After visits from my family last weekend (Tide & Boar with brother #2 et al on Saturday; Chalet Swiss with mom & dad on Sunday) I had the week to myself in Moncton. I was able to catch up some movies while absentmindedly working in the evenings, until Lindsay arrived Thursday.

The Killer (imdb | rotten tomatoes) wasn’t David Fincher’s best work, but it was still one of the better movies I’ve watched this year.

Lou (imdb | rotten tomatoes) was far from a great movie. It wasn’t even all that good. But manoman, can Allison Janney just carry a thing. It had no business even being as entertaining as it was.

I wasn’t sure what to expect from Stillwater (imdb | rotten tomatoes) so I was pleasantly surprised when the combination of mumbly roughneck Matt Damon + class politics in Marseilles ended up a relatively touching story about family connections.

Fair Play (imdb | rotten tomatoes) was okay, I guess, but I felt like I’d seen it already when I watched Industry.

After a 24-hour bout of sickness Friday, we drove to the farm yesterday and will be here a few more hours. It’s pretty nice to be able to come get this level of recharge with only an hours’ drive.