I watched The Deer Hunter the other day. It's on AFI's top 100 movies list. The first part of the movie takes place in the hometown of a few young men who are about to go off to 'Nam. I felt immediately invested because the setting is a working-class town in western Pennsylvania. And... Continue Reading →
Shaaaaane!
I watched Shane the other night (#45 in AFI's top 100 movies list). It's a western from 1953, and it features a lot of beautiful scenery and a lot of fightin'. The main conflict is between "homesteaders" who've built homes on the open prairie and greedy cattle owners who want all of the land... Continue Reading →
A Two-Hanky Day
I am not a crier, but I needed two hankies yesterday. Hanky #1 I found myself furiously blinking away tears while going nowhere fast on the elliptical at the gym. No, I wasn't in pain; I was watching a movie on one of the TVs. It was the last 30 minutes of a film... Continue Reading →
The Wild West and the 1980s
I've closed out the ninth annual birthday list with a film about the Wild West and a meal at an '80s-themed diner. The other night I watched Stagecoach (#63 in AFI's Top 100 Movie List). I became cast under the spell of a fella named John Wayne. Where has he been all my life?... Continue Reading →
Triple Play
First things first: A friend lost her husband to cancer yesterday. Tell all your loved ones that you love them today. I added three things to the birthday list yesterday. I started off the day by visiting the Prescott House. I've now seen all of the historic homes in Boston proper. The Prescott House... Continue Reading →
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