april to dos - film

[There's just so much to get done before Spring Break in the beginning of April, and I have my Midsomer Murders marathon to watch, so this list will have to be pushed back to May./

This list is for movies to either watch for the first time, or re-watch. Maybe for sentimental reasons or just because it's a plain good film. It's one of my spontaneous, yet low-key, hobby.

- Jane Eyre ('44)

- The Trojan Women ('71)
- Mary, Queen of Scots ('72)

- Young Catherine ('91)

- First Knight ('95)

- Dragonheart ('96)

- St. Ives/All For Love ('98)

- The End of the Affair ('99)

- The White Countess ('05)

With the exception of the last two, all of these movies have been around for over a decade. If you haven't noticed already, I like vintage /old/antique-related subjects and items. I'll have a reply post to this after I've watched all those listed. Hopefully, in chronological order as I have above.

the killings at badger's drift

I just finished the pilot for the Midsomer Murders, and I must say, it's got me positively hooked! I couldn't wait to return it so I could check out the whole of the first series. I didn't have time to watch it until after I came home, which was around 2 hours ago. I rushed so I could have this up as today's post. I'm really swamped with things to do for classes and I'll be too busy for the rest of the month because Spring Break is the first full week of April and midterms in 2 weeks. That said, I'll be having off days when I don't have a post, otherwise, I'll do what I did last month and try to just put a poem up, either my own or a favorite with my thoughts alongside it. Peace out!

(I found this montage of the pilot on Google. Pretty much says it all without giving anything away. Don't worry, no spoilers here.)

march to dos - film

Films are one of my favorite escapes from the drudgery of what we call life. I might not be so in love with driving or taking the train to certian libraries when they're more than half an hour away, but if the movie's really interesting, then I'm definitely there without second thought.

For March, I wanted to do a murder mystery marathon. One was suggested to me by my British friend who discovered it when he went back to England. It's a long-running series called Midsomer Murders. Based on the novels by Caroline Graham, which is also known as the Inspector Barnaby mysteries. And lucky me, my favorite library just happens to have most of the series! There's not much I can say bout them other than they must be really good to be in running for the past thirteen years. Actually, the pilot aired on 23rd March 1997, so the thirteen year anniversary of the series is in a little over 3 weeks. That's amazing, this has got to be the only series (I've heard of anyway) that's lasted for more than 10 years. I can't wait to start watching! Here's a list of the episodes (in chronological order) that I'm going to try to fit into this month:

- The Killings at Badger's Drift (pilot)

Series One

- Written in Blood

- Death of a Hollow Man

- Faithful unto Death

- Death in Disguise

Series Two

- Death's Shadow

- Strangler's Wood

- Dead Man's Eleven

- Blood Will Out

Series Three

- Death of a Stranger

- Blue Herrings

- Judgement Day

- Beyond the Grave

As you can see, the series aren't as long as most American seasons. But I think a version is around 100 minutes, so each series is over 6 hours long. Well this should keep me out of trouble and at home for a long, long time. I'm actually looking forward to shutting myself in for the month (excluding school, work, and weekly dinners with my best friend). As for the rest of the show, I'll draw up a new to-do for April; I might have to postpone the 'old movies' list that I was thinking of setting up for the next month. There's always May!