Listen Up: Audiobook Week 2012
June is Audiobook month, and today begins Audiobook Week 2012 (June 25-29), thanks to Devourer of Books for hosting. This …
Category Archives: Colin Firth
The Downton Ripples
Or, How I Overcome Downton Abbey Withdrawal Syndrome. First, I bought the Blu-rays and rewatched both Season 1 and 2 …
A Summer in Genoa (2008) DVD
A film that you have not seen in the theatre in North America. It premiered at the 2008 Toronto International …
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, I’d like to post my second selection for the Ireland Reading Challenge 2012, and raise a toast …
The End of the Affair: Book and Movie
It’s a bit ironic to post this on Valentine’s Day. It’s a story of an extramarital affair, and it doesn’t …
2012 Golden Globes Results
Some of the major winners at the 69th Golden Globes Awards last night. Best Motion Picture – Drama: The Descendants …
Movies to Watch with Mom
Best time to enjoy some mother-child bonding is to watch a movie together and afterwards, talk about it. The following …
Can a movie adaptation ever be as good as the book?
The more I watch movies and read books, the more I see the two as totally different art forms. They …
Oscar Winners 2011
The beginning clip was an interesting opening, with Anne Hathaway and James Franco appearing in all the nominated Best Pictures. …
The King’s Speech: Fact and Fiction
The line “Based On a True Story” at the bottom of the movie poster apparently is not enough as a …
Big Movies, small films
‘Big’ and ‘small’ are relative terms. According to Box Office Mojo, the production budgets for this year’s Oscar Best Picture nominees …
Oscar Nominations 2011
Here are the ten movies you might like to watch before the 83rd Academy Awards on Feb. 27: Best Picture …
