Category Archives: film

Guess Who’s …

Posted on 4 July 2017 by

Enjoying this classic film with the fam this morning. The young miss hadn’t seen it. Seems like a good choice for the holiday. The “Get Permanently Lost” scene and Spencer Tracy’s final monologue get a lot of attention. These are … Continue reading →

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A Film About Friendship

Posted on 9 February 2017 by

My wife and I surfed around the great and mighty Amazon the other night and found an enjoyable film that we thought was surprisingly good. At least compared to the dregs that appear on the listings I see there. The wiki-listing is here. … Continue reading →

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Love In La La Land

Posted on 2 February 2017 by

My wife and I indulged in a first-run movie last night. A choir member gifted us with theater tickets and we had a nice experience. I texted my wife and asked her to pick a film. So she chose this … Continue reading →

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Peculiar Children On Film

Posted on 3 January 2017 by

My wife had an interesting justification for wrapping this film and affixing a “Santa” label on it for me. She said it reminded her of when she bought the first Harry Potter book for me at the turn of the … Continue reading →

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Mary of Nazareth

Posted on 29 December 2016 by

Movies often find their way under the Christmas tree at my family’s home. My wife has been looking forward to viewing the Ignatius Press film Mary of Nazareth. The filming, acting, and music are well above average for a film a bit … Continue reading →

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Depicting Santa in Modern Movies

Posted on 18 December 2016 by

I watched the first half of a truly bad Christmas movie last night. Then I went to bed, uninterested in how it turned out. How bad? Santa’s daughter takes her beau to the roof to watch the northern lights. The … Continue reading →

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Alice, Loud and Bright

Posted on 8 June 2016 by

The young miss has a Johnny Depp thing. I don’t get it, but it’s rare for the three of us to get out to the movies, and Alice Through the Looking Glass was in the neighborhood, so … It was … Continue reading →

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