The Holiday (A Movie Review) (Yes, I Know It’s an Old Movie)
Let me say, for the record, I am not a huge fan of Christmas movies. My favorites are While You Were Sleeping, The Ref, and Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol. The trailer for The Holiday was at the end of another film I’d recently watched (Blue Smoke, a Lifetime movie made from my favorite ever Nora Roberts book). […]
The Importance of Early Sandra Bullock Movies
I recently rewatched two of my three favorite Sandra Bullock movies: Miss Congeniality and Practical Magic. (The third one, While You Were Sleeping, needs to wait a month or so. Christmas/New Years’ Eve, you know.) All three are oldies but goodies. The thing that struck me about both of these movies is that there was no […]
CapitolFest 21: A Minor Miracle
A few weeks ago, TV Stevie and I attended CapitolFest, in Rome, NY. It’s a film festival that focuses on rare, old silent films and early talkies. There are also educational segments each year. This year, the focus was on nitrate film. On the Thursday night before the festival began, we early arrivals were treated […]