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Don’t Judge a Movie by the Trailer ~ A ‘John Carter’ Review

It’s easy to reject a movie like John Carter. I did. The commercials look stupid. The trailers I saw made it look practically intolerable. Based on the advertising and marketing, this is what the average person might expect to see in John Carter:

1. Thundarr the Barbarian leads a band of lizard-walruses against Rome.

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“The Secret World of Arrietty” ~ A Little, Lush Tale of Friendship and Bravery

It's pretty much this lovely throughout the movie…

How clever. How lovely. How funny. How powerful. How where’s-my-hanky?

From the opening moments of “The Secret World of Arrietty,” I had the feeling we were watching something fresh and bold. It captured me and I know it captured my kids’ imaginations, too. I looked […]

…people like lists (vol. 14)

1. Earlier this week, we attended a friend’s birthday potluck picnic at a park. There was lots of good food and good people who brought yummy treats to share. Tommy found a container of homemade chocolate chip cookies and helped himself. Unfortunately, that cookies were packaged next to homemade peanut butter cookies. Tommy is allergic […]