~Wednesday~ Yesterday was my 58th birthday, and it’s the first time since I was a child that I can remember wishing I were older—a year-and-a-half older, 59 ½, to be exact—so I could start withdrawing some of my 401K money without paying a penalty or taxes on it. Oh well, fortunately for me, time keeps … 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
~Saturday~ Bob has had the two movies that were prequels to the television series, Doc Martin, in his Netflix queue for quite a while: Doc Martin (2001) and Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie (2003), and the 2001 one finally popped to the top. Bob and I both absolutely love the TV series … Read more
~Saturday~ We had some time to kill before dinner, and Bob said he was going into his collection of movies to pick out something short for us to watch. He returned with a VHS copy of the film, Girl Groups. I’d not heard of this movie, but it seemed like a good juxtaposition to The … Read more
~Friday~ Bob Netflixed The Wrecking Crew, and we watched it this evening. This is not to be confused with the 1968 film with the same name staring Dean Martin (The count has stolen enough gold to cause a financial crisis in the world markets so I.C.E. sends in ace spy Matt Helm to stop him.) … Read more
~Sunday~ I was looking through Bob’s impressive collection of movies and wondering if there was one that was all sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows, since I wasn’t in the mood for anything heavy tonight. I eventually asked him to recommend one, and after reading me the synopsis on the jacket, I approved his choice of Once. … Read more
~Saturday~ Bob owns the 2007 movie, Michael Clayton, and I chose it to watch. Obviously he’s seen it before, but he watched it again with me. Any movie that stars George Clooney is a draw for me, and he was as handsome as ever in this one. I recognized at least one other actor in … Read more
~Sunday~ Bob Netflixed the 1977 movie, A Little Night Music, which he’d actually never seen, and with the synopsis sounding reasonably engaging, I said, “Sure, I’ll watch it with you.” Its biggest draw, for me, was that it contained Sondheim music in general, and the song Send in the Clowns in particular, which I love … Read more
~Sunday~ Next in the series of La Streisand movies was Yentl, which I’ve seen before, but it’s been years. The synopsis Rebbe Mendel is a single father who teaches the Talmud, a sacred text of Judaism, to the boys of his small Polish town. Behind closed doors, he also instructs his daughter, Yentl, despite the … Read more