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Movies, videos, and shows generally an hour or more in length. Shorter videos are listed under Concerts, Lectures, and More.

Ratings Guide: 0 to 5 ★s reflects how much I liked it (worst to best); 0 to 3 ☢s represents a content advisory (mildest to strongest).



2010

    January

  1. Reilly: The Ace of Spies ★★★ ☢☢☢ Deserves a review; I hope to get to it later.
  2. Food, Inc. ★★★★
  3. Rick Steves: Germany, Benelux and More 2000-2009 ★★★★★ I love Rick Steves' travel programs.
  4. Rick Steves: Austria and the Alps 2000-2009 ★★★★★
  5. Hercule Poirot's Christmas ★★★ Just for fun.
  6. Munyurangabo ★★ Rwanda post-genocide, but too slow, confusing, and artsy for me.
  7. The Merchant of Venice ★★★★★ ☢
  8. Les Triplettes de Belleville ★★★ ☢
  9. Rick Steves: Italy's Countryside 2000-2009 ★★★★★

    10. February

  10. Rick Steves: Italy's Cities 2000-2009 ★★★★★
  11. Jamie Oliver Eat to Save Your Life ★★ ☢ Eight parts, less than 10 min. each. The link is to Part 1; you can find the rest from there. Mild language warning. Stripped of the reality TV show trappings, it has about 20 minutes of really good stuff. It would be easy to spend too much time on his videos; there are many.
  12. Jamie's Fowl Dinners ★★★ ☢ Nine parts, oddly numbered 1-7, 9-10, between 2 and 10 min. each. The link is to Part 1. Factory farmed vs. free-range chickens in the UK. Mild language warning.
  13. Coriolanus ★★★ Hard to rate, since this BBC production of Shakespeare's final tragedy is the only one I've seen, but the acting could have been better.
  14. NOVA: Lord of the Ants ★★★★ Naturalist E. O. Wilson. Excellent show, and I'm even more struck by his resemblance, in appearance, speech, and manners to my father, and even more to my grandfather.
  15. National Treasure ★★★

    16. March

  16. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ★★★★ It's PG-13, mostly I think for violence, but I wouldn't rate it worse than PG myself.
  17. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ★★★★ Also PG-13, more deservedly so, as it's a bit more intense and scary. Still a lot of fun, however.
  18. Ken Burns' America: The Statue of Liberty ★★★★ I've yet to be disappointed by either Ken Burns or David McCullough, and this features both.