I was feeling the build up and culmination of watching the first two series over the last few months (and not just the quality of this episode)-plus it is well-documented that I love me some British TV…but I thought it was fantastic.  Smithy, in particular, is a wonderful character.

Supposedly NBC is going to make an American version (link), but they said the same about Saxondale and I never saw it realized.  Better to watch the original anyway.  Adjust your Netflix cues accordingly (though it looks like you'll have to wait for season 2).

Tonight we watched The Bourne Ultimatum (2007,PG-13) (ScreenIt! Review).  From ScreenIt!:

A former covert operative tries to find the source of his troubled past and get revenge for the death of his girlfriend, all while dealing with government agents and assassins who want to kill him.

I've never been a big fan of the Bourne series, but this one (like the others) was full of superspy action and enjoyable enough.  I give it 3 out of 5.

Several weeks back I watched A Good Year (2006, PG-13) (ScreenIt! Review).  Starring Russell Crowe and Albert Finney, from ScreenIt:

A ruthless London bond trader finds his life upended when he inherits his uncle's French vineyard and then falls for a local restaurateur.

It was fairly bland but enjoyable enough.  I give it 3 out of 5.

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