Monday, ah Monday!

So I’ve obviously been hiding out a bit the last few weeks.  Mostly it was because I haven’t been spending a bunch of time on the laptop or main computer because I equate both with smoking.  Hit three weeks last Thursday, and I’m no longer shaking and rocking back and forth *G*, so I’m over [...]

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Movie/Music Monday…Citizen Kane (1941)

Citizen Kane (1941)… So the hubster and I decided to watch this because of the buzz and its status as the #1 movie of all time on more than one list. For us, not so much. We made it through about an hour before throwing in the flag. Actually, hubby fell asleep again *g*, and [...]

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Movie/Music Monday…Gran Torino

Gran Torino (2008 )  Hubby and I went to watch this in the theater (a treat for us).  As we left the theater, I couldn’t help but think the last two movies I’ve seen have been less than stellar (see last week’s review on There Will Be Blood) and were supposed to be all that [...]

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Movie/Music Monday…There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood (2007)  I was all jazzed about watching this movie, because I’d seen so many accolades about it.  When we saw the length (2½ hrs), we had to make sure it was on a night when we could actually get through the whole thing before the hubster crashed.  Guess we didn’t have [...]

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Movie/Music Monday…The Good Shepherd

The Good Shepherd (2006)  I’m a huge Matt Damon fan, have been since his eye-catching performance in Courage Under Fire waaaay back in 1996.  In fact, going back to look at his IMDB, I’ve seen a majority of his movies, or have them in my queue at Netflix.  And the whole Sarah Silverman video made [...]

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Movie/Music Monday…Burn After Reading

Burn After Reading (2008)  This flick was exactly what I expect from the Coen brothers…funny, quirky, freakish violence and outstanding performances from a wide variety of excellent actors.  John Malkovich’s character was my favorite, tho JK Simmons gets serious props for playing a CIA superior with gleeful cluelessness.  The closing scenes made the hubster and [...]

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Movie/Music Monday…In the Valley of Elah (2007)

In the Valley of Elah (2007)  This was a really, really good movie.  While it is touted as being based on a true story, it’s a VERY loose adaptation, in addition to adding several other factual side storylines about PTSD.  So don’t go into viewing this thinking it’s “truth”.  48 Hours has a much more in-depth [...]

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Movie/Music Monday…Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)… I was really looking forward to catching this movie because I’d heart great things about it.  Alas “great” doesn’t describe this flick, at least for me.  “Meh” is more the watchword.  I enjoyed the “behind the scenes” politicking portrayed, and even the characters, but in the end, none [...]

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Movie/Music Monday…60 Minutes interview with Barack Obama

I watched the Steve Kroft’s 60 Minutes interview with President-Elect Barack Obama last night and was struck by one very HUGE thing.  When Obama speaks, it’s thoughtful, not brash or full of false bravado.  He’s not using his pending office to give the American public a panacea or a message filled with false hope.  Rather, he’s [...]

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Movie/Music Monday…Indestructible, Disburbed

This is an album (yes, I know “album” is an archaic term…but let’s face it. I’m over forty, and that’s how we think) I wanted for Christmas.  I heard the title track, Indestructible, today as I was fixing dinner, and I don’t know if I can wait that long. 
 
I’m a serious Disturbed freak…I pretty much [...]

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