August P.S.

I have inadvertently neglected to mention in previous posts that I have a favorite tv show that is not a "series". That is Real Time with Bill Maher. I think he is (almost) always right on the money with whatever issue he's discussing. He's smart and funny and will take to task, where appropriate, any of the wide variety of guests or panelists he has on the show. His is one show I can't wait to see, and it's on tonight!
Back to the movies, I just saw Inglourious Basterds. This is definitely one of my favorites of the year. Christof Waltz plays a Nazi officer and his is an amazing (and funny!) portrayal. If you liked Javier Bardem and the role he played in No Country for Old Men, then I'm sure you'll like this movie. Bardem was menacing and Waltz is charming, but the direction they're going and the startling and eerie things they say have a marked similarity.

Summer Sizzlers

The best war movie I've ever seen is out there now, The Hurt Locker. A US bomb defusion unit is constantly under tension while trying to do its job. Iraqi eyes are always on them and nobody knows if these are the eyes of enemies, friends, simply onlookers or bomb detonators.

My favorite current tv series is Nurse Jackie. Edie Falco is perfect as the complicated and conflicted, but steady, title character. This series is already on the verge of making it onto my short list of favorite series. That list includes Mad Men, which starts its 3rd season this Sunday and I can hardly wait.