…and maybe make out while I watch them. Have you ever had one of those days? weeks? years? I can’t seem to get myself to envision anything I want to do, but I would like to see the following films: Tulpan because, as Roger Ebert says, “there has to come a time in everyone’s life [...]
Posted in Uplifting Media | Tagged Away We Go, Hangover, Land of the Lost, movies, Roger Ebert, Tulpan |
Wow, just saw it. POWERFUL film. My friend and I saw it and we both got a feeling at a certain point in the movie- it just made us want to be kinder to people. It really reminds me of the quote that says to be kind to people- you never know what battles they [...]
Posted in Uplifting Media | Tagged Marisa Tomei, Mickey Rourke, movies, reviews, The Wrestler |
Part of my positive and powerful new year. ;) Song Canned Heat by Jamiroquai Lyrics You know this boogie is for real. I used to buy my faith in worship, But then my chance to get to Heaven sli-i-pped I used to worry about the future But then I threw my caution to the wind. [...]
Posted in Music, Uplifting Media | Tagged dancing, funny, movies, music, Napoleon Dynamite, video |
Take one It Feels Like Christmas from A Muppet Christmas Carol and call someone you LOVE. It’s true where ever you find love It feels like Christmas! No, I’m a LARGE absent minded spirit! Ho ho ho ho! Lyrics Nyah nyah nyah nyah . . . It’s in the singing of a street corner choir [...]
Posted in Christmas/Winter Holiday Music | Tagged Christmas, Christmas Music, It Feels Like Christmas, love, movies, Muppet Christmas Carol, music, uplifting, video |
Happy Friday! I rewound this and watched it over and over when I was a kid. AHH!!! The sound of the glass breaking! Does it get any hotter than that! Related posts Portends of Grrr… (1) Need a little Christmas Cheer? (2) Napoleon Dynamite Dance Scene (0)
Posted in Music, Uplifting Media | Tagged kissing, movies, Some Kind of Wonderful, video |
I love Roger Ebert. (Roger Ebert has a new picture up on his site. He’s older, wiser, been through cancer. He has a kind and insightful look on his face.) I had to say it here because, I love Roger Ebert and pobably he is going to die before I do, and when he does, [...]
Posted in Uplifting Media | Tagged Bill Murray, Lost in Translation, movies, reviews, Roger Ebert, Scarlett Johanson |
An uplifting story about female genital mutilation, who would believe it? I really don’t like to watch depressing movies, even for a good cause. But Ebert promised that it was uplifting. But here, read his words that convinced even me: “Moolaade” is the kind of film that can only be made by a director whose [...]
Posted in Uplifting Media | Tagged Africa, beauty, courageous, female genital mutilation, love, movies, politics, quotes, reviews, Roger Ebert, uplifting |
This month I’ve decided to post topics that relate to or are inspired by National Women’s History Month. I went over to the NWHM site to see if they had a badge. They didn’t, so I made my own. I would love it if you would join me in blogging for Women’s History Month. For [...]
Posted in Useful Information and Research | Tagged badge, love, movies, Women's History Month |
I think movies reviews should be based on mood rather than plot. I don’t want to know what is going to happen- that’s why I go see the movie! What I want to know is: “Is this the movie I am in the mood to see right now?” If you are feeling like a loser, [...]
Posted in Uplifting Media | Tagged blogging, friends, movies, reviews |
I haven’t been able to write for awhile because my computer at home won’t pick up the neighbor’s wireless that we are “sharing.” And I can’t write from work because I don’t want anyone from work ever reading this. or this. or even this. But I borrowed a lap top from work, so here is [...]
Posted in My Life | Tagged blogging, movies, reviews |