Being a blogger has a few lucky perks – one of them being that sometimes I get invited to see a movie before it is opened to the general public. Well lucky me, I got to see the new Marvel film, Ant-Man last night. And let me tell you, I really, really, really liked this …
Last night we watched the movie Selma, the story of Martin Luther King, Jr. leading a campaign for the black Americans to acquire equal voting rights in America. This movie did a brilliant job portraying the work, the planning, and the ingenuity behind an activist movement. There was an honest depiction of the brutalities the …
Into the Woods is a perfect family movie! I was lucky enough to be invited to an advanced screening of this Disney soon-to-be classic, and I can say that Sophia and I thoroughly enjoyed the movie! This is a clever story that entwines four Grimm’s fairytales into one tale full of witty one-liners and fanciful lyrics. Who …
I am a sixth grade writing teacher, and I work a lot with my students on understanding perspective. We need to learn to understand how something may be seen through someone else’s eyes. We write in first-person telling our own stories, and we write in third-person telling stories through a narrator. We also read many …
Yesterday my daughter and I saw the documentary Fed Up. Katie Couric narrates this 92-minute movie that takes direct aim at the food industry and congress and in the process educates the viewers on the dangers of sugar. What do we know about food, exercise and obesity? Walking into the movie, I already knew that obesity …
Last night I saw the movie, Chef, and I gotta’ tell you this movie is a foodies nirvana! The premise of the story is Chef Carl Casper’s (Jon Favreau) culinary creativity is being stifled beyond death at the upscale LA restaurant that he works for. After a lousy review and the pursuing mayhem, he up and …
