"If you were a man, I'd knock your block off."

I just got back from a screening of "Victor/Victoria," and it has proven two things to me: that 1. Julie Andrews is the Queen of Everything, and 2. James Garner was smokin' hot as a youngster.

I'm serious, folks. I don't think I realized just how amazing he was in his younger years. I mean, you never hear him mentioned in the list of the truly attractive Hollywood stars of yesteryears: Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, James Dean, etc. But really, after seeing "Victor/Victoria" and being reminded of how much I loved "The Americanization of Emily" (also, strangely, starring Julie Andrews), I think I might have to add Garner to my personal list of Faces I Love to Look At.

Here, take a gander:



No one does square-jawed American insouciance like James Garner. Almost enough to make you forgive him for "The Notebook", isn't it?

No desert island is complete without Austen

V listed her DVD picks for when she gets stranded on a desert island, and as it is always good to be prepared I figured I'd chip in my list:

1. Singin' in the Rain: I can watch this at any time, anywhere. Also, I figure that if I'm on a desert island, all that rain is sort of like porn.

2. Good Night and Good Luck: I have a ridiculous infatuation with Edward R. Murrow, and it has now extended to David Straithern. I mean, I even watched "We Are Marshall" for him.

3. Rocky and Bullwinkle, every season: TV show, not crap live-action movie. Boris and Natasha? Dudley Doo-Right? That show taught me everything I've ever had to know about Mounties.

4.First and third Indiana Jones: Antiquities. Bow-ties. Harrison Ford. I don't really have any need for number 2: Temple of Doom, but Raiders of the Lost Ark and Last Crusade? Yes please. As I've tried to explain to many friends, movies are almost always better with Nazis.

5. The recent BBC/PBS adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion: okay, so because I'm a huge gibbering girl, there obviously was going to be some Austen on this list. But I couldn't go with P&P without worrying that Acree would cut me in my sleep for stealing her pick. Besides, Persuasion is underappreciated, and this adaptation was wonderful. Captain Frederick Wentworth. Swoon.

6. Hackers: Oh, you knew this was coming. If I'm on a desert island with no one else to keep me company, I'm damn well going to watch all the crappy movies I want. No company, no judging, right?