Life of a Reader
A Reader’s Perspective on Entertainment
One Story, Two Soundtracks If pure nostalgia is possible to capture in a single soundtrack, Little Women did it in 1994. It’s arguably (in my mind) one of the best pairings between plot and music. But I’m getting ahead of myself. In 2019, Greta Gerwig attempted (and I do mean attempted) to re-do the classic story of a family in the […]
Memento (2000) Starring: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano Director: Christopher Nolan Rating: R for heavy language, violence, and some sexual references Yes . . . Another Christopher Nolan In case anyone was wondering, I’m on Nolan #5 (for me personally). I’ve now watched Dunkirk, Interstellar, The Prestige, Inception, and Memento. I haven’t disliked any of these. In fact, you could say I’m a […]
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal Directed by: Patty Jenkins Rating: PG-13 for sequences of action and violence A Long-Awaited Sequel . . . I Think I don’t watch movies from the DC Universe. I am an MCU fan all the way, and I have no qualms about “missing out” on the DC franchise. […]
Oscars for the Loss I’ve have heard so much hub-bub about the 2021 Oscars. I decided I would take a peek through the winners and I have no idea where any of those movies came from with the exception of Tenet, Soul, and Onward. Besides these, I recognized none of the names, none of the actors, none of the directors, none of the music. […]
Interstellar (2014) Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Cain Directed by: Christopher Nolan Rating: PG-13 for intense perilous action and brief strong language Did I Make a Mistake? Christopher Nolan knows how to wow the crowd. While I have currently only seen two of his movies (Interstellar and Dunkirk), I already see a pattern of intricate story-telling and brilliant […]
It’s a Musical Life I love a good musical! While I’ve seen several that are very good, few stick out in my mind as much as Fiddler on the Roof, The Music Man, and The Sound of Music. The famous musical duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein were instrumental (literally . . . haha) in the making of the later and they are […]
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) Starring: Kelly Marie Tran, Benedict Wong, Awkwafina Rating: PG for mild perilous action A Broken World In an ideal world, there is perfect peace and everyone gets what they want. But we are wicked creatures. We can’t seem to get along for any decent period of time without spiritual intervention. For believers this […]
A Cinderella Story (2004) Starring: Hilary Duff, Chad Michael Murray Rating: PG for some language, and brief sexual innuendo Another Round Here we are again, reviewing yet another Cinderella tale, because apparently I can’t get enough of it all! 😉 Unfortunately, since I hatched this idea and started on it, I’ve got to finish it. If I had watched 10 […]
Not Cinderella’s Type (2018) Starring: Paris Warner, Tim Flynn, Tanner Gillman Rating: PG (??) Yes, Another One . . . I’ve been looking around at Cinderella movies lately (I’m working on an article that will rate 10 or so Cinderella movies worst to best!) and I stumbled upon another random one. A vague description drew me in and I […]
Infidel (2020) Starring: Jim Caviezel Rating: R for violence and language One Religion, Many Sects After recently reading Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus by Nabeel Quereshi, I was convicted about my tendency to lump all Muslims into one category: terrorists. In reality, there are many sects of the Islamic religion. Many of them are peaceful tribes who interpret the Koran in a way […]