The Goodbye Girl

The Goodbye Girl (1977) Rated PG Directed by Herbert Ross                       Production Company Warner Brothers Starring Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings, Richard Dreyfuss A young woman and her daughter discover that her ex-boyfriend has sublet the apartment they shared to a friend of his while they are still living in it. Based on the play by […]

A Star is Born

A Star is Born (2018) Rated R Directed by Bradley Cooper                  Production Company: Warner Brothers Starring Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliot, Andrew Dice Clay, Ron Rifkin A mega-famous rock star falls in love with a waitress, but can their love survive when her talent starts to […]

A Wrinkle in Time

A sister and brother and their friend must follow three celestial beings across space and time to rescue their father.

Mio in the Land of Faraway

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Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987) Rated PG Directed by: Vladimir Grammatikov       Production Company – Nordisk Tonefilm International Starring: Nicholas Pickard, Christian Bale, Timothy Bottoms, Christopher Lee, Susannah York A young boy leaves on a fantastical quest to find his father, the King of the Land of Faraway. Opening Thoughts Do you ever […]

Star Trek 2009

Star Trek (2009) Rated PG-13 Directed by JJ Abrams              Production Company: Paramount Pictures Starring Chris Pine, Chris Hemsworth, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Bana, Bruce Greenwood, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Ben Cross, Winona Ryder A young Starfleet cadet and his classmates must band together to stop a hostile alien […]

Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Dr Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1996) Unrated Directed by Chuck Jones & Ben Washam           Production Company MGM Television Starring Boris Karloff, June Foray, Thurl Ravenscroft. A grouchy creature known as the Grinch decides to take out his distaste for Christmas by stealing the holiday from the Whos down in Whoville. Opening Thoughts It’s […]

Avonlea “Memento Mori”

Avonlea “Memento Mori” Not Rated Season 5 Episode 2 (air date 3/7/94) Directed by Don McBrearty        Production Company Sullivan Entertainment Starring Sarah Polley, Jackie Burroughs, Mag Ruffman, Cedric Smith, Lally Cadeau In the quaint village of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island, Hetty, matriarch of the King family, prepares to celebrate her 50th […]

Walking Distance

Martin Sloan is a businessman, harried, tired, fed up with his life, and looking for a break from it all. He finds himself at a filling station just outside the town of Homewood, where he grew up…

Journey of Natty Gann

The Journey of Natty Gann (1985) Rated PG Directed by Jeremy Kagan           Walt Disney Pictures Starring Meredith Salenger, John Cusack, Ray Wise, Scatman Crothers, Lainie Kazan During the Great Depression, a teenage girl travels across the country in search of her father.  Opening Thoughts Seventeen years ago this month, I sat in my pastor’s […]