animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

in the cut

I heard a lot of complaints about Meg Ryan’s acting in this movie, so while I thought it sounded like an interesting movie, I never watched it–until now. And, I have to say, I thought her acting was just fine. The movie was pretty good up until the last few …

life of brian

This isn’t a post about my husband. Rather, it is a movie from the Monty Python comedy troupe. It showed up in my Blockbuster “featured recommendations” and the review looked pretty funny. Plus, I’ve always liked the Monty Python stuff. My dad is a huge fan of British comedy so …

a mighty wind

I don’t know why I like the mockumentaries of Christopher Guest, but I do. They aren’t typically outrageously funny or anything. In fact, they are quite subtle. But, I find them really humorous. This one was about the folk music scene. The movie follows a few “groups from the past” …

fight club

The first rule of Fight Club is – you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is – you DO NOT talk about Fight Club. And so it goes. This was one cool movie. It never piqued my interest, but Brian asked me to put …

the descent

This was one freaking scary movie. It had some disgusting parts, which I’m not a fan of, but it sure made us jumpy, which I like. The darned thing was scary before the monsters showed up in the last half hour of the film. It was pretty fun watching this …