I'm enjoying finally having a DVD player again and watched Nobel Son and Rachel Getting Married this weekend.

I enjoyed Nobel Son more than it deserves, probably because of the caper element, but the writing was pretty good and the cast was great.

Note: the opening scene is not for the squeamish. Between that and the cutesy intros of everyone, I almost turned it off.

Rachel Getting Married was well done for what it was (i.e., one of those slice-of-depressing/dysfunctional-life films with no real plot or point). Anne Hathaway did a good job with it though.

As an antidote to the doom and gloom, I watched Charade.

I took my mom to see the musical version of Hairspray which she hadn't heard of, and really did enjoy immensely.

Afterwards, she asked me what role John Travolta played in it.

I think my most uncomfortable movie watching experience was seeing "Exit to Eden" with my parents. (I was either in grad school or not long out of it, so I should have known better)

Afterwards, she asked me what role John Travolta played in it.

HAH!

Dirty Dancing with my dad was...fairly uncomfortable.

Dirty Dancing with my dad was...fairly uncomfortable.

Let's never remove the above sentence from context....

...makes a note not to watch Evil Dead.

Which is a pity, given your name.

Oops...I meant "Going to Dirty Dancing with my dad was mildly comfortable." For though I have Daddy Issues in profusion, they aren't of The Kiss variety. Honest.

From a Rupert Grint site:

June 28, 2009, 09:41pm – HBO will premiere a First Look Behind The Scenes of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, starring Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson. The first show will air next Friday, July 3rd at 9:45 PM. HBO mentions a 13 minutes running time and describes it as “An Inside Look At This Sixth Installment” of the Harry Potter Saga. Hopefully we will have new footage and interviews. Check out the full list of schedules over here.