Frieda

Netflix: Julie Taymor directs this Oscar-winning biopic of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek), focusing on her often rocky relationship with husband Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina). Also known for her controversial political and sexual reputation (she was a communist and a bisexual), Frida struggled with a life of wracking pain following an accident, the amputation of a leg, and finally, drug and alcohol abuse that killed her at age 47.

We dug this movie. I little on the long side, but an interesting story. The guy who played Doc Octopus in Spiderman was a great Diego Rivera. I would call this movie, worth the view.

Ned Kelly

NetFlix: Ned Kelly (Heath Ledger) and his brother Dan (Laurence Kinlan), the sons of an Irish pig thief, form a group of bandits called the Kelly Gang with two other men (Orlando Bloom and Philip Barantini). Tired of being mistreated due to his heritage, Ned roams the Australian Outback with his mob, robbing banks and evading police. First jailed at age 16 for stealing horses, Ned Kelly is most notoriously known for the battle at the Inn at Glenrowan.

Aussie style RobinHood flick...Geoffery Rush plays a great commander in this movie.

The Life of Birds

Netflix: Presented by world-renowned naturalist David Attenborough, The Life of Birds is the definitive series exploring the most colorful, popular and perfectly adapted creatures on Earth. Researchers traversed the globe, exploring 42 countries and examining more than 300 species of birds using a variety of techniques, including infrared, slow motion and computer-enhanced effects.

Winged Migration it wasn't, however not a bad documentary on our little feathered friends.

Friends of God: A Road Trip With Alexandra Pelosi

HBO Documentary: The estimated 50 to 80 million evangelical Christians living in America today have become a formidable force in our culture and democracy. But the evangelical movement is a big tent. To try and get a better understanding of the range and diversity of this community, intrepid filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi hit the road to meet some evangelicals and learn about what their influence may mean for the future of the country.

My Take: Liberals, Moderates, Free Thinkers, and those who tolerate others and their points of view. We are now under attack. The message of God via Jesus wasn't tolerance and love, it was to BASH the unbelivers. The behemoth Job cites in the bible is a dinosaur....Yes, contrary to years of scientific evidence and overwhelming data, we as human kind DID share the earth with dinosaurs. Dinosaurs existed. Humans exist. The earth is only about 6000 years old (acording to evangelicals) therefore we rode, ate and cohabitated with nasty gay dinosaurs! (I don't know if dinosaurs were gay, but it seems like they could be.) If this documentary doesn't scare the hell out of you, nothing will.

He he. I did like the fact that they added to the documentary in a foot note that Ted Haggard the president and Evangelical leader/spokesperson takes it in the poop chute for dollars. Hang on. Does he pay to get or pay to deliver? Good Lord the allmighty, I have no idea. Perhaps in Pastor Ted's meth induced state, neither does he?

Technically old Teddy, didn't acutally ADMIT to gay sex. He bought the meth and then threw it away. However, his "lover" says they met nearly every month for more than 3 years.

Jackass Number Two

In the second film based on the infamous MTV series of the same name, Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Bam Margera and the rest of the gang continue to shun dignity and embrace danger in a series of idiotic feats. As always, the gross-out factor is high in stunts involving horse semen, a fake beard made out of pubic hair and more as the crew travels to India in this Jeff Tremaine-directed sequel.

Not bad, but they didn't quite capture the raw essense and finite juxtapositions for the true charater dynamics (antagonist/protagonist) of the first Jackass movie.

Bob Marley - Catch a Fire

Netflix: Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh are credited with introducing reggae music to the masses with their first album, "Catch a Fire." This documentary goes behind the scenes of the making of this legendary album. Through interviews with the musicians and Jamaican home movies, you'll follow the album's production from the 8-track recordings in Jamaica to the polishing touches in London. Songs include "Stir It Up" and "Stop That Train."

Cool Rasta Cool

30 Days - Season 2

What better way to give people a crash course in empathy than to have them inhabit somebody else's life for 30 days? That's exactly what Super Size Me director and star Morgan Spurlock does on this popular FX Network show. Season 2 opens with "a border-patrolling minuteman" moving in with an undocumented Mexican family and continues with episodes on abortion, New Age healing, prisons (with Spurlock himself spending time behind bars) and more.

Of the 6+ (?) episodes in season 2, there was only one I didn't really care for...Some how they missed the mark on the binge drinking mom, however all other scenarios were really good.