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Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
When I was in 4th and 5th year French in high school, I remember that we read lots of things about French culture. We had to write term papers on a French artist. We read several works of the existentialists. … Continue reading
What a horse!
I wrote previously how I loved the stage production of War Horse. My husband had wanted to go see it last April, and, after he described it to me — young boy goes into the battlefield looking for his horse, … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, POTD (Photo of the Day)
Tagged Make365, movies, NaBloPoMO, photo, Photography, PostADay2012, Spielberg, Theatre, war, War Horse
Year’s End – All the cool kids do a wrap up
There are traditions during the last week of the year that are just as certain to occur as those pre-Christmas traditions we’re all familiar with. The calendar turns to 12/26 and you can expect enormous crowds at the mall, long … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Movies, theatre
Tagged Abrahame Verghese, Ann Patchett, Best of, Bill Cunningham, books, Coriolanus, movies, NaBloPoMO, opera, Patti Smith, PostADay2011, Ralph Fiennes, Royal Shakespeare Co, Sleep No More, Theatre, Year End
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The Post In Which I Reveal That I Am A Geek
There is no winning a Star Trek v Star Wars argument. For me, I will always argue for Star Trek, in its many iterations: classic, TNG, the movies, and the 2009 reboot. It is one of the first television shows … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Television
Tagged adventure, bildugnsroman, Galaxies far far away, movies, NaBloPoMO, PostADay2011, sci-fi, space travel, Star Trek, Star Wars, television
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>Away From Her/The Bear Came Over the Mountain
>A few months ago, one of my reading groups selected Alice Munro’s collection of short stories, Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage for its monthly selection. I had the book on my shelves for a few years, but had never finished … Continue reading
>The Movie Was Better Than the Book
>It isn’t often that I can state that I saw a movie that was better than the book on which it was based. In many ways, it makes sense that this would be true; in a novel, even a short … Continue reading
