Week in Review: November 12 - 17

Birthdays:  Only one birthday this week, Princes Charles, who is 64 this year.

Movies - We had a Daniel Craig theme this week, with a back-to-back of his James Bond movies, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, and Skyfall.  I loved them all, but my favourite of the bunch was Casino and my least favourite Quantum.  To celebrate the conclusion of our Bond marathon I also did up a note discussing all the movies.  I'm sure I'll do the non-Eon films, Casino Royale and Never Say Never Again, but I'm going to take a bit of a Bond break for now.

Books - This week we did the third Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. My biggest critique of this one was about the title, so yeah.  Actually, if I think about it, I have a lot of critiques about Hermione in this one, but that's a whole other story.

TV - TV show of the week was the third season of the absolutely awesome Downton Abbey.  I laughed, I cried, I laughed some more.  I'm already anxiously waiting for the Christmas special and season 4.

Recommendations - Because we missed a bit, I tried to just quickly cover a bunch of movies that have been released, either to threatre or DVD lately.  The ones that I'm most looking forward to are Wreck-It Ralph, Lincoln, and Anna Karenina, but the previously mentioned Skyfall was also recommended.

Next Week - Up next week is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Wreck-it-Ralph, and the third season of Face Off.  I'm not sure about any other movies, we'll see.

Requests -Any requests? Let me know!

Birthday: Prince Charles

I usually try to keep this in line with actors and authors, but I like to break my own rules once in awhile.

Today is the 64th birthday of Charles, Prince of Wales.  To the best of my knowledge, Prince Charles is the eldest Prince of Wales in the history of the title and is the longest serving-heir apparent, narrowly beating out the former Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII and Prince Charles' great-great grandfather.

Presuming that he outlives his mother - not necessarily a guarantee, given as within his family women are known to live long, while men not so much - he is, as the title would suggest, the future King of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas - in essence, King of sixteen sovereign states within the Commonwealth.  At this point, he'll presumably be titled Charles III, although given the historical connotations of his name I'm predicting he'll go with something else - probably George.

Either way, for today he is still a prince and it is his birthday.  Happy birthday, sir!