Movie: Werewolves Within (2021)

 

Comedy-horror (or horror-comedy) is one of my favourite movie genres.

This film is just a delight - fast moving, great dialogue, and well-acted offbeat characters.

Thoughts on a Quote

 

"We read books to find out who we are."

              - Ursula K. Le Guin

This struck me because it rings true, it has certainly been my experience.  But the last few years I have found I have less and less interest in books about people finding their place in the world or overcoming obstacles or working their way through struggles or bad relationships.  It would be nice to think that, being past 70, I know who I am and am no longer searching to find my "true self".  But it may well be that I'm just tired and have given up the search and have just accepted myself as I am without trying to understand.

I wonder if that is why so many older readers love mystery stories so much.  They're stories that are interesting and fun to read but aren't necessarily trying to teach you anything about yourself or life.  Although the good ones often do, but without it being the central meaning of the book.

Netflix Movie: Shimmer Lake

 

This was excellent.

The kind of movie I love - presumably not a big budget, no big special effects, but a clever story well written and directed and a good cast.

Author: David S Pederson

 

He has a series of books about a gay detective in Milwaukee in the late 1940's.  There's a bit of a retro mystery feel to them, a bit of a throwback to the "Golden Age" that I'm thoroughly enjoying.

He also makes clear the difficulties/dangers of being a gay person in that era.  

Good plots too.

Netflix: The Chestnut Man

 

This was excellent.  

The kind of program I was expecting when I subscribed to Netflix.

Gripping and worthy of a bingewatch.

The Nordic/Scandinavian shows are pretty consistently the best mystery type productions anywhere.

Unfortunately there are so many services now that unless you spend a fortune subscribing you can't see all the good stuff.  

MHz, Acorn, BritBox all have great programming.  Not to mention the many many North American services.

A friend commented recently that even with all these services it can be very hard to find a particular program/movie that you're interested in, especially older things.

I borrow a lot of  DVD's from the library but unfortunately the older they are the more scratches they have and it is so frustrating when there's a section of a program that you cannot play - especially if it's the ending!