Mayor Vaughn: “Amity as you know, means friendship.” ~ Jaws Growing up, the British Hubby never celebrated July 4. Why would he? This is not an important day in UK history. As we became a couple and merged our lives together, it was important we create our own reasons to celebrate holidays from both our…Read more Social Distancing with Jaws
Movies
The Inaugural Meal
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. ~ Maya Angelo The past two weeks have been a bit hectic. The introvert and hermit crab have enjoyed some aspects of sheltering in place such as working from home and having more knitting time. Other aspects like scheduling appliance deliveries has become…Read more The Inaugural Meal
Friday Night Double Feature
"There's no place like home." ~ The Wizard of Oz After Clint Eastwood movies we started watching Hong Kong Action movies. These are fantastic, but a bit violent. The shoot outs and combat is much more theatrical, but there is so much collateral damage. In the current world climate, it's hard to watch so many…Read more Friday Night Double Feature
A Better Tomorrow
"They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!" ~ Braveheart Action movies are great in every culture. A Better Tomorrow is an outstanding Hong Kong action film. While it may seem like a hooky 80's action flick, it's number two on the 100 Best Chinese Motion Pictures. This movie may have boxy…Read more A Better Tomorrow
The Dead Pool
"You forgot your fortune cookie! It says.... You're shit outta luck!" Dirty Harry The Dead Pool Friday night we concluded our tribute to the Dirty Harry Series with The Dead Pool. This was the fifth and final Dirty Harry movie. It was the shortest, and I must say my least favorite. It was a classic…Read more The Dead Pool
The Enforcer and Sudden Impact
"Go ahead, make my day." Sudden Impact This Friday night we continued the Dirty Harry series with The Enforcer and Sudden Impact. Being able to see the character develop made me appreciate these movies more than I had when I saw them in my youth. The Enforcer has a pretty violent beginning, and Harry's new…Read more The Enforcer and Sudden Impact
Dirty Harry and Magnum Force
"You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?" ~ Dirty Harry 1971 This is one of those movie quotes that people know even if they've never seen these movies. In talking about famous movie quotes, the British Hubby and I discovered there are five Dirty Harry movies. We…Read more Dirty Harry and Magnum Force
Beginning of the End
There's no place like home. ~ The Wizard of Oz With the title and beginning quote, you might think the blog post is about current times, but this was our movie Friday night movie last week. Did you know Monday was national Twilight Zone Day? It sure does feel like we could be living in…Read more Beginning of the End
Destination Moon
A journey into space is the greatest adventure I can imagine. ~ Sarah Brightman Humanity has always been fascinated by space travel. That equates to a plethora of space movies. The British Hubby found two gems for our Friday Night Brain Out Movies, Destination Moon and Invasion UFO. Destination Moon was the classic disaster formulaic…Read more Destination Moon
Happy Anniversary
How you make others feel about themselves, says a lot about you. I originally planned this post to be about the 1 year anniversary for Criterion Channel. Then I remembered my very first blog post was four years ago today. Having too many projects was my problem then, and I'm still working on it now.…Read more Happy Anniversary
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