A couple of weeks ago Caitlin and some other members of the broadcast journalism and yearbook classes took a trip to Portland, OR for a conference. At the conference Caitlin received an “award of excellence” (second place) for the video she put together on how budget cuts had affected the gymnastics team. This week her […]
I guess we are working on the “I” countries. Last winter India and this summer Italy. I’ve got our trip booked – 2 nights in Rome, 4 nights in Florence, and 2 nights in Venice. This time we’ll be taking Caitlin and John along. (Caroline will be working at Star Island again.) Now that the […]
1) How to Train Your Dragon 3D (Actual: A, Expected: B+)
2) City Island (Actual: A-, Expected B-)
3) Date Night (Actual: A-, Expected: B)
4) Ocean (Actual: A-, Expected: B)
5) She’s Out of Your League (Actual: B+, Expected: C-)
6) The Young Victoria (Actual: B+, Expected: C+)
7) Hot Tub Time Machine (Actual: B+, Expected: B)
8) The Secret in Their Eyes (Actual: B+, Expected: C+)
9) Kick-Ass (Actual: B+, […]
1) How to Train Your Dragon 3D (Actual: A, Expected: B+)
2) City Island (Actual: A-, Expected B-)
3) Date Night (Actual: A-, Expected: B)
4) She’s Out of Your League (Actual: B+, Expected: C-)
5) Hot Tub Time Machine (Actual: B+, Expected: B)
6) Kick-Ass (Actual: B+, Expected: B-)
7) The Losers (Actual: B, Expected: B-)
8) Alice in Wonderland 2D (Actual: B, Expected: B-)
9) The Ghostwriter (Actual B, Expected: […]
Greenberg (Actual: B-, Expected: B+)
So as one sees all movies that are out, one starts to go to the “Art Films.” This movie came highly rated and so I was expecting a very good movie. What I got is a well made movie, a thought provoking movie and 2 hours of spending time […]
Alice in Wonderland 2D (Actual: B, Expected: B-)
I was prepared to not like this movie, mostly because I am not a big fan of the story. And Tim Burton can be brilliant, or he can be over the top. And because it had been out a long time, I didn’t have the great […]
Death at a Funeral (Actual: D-, Expected B-)
Maybe I just don’t “get” black humor or entertainment (see grade for “Why Did I Get Married Too?”) but I just hated this movie. The best part of the movie was the closing credits, where the Temptations “Papa was a Rolling Stone” played loud and hard […]
The Joneses (Actual: C, Expected B)
This movie has a great concept (a marketing company hires actors to portray a family that helps sell the latest stuff via their lifestyle, without the neighbors knowing they are being scammed) and so it works fairly well in the beginning of the movie.
However, beyond the lack of believability (how […]
Why Did I Get Married Too? (Actual: D, Expected C)
I think this is a better movie than I give it credit for, but I really disliked large parts of this movie. One problem was that it was such a formulaic movie – show great people who look happy, have them happy for a while, […]
Kick-Ass (Actual: B+, Expected: B-)
I’m conflicted about this movie. The trailer made it appear to be a humorous movie about a nerd being a super hero. What it turns out to be is Kill Bill (not sure which Volume) with the assassin being an 11 year old girl, which actually makes one somewhat uncomfortable. […]