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Friday Night Movie Widgets Open Thread

By SusanUnPC on September 22, 2007 at 2:50 AM in Advertising

I love mentally engrossing movies, great TV dramas, and widgets I can program (and Amazon has lots of those). Here’s a new widget from Amazon that lets me show off the movies, TV shows and one documentary that I love. I was especially excited to discover today that we can buy the brilliant documentary, The Power of Nightmares. Three years ago, I had to get a bootleg copy from a friend. I don’t think it’s ever been shown on American television, and it’s a documentary every American should see. Want to suggest your own favorite films and TV shows? Go for it, and I’ll create a widget with your favorites.

(I’ve moved the widget to below the fold for those on slower computers or ISPs.)

Yes, it’s partly to sell items to support our blog. But this widget was especially fun to create. And I’d be glad to create a widget of your suggestions as well.

By the way, a friend rented Zodiac and Breach this past week, and I loved both films. I have some criticisms of Breach, but it’s a well-done drama with actors who are masters of their craft. Zodiac is a “keeper” movie. The puzzles, the clues, the plot intricacies are such that one can watch this movie more than once. And the acting by Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., and Mark Ruffalo is so good that all three should be nominated for Academy Awards.