New pic of Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games:

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Zooey was excellent in that movie, ita. The movie was not excellent. Kinda made me think of "Justified" and I halfway watched for Raylan...too bad he didn't show up.

Speaking of the Angela Lansbury's Sweeney Todd, it's playing on TCM this month on Weds, 1/25.

That's on a night full of musicals so if you want to sit down with a tub of popcorn and a pony keg of your favorite potable you could also watch: Funny Girl, Gypsy and There's No Business Like Show Business.

On the 24th there are some interesting, somewhat rare spy comedies/spoofs that don't often get shown. So if you like Matt Helm or Derek Flint, check out Where the Spies Are, Agent 8 3/4 (with the gorgeous Sylvia Koscina) and Salt and Pepper (with Sammy Davis, Jr.)

Also on the 26th they're showing The Liquidator - another spy spoof with Rod Taylor and Jill St. John. I caught an earlier showing of this and it's pretty good, but worth catching mainly for the Amazing Spy Bachelor Pad they give him. Also Jill St. John is absolutely gorgeous and it's a fairly early movie role for her.

For the Cineaste's they're showing Ophul's "La Ronde" and "The Earrings of Madame De..." on 1/23 (The latter often makes lists of The Ten Best Movies Ever Made, so if you've never seen it, try it out. Suave, sophisticated and witty and wise about the human heart.)

Also Fellini's Nights of Cabiria is playing this month.

1/18 is Angela Lansbury night so aside from Sweeney Todd they're showing Manchurian Candidate and The World of Henry Orient (anybody else a fan of that movie? It reminds me of a proto Wes Anderson in some ways. The girl characters would fit right into Rushmore.)

Netflix sent me Crazy Stupid Love this week and I finally got around to watching it last night. It's a slight rom com, but nicely done, compared to most of the stuff that's out there. I really enjoyed both storylines. Ryan Gosling can do comedy -- who knew?

Also, Emma Stone is made of adorable and that scene where she marches to Gosling's character, all dripping wet and determined, and mack the hell on him (and the way he goes from shocked to befuddled and amazed delight) was HOT. It's not that the character was written especially well (I mentally substituted her with Katherine Heigl and grimaced at the image); but Stone is just a very appealing presence in the movie.

I take some points off the movie for using the word "soulmate" though. UGH.

I love Emma Stone.

TCM is on the most expensive digital cable package here. So unfair.

It is here in SF too. Very annoying.

But since I've pretty much decided buying a new TV so I can go cable-free will pay for itself in six months, the question is moot. (And yes, I know I could get a converter thingy, but since I've never bought a new TV in my life I figure I'm due.)

Hey, do you want a 19 inch picture tube TV for free?

Thanks, but I have a free picture tube TV now (that means the traditional kind, no?). My understanding is that I'd need a digital converter/antenna to get broadcast if I give up cable, right? I figure if I'm going to that trouble I should just get a new TV already. Plus, I want to go slightly up from the 21" I have now.

Darn. Mine picks up some shows without the antenna, even living in Belmont, but it is still too small.

Goodwill it is!