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Thumbs way up for Frost/Nixon: Ron Howard director, Frank Langella as Nixon, and Michael Sheen taking on David Frost’s role.  fresh from his work in The Queen as Tony Blair. I had a good feeling about this piece and beieved that under the direction of Ron Howard it would come to life for me, where [...]

The Secret Life of Bees written by Sue Ellen Monk was almost as powerful as To Kill a Mockingbird for me. The year Bees was  published I read it with my book club buddies and we all loved it and couldn’t stop sharing moments that moved us. I encouraged my 8th graders to read it [...]

Some would say this is a guy movie and yes, there were lots of guys in the audience. I was there because I picked last night’s film and it was Tuvia’s turn tonight. We’ve seen the previews for this film and we both love Edward Norton movies, so even though the violence just in the [...]

I think Oliver Stone got this presidential film right on the money, but why release it now? Will it make any difference to anyone? The kids were lined up tonight for High School Movie # 3 and and Saw 2, in preparation for Halloween next week. We were not alone on a Friday afternoon for [...]

I Man on Wire On August 7 (my birthday) 1975, wire walker, Philippe Petite walked across the newly built Twin Towers. I don’t remember where I was celebrating my own big day and I don’t remember anything about this daring and gorgeous act, but I will never forget reliving this moment as I watched this [...]