The holidays can be a tough time for a lot of people. Whenever I’m feeling a bit down (or frustrated or lonely or any tough emotion) I’ll put on a movie that can brighten my mood. My movie pick this week is a classic that never fails to make me feel better: Funny Face. Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire star in this opposites attract movie musical, along with…
Oh Thanksgiving. It’s one of my favorite holidays; the great food, gathering with family, the parade, the inevitable drama or meltdown. For this week I thought I’d watch a Thanksgiving centric film, and after a quick Google search, I found What’s Cooking? (2000). I’d never heard of this move before, but it has a great cast, including Kyra Sedgwick, Lanie Kazan, Julianna Margulies, and Alfre…
Another week, another mystery movie as my pick. I promise I like other genres. Recently I went home for a long weekend and instead of flying, since COVID and everything else going on, I took the train from New York down to Virginia. I’m a big fan of train travel, so I decided to pick a movie that mostly takes place on a train. Arguably the most famous of…
It’s that time of year again. No, I’m not talking about the start of the winter holiday season, but in fact cold and flu season. As I’m writing this, I’m fighting a cold (no COVID thankfully), so my movie pick for this week is worthy for a sick day. You know it, and most of you love it, The Princess Bride. Oh to be a young…
For the first in my “Movie Monday” series, I decided to go along with the spooky season. Halloween is next weekend, so my pick this week is the iconic ‘90s slasher film Scream. I’m not the biggest gorey horror movie fan, too much blood makes me a bit squeamish, but what I do really love is ‘whodunit’ style films. Most of these would include murder mysteries and suspense thrillers…
