Suzanne Blazier: A Movie for Every Mood

With 2016 being a leap year, I decided to watch the romantic comedy Leap Year , partially for the plot, and partially because it stars actr...

I have long been a fan of singer Nina Simone. Her distinctive voice and the way she sings the blues are a favorite of mine. In fact, one of...

I’ve found my favorite film of the Academy Award season. Spotlight is based on the true story of how a team of investigative journalists ...

Star Wars . It’s a film experience that started for me in 1977. I have seen every installment in the theater, all six of...

My maternal grandparents immigrated to America in the late 1800’s from Denmark and Norway. My interest in Brooklyn stemm...

Joy . The name of a woman I had never heard of, and upon watching her story, will never forget. This film by David O. Russell is based on...

The Big Short was a film I was hoping would be understandable and entertaining, despite its subject: the housing crisis and fraud that t...

Beasts of No Nation is a film about the experiences of Agu, a young West African boy recruited into a rebel militia after ...

Jingle All The Way is a 1996, comedy/family film, rated PG for action violence, mild language and some thematic elements. ...

This is a hilarious holiday movie from 2008 starring Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn. It’s light entertainment (comedy, ...

I had the good fortune to hear Dr. Wayne Dyer speak at a conference I attended in Portland some 15+ years ago. I was initia...

When I first saw Aloha advertised, I thought it had several things going for it:   Cameron Crowe, screenwriter and director...

After watching Abraham Lincoln:   Vampire Hunter , my husband commented that I shouldn’t post a review, rather to save my r...

Hector and the Search for Happiness is an interesting and enjoyable film about one man’s journey around the world to find w...

“They’re here.” So begins the ordeal of a family in small town USA when their daughter hears ghost/spirits coming out of t...

I watched another foreign film recently, this one in the horror genre in order to get those Halloween vibes going last weeke...

Finding a great foreign film is a treasure; I like watching stories about people who live in other cultures ...