When I said that I wanted to go to the movie theater more often in 2014, Disney’s Frozen was not in my queue of what I wanted to see. But my teen kids wanted to see it so off we went. They rarely want to see movies and if they do, their choice trumps mine. […]
Following the pattern I have of reading books and watching the subsequent movie, I watched the Stephanie Meyer screen version of The Host. I liked the book and knew that the 2013 movie was not loved among critics. Knowing that the movie was supposed to be awful, I didn’t begin watching with high expectations. My
The Host – movie version Read More »
On the couch for weeks at a time with back pain, I had a hard time concentrating on useful and relevant pursuits. Yes I had Netflix and Amazon Prime as well as audio books and printed books to entertain me but I couldn’t concentrate on quality content. I turned to commercial TV. I think it
The Kon-tiki story has had many iterations. The first instance is the actual journey: Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Pacific Ocean in a balsawood raft in 1947, together with five men, to prove that South Americans back in pre-Columbian times could have crossed the ocean and settled on Polynesian islands. Then the documentary of the
I never watched the Fox series Arrested Development when it aired from 2003-2006. When I heard that there was a Kickstarter campaign to bring the series back, I was curious why it had such a following. There was much fanfare this past spring when the new season debuted as a “semi-original” series on Netflix. Sister
Arrested Development Read More »
