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Epiphanies. Oprah calls them “ah ha” moments. I had one yesterday centered around The West Wing. I have been watching reruns of The West Wing on TV for the last few weeks and loving them. I never watched it when it was on, so watching an episode each night has been a blast. In fact, I cancelled a dinner plan last week to come home and watch it. Zoe (President Bartlett’s daughter) had been kidnapped by Terrorists, and while I figured they ...read more I saw Lisa Cholodenko on Charlie Rose with Julienne Moore talking about her new film, The Kids are Alright, and thought it was a must see just because Lisa was so articulate and Julienne was so adoring. She went on and on about how much she’d wanted to do a Cholondenko film. I thought I should check it out. It’s the story of a lesbian couple’s two children, sired by a sperm donor, and their desire to know him and the dynamics of a family ...read more I have to start this review with the fact that everyone said not to bother seeing it; that the new Sex and the City was not as good as the first one and it’s a flop. So, after seeing it, I did go look at some of the reviews and shook my head in wonderment. If you have a man review a picture made purely for women (ok, and gay men), then you will never get an understanding of the ...read more Not that I have a TV problem mind you, but I came to realize that living alone, I do turn on the TV when I get home at night. I have talked to other single home dwellers who say they do the same thing. It’s company. But, if I sit down to watch, I can sit there all night. Or an entire weekend afternoon. And, what’s with me watching the same movies over and over again? Can we talk about ...read more What a plot! I’m not sure I should give you the plot because it’s not revealed until the end of the movie, and that means I would ruin it for you if you choose to go. The reason to see the film is the plot. It’s thought provoking. It’s believable, and that makes it scary as hell. Unless, of course, you are from another country other the the great U.S. of A. Is it possible we could be so calculating? The ...read more You may remember my review last summer of The Hurt Locker, the film that took it all at the Academy Awards last night. Not only is this the first time a woman has won the coveted award, but I really do believe that her touching, personal perspective of the personal toil on war, was one of the reasons why. War, it appears, is also about the bond between those risking their lives in the fight for whatever is the political ...read more It’s no secret that I think Barbara Wawa is an idiot. Always have. Always will. The way Oprah has actors interviewing each other for her Oscar special is fabulous. She becomes the narrator with voice overs setting up the movie clips and stars interview one another, which mostly really works. She knows how to set up an interview, get the information we really want to know, and keep herself out of it. Barbara Walter’s special will not compare because it’s ...read more It has to be said. It’s a mathematical impossibility that ten people would actually fall in love with the same person. The Bachelor, ABC’s successful show is a program where women vie for the love of a bachelor (they do it in reverse sometimes too), during which he whittles it down to one which he asks to marry him in the grand finale. He offers a rose at each ‘rose ceremony’ and if you accept it, you are still in. The ...read more What follows the Super Bowl? How does TV help you off the football adrenaline rush of the biggest game of the year? Lassie? Who would have thought? Weren’t little kids like me asleep by then? Did the guys watching the bowl stay tuned for Timmy and Lassie? Interesting. In 1969, it was the GE College Bowl. In the 70′s it was sometimes 60 Minutes. Then it heads downhill. I am embarrassed by this last decade of strong shows that followed the Super ...read more I’m told Extraordinary Measures got terrible reviews. I try not to read reviews before I review a movie so I’m not a copycat. I would have gone even if I’d read the bad reviews because I’m 56 and all women within a ten-year range of my age are required to go to all Harrison Ford movies. It’s written in the pact we have with each other. Same goes, by the way, for Robert Redford films. I went see see it with ...read more |
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