Friday, February 2, 2007

DVDs to rent

In case you're at a loss staring at the shelves at Blockbuster or if your Netflix queue is looking bare, here are some suggestions........

Movies Everyone Should See
Schindler's List
Hotel Rwanda
Devil's Advocate
A Rabbit Proof Fence
The Sound of Music
Fiddler on the Roof
United 93
Crash
Thirteen
Maria Full of Grace
The Life of David Gale

Movies That I Really Enjoyed
Bend It Like Beckham
In America
Little Miss Sunshine
Akeelah and the Bee
Love Actually
About A Boy
Garden State
Pieces of April
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Pride and Prejudice
Ever After
The Chorus
I Am David
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Mean Girls
28 Days
Chocolat
Monsters Inc.
Saved! (may be offensive to some)
Whale Rider
Brokedown Palace
White Oleander
Chronicles of Narnia--The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lord of the Rings-- all three
Life As A House (always makes me want to move back to California)
I Am Sam
A Time to Kill
Apollo 13

Documentaries
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Born into Brothels
Jesus Camp (will probably provoke a strong reaction, one way or another)
Mad Hot Ballroom (fun, feel-good story)
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State

TV Series on DVD
Alias
24
House, M.D.
Party of Five
Felicity
Veronica Mars
Once and Again
Six Feet Under
Big Love

Do not, under any circumstances, rent...
The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl (no matter how much kids plead)
Constantine
Apocalypto
Hide and Seek
Monster-in-Law
Maid in Manhatten
Beyond Borders
A Wrinkle in Time (a complete massacre of the book)
War of the Worlds

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