Movies: September 2010

Monday, September 27, 2010

Netflix

From: Hebden, Daniel R

John,

I know there are some limits on streaming form Netflix.

One I don’t have a PC hooked up to my big screen.

Two, I don’t have a DVR yet and don’t have one hooked up to internet.

Three, they are a bit limited on selection, although it is getting bigger.

Yesterday I got a free box from my nephew who doesn’t have Netflix anymore and we hooked it up to our network and was

watching stuff in less than 10 min.

I spent an hour adding movies and TV series to watch to my queue, while my wife was watching “Dog the Bounty Hunter”.

I must admit it sure is nice to stream some movies.

Dan H.

Friday, September 24, 2010

FW: Great movie but hard to watch.

From: Witmer, Robert C.

I put all the movies on my Netflix queue that get an Oscar nomination. Sometimes I get the movies much later and forget why I thought I wanted to see them.

The 2009 film “The Messenger” starring Woody Harrelson nominated for Best Supporting Actor is a movie I got the other day. I remembered the subject matter and I watched it. I’m glad I watched it. It’s about the Military’s Casualty Notification teams that go to people’s homes and notify them that their soldier relative has been killed. The reactions that people have when they are notified are very heart pounding moments. Those scenes are hard to watch.

Here is a wiki page about the film: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Messenger_%282009_film%29

Here is Ebert’s review: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091118/REVIEWS/911189998/1023

Bob Witmer