Now that The Last King of Scotland is available on DVD, everyone can relive Forrest Whittaker's fantastic performance and try to forget how crappy his Oscar acceptance speech was. There isn't really anything funny or witty I can say about a movie chronicling one of the worst dictators in history, so I'll just say: See it!
On a lighter note, season six of "Murder She Wrote" is now available on DVD. I remember enjoying the twists and turns in every episode, and hoping Angela Lansbury would make it through unscathed. Those were the days before I knew she even had a British accent in real life! Going through the episode titles, I'm already excited to watch these, whether I've seen them before or not.
This is the season that includes both "Appointment in Athens" and "The Szechuan Dragon." While only one of those sounds like a restaurant, the international flavor is thrilling. I love it when mysteries take place in exotic foreign locales. Also intriguing: Episode 5, "Jack and Bill." Did the show go homo in 1989? Was the episode "Night of the Tarantula" related to that trashy movie about spiders? Later on is number 20, "Shear Madness." Hairdressers = more gay? Why aren't there reruns on Bravo? Finally, the finale is another trip abroad for "The Sicilian Encounter." I had one of those in college one night and it was indeed spicy!
If you're in the mood for some cute boys, look no further than History Boys. Although the title sounds like a bad Disney educational time-travel movie, this is really an adaptation of a hit play. It's about English school boys, but it's funnier than Dead Poets Society and just as heart-warming. This is truly one of those movies that just makes you happy and have fun, and in these days of tragic news, that is a good thing even Martha Stewart would approve of!
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