Novel, great. Movie, mehhhh…jury’s still out. Having read Bag of Bones years ago (1998), I thought the film adaptation would blow me away. Yet, there were little niggling things that just kind of spoiled it for me. First, the good: the kid who played Ky (seen at left) was fun to watch. A little too much [...]

Talk about unexpected. Yesterday, good fiend Tom Hanks and I went to see the new Martin Scorsese film, Hugo. Based on the children’s book The Invention of Hugo Cabret, the story centers around an orphaned son of a clock maker who lives secretly within the walls of the clock towers in a busy 1930s Paris [...]

What an awesome evening. Wednesday night, BFF Kay and I went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the world premiere of Women Who Rock, a PBS documentary chronicling the influence of women rockers from the pre-Delta blues juke-joint days to the present. Excellent montage. The show coincides in great part with the [...]

BFF Kay and I went to see The Help yesterday, and I can tell you one thing for sure: do not leave home without a box of Kleenex. Another thing, as with all movies: you need to suspend a little disbelief. This engaging, “you go, girl!” story takes place in Jackson, Mississippi, during the very beginnings [...]

Of the 40 movies that won Best Picture at the Oscars since 1970, I have seen all but five. I decided a few weeks ago to view them before going to work on the previous 40 years. Last night, the list dropped to four when I watched Crash (2004). I have no recollection of seeing any [...]