~Thursday~ Bob and I attended the second of the four films we’re seeing together this year at the North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (NCGLFF). This was another collection of short films with a math problem. Named In the Real World, the collection on the NCGLFF website was advertised as, “Do you love documentaries? … Read more
~Saturday~ Bob and I attended the second night of the North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (NCGLFF), where starting at 11:00 p.m. and running until just short of 12:30 a.m., we watched a collection of short films given the name “Can’t Live Without You,” presumably by the festival’s screening committee. On the NCGLFF website, … Read more
~Sunday~ Bob and I are both huge fans of Maggie Smith and have been waiting for The Lady in the Van to become available to us on Netflix. We recently finished the final season of Downton Abbey, during whose run we enjoyed many, many witty, snarky, and meme-worthy quips of The Dowager Countess, for which … Read more
~Sunday~ In March of this year, I went to the Intelligent Content Conference in Las Vegas, where the closing keynote speaker was none other than Andy Weir, the author of the book, The Martian. When describing the publication history of the book, he mentioned that at one time it was available for download for $.99 … Read more
~Sunday~ I found the title of this movie saved in my iPhone “Notes” file, which means someone I was talking to—at some time, somewhere—recommended it. I thought it was my friend Todd, but he said it wasn’t him. At any rate, watching the trailer, I quickly decided it was “my kind of movie,” and naturally … Read more
~Wednesday~ I’m not a fan of sci-fi, so it’s an anomaly that I watched this film. Bob had paid—which is also an anomaly—to stream it from Netflix, and since we had access to it for several days, I went ahead and watched it, too. Bob had already watched it, himself, but he watched again with … Read more
~Thursday~ Bob and I were discussing gay icon divas tonight, and he was reminded of a movie called Little Voice (1998), which I had never seen. Neither had I ever heard of Jane Horrocks, who stars in it, and since Bob owned a VHS copy of the movie, we watched it together. The synopsis A … Read more
~Wednesday~ Bob owned a VHS copy of Billy Elliot (2000), and I’d never seen it, so he watched it with me. There are a couple of reasons why I hadn’t seen this movie—one being that I’m not a big fan of ballet and the other being that, in general, I’m not a fan of movie … Read more
~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
~Thursday~ Bob ordered The Long Walk Home (1990) from Netflix, and we watched it tonight. Bob owned the VHS copy of this movie at one time, and wanted to watch it again after recently watching Selma (2014), The Butler (2013), and a portion of Backstairs at the White House (1979 TV Miniseries). I’m a big … Read more