The Way We Were: The Agony and The Ecstasy
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The Way We Were: The Agony and The Ecstasy

So if you have been keeping up with The Good, The Bad, and The Podcast, you are probably aware that today we released our ninth episode: Female Singers Moonlighting as Actresses (or some other really, really long title that you can thank Charles for—BAZINGA!). In this episode we discuss, among other things, the Streisand classic The Way We Were (1973). Now, you might be asking yourself why I felt the need to write even MORE about this movie after you’ve already heard me blather on about it for ten minutes during the podcast, and my answer to you is this:…
Funny Things My Daughter says about Dead Parents
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Funny Things My Daughter says about Dead Parents

I know that title above seems very morbid and in the mind of someone over five, yes it is.  But my four-year-old daughter has a funny fascination about a certain scene in Frozen that I have to share.  If you've never seen it…you don't have children.  For those of you that have seen it now for 100 times and counting, you know Elsa and Anna's parents die in a shipwreck.  Very sad scene.  My daughter though has a few things to say almost every time we watch.  Here are a few of my favorites: "This is my favorite part!" "Are you…
Snowpiercer: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Train
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Snowpiercer: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Train

On a recent episode of Screen Junkies’ Movie Fights, guest Mike Carlson picked “Snowpiercer” as the film of 2014 that should have been nominated for an Oscar.  After seeing and passing over it many times on Netflix, Mike’s arguments for this film pushed me over the edge.  And I am so glad he did. I was blown away by this film!  In our modern world of dystopian Y.A. fiction fodder it is unique to see a multi-layered story as this one.  So, a quick synopsis: in response to global warming, the world governments disperse a chemical into the atmosphere to…