As the credits for Waitress were rolling, a woman on our row turned to her husband and said, “That was the weirdest movie I’ve ever seen.” She needs to get out more, because it’s not even the strangest movie I’ve seen this year. On the row in front of us was a man from our [...]
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After not really liking the Narnia movie, I decided to put a ban on movies made from my favorite childhood books. No How to Eat Fried Worms. No Charlotte’s Web. And, after seeing the trailer, definitely no Bridge to Terabithia. I have always thought that Bridge to Terabithia was a very special book. Part of [...]
The trailer for Becoming Jane is up. It looks wildly inaccurate (based on what little I have read of Jane Austen’s letters) and I found the Little Women music distracting (that’s what that is, right? I think so), but there’s no point in me saying that I won’t go see it. We all know that [...]
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Mike and Andrea and I went and saw The Holiday, which I was hesitantly looking forward to. I mean, on one hand, the trailer made it look super-cute! And it has Kate Winslet in it! I love her! On the other hand: Cameron Diaz. Back to that first hand: Jack Black! He’s funny! And that [...]
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And I said, “What about Breakfast at Tiffany’s?” He said, “I think I remember the film, And as I recall I think I liked it but you preferred the book.” And I said, “Well, I guess our relationship is doomed.” Just kidding! Our relationship isn’t based on mutual admiration of an Audrey Hepburn movie! I [...]
Our compromise on holidays has generally been to spend Thanksgiving with Mike’s sister and Christmas with my family. We did this for a lot of reasons, but mostly because it’s honestly the most convenient thing. I had been known to pay lip service to the fact that Thanksgiving is more important in Mike’s family than [...]
I am a little bit afraid that this journal is turning into “Kari Reviews Everything,” but . . . I saw a really great movie last night. I know, I know. I think I enjoy documentary films so much because I enjoy stories about people. Steve Hartman has spent a lot of time on CBS [...]
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I can’t remember the first time I read Little Women. I remember what the book looked like, a hardcover with pale flowers on the front that I checked out of the library, but I don’t have any specific memories of reading it. I do remember reading Little Men – I read it in the bathtub, [...]
On Sunday, while catching up on some ironing, I watched Mad Hot Ballroom. It was fabulous. I highly recommend it. Its very existence calls the whole “100 Years/100 Cheers” list into question. I understand that the criteria indicated that movies on that list should be fictional, but why should a fictionalized version of Seabiscuit or [...]
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I haven’t seen a lot of Robert Altman films (here’s where I admit I haven’t seen MASH), but I have really enjoyed the ones I have seen. I remember watching Gosford Park – Mike was asleep on the couch and I, as recommended, had put on the subtitles in order to keep up with what [...]
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KARI: Hey. MIKE: Hey. KARI: You didn’t come to bed last night. MIKE: I didn’t want to wake you again. KARI: Again? MIKE: Yeah, I came and told you about the game and about It’s a Wonderful Life. KARI: I took Ambien. MIKE: I could tell. KARI: I don’t remember this conversation. MIKE: I figured. [...]
Why is it that every time I pass the Lifetime or Women’s Entertainment channels and Dirty Dancing is on, I have to stop and watch? There are plenty of movies that are shown all the time – I rememer The Princess Bride being on TBS a lot. That’s a respectable movie. But, no, I have [...]
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KARI: Yesterday Jason linked to some pictures from Snakes on a Plane. MIKE: How did they look? KARI: There were snakes. MIKE: What were they doing? KARI: They were on the plane. MIKE: And Samuel L. Jackson? KARI: Was being his regular badass self. MIKE: I wish I had known that he just likes working, [...]
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Last year I saw about seven different movies in the theater. Two I loved: Pride and Prejudice, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. One I liked a lot: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. One was silly and fun: Bride and Prejudice. And two were disappointments: Revenge of the Sith and The Lion, the [...]
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Below are my thoughts on The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
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I hear that the first step is to admit you have a problem. Last night, while Mike was studying, I decided to bake cookies. I baked almost five dozen chocolate chip cookies and made the batter for some cream cheese cookies before deciding I was done. While I was doing that, I had the Pride [...]
I was tapped by Alisa. Seven Things to Do Before I Die (Lord willing): 1. Go back to Prince Edward Island. 2. Attend Mike’s college graduation. Cry a lot. Take lots of pictures. 3. Go to the United Kingdom. 4. Visit the western part of the United States. 5. Read The Brothers Karamazov. 6. Write [...]
Last weekend, for the first time, I watched Almost Famous. Checked it out from the library and watched it on VHS, even. And I was disappointed. I mean, it was fine, I didn’t hate it or anything, but I had heard so many great things about it that I was expecting to like it more [...]
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