Books and Movies 2022
January
Friends with Money (Netflix)
Troy (Paris killed Achilles killed Hector killed Menalaus, Breseis killed Agamemnon killed Priam; Netflix)
We Were Soldiers (Mel Gibson, Vietnam, Netflix)
The God Committee (pig heart, Kelsey Grammar, Netflix)
The Sound of Music: From Fact to Phenomenon (1994) – Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Robert Wise (YouTube)
February
Into the Wild (again, Netflix)
Don Giovanni https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0vymXT6BGE
“Our American Friend” by Anna Petoniak
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom (Netflix)
May
Summerland (Netflix, with Mom)
“The Verifiers” by Jane Pek
Gifted Hands: the Ben Carson Story (Netflix)
Seven Years in Tibet (Netflix, starring Brad Pitt as Heinrich Harrer)
“Because Our Fathers Lied” by Craig McNamara
Ben Is Back (Netflix, starring Julia Roberts)
June
The Last Word (Netflix, dubbed from German, eulogist)
Hustle (Netflix, Adam Sandler 76ers scout)
I Am Mortal (AMC+)
Notorious (OC Senior Center, Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman)
July
Leave No Trace (Netflix)
August
The Age of Adaline (Netflix, Harrison Ford)
The Sound of Music (Ocean City Theater Co. with Ocean City Pops)
Dial M for Murder (Hitchcock with Grace Kelly)
In the Heat of the Night (Ocean City Library)
13 Lives (Amazon Prime, Thai cave, Ron Howard)
13: The Musical (Netflix)
“Nowhere Boy” by Katherine Marsh (Ahmed and Max)
Woman in Gold (Netflix, Maria Altmann recovers Nazi Austrian theft)
Goodbye Girl (OC Library)
Card Play Technique: How to be Lucky by Victor Mollo, recommended on Sorry Partner by Susanna Gross
September
Big Fish (Netflix, starring Albert Finney)
Gentleman’s Agreement (Gregory Peck)
Broken Lance (Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Ch243)
Best in Show (OC Library, Eugene Levy and Christopher Guest)
Thai Cave Rescue (Netflix series)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (Netflix)
October
“I’m Glad my Mom Died” by Jennette McCurdy (of iCarly)
Sixth Sense (OC Library)
November
Wednesday [Addams] (Netflix series)
December
Sebastian Maniscalco: Is It Me? (Netflix stand-up)
The Noel Diary (Netflix)
Troy again (Paris killed Achilles killed Hector killed Menalaus, Breseis killed Agamemnon killed Priam; Netflix)
Frank “Chip” Morgan
Atwell Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, Williams College
Ocean City NJ 08226-3035 https://sites.williams.edu/Morgan/2020/11/06/ocean-city/
math.williams.edu/morgan
sites.williams.edu/morgan