A Quickie, or Two

Two recent Netflix viewings:

First was Cassandra's Dream, a newer Woody Allen movie. Interesting movie, but it seemed like a mix between Match Point and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead -- both of which are far superior movies. Watch one of those two instead. 4/7

Margot at the Wedding, the latest movie by Noah Baumbach, was delightful. Naturally there was a lot of similarity to The Squid and the Whale, but I found Margot to be a more mature movie. The relation of immediate family (sisters) seemed to work better than of a husband and wife of Squid. I would highly recommend this movie. 7/7

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This afternoon I was watching the new Stepford Wives on FX (terrible movie, but...). They have this 'DVD on TV' theme, where they show deleted scenes or trivia and whatnot. During one of these, at the bottom, it said:

Both Bette Midler and Nicole Kindman were born in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Now, maybe it's just me, but I'd think that on such a big network, i.e. FX, they could at least spend ten seconds to proofread their information before misspelling the last name of one of the most popular actresses of today. Just sayin'...

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