I loaded the Netflix app yesterday and ended up watching a couple of movies on my iPad (Zombieland anyone?). Even as big of a geek as I am, I was still amazed that something just seems to work—with no fiddling, no settings and no grief.

I also watched one on my big screen using PS3 as the streamer. Blockbuster—you are toast.

8: The Mormon Proposition trailer

This sounds like a movie worth viewing.

Movie review: Crying ‘Outrage’ against hypocrisy in D.C.
Documentary puts heat on gay pols who vote against gay issues.
By Sean P. Means
The Salt Lake Tribune

Hypocrisy is as easy to find in politics as American-flag lapel pins. Just think of the average member of Congress, railing against pork-barrel politics — but making sure his or her district gets its cut of the federal pie.

But the special sort of hypocrisy filmmaker Kirby Dick exposes in his powerful documentary “Outrage” is especially insidious: politicians who are gay and closeted, but — in part to keep people from uncovering their secret — support laws that deny gays and lesbians the right to marry, adopt children, serve in the military and otherwise be treated like full-fledged citizens.
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“Last Day Dream”
a man watches his life pass before him

Produced for the 42 Second Dream Film Festival
Beijing China 2009

Last Day Dream [HD] from Chris Milk on Vimeo.