Showing posts with label movie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movie. Show all posts
Sunday, July 23, 2017

Movie: NORMAN--The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

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Junebug and I watched a film last night on cable movies on demand.  I remember when the movie came out it interested me. This movie migh...
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Saturday, July 1, 2017

INDEPENDENT films: 3 Generations & This Beautiful Fantastic

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 I love movies and have for my entire life.  Unfortunately, the film industry's obsession with comic book-themed films that are obsce...
Saturday, June 17, 2017

A GREAT Independent Movie: TABLE 19

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We just finished watching a great, quirky small independent film titled, Table 19.  It has a great cast (Lisa Kudrow, Anna Kendrick, Craig...
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Saturday, June 3, 2017

MOVIE: The Space Between Us

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We watched this movie tonight and really enjoyed it.  It was an interesting premise that posed several interesting questions.  This post m...
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Watching HIDDEN FIGURES

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I regret that I haven't seen this movie, Hidden Figures, sooner.  What a remarkable movie and timely a movie it is.  It is sad that th...
Saturday, December 13, 2014

GREAT MOVIE: A Hundred-Foot Journey

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Watched this fantastic movie last night and rewatched again twice today.  This film is utterly charming.   The film stars Helen Mirren, t...
Saturday, June 7, 2014

LUCKY THEM! This was a bit of serendipity for anyone who has the pleasure of watching

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We watched a film last night, LUCKY THEM , ON DEMAND, via Time Warner.  I believe it is also available out in theaters (It is an IFC Film,...
Friday, August 9, 2013

Architecturally famous house from FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF for sale

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Highland Park, Illinois is home to a very special house. Architecture buffs will recognize 370 Beech Street as a steel and glass building de...
Saturday, May 25, 2013

For this man (and others) you must GO SEE Star Trek

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I saw the latest of the Star Trek movie series today, Star Trek: Into Darkness . OMG, wow, fab, etc.   I truly appreciated Chris Pine'...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

AN ODE TO JODIE FOSTER I loved her wonderful speech at GOLDEN GLOBES

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I fell in love with La Foster as a youngster when I saw her play "Becky Thatcher" in the movie, Tom Sawyer . I had previously fall...
Friday, March 5, 2010

PRECIOUS a phenomonal film OSCAR countdown

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The Bug and I went Wednesday to see Precious . Which means that we've now seen all of the films that include Best Actress nominations a...
Tuesday, March 2, 2010

The LAST STATION Another fabulous movie

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Boy, what can I say but 2009 was truly a distinguished year, IMHO, for movies. At least the movies that are up for Best Picture at the Acad...
Tuesday, February 2, 2010

2010 Oscar Nominations

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And here they are, in case you haven't heard: the 2010 Oscar nominations (not any surprises). I've made predictions as well (three...
Sunday, December 27, 2009

Saw NINE yesterday. Other movies I wish to see

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There's a spate of great interesting films I want to see. I saw Rob Marshall's NINE, yesterday. NINE 4.5 stars (my rating out of...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Recommended new movies!

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I've seen some really great movies at the theater recently....which is unusual. It seems like I go through each year with nothing appe...
Saturday, September 5, 2009

JULIE & JULIA -- it was one of my favorite books and now is one of my favorite movies

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The Bug lady and I went to see JULIE & JULIA a couple of weeks ago. Another perfect example of a perfect book and a perfect movie. The...
Friday, August 21, 2009

Inspiring videos on youtube--these will brighten your life

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The three videos below were in my very first blog entry....but I wanted to listen to them again. 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq6b9b...
Monday, July 13, 2009

MOVING MIDWAY--remarkable, beautiful documentary of a plantation in North Carolina....and so much more

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We watched two documentaries this weekend. I'll talk about the first one in this posting and save the second one for a future entry. We...
Saturday, July 11, 2009

WITHOUT YOU--a beautiful memoir by Anthony Rapp--star of RENT

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I finished reading a remarkably poignant memoir recently titled, entitled Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent , by Re...
Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Short Film--SIGNS--this'll make your day

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This short film oughta brighten anyone's day. Enjoy! You'll have a beautiful day after you've watched this. And isn't the...