~Friday~ Jen and I participated in Triangle Restaurant Week, having dinner at Rey’s in Cary. I arrived at her house at 6:00, where I said hello to Nala, and had one bourbon and diet before we headed out for our 6:30 reservation. Triangle Restaurant Week is described as follows: Triangle Restaurant Week (TRW) is a … Read more
~Tuesday~ Also on that list of movies that were billed as “the best movies you never saw” that I mentioned in yesterday’s bog entry was a movie called “Last Night.” Bob also had that one ready for me to watch this week, and I watched it tonight. Synopsis: Joanna (Keira Knightley) and Michael Reed (Sam … Read more
~Monday~ Several weeks ago now, I came across a list of movies that were billed as “the best movies you never saw,” and after looking through the list, I asked my friend Bob if he would check to see if five of them were available through Netflix. He went ahead and ordered two of them, … Read more
~Tuesday~ I joined my friend Bob, and his friends Cindy and Tina, at the Colony Theater for the 7:15 screening of Quartet this evening. I enjoyed this movie, although I suspect more so than others might, because I really enjoy opera music. I used to attend the opera regularly, with my friend Mary—who found it … Read more
~Friday~ Last weekend, when I had dinner with my friends Jeff and Ed before seeing American Utopias with them, Jeff was telling me about a play that, as the Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies at Duke University, he is having his senior students explore for their capstone course. The play is called Picnic, … Read more
~Friday~ Through some form of social media recently, I was pointed to an article called, 5 Critically-Acclaimed Movies That Bombed At The Box Office: The Artist, Man on the Moon, The Shawshank Redemption, Office Space, Blade Runner, and The Bottom Line. Of those, I’ve only seen The Shawshank Redemption, and I’ve read the book as … Read more
~Sunday~ For serious Barbra Streisand fans—myself included—we’ve been anticipating the release of her latest movie, The Guilt Trip, for quite a while now. It was released on December 19, 2012, and I saw it today. I was (pleasantly) surprised at how much I liked it. Which was a lot. An inventor (Rogen) invites his mother … Read more
~Thursday~ Tonight I stuffed my pockets with a handful of Bit•O•Honeys and two bags of Snackwell’s Caramel Popcorn, and “carried myself” (as we say in the south) to the Blue Ridge 14 Cinemas, where all movies are $2.00, and I attended the 7:30 screening of “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.” A funny and touching … Read more
~Sunday~ I met the Mostly Social Book Club at the Carolina Theatre, arriving at about 1:45 for the 2:00 showing of Anna Karenina, which we read as a group back in 2009 at Janet’s suggestion. In addition to me, Janet, Suzanne, Sharon, and Mary, Mary’s mother joined us. I really enjoyed this movie, but I … Read more
~Sunday~ This evening, I saw the movie Hope Springs at the $2 movie theater near my home. As I noted in a Facebook check-in at the theater, this made me laugh while buying my ticket: I love Meryl Streep in anything she does, and this movie was no exception. I’ve never been a big fan … Read more