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Movie Musings: February 2010
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And other Round About Rambles. Real is good. Interesting is better.". Wednesday, February 24, 2010. Scorsese Dabbles in Genre. For Adam, Grove, and Hayes. To paraphrase Roger Ebert, the best Scorsese films are not great because of what they are about. They are great because of how. In 1980, it was the powerful. 1990 saw the arrival of Scorsese’s best film to date,. And in 2006,. Brought the director his long overdue Academy Award. Of a Dennis Lehane novel. A dark and mysterious tale of a federal marshal,...
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Movie Musings: A Career Out of Laughter
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And other Round About Rambles. Real is good. Interesting is better.". Friday, September 3, 2010. A Career Out of Laughter. By Thornton Wilder and. Look Homeward, Angel. By Thomas Wolfe. And so, for his last name, he chose Wilder. He thought it looked profound and sounded distinguished.Indeed. For his first name he went to Wolfe’s classic, first novel, and from it adopted the name of the story’s passionate main character, Eugene, or simply Gene. And a wonderful performance in. To the splendidly brilliant.
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Movie Musings: March 2010
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And other Round About Rambles. Real is good. Interesting is better.". Wednesday, March 31, 2010. An Epic Search for Family. Is the true story of the author’s multi-year search for the identity of one entire branch of his family tree, lost to the Nazi carnage of World War II. I can’t think of a better way to spend this year’s observances of Easter and Passover than by reading a book that recognizes how special it is to be a part of a family. Wednesday, March 24, 2010. Wednesday, March 17, 2010. In the spi...
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My Next 25 Years: Not a Babysitter, Not a Nanny.
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About My Next 25 Years. Home Again: DIY Decorating Projects. Saying, "I do.". Monday, January 14. Not a Babysitter, Not a Nanny. Many of you were followers of my first blogging venture, I'm Not a Babysitter, I'm a Nanny. Many of you have also asked me in recent days where this blog has disappeared to. It has been more than 3 months since my last post here. Much longer than I intended to stay away. But so much has changed in those 3 months, I'm not sure where to start. As I was tucking Lucy into her bed t...
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Movie Musings: August 2010
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And other Round About Rambles. Real is good. Interesting is better.". Saturday, August 14, 2010. From Writer's Block to Bogart and Bacall. Writer’s block. Every writer dreads it. Every writer suffers from it at some point. And then as if encouraged by the snickering muses, every writer does the one thing within his aching power to overcome this numbing condition…he writes about having writer’s block. Hence this introduction. Sorry Norman, but we’re all stocked up here. No My writer’s block can be a...
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Movie Musings: April 2010
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And other Round About Rambles. Real is good. Interesting is better.". Wednesday, April 28, 2010. The Art of Returning Home. So perfectly encapsulates the perpetual themes of age and time, loss and death, family and strength, that I have stopped waiting for anything better to come along. With all due respect to Thomas Wolfe, I believe you can go home again, and recommend, from time to time, you give it a try. It can be a rejuvenating experience. Just like watching On Golden Pond. Thursday, April 22, 2010.
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Movie Musings: July 2010
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And other Round About Rambles. Real is good. Interesting is better.". Wednesday, July 21, 2010. Two years ago. Summertime. Durham. I sat quietly in a darkened theater and was treated beyond my wildest expectations, thanks to the infinitely creative mind of Christopher Nolan and his team of movie geniuses, to one of the greatest, most entertaining and thrilling movie rides of my then 26 years. The Dark Knight. For me, was one of those oh-so-rare, 100% perfectly fulfilling movie experiences. In a year fill...
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Movie Musings: June 2010
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And other Round About Rambles. Real is good. Interesting is better.". Friday, June 25, 2010. 35 Years of Not Going in the Water. 8220;The thing about a shark. he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes.”. Has remained a genuine horror classic. Forget the progressively worse sequels. Forget the cheap knock-offs ( Piranha. And attempted CGI remakes (. These only work to lessen the quality and impact of the original. While generally and unfortunately remembered as merely a movie about a shar...
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Movie Musings: September 2010
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And other Round About Rambles. Real is good. Interesting is better.". Friday, September 3, 2010. A Career Out of Laughter. By Thornton Wilder and. Look Homeward, Angel. By Thomas Wolfe. And so, for his last name, he chose Wilder. He thought it looked profound and sounded distinguished.Indeed. For his first name he went to Wolfe’s classic, first novel, and from it adopted the name of the story’s passionate main character, Eugene, or simply Gene. And a wonderful performance in. To the splendidly brilliant.