I watched the Oscars last night. It's not typically my M.O., but it kept me company while editing the Fancy Band program and then writing up my Fancy Band post. Also, there was confusion as to why the first few minutes were full of commercials; I honestly wondered if I had the wrong channel. Jimmy Kimmel even alluded to it by saying, we're already ( Read more... )

Mom rented the Barbie movie from the library and got both dad and me to watch it with her. I'm not a huge movie person. I haven't been to a theater since Bridesmaids. Not only would I prefer to do other things with my time, I realized just the other day that part of it is the noise. They're so loud. I much prefer quiet things ( Read more... )

Yesterday, the big news for my town was that Illinois' largest movie screen finally opened in the former Randall 15 IMAX theater. It had closed during covid and was bought by a company that went, you know, that IMAX screen isn't big enough; let's enlarge it so that it's the size of an NBA regulation basketball court! I don't get down that way much ( Read more... )

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It was weird to wake up last Monday morning to discover the situation in Kenosha. Because it's just over the border, it's considered a suburb of Chicago, so it's been a big part of the local news in addition to the story going national. Kenosha is pretty sleepy; it's one of those places you know about, but never really hear about; it's just sort ( Read more... )

The last couple Fridays have been family movie time. This past Friday, we saw A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, and the week before, Little Women. The Mr. Rogers movie brought back all sorts of memories, and the way they did some of the transitions and how they framed the movie simultaneously hit me in the feels and cracked me up. My mom didn ( Read more... )

We needed a mental break today. With all that's going on, the household watched a movie after dinner. Naturally, it was Parasite.But before that, mom was scrolling through her phone, reading off funny things that were posted, and brought up her cousin Steve. He's had a number of health issues over the years and is in a rehab-type place, where he ( Read more... )

Just the thing every woman wishes their mother would say to them for their birthday ( Read more... )

After my rough Friday at work, I was surprised to find myself fully awake before 6 AM on Saturday. Watching the news--oh, look, *another* workplace shooting, this time in Virginia Beach! Sigh--was not what I wanted to do. In perusing the guide, I discovered a movie from my childhood that had recently started: Sesame Street Presents: Follow That ( Read more... )

My coworkers enjoy talking about movies and such, and yesterday was no different. Somehow they were discussing A Knight's Tale with Heath Ledger, which led to a discussion of how he died too soon, same with River Phoenix, and Joaquin Phoenix also came up. My one coworker did a little digging and, despite my mentioning that they were brothers, a ( Read more... )