Life of a Reader
A Reader’s Perspective on Entertainment
Frequency (2000) Starring: Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel Director: Gregory Hoblit Rating: PG-13 for peril, smoking, and suggestive content Summary John Sullivan lost his father in a dangerous warehouse fire 30 years ago. It left a deep wound that seems to continue to affect his life. John is allowing his life to unravel and fall apart, telling himself and others […]
I started down the path of becoming a movie connoisseur in 2021. I started my Christopher Nolan binge (worth it!) and realized that I love watching Andrew Garfield and Christian Bale on screen. I branched out. I watched movies I’d never heard of. I watched movies I never thought I would like. In stepping outside my usual comfort zone of […]
I’m one of the most inconsistent movie watchers you’ll ever meet. I can get on a roll with movies and watch one a night for a week or two. However, I can also go an entire month without turning the television on. In general, I mostly watch movies I’ve already seen before. This past year I tried to break that […]
Cinderella (2021) Starring: Camilla Cabello, Minnie Driver, Idina Menzel, James Corden Director: Kay Cannon Rating: PG for suggestive material and language Have We Been Here Before? I haven’t worked on my Cinderella reviews in awhile. In fact, I set them aside long enough for someone (specifically Amazon) to make another movie. Oh joy. I debated for several days before watching this movie. […]
Without Remorse (2021) Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Guy Pearce Director: Stefano Sollima Rating: R for language, sexual content, violence Syrians and Russians and Missiles (oh my!) I’ve been waiting to watch this new movie from Amazon Studios for quite some time. My brother watched it and liked it, but didn’t necessarily care to watch it again, at least in the […]
Almost to the Finish Hello everyone! I’ve got two Christopher Nolan movies left to watch – Tenet and The Dark Knight Rises – but I’m not quite ready to write full movie reviews. So . . . I decided I’d give a little update of how my Nolan-binge is going in place of a full review. Long story short: I’m fascinated, forever […]
A Thinking Day Sometimes I just have days where I want to sit down and stare at nothing and think through everything. It often occurs on rainy days, or days when I’ve got the day off of work and have nothing to do with myself. And other times I’m just emotionally exhausted and end up thinking through everything in my […]
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) Starring: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Javier Bardem, Orlando Bloom, Brenton Thwaites Directors: Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg Rating: PG-13 for mild language, sequences of adventure and violence, some sensuality, and suggestive content Another Round, Gentlemen? I went to the library last night and decided it was high time to throw together […]
To Be Continued . . . Here we are folks! If you read my full review of Interstellar (2014) HERE, then you know I had some extra thoughts about the movie that had too many spoilers to go into the review. I won’t waste your time: let’s get into it. There are several things I need to explain first before I really […]
Music in the Air I don’t know about you, but I have a soundtrack for just about every mood, season, emotion, etc. I’ve got so many playlists on my YouTube I sometimes worry they might take away my ability to save any more music! Since spring is officially here (and already on its way out the door in southwest Kansas), […]