Has been the slowest movie year on record for Michael and me in our nearly dozen-year relationship. We did see "Running Wild" over the weekend, a little documentary about an eccentric old man who was responsible for setting up a huge sanctuary in South Dakota for wild horses that were being slaughtered in the West. (That we were the only two people in the 9:45 show was a misophonic's dream come true.) It's worth a look -- Dayton O. Hyde is a bit of a Zelig and has done even more than just that remarkable feat -- and is available on demand HERE.
Now I'm reading about "Philomena," which might also be worth a look:
Based on the 2009 investigative book by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith, "The Lost Child of Philomena Lee," PHILOMENA focuses on the efforts of Philomena Lee (Dench), mother to a boy conceived out of wedlock — something her Irish-Catholic community didn’t have the highest opinion of — and given away for adoption in the United States. In following church doctrine, she was forced to sign a contract that wouldn’t allow for any sort of inquiry into the son’s whereabouts. After starting a family years later in England and, for the most part, moving on with her life, Lee meets Sixsmith (Coogan), a BBC reporter with whom she decides to discover her long-lost son.
