The Week in Entertainment

Film: The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) - this movie is flawless. Brilliantly acted (especially by Sebastian Koch and - most especially - Ulrich Mühe), wonderfully filmed, intense and intriguing and simply the best movie I've seen in a very long time. I don't want to spoil it, but I do urge you to go and see it as soon as you can.

DVD: some more Rumpole. Also started a short anime series, Starship Operators - watched about a third of it (4 eps) and am enjoying it. Well drawn and written, with an engaging premise.

TV: Heroes - nice cliffhanger. But I'm going to miss Ando! Say he's not going to go back to Tokyo! (Wait - he's in Peter's apocolyptic visions, so he can't be gone. Yay!) Veronica Mars... Lamb is dead??? Just like that?

Read: Oh, sweet. I found a copy of Robert Ingersoll's Complete Lectures "Printed for the Trade". Also, finished Monkey Girl, which is very well-written, engaging and hard to put down.