It is 1922 in the American South when The Color Purple opens with two African American sisters, Nettie and Celie Harris (oldest) playing joyfully in a field of flowers. Fourteen year old Celie is pregnant for the second time by her father. When she gives birth her father takes it away.
My review for the movie The Color Purple was first posted 6/17/2009 at Literary Fiction, BellaOnline. The full review of The Color Purple can now be read at SquidFlix.
One of my favorite movies, Annie, turns 30 this year. Seems like yesterday I was singing along with Albert Finney (Daddy Warbucks), Carol Burnett (Miss Hannigan), Bernadette Peters (Lily), Tim Curry (Rooster), and the freckle faced Aileen Quinn (Annie). If that was not enough to make me feel old, I can tell you I have…
The Le Mystรจre Seamless Bra has been mentioned repeatedly on Oprah’s TV show and in her magazine over the years and is probably one of the best looking bras out there. Not because it is really all that sexy but because it does some marvellous shaping under t-shirts and other form fitting clothing. And Oprah…
I watched I’m Going to Tell You a Secret last night and quite enjoyed it. It was a behind-the-scenes look at Madonna and her interactions with her dance troupe and family during her Re-Invention World Tour. There was a lot of relevant dialogue about religion, politics, relationships (romantic love versus true love) and family but…
“If one doesn’t have words, how does one think?” ~ Iris Murdoch Iris Murdoch (1919 – 1999) was a prolific author and philosopher having written twenty-seven works of fiction, five philosophical books, six plays and two books of poetry. Her novel, The Sea, the Sea, won the 1978 Booker Prize. The film, Iris, is based…
In Seattle, Washington lives Eleanor (Joely Richardson) Dunston, a lovely, sweet and lonely heiress with terminal cancer. She hires Cynthia (Molly Parker) to take care of her in her in the end stages of her life. This review was published on 6/7/2007 at Literary Fiction, BellaOnline. The full review of Under Heaven can now be…
I love Jimmy Fallon. Not in the “I want to have sex” with him sense but in the he makes me “laugh my ass off” sense. If you do not know Mr. Fallon he is a American comedian / impersonator from Saturday Night Live and Fever Pitch with Drew Barrymore. He is all over the…