Family Fridays – Star Wars Edition

Posted by on May 3, 2013

Ok, so today is May the third, which means that tomorrow is May the fourth. As in, May the Fourth Be With You, also known as Star Wars Day. (See CollegeHumor’s take here.  Since this is a Family Fridays feature, I’ll warn you that there is a “b-” word in there.) So for today’s Family […]

Review of The Hobbit, An Unexpected Journey (or The Hobbit: Part 1/3)

Posted by on Mar 27, 2013

Bottom line: A fun movie set in Tolkien’s world, though not a strict adaptation from the book. Rating: Recommended Review: When The Hobbit came out, I never got around to seeing it in theaters, being 8 1/2 months pregnant at the time and then otherwise occupied. So I finally saw it when it became available […]

Review of The Hunger Games Movie

Posted by on Apr 15, 2012

Bottom line: One of the best book to movie adaptations I’ve seen. A great movie of a great book (see my review of the book here). Rating: Strongly Recommended Review: I am normally one of those people – the ones who come out of a movie adaptation of a book moaning and whining about all […]