~Tuesday~ The Butler finally made it to the $2.00 movie theater, so I checked it out tonight. From a rhetorical perspective, it’s interesting to me that the actual name of this film is not The Butler, but Lee Daniels’ The Butler. Apparently, this is one of Lee Daniels’ schticks. Similarly, the official name of the … Read more
~Thursday~ Although I had never seen the movie, "They shoot horses, don't they?" I love using the phrase in the context of experiencing something miserable, and intimating that being "put down" might be more merciful than enduring it. So, I welcomed the opportunity to watch the movie when Bob suggested it after learning that I'd … Read more
~Friday~ I like Jane Austen novels, in general, so when the movie, Austenland, finally made it to the $2.00 movie theater, I went to check it out. It wasn’t without some skepticism that I went, however, as this was not a movie of one of Jane Austen’s books, but one about a resort-type place where … Read more
~Tuesday~ Tonight I saw ‘night Mother, the film. I had seen the play many years ago—some time around the mid-to-late 80s I would estimate—but I didn’t remember the intricacies of it beyond it being the purported “last night” of the life of one of the two main characters in the story. If you know me … Read more
~Saturday~ Tonight I saw Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. I’ve never been a big fan of Robert Altman films, but I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed this gem of a movie, and once again, I have to thank Bob for introducing me to another great film. Trailer Synopsis: … Read more
~Monday~ Enough already with The Great Gatsby. Wait, just this one last post. You may remember that on July 20th, I saw the new, 2013 version of the Great Gatsby starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Then on August 13th, I posted about watching the 1974 version of The Great Gatsby, starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, while … Read more
~Tuesday~ Tonight I saw a classic film that I’d never even heard of—much less seen—before I met Bob, the ultimate movie buff and movie trivia extraordinarre. My familiarity with Barbara Stanwyck was as described in this excerpt from the IMDB page about her: Today Barbara Stanwyck is remembered primarily as the matriarch of the family … Read more
~Friday~ Tonight I saw my final film of the 18th annual North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, which I almost blew off, and I’m so, so glad I didn’t! When I picked this film, Valentine Road, to see, I didn’t read it very carefully, but words and phrases in the description, such as these: … Read more
~Thursday~ Tonight, as part of the 18th annual North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, I saw The Campaign, which was preceded by the short, Win or Lose. This was the third film that Bob and I saw together, and we took a seat up high in the theater, by one of the back exits, … Read more
~Tuesday~ A month ago, I saw the 2013, Leonardo DiCaprio version of The Great Gatsby, about which I shared my thoughts and observations in my July 20, 2013 blog entry. Tonight, I met most of our Mostly Social Book Club (Mary couldn’t make it) at Janet’s house to watch the 1974, Robert Redford, Mia Farrow … Read more