I am going just a wee bit nutso due to a common malady called The End Weeks of Pregnancy. My brain is absolute mush, so I'm finding myself unable to read much, although the dozen books stacked haphazardly by the bedside show my effort.
Today Chris took the children to a wonderful park in Gastonia which offers a splash pad, pool, playground and train. The kids got to play in all the areas, plus ate ice cream cones. Three cheers for Daddy!
I stayed home and took 30 minutes to waddle a half mile around our neighborhood. The baby was not served his or her eviction notice, as hoped. Back to lying in bed.
Returning to the subject of movies . . . "Katherine movies" are generally dark, intellectual, British, or often quirky. And I love documentaries.
One morning over breakfast, I remarked to Chris, "I watched the most interesting documentary last night . . . " to which he replied something like, "If only I had a dollar for every time you say that."
In the last week, a few of the movies I've enjoyed most on the screen are:
In past pregnancies, I have very much enjoyed crime series, such as:
Hit me with your recommendations, please! Even if it doesn't seem like a "Katherine movie," share it if you've really enjoyed it.
It's so hard to find good film/tv content that isn't morally repulsive these days! I liked Grantchester and Wolf Hall on PBS this year, but I don't know if they're still available to stream. They both displayed much sin in a way that's truthful to the fallen human condition. I would have preferred less of that ;-) but had good acting and well produced. I'd love to hear other recommendations too!
ReplyDeleteDoctor Who qualifies as dark, British and quirky. And there's lots of it in the event you go very overdue ;-)
ReplyDeleteKendra Tierney at catholicallyear.com has some great recommendations and thorough reviews.
ReplyDeleteI sympathize! Hang in there Katherine!
I was going to recommend Endeavor before I saw it on your list. Have you watched the Inspector Lewis series? What about the Elizabeth Gaskell miniseries, Cranford, Wives and Daughters, and North and South? (I may have recommended these before.) Oh! Have you seen Foyle's War? I thoroughly enjoyed that series. The first couple episodes may not grab you immediately, but it's worth it to keep watching.
ReplyDeleteI am transcribing all the recommendations from Facebook onto this blog post:
ReplyDeleteGrand Hotel
Dolphin Tale
Agents of the Shield
Stargate: SG-1
Gifted Hands: the Ben Carson story
Blacklist
Broadchurch
White Collar
Little house on the prairie
Padre Pio biography
It's a wonderful life
Ann of green gables
Emma
Pride and Prejudice
Psyche
Bones
Monk
Sherlock
The Scarlet and the Black
Young Victoria
God's Not Dead
BBC's pride and prejudice
The Bletchley Circle
Once Upon a Time series
24
Jericho
Justified
Call the midwife
Broadchurch
Doctor Who
A Good Lie
When calls the heart
More recommendations:
ReplyDeleteThree Coins in the Fountain
Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Magic Bow
Cottage to Let
Hungry Hill
Miranda
Saints and Soldiers
Land Girls
Longmire
Jewel in the Crown
Island at War
Lassie
The Quiet Man
Andy Griffith
How the States Got Their Shapes
Cracking the Mayan Code PBS Nova
Miss Marple (with Joan Hickson)
Miranda
Lark Rise to Candleford
Parenthood
Gilmore Girls
There is a three part series on PBS about the Special Delivery Unit at CHOP that I found incredible. Soooo Pro-life (even it was unintentionally). The main focus of the series is Dr. Adzick, who was A's surgeon. He does surgery on babies inutero. I think the series is called Twice Born.
Awesome list!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you have plenty of suggestions without my 2 cents! But I LOVE Gaskell's North and South and have watched it repeatedly. I also an interesting Masterpiece Contemporary series with a young Benedict Cumberbatch, recently, called The Last Enemy.
ReplyDeleteGood luck! I hope you don't have much time left to watch TV!