I don't usually do recaps but I wanted to try this year for a personal project as much as anything. I think somewhat keeping track of what I read and watch and the amount, for me, is a good sign of my mood and what's going on in my life. It's one of the reasons... Continue Reading →
Blind Spot Series 2018: It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night Directed By: Frank Capra Grade: C+ Ellie Andrews decides to run away from her domineering father to meet up with the man she loves in New York. While on the way there she winds up with Clark Gable, a down on his luck reporter, and a series of problems that keep... Continue Reading →
12 Strong: The Horse Soldiers
12 Strong Directed By: Nicolai Fuglsig Grade: B- I keep wanting to call this movie 12 Down, which I know is not a good thing in military terms. As the pic says this is the declassified true story of the horse soldiers. A unit inserted into Northern Afghanistan and linked up with General Dostum to... Continue Reading →
Confessions of a Film Lover Tag
I originally saw this film tag on Rhiannatoria and really wanted to do it. Since it's movie award season I thought this would be the perfect time. Most Unpopular Film Opinion I think the more recent one was that Baby Driver was Wildly overhyped! Of course some parts of that movie actually made me motion sick. So overhyped and... Continue Reading →
Jumanji was…
Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle Directed By: Jake Kasdan Grade: B Actually a lot of fun. Which is hard for me to admit because pretty much from the first preview my reaction was along the lines of, "That looks awful. Oh my God. Could they make it look any worse!" "There's not any ideas left... Continue Reading →
The Blind Spot Series 2018
Seeing as how it's a New Year and movie award season I'm going to try to participate in the Blind Spot Series hosted by The Matinee blog I've read this series on several blogs for at least a year now and I really want to push myself to see more films that have fallen by the wayside.... Continue Reading →
All I Want for Christmas Tag
One more Christmas tag to try to hold onto the holiday spirit 🙂 This one was created by A Thousand Lives of Daisy and admittedly it's a pretty old tag but it seemed like a lot of fun. What fictional character would you want Santa to leave under your Christmas tree? Aragorn was probably my first book... Continue Reading →
The Last Jedi Review: Spoilers!
The Last Jedi Directed by: Rian Johnson Grade: C- Oh man, I had to think about this one because it was my most anticipated movie of the year and truth be told I found it, at best, disappointing. The movie picks up right where The Force Awakens left off. Rey handing Luke his light saber... Continue Reading →
Girls Trip
Girls Trip Directed by: Malcolm D. Lee Grade: A- Four old college friends get together for a crazy weekend in New Orleans. Ryan, Lisa, Sasha and Dina haven't seen each other for a while but are bound and determined to reconnect and have a good time. I was bound and determined to have a laugh... Continue Reading →
Justice League: Spoilers!
Justice League Directed By: Zack Snyder Grade: B Expectations were somewhere in the middle considering all the behind the scenes stuff that went on with this movie. When I couldn't see it this weekend I started hearing it had bombed because it made under a hundred million. Really? I mean the movie itself had some... Continue Reading →