Category Archives: Movies
Records, Football, Running, And Crying: A Regular Weekend [OU]
A couple years ago, I generally covered family events heavily–too heavily I now see–but last weekend was such an odd collection of stuff that I’m going to quickly cover it here. Starting with Friday evening where I was at Good … Continue reading
Second & Last Competitions Of The Spring [Dance]
It was only a couple weeks ago that Layla had her first dance competition. After having two more competitions on the last two Saturdays, competition is already over. That was exhausting–but more for Holly since was there for the entire … Continue reading
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Budding Extras? [Movies]
What could possibly get Holly, Layla, and Emma out of the house at 5:30 a.m. on a cold Saturday morning? I would have said absolutely nothing prior to last weekend. But on Friday night, a friend working on an independent … Continue reading
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Best Birthday Ever? Best Day Ever! [Birthdays]
Emma, my baby, my Tink, turned 9. That’s practically double digits. I better make this next year last. Anyway, unlike most birthdays of recent years, we consolidated the festivities down to one day. But boy what a day it was. … Continue reading
A Girl’s Education, The Air As Home, And RnR [Movies]
With a screenplay by one of my favorite authors, Nick Hornby, I was a shoe-in to see An Education starring Carey Mulligan and Peter Sarsgaard. Yes, it’s a love story of sorts–judge me if you must–but a beautifully shot and … Continue reading
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Christmas With Family, Fantastic Foxes, And Improbably Forgetting [Movies]
Just one year after it was released to theaters, but just in time for the holidays, the very funny Vince Vaughn and always cute Reese Witherspoon star as a couple trying to avoid family in Four Christmases. When there flight … Continue reading
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60s Rock, 70s High School, And Aughts Flop [Movies]
If you like 60s Rock and Roll, then Pirate Radio is definitely worth seeing, if only to hear the soundtrack. But it’s entertaining beyond that as a ship full of guys anchored of the coast of Britain beam the officially … Continue reading
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Hit Man, Con Brothers, And Miracles [Movies]
I have read, I think, and enjoyed all of Elmore Leonard’s crime novels. Several of them have been made into movies, but few were commercial successes (Out of Sight and Get Shorty). Killshot, starring the very aged Mickey Rourke and … Continue reading
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Really Old Spies, A Semi-Retired Spy, And The Mysteries Of Life [Movies]
No idea how this movie ever got on my To Watch list, but Alfred Hitchcock’s 1936 The Secret Agent is very interesting. For nostalgia purposes maybe more than any other. Just seeing a movie this old is something of a … Continue reading
Romantic Crap 1, Romantic Crap 2, And Role Models [Movies]
Okay, so guess who picked the first two films here. Two Katherine Heigel movies? Seriously? The Ugly Truth was, at the time, a new movie. I’m just guessing here, but I don’t think it was in the theaters very long. … Continue reading
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