by Robin | Jan 4, 2016 | Favorite things, Film, Nostalgia, Personal
I love that I grew up when I did, when you had to get up to change the TV channel, when there were only three networks and manageable choices. You were at the mercy of network programmers as to what old movies they’d re-run on the weekends, and I can remember...
by Robin | Dec 26, 2011 | Family, Film, Movie reviews
Alone on Christmas day this year, our family decided to catch an afternoon movie; I might've been the only one moved to tears 5 times don't judge me but everyone walked away praising this movie that exceeded already-high expectation. Here's why:...
by Robin | Aug 11, 2011 | Books, Exercise in Frustration, Film, Movie reviews, Ouch!, Personal
Oh, my. I loved the book The Help, not because it was the best-written novel I've ever read, but because I can identify with the story in part, because this is the era in which I grew up. I thought (romanticized??) that Abileen's and Minny's...
by Robin | Feb 22, 2009 | Film, On my soapbox, Personal
I can't decide what this says about me: the only Oscar-nominated film I've seen is in the Best Animated Feature Film category. There are a few I plan to see eventually– Slumdog Millionaire (while waiting to meet the guys from Yanni Voices...