Best Romantic Movies

Posted by on Feb 14, 2008 in dish | 3 comments It’s only fair that if I crack on the worst romantic movies of all time, I have to cough up a list of the best. Presented for your approval, my selected list. For now. I know there’s something I’ve left off.Notting Hill – Just about pitch perfect. How can you not love a soundtrack that starts off with Elvis Costello? Hugh Grant is at his stammering best as William, the...
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Worst Romantic Movies?

Posted by on Feb 11, 2008 in dish | 4 comments I have to admit to several giggles when reading Kim Morgan’s “Loathe, Actually”–a rundown of the 10 most disappointing, yet still beloved, “classic” romantic comedies. Now I’m not saying I haven’t seen all of these (I have) or fallen for them (yep, cried buckets at several), or don’t own (I taped, bought, or was given half this list), but Ms....
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Ten Movies That Disappointed You

Posted by on Jan 15, 2008 in dish | 4 comments Ooo–tough one here. I tend to willingly suspend disbelief, so I can go for just about anything, movie-wise. I may have to drag DH into this discussion…The Remains of the Day – I’m all for repressed feelings and swooning and all, but I was ready to clock Anthony Hopkins upside the head with a salver at the end of this one. Just tell her you love her already!Star Wars...
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Musings: Stranger Than Fiction

Posted by on Jan 7, 2008 in dish | 4 comments Santa brought me this movie for Christmas, which became an immediate favorite after it reached the top of the Netflix queue. For one thing, it’s a fanciful view of the life of a writer, and for another, it’s an examination about the relationship between life and art (truth being, after all, “stranger than fiction”).In short: Harold Crick, an IRS auditor, begins hearing a...
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Criminal Misrepresentation

Posted by on Nov 14, 2007 in dish | 1 comment You know, it always seems that when Florida is featured on a TV show, the Hollywood folks get it wrong. Like the TV movie of Their Eyes Were Watching God. Most of the book is set in Eatonville, about a mile from my house. At one point, Janie is heading down to a lake for a swim–not that would any self-respecting Floridian go for a swim in a lake at twilight, when it’s gator feeding...
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