Day: February 20, 2016

Three sentence movie reviews: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf

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Having seen the play, I knew what I was in for, and I had already experienced the claustrophobia that comes from being trapped in a small theater with George and Martha.  This, the film felt roomy and expansive in places, and lost some of its urgency.  That said, it’s still quite a good movie and while all actors are great, Sandy Dennis particularly delights as Honey, the young wife of a Biology Professor new to campus.

Cost: free from library
Where watched: at home
(Part of The Next Picture Show’s pairing:  Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf and 45 Years)

poster from:  http://www.impawards.com/1966/whos_afraid_of_virginia_woolf.html

Three sentence movie reviews: Beyond the Lights

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Overlooked movie alert!*  There’s really good stuff in here, from mother/daughter relationships to fame, and how women are often required to sell their bodies to achieve it.    Great performances all around.

Cost: free from library
Where watched: at home

*Thanks to the hosts of the Next Picture Show Podcast for squealing when this title was mentioned, thus alerting me to its existence.

http://www.impawards.com/2014/beyond_the_lights.html
The above poster was the only one the site had.  However, the poster below was on the front of my DVD and it’s a million times better.

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http://www.target.com/p/beyond-the-lights/-/A-16927432?ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&CPNG=PLA_Entertainment%2BShopping&adgroup=SC_Entertainment&LID=700000001170770pgs&network=g&device=c&location=9032941&gclid=CjwKEAiAgKu2BRDu1OGw3-KXokwSJAB_Yy2QL926H6_3jXftq6Px5exWLb_dQQEBm-cTScTozlrcvBoCrmHw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Portland Fit Sashiko T-quilt block completed.

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I have completed my first block in my t-quilt.  Doing this block of Sashiko embroidery has taught me that this will be a very, very long project.  This t-shirt is five movies worth of work time.  Knowing that, I have sorted and prioritized my t-shirts and will first embroider the shirts from high school and college.  Which means this is really block zero and the next shirt I do will be the first block in the t-quilt.  If and when I finish that quilt I will start on the post-college t-shirts.

I’m pretty happy how this turned out. It doesn’t look super professional, but it’s doing what it should, namely holding the stretchy t-shirt to the solid block of fabric behind it.