Tag Archives: movie review
Movie Musings: The Tree Of Life
This is always an interesting time of year for film watchers and fans because a lot of critics are choosing their “Best Of” lists and various industry awards are putting out their nominees – e.g. this week both the SAG … Continue reading
Catfish Smells a Little Funny and the Online-To-In-Person Experience
Have you ever had a variant of this conversation with a friend or family member? You: I met So-And-So for lunch today. FFM: Who’s that? An old classmate? You: No. They’re a blog friend. FFM: A what? You: A blog … Continue reading
Fictional Science Film Saturday: Contagion
This past weekend, the Beloved and I went to see the new natural disaster film Contagion. Natural disaster film, you say? Absolutely. Much more so than any of the crap that Roland Emmerich’s been churning out (2012, The Day After … Continue reading
SF Saturday Matinee: Super 8
This weekend, the Beloved and I ended up with a surprisingly unscheduled Saturday so after an early trip to Coronado Dog Beach, we decided to do something we don’t do too often in these busy days: go to the movies. … Continue reading
The Friday Five: Oscar Edition
This Sunday is Oscar Night and seems like a good time for a Friday Five, as (coincidentally) I’ve seen five of the Best Picture nominees. So far, I have seen: Black Swan: I’m not sure why, but going in I … Continue reading
Winter’s Bone
I always think people like to watch family movies over the holidays – in fact, I was incredulous this weekend because one of our friends said they’d never seen “The Sound of Music”. I was floored, especially since I … Continue reading
ANOKS: Things On Tuesday
I’ve been pretty remiss keeping up with my ANOKS postings this past month as both work-life and home-life have ramped up. You know, just in time for the Holidays. Kelly originally put “The Thing” in the “Animals Can Kill You” … Continue reading
ANOKS: Jaws
I’ve posted before about our family’s weekly summer trips “down the shore” to visit my grandmother while I was growing up in New Jersey. Every Sunday, we’d fill the car, drive to The Villas, and then head to the beach. … Continue reading
ANOKS: Haunted Houses
Every locality has an old house or hotel – dilapidated and empty in which strange happenings were rumored to occur. When I was growing up, it was the old converted mansion that served as our local library. Never would want to … Continue reading
ANOKS: A Perfect Getaway
I was happy to see “A Perfect Getaway” on Kelly’s ANOKS list, because other than the serial killer/slasher type movies (which I’m not really interested in and likely won’t watch), it’s one of the few movies on the list that … Continue reading
