We Had Originally Decided To Go To FedEx,

first thing in the morning after breakfast,

but the weather out here had other ideas, after breakfast there was a huge and long lasting thunderstorm,

 after what seemed like an age the rain was still crashing down,

 another hour or so passed, the rain easing up slightly,

thoughts of the previous downpour and floods were beginning to surface in our thoughts, but the drains seemed to cope with the water, we by now had decided not to go to FedEx,

so in the afternoon it was feet up for a few DVDs, what better film to watch on a wet rainy afternoon? The Day the Earth Caught Fire, the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have caused the orbit of the Earth to alter, sending it hurtling towards the sun, unlike many other 1950/60s si-fi films this one has not spawned a remake, having said that perhaps it is for the best,

Who Killed Martin Luther King Jr, was our next DVD, like others in this series more questions than answers, my expert is more expert than your expert, just about sums it up, interesting viewing, but like JFK will we ever know the truth?

now a real treat, I was going to wait till they brought this title out in BluRay, but bought it anyway as a normal DVD, well at £6.49 it was too good to miss!, also if it does come out on BluRay to good reviews, that is the transfer gives a better, crisper picture, I may well buy it again,

 we watched all of disc 2, absolutely stunning! whilst watching it the rain had finally stopped and Mark called round for a cup of tea and a chat,

this for us was a terrible film, Tideland, if graphic scenes of an 8 year boiling drugs in a spoon then helping prepare syringes for her drug addict father is your kettle of fish, you will be at home here, but for us a unsettling series of images including mentally retarded people makes this, well I have to say it, the worse film I have ever sat through,

I was hoping this to be a lot better, Yellowbeard, released in 1983, was at least funny, but having seen it and Roman Polanski's 1986 film Pirates, then Yellowbeard is left scrambling in the dust, go for Pirates and forget Yellowbeard!

we then watched the last half hour of To the Ends of the Earth, a very enjoyable series, I would never have thought that a series ship board could keep our interest going but it did, well worth watching, but one thing puzzles me, why is the DVD nearly £17 in the UK but in America it is only £4.00, both brand new DVDs? both available on Amazon,

Who's Harry Crumb? rounded off our evening with slapstick and one line jokes, I guess Americas answer to Jacque Clouseau, Harry was of course a one man disaster area, always making the wrong conclusions but always getting his man, or woman, as the case may be, with that we were off to bed.