Trust

by | Oct 6, 2014 | Monday Musings

I don’t trust a lot of people, or well, I don’t trust them with my safety or the safety of my children. It’s not so much that I distrust them but that I trust they will be selfish, or self-absorbed, or just not caring much. That sounds really bad doesn’t it? Sorry,...

The Intouchables

by | Sep 5, 2014 | Foreign Film Friday

Yes, another French movie. My son wants to go to France, ASAP, and is continuing to study French during the summer. Anyway, this is a wonderful movie. The character growth of both the main actors is extraordinary. The basic plot: a wealthy paraplegic white man doesn’t...

Lots of Places Have a North

by | Aug 22, 2014 | Foreign Film Friday

Bienvenue Chez Les Ch’sit Apparently France is not all coveted beauty, they have a NORTH. A place where bad employees are transferred to, a place with weird accents, unrecognizable slang words, and cold. And fortunately for us, it is a place of fun characters, beauty,...

Very Annie Mary

by | Aug 15, 2014 | Foreign Film Friday

This is a British movie about an awkward girl in a small village named Annie Mary (Rachel Griffiths). Her asshole father (Johnathan Pryce) made me want to kick him. As with most small town British movies and shows the town is filled with quirky characters. One of my...