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10 movies I watched in the past 3 weeks.

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Since Meera signed up for Netflix, I find my film-watching frequency has increased...the watch-it-or-lose it effect. Miller's Crossing (1990) Pornography (2009) Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) Rachel Getting Married (2008) Planet of the Apes (2001) Stranger than Fiction (2006) The Shaggy Dog (2006) Other Men's Women (1931) Office Space (1999) Jabberwocky (1977) Grant Withers and Joan Blondell in Other Men's Women Pete Scherer in Pornography Anne Hathaway and Rosemarie DeWitt in Rachel Getting Married Nobody told me just how bad Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes was, but I probably would have watched it anyway. As clumsy as the pacing and tone of Other Men's Women , the kiss, a pivotal scene in the film, was done with passion, power, and sensitivity. From the Forbidden Hollywood DVD series of TCM, which I highly recommend. Miller's Crossing , an old favorite when I hadn't seen since it came out, still the stunning film I remembered. Pornograp