~Friday~ Bob and I were browsing through our Amazon Prime account tonight looking for a movie to watch, when we came across Little Accidents (2014). The fact that it was a Sundance 2014 offering with a synopsis that sounded compelling enough, and that Bob recognized the actress Elizabeth Banks (I didn’t know her), was enough … Read more
~Saturday~ Compliments of Amazon Prime, I watched the HBO mini-series version of Mildred Pierce. The synopsis Mildred Pierce is the epic story of a proud single mother struggling to earn her daughter’s love during the Great Depression in middle-class Los Angeles. The trailer My thoughts and observations I really enjoyed this "epic" film. I didn't … Read more
~Friday~ I’ve watched 10 movies already in 2015, which if I keep up this pace will easily beat my average annual number watched. Anyone just starting to read my blog might think that movie entries are all my blog consists of, but that’s not the case. With that said, I watched Ida (2013) today, free … Read more
~Tuesday~ Tonight I watched Lipstick & Liquor, another movie I’d never heard of until scrolling through the list of movies available free with my Amazon Prime subscription. Although I didn’t see it marked explicitly as a documentary, I assumed from its write-up that it was, and I like documentaries, so I went for it. Being … Read more
~Sunday~ Tonight I watched Everybody’s Fine, a movie I’d never heard of until scrolling through the list of movies available free with my Amazon Prime subscription. I only saw the picture of the male star, and was calling him Robert Duvall in my mind, until the intro credits began rolling and pointed out that it … Read more
~Monday~ Using my Amazon Prime subscription, I started watching Chasing Amy, and about 15 minutes into it, I abandoned it. Too much smoking and smoke being blown in people’s faces. And way too heterocentric for my taste. Since Ben Affleck was at top of mind, I chose Jersey Girl, probably because it was on the … Read more
~Friday~ Using my Amazon Prime subscription, I watched Enemy, with the sole draw to it being that Jake Gyllenhaal was in it. (As two different characters, no less.) Such a beautiful man. I’d never heard of this movie, and it was truly bizarre. I spent a lot of time during the entire thing wondering what … Read more
~Sunday~ I once again used my Amazon Prime subscription to stream a free movie—an unfinished life. I’d never heard of this movie, but it was in one of the “suggested watching” sections, and it had some heavy-hitting actors in it, including Robert Redford and Morgan Freeman. Jennifer Lopez was in it, too, but since I … Read more
~Monday~ I watched the 1960 version of The Little Shop of Horrors, not realizing that I would never hear the song Suddenly Seymour at anytime during the movie. I watched this movie free as part of my Amazon Prime subscription, and I was happy to not have paid for it—more so because I’m cheap than … Read more
~Monday~ The first free movie I streamed using my new Amazon Prime subscription was the documentary Stories We Tell. I first heard about this film back in May of 2013, when Terry Gross interviewed the actor-director, Sarah Polley, on Fresh Air. Here's the 38-minute segment, if you're interested. The trailer: The synopsis: In this inspired, … Read more