The Legend of Bagger Vance is one of my all-time favorite movies, and I watched it twice this weekend. Based on the book by Steven Pressfield, the movie tells the story of Rannulph Junah, a disillusioned war veteran who reluctantly agrees to play a game of golf with Walter Hagen and Bobby Jones. Photo Source: Amazon “He finds the game futile until his caddy, Bagger Vance, teaches him the secret of the authentic golf stroke which turns out also to be the secret to mastering any challenge and finding meaning in life.” (Written by M. Fowler, IMdb) At the beginning […]
Finally, A Movie My Husband Liked
My husband and I watched a movie that he actually liked. The Equalizer. Rotten Tomatoes The movie stars Denzel Washington as Robert McCall, who sets out to rescue, of sorts, Teri (played by Chloe Grace Moretz), a teenager who gets roughed up by Russian mobsters. Huffington Post In the process, he uses his specific set of skills to help out some people who are close to him. The movie takes place in Boston, Mass. Marton Csokas stars as the bad guy, Teddy, who makes it his mission to take down Robert McCall, but not before McCall takes out more than […]
Book Review: Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl
“On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick’s portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?” (Written by Twentieth Century Fox, IMDb) Pinterest Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl is an edge-of-the-seat thrill ride. I decided that before I watched this highly anticipated movie, that I would listen to the audiobook. And boy, am I glad I did. I still haven’t […]
The Greatest Art Heist in History
“In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create, but by what we refuse to destroy.” – John C. Sawhill “You can wipe out an entire generation, you can burn their homes to the ground and somehow they’ll still find their way back. But if you destroy their history, you destroy their achievements and it’s as if they never existed. That’s what Hitler wants and that’s exactly what we are fighting for.” – Frank Stokes, The Monuments Men BuzzFeed George Clooney and Grant Heslov once again hit it out the ballpark with this movie, based […]
“About Time” is A Great Love Story
I haven’t watched a movie in quite a while in which I laughed out loud and cried so hard, but About Time touched my heart strings so powerfully. Photo Source: IMDb This movie is more that just a love story between Tim (played by Domhnall Gleeson) and Mary (played by Rachel McAdams). It is a story about the love between a father and son, as well as the loving bond between a brother and sister. Photo Source: blogs.lanacion.com.ar “Tim: I always knew we were a fairly odd family. First there was me. Too tall, too skinny, too orange. My mum […]