Certain acts -- for starters, shopping, sex, leaving work early to see a dumb movie, ordering mashed potatoes -- are most enjoyable when not premeditated or endorsed by anyone else, when you can believe that the only economy you're affecting is yours and when neither the mayor nor the president is involved.
On the night of the movie, order a cherry ICEE.
Typically, video-on-demand systems can mimic a videocassette recorder, allowing users to pause, rewind and replay the movies ordered for a 24-hour period.
Jacqui Smith, the former home secretary who stepped down after making an expenses claim for two adult movies ordered by her husband, is to present Porn Again, a documentary exploring the porn industry.
I would follow along like an observer of my own life, watching myself at the movies, ordering a Scotch at a bar afterward, being dropped off at my car, giving a long look and a quick kiss.
The company said it would incur an after-tax loss of about $25 million related to the disposal of Reel.com, but it planned to fulfill outstanding movie orders that had been placed through Reel.com.
Sleep in, rent a movie, order room service heck, even reorganize your toiletry bag if that brings you some low-key joy.
Stay at home, watch a movie, order in.
Before I even made it to the movies or ordered my soup dumplings, it was a Jewish Christmas, indeed.
They may also have trouble understanding that commercial American movies are ordered up not by "cultural officials" but by studio officials.
