Category: Movies

Henry Poole is Here – 2008

I’m always on the lookout for films I think my mother will like.  She enjoys watching movies but doesn’t pay a lot of attention to new films that come out unless I bring them up.  So for that I’m sorry…

Good Night, and Good Luck – 2005

My father was born in 1935 and my mother in 1946.  Both of them would tell me stories about McCarthyism when I was growing up.  My mother’s stories mostly came from what her parents told her but my father has…

The Sandlot – 1993

I wonder how many women have memories of their dad teaching them how to catch a baseball? The scene where Denis Leary teaches his stepson how to play catch brought back such strong memories i couldn’t believe it.  From explaining…

The Manchurian Candidate – 1962

I’m not usually one to watch the remake of a movie before I watch the original, but in this case I did.  I watched the Denzel Washington version the year it came out without knowing any real specifics of the…