Get Ready for Fruitvale Station

Our next film is Fruitvale Station. You won't want to miss this one. It's gotten rave reviews, but it's disappointing that it didn't get any Oscar nominations. Maybe it was released too early in the year.  
John has come up with some questions to ponder as you're watching the film. He'll lead the discussion after so be prepared with some insightful questions.

1.  How does the film's limited point of view shape the audiences reaction to the event being depicted?  Is this limited perspective nevertheless a fair one?

2.  Why did the filmmakers only dramatize events in the last day of Oscar Grant's life?  Does the attenuated time frame of this biopic enhance or diminish the subjects life?

3.  In what way does knowing the outcome of the story affect the audiences reactions to specific scenes as we are watching them?


Critics Corner

Gail Brown's latest review:

Jack Ryan:  Shadow Recruit, 2 hours 25 min
Rated:  PG-13
Ratings:  IMDB, 6.7, Rotten Tomatoes, 6.0 with a 63% fresh, 4 of us today rated it 8-10!!
Cast:  Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightly, Kenneth Branagh
Directed by:  Kenneth Branagh

Based on the character created by bestselling author Tom Clancy, "Jack Ryan" is a global action thriller set in the present day. This original story follow a young Jack (Chris Pine) as he uncovers a financial terrorist plot. The story follows him from 9/11, through his tour of duty in Afghanistan, which scarred him forever, and into his early days in the Financial Intelligence Unit of the modern CIA where he becomes an analyst, under the guardianship of his handler, Harper (Kevin Costner).

Two Critics Comments:
While all involved talk a good game, this movie really is a bit of a toss-off, a disposable date movie to enjoy momentarily and then completely forget about. (Isn’t that what January movies are all about??)

This film had an oddly generic feel like we have seen this story in some form before. Even if this was set several years post-9/11, it had that dated Cold War (a la classic James Bond) feel especially when the action shifted to Moscow. Fortunately though, despite those gripes, "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" is still a very exciting action-packed thriller

My opinion:
I am recommending this movie as a good January CIA ‘edge of your seat’ drama/adventure.  We enjoyed it a lot more than most of the critics apparently…same critics that wanted Her to win best pix of the year!!

The pace of the movie was very good…with surprise moments.  Of course the things that happen in these movies are not plausible…but it was a fun ride.  Chris Pine is a likable actor, someone you root for.  I have always enjoyed Kevin Costner….there is just a charm about him…the camera took nicely to both of them. After the crazy, over the top movies I have seen lately…this was a welcome change of pace, as well as a throwback to movies we grew up with (ala 007 but not that good!)

Would never win an award but entertaining…glad we saw it today….

More About The Sapphires

I'm still thinking about The Sapphires and after seeing that fun, interesting film, I did a little more research about it. Are you still wondering about parts of the story? Here's an update that actually includes some of John Anderson's comments after the film (but for those of you who didn't stay after, you'll be interested). This article about Tony Briggs, the writer of the film who is the son of one of the Sapphires is also interesting.

Local Film News

Coming February 6 - 16, The Jewish Film Festival. Fourteen different films will be shown in various venues including San Diego, La Jolla, Carlsbad and San Marcos. Click on the link for more information and for the list of films.

In the meantime, we'll see you Sunday, the 26th for Fruitvale Station.

NCFC's Exciting New Season

The North County Film Club kicks off the new season with The Sapphires on Sunday, January 12. You're not going to want to miss this film. In 1968 four young talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship and war when their all girl group, The Sapphires entertain the US troops in Vietnam. Based on a true story, The Sapphires is a triumphant celebration of youthful emotion, family and music. 


Here's a photo of the real Sapphires as they are now:

And here's a review of The Sapphires with some interesting points which might make for some good discussion after the film showing on Sunday.

If you don't know about the film club and want to join - the membership fee is $10.00. Sign up for membership at the table outside of the Digiplex (Mission and College, Oceanside). The pass for all 10 films is $45.00 and can be purchased at the box office (can you imagine? only $4.50 per film!). If you only want to see 5 of the films, you can purchase a pass for $30.00 (you must select the 5 films before you purchase your pass).

We welcome new members. Join us for some great films. Here's the lineup for 2014 Winter-Spring Season.

Film News
Once again, I'm missing the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Maybe next year. It started on the 3rd and runs through the 13th. So if you're in the area or want to make a special trip, here's the info: Palm Springs Film Festival. This is one of the best festivals in the U.S. It features mostly foreign films, but also showcases some of the more important US films.





Critic's Corner
Gail Brown is favoring us with another of her film reviews, this time for American Hustle.

Starring:  Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence
Directed and Co-written by:  David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)
Rated:  R
Ratings:  IMDB 8.3, Rotten Tomatoes 94% fresh and 8.2, the five who saw it today, 7 to 9.5

This movie is not easy for me to review.  It is still swirling around in my head.  Definitely not one of my favorite movies of the year….although it did have redeeming qualities as I noted below.

The Good:  The casting and acting…..I could not take my eyes off the four characters.  Amy Adams, who we once looked at like the ‘girl next door’…will surprise you.  Christian Bale who gained 50 lbs for this role, is a very intense actor (since he was 11 in Empire of the Sun) who totally sank himself into this role.  Jennifer Lawrence, at age 24, has the acting chops of someone twice her age.  Bradley Cooper’s passion for his craft comes through in every role he plays.  The four of them do not disappoint. Also the music was very good.

The Disappointing:  It is not a good thing when a 2 hour and 9 minute movie feels like 3 hours….I also found myself drifting off through a number of scenes.  Although the acting was superb and memorable…I could never sit through this movie again.  It was just a little too ‘over the top’ for me and maybe even over-acted here and there as well.

Note:  Most of the critics are raving about this movie and you will see that many have it as one of their top ten movies of the year.  Others I know liked it a lot… so please don’t let my review discourage you from seeing it.  If you love these four actors, then by all means see this movie because their performances made it worth seeing.  Could get an award or two for ensemble acting as well as for some individual performances.


Hope to see you all on Sunday the 12th at the Digiplex in Oceanside (unless, of course, you're in Palm Springs).

What's new in the film world

Here's some exciting news - especially if you're a fan of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. They're actually going to make a sequel. According to the report I read, all of the original cast will be on hand except Tom Wilkinson. And most interesting of all, Richard Gere might sign on to play a new character. Shooting is supposed to start in January.

Critics Corner

Gail Brown has sent us another review.

Movie:  Hunger Games; Catching Fire

Rated:  PG-13

Genre:  Action, Adventure, Sci Fi

Ratings:  IMDB 8.3, Rotten Tomatoes

Cast includes:  Jennifer Lawrence, Donald Sutherland, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Lenny Kravitz, Liam Hemsworth, Stanley Tucci and Elizabeth Banks.

Synopsis: The sequel to the Hunger Games, begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts.

One Critics Comment: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is that rare instance when the movie is better than the book, and the second movie is better than the first.

My comment:  I love a movie that takes me to places with characters, situations and an environment that are new to me.  I totally enjoyed the first movie and enjoyed this one equally. The characters are bigger than life.  Jennifer Lawrence is totally dedicated to this role and does an excellent job.  The visuals are stunning.  It is a movie you cannot look away from..every moment is interesting and provides a fun ride for the audience.

It took hundreds of craftspeople to put this movie together…the credits go on forever….and ever…An effort that works well…at 2 ½ hours it seemed to go by in a flash (how rare is that).

The ending definitely has you eagerly anticipating the next movie… hopefully coming out next year.



Field Trip

I was in New York the beginning of this month and had the pleasure of visiting The Museum of Moving Image. It's located in Astoria in a kind of industrial area. The buildings in this area were once giant sound stages and tons of movies were filmed there starting in the 1920s. There were several years when nothing was happening there and then a Mr. Kaufman (they were erecting this sign when we were visiting)

bought the property and not only is the museum housed there, but the sound stages are again being used, mostly for television productions. In fact when my daughter and I were visiting, they were filming an episode of "Orange is the New Black".

The museum is quite handsome. This is the restaurant area. You could see it wasn't very crowded that day.

There are exhibits from several movies. Here's one from Little Big Man. Recognize Jack Crabb?

This one's from The Exorcist. Recognize Regan MacNeil?

There were several interactive displays that were fun. In one you could do a video and it would be made into a flip book.

Or you could add your own voice to a movie clip. Here's my daughter trying her luck at doing a voice over for My Fair Lady:

One of my favorite exhibits was a collection of costumes from the Frida Kahlo film.

How fun to see the costumes in person as well as the designer's sketches and fabric samples.

It's a fabulous museum. Put it on your must-see list for your next trip to New York.

In the next post we'll be announcing the list of movies for the next season. Stay tuned.

The Intouchables

This Sunday, Nov. 17, we are in for a real treat. The film The Intouchables sounds like a movie we really can't miss. Everyone who's seen it, absolutely loves it. The film tells the story of a quadriplegic millionaire and his African care-giver, Driss. In the course of the story we'll see how Driss changes the boring life of the millionaire and his employees as well.

John Anderson has come up with the following questions:

1. What aspects of THE INTOUCHABLE'S' "Bro-manticism"  allow the characters to appreciate their differences in class and culture?

2. Why does the film align social class and cultural taste so precisely?

3. How are the roles and functions of women proscribed in the film?

4. How does race and disability represent "loss" in the film, and how does the "Bromance" plot restore wholeness to its character's lives?

Think about the answers and come prepared Sunday to enter into the discussion after the film.


Critics Corner

Gail Brown sends us the following review of 12 Years a Slave (based on a true story).
Rated: Hard R for violent scenes aplenty
2 hrs, 13 min.
Ratings: Four of us rated it 8 - 10, IMDB - 8.6, Rotten Tomatoes - 9.0
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Paul Giamatti, Paul Dano, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad Pitt (very small but pivotal role)
Director: Steve McQueen (not the actor who died years ago!)
Synopsis: Solomon Northup, A NY state citizen is kidnapped and sold into slavery in New Orleans in the 1800's. The movie is based on his memoir. 
One Critics Opinion: The extraordianry 12 Years a Slave thrusts its lead character and the audience into slavery's moral and psychological morass more fully and directly than any movie before it.
Gail's Opinion: I felt every minute of this movie. The brutality was over the top but was, most assuredly, a true depiction of slavery in those times. It makes you wonder how and why man is so inhumane to man.

The casting, acting and directing could not have been better.  (Although some in our group thought it was a bit slow. My thought was that it was intentional so you could feel the pain and suffering of those who lost their freedom).

And the Oscar nominations go to:
Lead Actor - Chiwetel Ejiofor
Supporting Actor - Michael Fassbender
Director - Steve McQueen
Best Movie of the year.

Note: If you thought Django was brutal...you have not seen brutal.




A friend sent me this video which I thought I'd post because it's so fantastic. Maybe you've already seen it, but it's fun a second time. Supposedly this Oscar performance didn't make it to the television audience. I wonder why. Too long of a show? How horrible for the performers though to not get exposed to one of the biggest television audiences.



See you at the Digiplex on Sunday, 3:00 pm for The Intouchables.

Say Yes to No

Here is what we DO NOT want our theater to look like on November 3.

We want every seat filled, because next Sunday we will be showing the fabulous film from Chile, No. It won the Academy Award for Best Foreign film this year.  You don't want to miss this one. You definitely want to say yes to NO.

In case you're not sure what the film is about, here's the trailer:

 

John Anderson's Questions to Ponder
1. How did the 1973 coup in Chile, and Pinochet's free market policies, create a generational rift in his opposition as depicted in the film, and how is that reflected in the NO ads and in Bernal's performance?
2. In what ways does Pinochet's openness to U.S. marketing and media undermine the authority of his leadership?
3. In what ways do the "Yes" ads present an alternative vision of the themes in the "No" ads?

4. Does the film take a positive, negative or neutral stand about the use of mass market advertising in politics?
5. Why was a "low def" look chosen for the film's cinematography?

Early Memberships

If you want to avoid long lines before the upcoming films to sign up for next year's membership, you can sign up early starting now. Memberships are $10.00. You can send your check to:

North County Film Club

PO Box 56

San Luis Rey, CA  92068-0056

Or bring your check to the next two films on Nov. 3 or 17.

Why buy a membership? Here are the reasons:
1. You help to support the club with it's various expenses
2. You are eligible to nominate and vote for the next group of films
3. Members are invited to free showings of new films
4. You help to support independent and foreign films in San Diego County

Critics Corner - Enough Said
by Gail Brown
Enough Said starring James Gandolfini is his last role, Julia Louis-Drefus, Toni Collette and Catherine Keener. Adult romantic comedy, rated PG-13.
IMDB give it a 7.6 and Rotten tomatoes a 7.7. Everyone in our group, including two strangers that heard us giving ratings, rated it an 8, 8.5 or a 9.
The film is about a divorced man and divorced woman with daughters leaving for college. They meet at a party and an unlikely romance begins with some interesting and predictable challenges.
One critics comment:
This pleasant adult romantic comedy with a steady stream of low-key laughs allow the late James Gandolfini to take his final bow as a nice guy instead of a wise guy.
Just my opinion...
If you are a Julia Louis-Dreyfus fan, you will not be disappointed. She gives a very likable performance...she sparkles on screen. I was not sold on their chemistry though.
I thought it was okay, but not a "must see".

Book Nook

Is it alright to do a book review of a book you haven't actually read? I don't suppose it's a good idea, but I'm going to do it anyway. Mainly because this book looks very interesting.

Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell are the authors of this book about the greatest bad movie ever made. My vote is for the Mexican film "Santa Claus vs. the Devil". Other's might think "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" should win. But Sestero and Bissell write the history of The Room which has become a cult classic and their choice for the greatest bad movie.

Tommy Wiseau wrote, directed, produced and starred in the film which they say doesn't make any sense at all. The Room is considered in the category so-bad-it's-good films. Fans pack screenings where they perform raucous audience participation rituals.

According to Jim Ruland of the L.A. Times who reviewed this book, "The Disaster Artist" is not only the terrifically engaging tale of a bad Hollywood movie, it's one of the most honest books about friendship I've read in years."

I've ordered my copy and can't wait to read it. I love books about bad movies.

Board Meeting
Here are some of the members of the board planning next season's slate of films:

Marny Fischer, Jim and Shar Hamilton and John Anderson tally the votes and get ready to submit the list of films to Digiplex. We'll post the final list soon. Stay tuned.


Leaving a Comment
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Or
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That's all there is to it. Try it some time. We'd love to hear from you.

See you on Sunday for No.

About movies and books

Cinema audience in the 1940s, you could even smoke in the movies back then!

This past Sunday, we had the pleasure of seeing the film Any Day Now. From the sound of the applause after the film, I think most everyone enjoyed it. John Anderson, in his discussion prior to the viewing, told us that film festival audiences loved the film and it seems our membership did too. He also said that critics weren't as enthusiastic and felt the film was a bit melodramatic.

The discussion after the film centered mostly on adoption laws in previous years and how unfair they were. It seems we've come a long way from the 1970s, the time period of Any Day Now.

Our next film, Le Havre will be shown Oct. 27. It's the story of a shoeshiner who tries to save an immigrant child in the French port city Le Havre. I have a feeling it's going to be good because of that dog peaking around the corner. Study up on your French for this one, but of course there will be subtitles if your French is a little rusty.

John has come up with some questions to ponder as we view this upcoming film.

1.  In what way does the town of La Havre become a character in the film.

2. Both LA HAVRE and ANY DAY NOW depict young people endangered by the arms of the State, and the efforts of adults to save them.  How do the films differ in terms of how they approach the subject.

3.  How does the film's photography, acting, production design, and editing eschew the realist aesthetic we associate with movies concerning working class life.  Why did the director, Aki Kaurismaki decide to do this?

Please stay for the discussion after the film. It's always interesting to hear everyone's comments.

Critics Corner

About Time

New members Jane and Jeff Gorman from Carlsbad, took advantage of the club perk of viewing previews of new films. They recently saw About Time in San Marcos. Here are Jane's comments:


If you love "Ground Hog Day" and a coming of age movie featuring a deep father-son bond and portrayed by excellent English actors, then you will find this beautifully shot, well written piece of cinema fun, light-hearted and eventually wringing emotion from the depths of your memory.  It has much the same rhythm of the "Best Marigold Hotel", a little slow at times, but alive with excellent acting combined with an excellent musical tract and a total get-away to the coast of England during the summer.  Your patience with the plot development will be rewarded with an evening well spent at the cinema.

Rush

Reviewed by club member, Gail Brown
A true story of the competition between two race car drivers in the mid 70s and the horrific car crash that almost took the life of one of them. Rated R for some nudity, I suspect. 
-That Chris Hemsworth (Star Trek, Avengers) reminds me of a young Brad Pitt...one of those actors that are a pleasure to look at!! He plays the playboy, James Hunt.
-Daniel Bruhl plays Niki Lauda, a very serious and competitive racer.
-Well directed by Ron Howard, produced by Brian Grazer and of course great edge-of-your-seat racing scenes.
-Most reviewers and the two of us gave it around a 7.5 to an 8.
-Racing scenes were exciting and well done, but I think I wanted more character development.
-Not a "must see" but all-in-all an entertaining movie.

Book Nook

Every now and then, I'll include an interesting book that pertains to film. I received this one as a gift from a friend who really knows my interests. 

This book, The Film Snob's Dictionary by David Kamp and Lawrence Levi is a handy reference guide for the sort of movie obsessive for whom the actual enjoyment of motion pictures is but a side dish to the accumulation of arcane knowledge about them.

It's in dictionary format containing actors, films, directors, etc. There's lots of information about very obscure films that I've never heard of, the type of trivia that would be welcome at any cocktail party. 

If you loved or hated Any Day Now, leave a comment below and let us know what you think. Or leave a comment about anything - films, books, past showings, future showings, whatever's on your mind. We'd love to hear from you.

See you on the 27th. 

 

  

 

 

It's Time to Vote

Yes, it's that time of the year again - elections for films for the winter season. Check out all of the nominated film's trailers (see Jim's email of 10/4/13 for the list). If you can't find Jim's email, here is a list of the films (titles only). Check IMDB to see the trailers.

Fanie Fourie's Lobola

The Discoverers

The Sapphires

Fruitvale Station

Kon-Tiki

20 Feet from Stardom

The Girls in the Band

In Darkness

Hitler's Children

Goodbye First Love

Like Someone in Love

Starbuck

After the Wedding

The Hunt

Something in the Air

Blue Jasmine

The Kid with a Bike

A Bag of Hammers

Much Ado About Nothing

Austenland

The Way, Way Back

Before Sunset

Divided We Fall

In a World

The Attack

You must be a NCFC member to vote. Vote for your favorite EIGHT films by emailing your selections to ncfilmclub@gmail.com. The deadline is Oct. 13.

Our next film is Any Day Now which will be showing Sunday, Oct. 13. John Anderson has made some excellent, thought provoking notes about the film so we can come prepared (just like a film class!).  So study up and come to the film with questions and comments for the discussion session.

The term “independent film” can be interpreted in a number of ways:  It can be a film produced outside of a major studio, a film supporting the unique view of its director, or a movie whose point of view is outside of traditional societal norms.

For a number of decades, movies catering to or depicting what we would today call the L.G.B.T community fell automatically within the latter definition.  Besides prevalent public disapproval of homosexuality, the M.P.D.A. Production Code, which the major studios upheld from 1934 until 1968, all but forbid specific references to its existence.  When Hollywood films rarely broached  the subject, as in Tea and Sympathy and The Children’s Hour, it served as a catalyst for advancing the subjects of rumor and scandal, not gender and sexuality.

The absence of homosexuality in Hollywood cinema did not keep gays from attending the movies.  On the contrary, the melodramatic excesses of certain feminine romantic melodramas became campy fodder for the L.G.B.T underground film movement.  Jack Smith’s Burning Creatures paid homage to kitschy glamour queens such as Maria Montez, while Kenneth Anger’s Scorpio Rising amplified the fetishistic undertones of B movie biker flicks.  By the end of the 1960s, the Andy Warhol/Paul Morrissey collaborations offered a dead pan take down on traditional notions of tinsel town glamour. When representing homosexual themes was no longer verboten, art house  directors such as John Waters and Rainer Warner Fassbender refracted often dire depictions of the gay underworld through the prism of garish American melodrama.

What unified the independent L.G.B.T cinema during its formative years was a skewered, ironic take on the women’s weepies and domestic melodramas that gay men identified with when their identities were closeted by censorship, social conformity, and legal oppression.  Influenced by playwright Bertolt Brecht, L.G.B.T. cinema emphasized the artificial structure of film spectacle, making the audience aware that it was watching a movie, as opposed to trying to suspend its disbelief.  It attempted to transform the way that audiences saw movies: not as dreamers wafting through frenzied states of material bliss, but as alienated voyeurs forever removed from the fantasias of American consumer excess.

Since the 1980s, social forces have allowed movies to form a more accommodating relationship to traditional modes of movie storytelling.  Diminished public opposition to homosexuality, medical options for procreation, and the inheritance issues gay couples faced during the AIDS crisis shifted the community towards addressing its concerns through civil rights initiatives and family law.  Activism shifted from community consciousness- raising to a focus on individual rights and choices.  Consequently,  L.G.B.T. movies today frequently embrace the traditional  empathetic  style of Hollywood storytelling .  Longtime Companion, The Kids are All Right, and this week’s NCFC selections Any Day Now tug on the heartstrings without invoking self reflexive distance.

The irony of course, is that tear-jerkers, once a staple of Hollywood studios, are no longer produced en masse by major film distributors.  What were once mainstream movies have been shunted to independent models of distribution, and are independent only by the fact that they are shot without big studio financing.  By chasing the international market with big action/science fiction spectacles and talking animated animals, major companies have left the making of traditional genre films to the minors. Certain gay themed films are more mainstream in their attempt to make the audience feel the emotions of their characters, but the genres that these films invoke feel marginalized because they no longer fit the marketing demands of the old Hollywood system.

Any Day Now has been criticized in some circles for its overt sentimentality.  The story chronicling the trevails of a gay couple in the late 70s and early 80s as they adopt a jeopardized teenager with Down’s Syndrome, is shot in a highly immersive style with naturalistic performances by Alan Cumming, Garrett Dillahunt, and an utterly beguiling Isaac Leyva as the afflicted boy.  Our emotions are drawn out through the seductiveness of the characters, making their joys and sorrows become our own.  How do you respond to this type of moviemaking, and do you think it effectively stages the political issues surrounding sexuality and the family raised in the course of the melodrama?

Of course, one might argue that Any Day Now deliberately revises the traditional ways that independent L.G.B.T.  cinema structures the relationship between spectacle and spectator, allowing viewers to emotionally commit to the idea that normative familial structures and institutions are the most optimal path towards achieving emotional wholeness.  Is this a reflection of same sex relationships gaining more mainstream acceptance, or an acknowledgement that gays have a larger investment in protecting legal institutions that preserve their rights and property than in previous generations?

In any event, Any Day Now represents an era when the promise of family as a force for unifying the self is being extended to the L.G.B.T. community.  Whether or not the institution can sustain this sense of fulfillment beyond the sphere of cinematic illusion is a question that movies alone can’t answer.

Critics Corner
One of our members, Gail Brown, has been reviewing movies that she sees and has kindly agreed to  share her views of the new film Gravity with us:

I am still on ‘overwhelm’ from the movie yesterday.  Probably without a doubt, the best ‘space’ film of all time. Seven of us attended and we reviewed it between an 8.5 and a 10.  

If you are into the making of a movie, in terms of special effects…then you MUST see this film.  The visual effects are unbelievable…we did not see it in 3D but we felt like we did…Sandra Bullock was fantastic and believable considering she acted alone for most of the movie.  She will give Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) a run for her money for the Oscar no doubt.

Surprised that George Clooney took such a secondary role …but my guess is that he really wanted to be part of this project and work with this director. Kudos to the director, Alfonso Cuaron and cinematographer, Emmanuael Lubezki for this groundbreaking film.

I am not a sci-fi fan at all but this one was well worth seeing…some of it is definitely ‘edge of your seat’ entertainment.  Those people who can’t wait to participate in space travel may be having some second thoughts after seeing Sandra’s ordeal!!!!

See you Sunday.