Well, since you TV watchers are having issues with nothing on the tube but reality shows, this may be a good time to visit the video store.
My latest find, thanks to Amazon, is
The 10th Kingdom, the story of a girl and her father drawn into the intrigues of another world, where all the fairy tales we know and love are history. But Happy Ever After didn't last as long as they thought it would...
Dark, funny, intelligent, 6 HOURS LONG, and seriously, as good as anything that doesn't involve Joss Wheden could be.
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