The Week in Entertainment

Film: The Orphanage (El Orfanato). Oh, my. I enjoyed the hell out of this movie. It was creepy - there were a couple of moments that I think made the entire theater jump (extremely nervous giggling from the teenagers next to me after the big one) - scary - entirely ungory - and very atmospheric. Wow. If it's still around where you are, definitely go see it.

DVD: More of Torchwood Season 1 with commentaries and extras.

TV: Cars - okay. Who built them? Why are they made to carry passengers? Who makes their tires? Who refines their gas? Why does the tourist have a luggage rack and container - what luggage could he possibly have? Do they have money? Why am I not surprised that I couldn't finish watching it? Torchwood - another downer episode, not that I'm complaining. Beth certainly nailed it, when she was begging Gwen to just kill her if they couldn't cure her, and Gwen said she couldn't keep any such promise: Beth looked up at Jack and said "You could." Yes, he could, and can. Ianto always had a wicked sense of humor but he's let it off the leash now. Great stuff.

Read: The Plague (see here). Started Anything Goes, John Barrowman's autobiography, but forgot and left it in the office, so will have to finish it next week, grrr. Lives of the Saints, short plays by David Ives, a rather mixed bag - be aware - many Amazon.com readers don't pay enough attention, and I am one of them. "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought: Time Flies". Which contains all seven of the plays in Lives of the Saints. Yeah. Through a Glass, Darkly, another of Donna Leon's wonderful Venetian mysteries.