TV! TV! TV!

I've been down for the last few days recuperating from oral surgery (four wisdom teeth pulled - not necessarily fun.) so I've had plenty of time to catch up on some good television and movies. I haven't been out of bed for more than ten minutes since I came back from the surgeon's office.

Wire In The Blood: I finished the final disc of this show. It's a great British psychological crime thriller series, about a profiler that works with the police. Almost as good as "Prime Suspect" with Helen Mirren. I think American crime drama has resorted to glitz and drama, where the British dramas are a little more gritty and dirty. Anyways, both are excellent series and worth watching.

Doctor Who: Another British telly series - this one sci-fi. I've got a college friend who is enthralled with this series and the hubby picked up the first season and enjoyed it - so I've been watching it on the Netflix Watch-It-Now feature. That's rather nice. It's a quirky little sci-fi show, and you've got to get through the first couple of episodes to develop the concept.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: I know this has been out quite a few years, but it's taken me until now to watch it. Pain meds + coming out of anesthesia + Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind = weird. Summing it up, the last fifteen minutes are rather extraordinary... but you've got to slog through the first hour and a half to get there. Creative writing, it won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay... but quite a struggle to watch.

Dan In Real Life: siblings rented this one, and since I'm not moving around much - I watched it too. I caught this one in the theatre, and enjoyed it just as much now as I did then. An impressive performance from Steve Carell - he demonstrates he has quite a range, being endearing and funny at the same time. Worth the rental, and probably even a great gift for the enduring parents/family members in our lives.

Off to a little more fuzzy television watching.