Tag Archives: movies
Interview Me(me)!
There’s a fun meme that has gone around for the past couple days about asking folks interview questions. I first heard about it from Steph. Here’s a quick run down on how to play and her original post here: If … Continue reading
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
Great American Pastime Poll: Best Baseball Movie
This weekend we hosted our friend “Roomie” and enjoyed a great few days of (mostly) nice weather, a couple of good outings, several good cocktails and some serious eating. It is a testament to how much we ate that I … Continue reading
30 DoB Day 19: Favorite Book Turned Into A Movie
Next up in the 30 Days of Books list is that often testy intersection of books and movies: Day 19 – Favorite book turned into a movie Now, lots of my favorite books have been turned into movies – some done very … Continue reading
Goners
The other week, we were having dinner with a long-time friend of ours and we were talking about movies. Specifically, we were discussing our tendency to judge people (we’re judgers, you see) by what movies they’ve seen and liked. We … 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
