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To the girls behind me watching Wonder Women

Posted in Films, Mostly about (pop) culture, tagged , on 17 March 2013 | 2 Comments »

Dear girls behind me watching Wonder Women, I wasn’t thinking about you while I was there.  In fact, I didn’t even know you were there until the moment I left.  I was so happy to be out with a friend (and away from my darling but draining two-year-old twins) and watching the documentary Wonder Women: [...]

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The idea of “enough”

Posted in Films, How is it I have a category about clutter and cleaning??, Mostly about (pop) culture, Mostly about stuff (like, physical stuff), tagged , , , on 24 January 2013 | 3 Comments »

Last night I watched The Queen of Versailles and was reminded once again of the idea of “enough.” It’s very simple: stop when you have enough. This goes for all kinds of consumption: eating (especially large meals at restaurants where you don’t usually get to pick your portion), drinking (coffee, alcohol, milkshakes or any “vice” [...]

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Anna Karenina

Posted in Films, Mostly about (pop) culture, tagged , , on 27 November 2012 | 2 Comments »

I strongly recommend seeing Anna Karenina in a theatre, but preferably a nearly empty one.  Try for a matinee or a very late show, and try not to sit near anyone else — I don’t want other people’s whispered commentary (or snorts or sighs or gasps) to distract you from your own opinion of this [...]

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Watching Mildred Pierce and thinking about daughters

Posted in Films, Mostly about (pop) culture, Mostly about parenting, tagged , , , , , , on 9 September 2012 | 2 Comments »

Last night I watched the last episode of the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce. At first it took me a while to get into it.  I had seen the original, but quite a long time ago, so I both remembered it and didn’t.  Occasionally a shot would jump out at me — or a particular dress [...]

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War Horse

Posted in Films, Mostly about (pop) culture, tagged , , , , on 23 July 2012 | 1 Comment »

I saw War Horse last night.  Wasn’t this movie supposed to be a big Oscar winner?  Phew!  My review can be summed up in this phrase: tear and jeer. What made me tear: Annoyingly, almost every minor dramatic moment.  Spielberg is a master manipulator — of your emotions, that is.  Slap a John Williams score [...]

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