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“Once upon a time, long, long ago” – this is the beginning of a Japanese folktale that is brought to life in an absolutely beautiful manner by director Isao Takahata and Studio Ghibli. Each frame looks like a charcoal and watercolor drawing. If you aren’t interested in Japanese folktales The Tale Of Princess Kaguya is…
Oren Miller died of lung cancer yesterday. You may not know him. I didn’t. Heck, I only exchanged a few words with him, literally, over the last couple of years. His loss, however, is great. He touched many lives, including mine. He started a group, Dad Bloggers, which I participate in. You may notice on…
Let’s take a quick look back over the week, shall we? Friday is swim lesson day. Here we see Xavier, Ciaran and Dela going into the pool. There is also a “blink and you’ll miss it” cameo by August at the beginning of the video. Tevye has begun climbing stairs. Unassisted. Remember earlier this week…
The movie opens with a torture scene. There is no warning. It isn’t terribly long, but it is a bit disturbing. I think it is meant to be. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character, nicknamed Breacher, is watching a video that I am assuming is his wife being tortured to death. The film picks up 8 months later…
I was reminded Tuesday morning why I like having the doctor we currently see. We have always had a doctor for our kids, but Laura and I have not always been the best about our own medical care. When Kyle came to live with us I was working at Virginia Mason, and I had some…
I took Tevye to the doctor this morning. It was his 9 month check up. Past due, I know, but our schedule has been crazy what with all the kids we have as well as moving back into our house. Fortunately I was able to schedule the appointment for early in the morning. normally we…
I like Kevin Kline. He can do drama and comedy excellently in equal measure. Here he is paired against Dame Maggie Smith who is more than a match for him. Kline is Mathias, a man who has had a rough go of it, but inherited an apartment in Paris. Looking to sell, he is thwarted…
I am taking this idea from Dawn, who took the idea from somebody else who took the idea from somebody else. “Sarah specified just a few rules: 1) Be sure to note your first concert. 2) Bands you’ve seen as openers or as part of festivals count, but try to come up with 50 headliners…
Shout Factory has recently released two Blu-ray packages featuring two movies that might be good for Valentine’s Day, but frankly they might be best for Halloween. Looking at these four films they generally fall into the broad category of “horror/comedy/romance” though that’s a pretty loose. This one features two movies that fall more into the comedy/romance…
Shout Factory has recently released two Blu-ray packages featuring two movies that might be good for Valentine’s Day, but frankly they might be best for Halloween. Looking at these four films they generally fall into the broad category of “horror/comedy/romance” though that’s a pretty loose. This one features two movies that fall more into the horror/comedy category…