I've watched a couple of good movies on TV lately. The better one was "Prime", with Uma Thurman as a recent divorcee who begins a relationship with a much younger man. He's attentive & sweet, but also the son of her therapist. Meryl Streep is the frumpy psychologist/mom and is probably the funniest person in the film. How they all find out their connections to each other prove entertaining. It's a romantic movie, even erotic at times and there's a lot of humor, but it's done realistically, in the way people converse & relate to each other. It's also very poignant and thoughtful. But if Uma Thurman has problems making a relationship work, what hopes do the rest of us have?

Another one was "The Island", a sci-fi film that wasn't nearly as bad as the reviews said. Set in the future, Ewan MacGregor & Scarlett Johanesson are clones who escape a factory farm where people are duplicated for organ transplants. Rich people pay to have themselves cloned to prevent aging & health problems. Sean Bean is the cold CEO of the profitable corporation & is frantic to capture the clones. Filmed liked a music video, the action scenes are too long, though the flying motorcycles are cool. They tarted Johanesson up to resemble Pamela Anderson & she jumps off buildings in spike heels, but aside from those quibbles, the movie raises some interesting questions about something that could very likely happen in the near future.

Both of these films are availible on video/DVD as well as airing on HBO, so if I've piqued your interest, you can check them out too.