Feb In Review

Another month has slipped away.  Still no job, although I did have one on-site interview.  Even with all the time I should have, it always feels like there's never enough time to do the things I want to do.  So in a way, I can understand old people who really have nothing to do and still feel like there's not enough time.  Anyway, at "heavy game day" this month, I played Through The Ages and Wealth Of Nations.  And the games at "regular game day" were London, To Court The King, and The Castle Of The Devil.  To Court The King is just a boring, dice rolling time filler and The Castle Of The Devil seems kind of random to me, even though some people seem to be able to figure out which team each player is on even without using cards that reveal that info to them.  But London is the kind of detailed strategy game built on an historical framework that I seem to really like.

This month's movie list is excessively, abnormally long, no doubt enhanced by the fact that I do have the time.  But what's a couple hours a day. That should still leave time for more stuff.  A lot of these movies are serious and often depressing -- but those are also the best of the bunch.   "The Little Foxes" is one.  Some of the characters are so mean, but the family seems realistic to me, even transposed to the present day, 70 years later.  "On The Beach" is a good post-apocalyptic-nightmare movie done in a serious way which I had not heard of before.  And "Marty" is always good, even though a little quiet and a little too close to home.  So to speak.  There are exceptions to the general themes of "seriousness" and "quality", of course.  Mega Python, anyone?

(Ordered by date viewed this month. Let the good times roll.)
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| 2011-02-01 - Book Of Eli, The (2010)                |
| 2011-02-02 - Great Dictator, The (1940)             |
| 2011-02-03 - Anne Of The Thousand Days (1969)       |
| 2011-02-04 - Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (2011)        |
| 2011-02-05 - Little Foxes, The (1941)               |
| 2011-02-06 - Five Easy Pieces (1970)                |
| 2011-02-06 - Frighteners, The (1996)                |
| 2011-02-07 - Witness For The Prosecution (1957)     |
| 2011-02-08 - Separate Tables (1958)                 |
| 2011-02-09 - Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936)          |
| 2011-02-10 - House Of Rothschild, The (1934)        |
| 2011-02-10 - On The Beach (1959)                    |
| 2011-02-11 - Ball Of Fire (1941)                    |
| 2011-02-11 - Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954) |
| 2011-02-13 - Annie Get Your Gun (1950)              |
| 2011-02-13 - Robin And The Seven Hoods (1964)       |
| 2011-02-14 - Machete (2010)                         |
| 2011-02-16 - Picture Of Dorian Gray, The (1945)     |
| 2011-02-17 - Cat Ballou (1965)                      |
| 2011-02-18 - Stagecoach (1939)                      |
| 2011-02-20 - Alice Adams (1935)                     |
| 2011-02-20 - Swing Time (1936)                      |
| 2011-02-21 - Blow-Up (1966)                         |
| 2011-02-21 - Room At The Top (1959)                 |
| 2011-02-22 - Bad Day At Black Rock (1955)           |
| 2011-02-23 - Marty (1955)                           |
| 2011-02-23 - Summertime (1955)                      |
| 2011-02-25 - Bad Seed, The (1956)                   |
| 2011-02-25 - Devil And Daniel Webster, The (1941)   |
| 2011-02-26 - Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)           |
| 2011-02-27 - You Can't Take It With You (1938)      |
| 2011-02-28 - Lavender Hill Mob, The (1951)          |
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